{"id":565879,"date":"2026-01-28T08:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565879\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:29:27","slug":"prep-basketball-polls-news-sports-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565879\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep Basketball Polls | News, Sports, Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/prep-basketball-polls\/attachment\/1-28-b-u\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-28-B-U-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-895167\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe Inter-Mountain file photos<br \/>\nBuckhannon-Upshur and standout senior guard Jerin Westfall, right, are ranked eighth in the latest WVSACA poll.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/prep-basketball-polls\/attachment\/1-28-pb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-28-PB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-895166\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe Philip Barbour girls are eighth in this week\u2019s WVSACA Class AA poll.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img width=\"1100\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-28-B-U-1100x821.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption\">The Inter-Mountain file photos<br \/>\nBuckhannon-Upshur and standout senior guard Jerin Westfall, right, are ranked eighth in the latest WVSACA poll.<\/p>\n<p>ELKINS \u2014 The high school basketball seasons have been put on ice this week but several area squads remain in the latest West Virginia Schools Athletic Coaches Association (WVSACA) polls.<\/p>\n<p>The Buckhannon-Upshur boys are eighth in Class AAAA and Tucker County is seventh in Class A.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs are 9-4 on the season and are slated to visit Fairmont Senior this evening, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>The Mountain Lions, who have won five straight games, are 10-5 and scheduled to travel to East Hardy on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Pendleton County is sixth in single-A as well, along with East Hardy at ninth.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"616\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-28-PB-616x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption\">The Philip Barbour girls are eighth in this week\u2019s WVSACA Class AA poll.<\/p>\n<p>The Big 10 Conference has four teams ranked in the top 10 in Class AAA \u2014 No. 2 Bridgeport, No. 4 North Marion. No. 5 East Fairmont and No. 10 Robert C. Byrd.<\/p>\n<p>PVC member Petersburg is ninth in Class AA.<\/p>\n<p>Morgantown is first in Class AAAA, Capital sets atop of the Class AAA rankings, Wheeling Central is first in Class AA and Tug Valley No. 1 in single-A.<\/p>\n<p>In the girls poll, Philip Barbour is eighth and Petersburg tied for ninth in Class AA, while Tucker County and Pocahontas County are sixth and seventh, respectively, in single-A<\/p>\n<p>George Washington (AAAA), Greenbrier East  (AAA), James Monroe (AA) and Gilmer County (A) are ranked first in their respective classes.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/wvu-has-super-bowl-representative-in-pats-rb-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>MORGANTOWN \u2014 When the New England Patriots line up to take on the Seattle Seahawks in this season\u2019s Super &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/prep-basketball-polls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/mccarthy-comes-home-to-coach-the-pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 The tears started early for Mike McCarthy. Really early.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the setting, it was hard &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/hot-shooting-cougars-get-past-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>BAKER \u2014 Class A, No. 9 East Hardy placed five players in double figures and drained 13 treys in taking an &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/wvu-flips-the-running-back-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>MORGANTOWN \u2014 West Virginia running back Tye Edwards lined up behind center with just a few yards until the end &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/01\/wvu-men-fall-to-arizona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>MORGANTOWN \u2014 Somewhere between Brayden Burries\u2019 relentlessness and his teammates\u2019 ability to rebound and move &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Inter-Mountain file photos Buckhannon-Upshur and standout senior guard Jerin Westfall, right, are ranked eighth in the latest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,4251,76953],"class_list":{"0":"post-565879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-local-sports","10":"tag-prep-basketball-polls"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115971789799606992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}