Brooke High 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.

Brooke High School
Location
29 Bruin Drive Wellsburg , West Virginia 26070 United States
Coordinates	40°18′13″N 80°35′09″W
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	66.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	967 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	14.65[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

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.^{[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.^[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]

Rich Thomaselli

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]