Brooke High School

Brooke High School
Address
Map
29 Bruin Drive

Wellsburg
,
West Virginia
26070

United States
Coordinates40°18′13″N 80°35′09″W / 40.3036°N 80.5859°W / 40.3036; -80.5859
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1969
School districtBrooke County School District
SuperintendentJeffrey R. Crook
CEEB code491365
PrincipalEric James[1]
Teaching staff72.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,017 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio14.12[2]
Campus typeFringe rural[3]
Color(s)   Green and gold
Fight song"Green and Gold"
Athletics conferenceOhio Valley Athletic Conference
MascotThe Bruin Bear
Team nameBruins
Rival
NewspaperThe Babbling Brooke[4]
YearbookCrossroads
Feeder schoolsBrooke Middle School
Websitebhs.brooke.k12.wv.us

Brooke High School is a public high school in Wellsburg, West Virginia, United States. It is the only high school in the Brooke County School District. Athletic teams compete as the Brooke Bruins in the WVSSAC Class AAA as well as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.

History

Brooke High School was established in 1969 from the consolidation of Follansbee High School, Wellsburg High School, and Bethany High School [5]

Athletics

Basketball

The Bruins have five basketball teams, both boys and girls. Boys play freshman, JV and varsity while girls compete in JV and varsity.

The boys' varsity basketball team won the WV AAA championship in 1987.

Cheerleading

The various varsity cheerleading squads have earned the school a record-setting 13 West Virginia state titles and 25 Region 1 championships.[citation needed] Brooke has also competed in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Cheerleading championship winning various titles – most recently in 2011.

Football

Brooke High School won the WV AAA championship in 1985, 1987, and 1990.

Marching Band

The Brooke High School Marching Band is currently under the direction of Johnny Leonard.[6] In the summer of 2022, the band performed the school's fight song "Green and Gold" at Walt Disney World.[7]

Notable alumni

Joe Pettini

Pettini is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the San Francisco Giants and coached the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros.[8][9]

Rich Thomaselli

Thomaselli is a former American football running back who played for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL).[10] He played college football at West Virginia Wesleyan College and also played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[11]

References

  1. ^ "Brooke Intermediate North - Brooke County Schools". www.brooke.k12.wv.us. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ a b c "BROOKE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. ^ U.S. News & World Report. "Brooke High School". Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  4. ^ "Bluehost.com". Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  5. ^ "Brooke High School - Home of the Bruins!". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  6. ^ "C.A. House Music Band of the Week: Brooke High School". WTRF. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  7. ^ "Brooke High School Marching Band and Choir perform at Disney". WTRF. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  8. ^ "Joe Pettini Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  9. ^ "Joe Pettini: MLB player, won 2 World Series as a coach with the St. Louis Cardinals - Italian Americans in Baseball". Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  10. ^ Egle, Jim (July 26, 1984). "Fighting long odds". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rich Thomaselli Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

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