East Bank High School
East Bank High School was a public high school in
Jerry West played basketball for the high school.[2][3] It was established in 1912 and originally known as Cabin Creek District High School.[1]
West won a state championship with the East Bank High School basketball team and graduated in 1956. He was photographed with the team by DeLuze Studio in Charleston, West Virginia.[4] A crowd celebrating the state championship was photographed in front of the school. West was the first high school player in West Virginia history to score 900 points in a season.[5]
The football team won several state championships.[6]
A historical marker commemorates the school's history.[7] The yearbook was called the Kanawahan.[8] Alumnus Don Stamper helped build a half-court basketball court on the site of the school.[9]
Notable people
- Donny Kees, musician and songwriter[10]
- Jerry West, NBA player
References
- ^ a b "East Bank High School - West Virginia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
- ISBN 9781617491382– via Google Books.
- ^ Charleston Gazette March 26, 1956 http://www.wvculture.org/history/sports/westjerry04.html
- ^ Libraries, W. V. U. "East Bank High School Basketball Team, Kanawha County, W. Va". onview.lib.wvu.edu.
- ^ "State Championship Victory Celebration at East Bank High School, East Bank, W. Va. - West Virginia History OnView | WVU Libraries". jerrywest.lib.wvu.edu.
- ^ Herald, Steve Keenan The Montgomery (23 August 2018). "Bank on it, the Pioneers were the real deal". Montgomery Herald.
- ^ "East Bank High School Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ 1963 yearbook via Amazon
- ^ staff, Clint Thomas Metro (31 July 2018). "Former East Bank High hoops player creates basketball court for hometown". Charleston Gazette-Mail.
- ProQuest 331599726.
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