Brooke High School

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Brooke High School
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Address
Brooke High School
29 Bruin Drive

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26070

United States
Coordinates 40°18′13″N80°35′09″W / 40.3036°N 80.5859°W / 40.3036; -80.5859 Coordinates: 40°18′13″N80°35′09″W / 40.3036°N 80.5859°W / 40.3036; -80.5859
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Established1969
School districtBrooke County School District
SuperintendentJeff Crook
CEEB code 491365
PrincipalLee Weppler
Teaching staff72.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment1,017 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.12 [1]
Campus typeFringe rural [2]
Color(s)   Green and gold
Fight song "Green and Gold"
Athletics conference Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
MascotThe Bruin Bear
Team nameBruins
Rival
NewspaperThe Babbling Brooke [3]
YearbookCrossroads
Feeder schoolsBrooke Middle School
Website bhs.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.

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History

Brooke High School was established in 1969 from the consolidation of Follansbee High School, Wellsburg High School, and Bethany High School [4]

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. [5] In the summer of 2022, the band performed the school's fight song "Green and Gold" at Walt Disney World. [6]

Notable Alumni

Joe Pettini

Pettini is a former Major League Baseball player cum played for the San Francisco Giants and coached the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros. [7] [8]

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