The 11th annual St. Albans Girls Basketball Summer Shootout will take place Tuesday and Wednesday.
Each year, the tournament draws many of the Mountain State's most talented teams. For a full breakdown on the tournament, ready my Daily Mail article here. This year's field features each of the three West Virginia high school state champions in Huntington St. Joe (A), Bridgeport (AA) and Parkersburg South (AAA).
“We’ve got a great AA, AAA field," said Scott James, SA girls basketball coach and tournament organizer. "We’ve got some of the strongest programs in the state in AA. I know on Tuesday, we’ve got a great group in Robert C. Byrd, Bridgeport, Tolsia, Clay County, East Fairmont, Sissonville, they’re all in one group Tuesday morning.”
Another top matchup includes AAA Parkersburg South vs. A St. Joe.
“We’re allowed to mix it up," James said of the different classes playing each other. "It isn’t just A vs. A. Like on Wednesday afternoon, I have Parkersburg South and St. Joe playing each other, so it’s a great field. It’s a powerful field.”
In total, 44 teams from 39 schools will participate in the tournament. Some schools will bring an "A" and "B" team, thus more teams representing than schools present.
Below, I compiled a lost of 29 schools that will be present, as related to me by James.
AAA: St. Albans, Nitro, George Washington, Capital, South Charleston, Riverside, Winfield, Hurricane, Huntington, Parkersburg, Parkersburg South, Preston
AA: Bridgeport, Westside, Poca, Robert C. Byrd, Scott, East Fairmont, Fairmont Senior, Tolsia, Sissonville, Clay County, North Marion
A: Charleston Catholic, Parkersburg Catholic, Gilmer County, Pocahontas County, Huntington St. Joe
In addition, Ironton will also join the field.
In addition to top teams, the field boasts some of the state's top individual players in Notre Dame commit Mychal Johnson of St. Joe, recent Marshall verbal commit Hope Lester of AA runner-up Westside and rising Parkersburg South sophomore guard Taryn McCutcheon, the lone freshman on last season's Class AAA First Team All-State squad.
For more information, be sure to ready my Daily Mail article.
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