Brooke High School Explained

Brooke High School
Streetaddress:29 Bruin Drive
Zipcode:26070
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.3036°N -80.5859°W
District:Brooke County School District
Superintendent:Jeffrey R. Crook
Principal:Eric James[1]
Teaching Staff:72.00 (FTE)
Ceeb:491365
Ratio:14.12
Campus Type:Fringe rural[2]
Fight Song:"Green and Gold"
Mascot:The Bruin Bear
Team Name:Bruins
Colors: Green and gold
Yearbook:Crossroads
Newspaper:The Babbling Brooke[3]
Established:1969
Enrollment:1,017 (2018-19)[4]
Feeders:Brooke Middle School

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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brooke Intermediate North - Brooke County Schools . 2024-03-14 . www.brooke.k12.wv.us . en.
  2. Web site: Brooke High School. 2017-07-22. U.S. News & World Report.
  3. Web site: Bluehost.com. July 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160112081930/http://thebabblingbrooke.org/. January 12, 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: BROOKE HIGH SCHOOL. National Center for Education Statistics. February 24, 2021.
  5. Web site: Brooke High School - Home of the Bruins! . 2011-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604003913/http://www.brookehs.org/aboutBrooke.php . June 4, 2011 . mdy .
  6. Web site: 2018-09-05 . C.A. House Music Band of the Week: Brooke High School . 2022-09-14 . WTRF . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2022-06-02 . Brooke High School Marching Band and Choir perform at Disney . 2022-09-14 . WTRF . en-US.
  8. Web site: Joe Pettini Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-01-21 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
  9. Web site: Joe Pettini: MLB player, won 2 World Series as a coach with the St. Louis Cardinals - Italian Americans in Baseball . 2023-01-21 . en-US.