Brooke High School

Public high school in Wellsburg, West Virginia, United States

Brooke High School

Address

29 Bruin Drive

Wellsburg

West Virginia

26070

United States

Coordinates| 40°18′13″N 80°35′09″W﻿ / ﻿40.3036°N 80.5859°W﻿ / 40.3036; -80.5859
Information
Type| Public high school
Established| 1969
School district| Brooke County School District
Superintendent| Jeffrey R. Crook
CEEB code| 491365
Principal| Eric James[1]
Teaching staff| 72.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 1,017 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio| 14.12[2]
Campus type| Fringe rural[3]
Color(s)|  Green and gold
Fight song| "Green and Gold"
Athletics conference| Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
Mascot| The Bruin Bear
Team name| Bruins
Rival|

* Wheeling Park Patriots
* Steubenville Big Red
* Weir Red Riders

Newspaper| The Babbling Brooke[4]
Yearbook| Crossroads
Feeder schools| Brooke 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.

## History

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

## Athletics

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### Basketball

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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

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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

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

### Marching Band

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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

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### Joe Pettini

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Brooke Intermediate North - Brooke County Schools". www.brooke.k12.wv.us. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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 July 22, 2017.
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. September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
7. ^ "Brooke High School Marching Band and Choir perform at Disney". WTRF. June 2, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
8. ^ "Joe Pettini Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
9. ^ "Joe Pettini: MLB player, won 2 World Series as a coach with the St. Louis Cardinals - Italian Americans in Baseball". Retrieved January 21, 2023.
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 September 23, 2024.

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