Season Preview: 2022-23 AAAA and AAA predictions

Mary Ostrowski Award winner: Jayda Allie Jayda Allie 5'8" | SG Cabell Midland | 2023 State WV , Cabell Midland

Runner-up: Alexis Bordas Alexis Bordas 5'8" | SG Wheeling Park | 2025 State WV , Wheeling Park/ Zaniah Zellous Zaniah Zellous 6'2" | PF George Washington | 2025 State WV , George Washington

CLASS AAAA

Preseason Top 10

1 GW

2 Morgantown

3 Cabell Midland

4 Wheeling Park

5 Spring Mills

6 Spring Valley

7 Woodrow Wilson

8 Martinsburg

9 Parkersburg South

10 St. Albans/South Charleston

State Tournament Seeds

1 GW

2 Morgantown

3 Cabell Midland

4 Wheeling Park

5 Spring Mills

6 Spring Valley

7 Woodrow Wilson

8 Martinsburg

State Tournament Bracket

QUARTERFINALS

GW over Martinsburg

Wheeling Park over Spring Mills

Morgantown over Woodrow Wilson

Cabell Midland over Spring Valley

SEMIFINALS

GW over Park

Morgantown over Cabell Midland

TITLE GAME

GW over Morgantown, 54-52 in OT – Macie Mallory Macie Mallory 5'9" | SG George Washington | 2024 State WV cans 8 treys and leads all scorers with 24 points. Lily Jordan Lily Jordan 6'0" | PF Morgantown | 2024 State WV hits two free throws with 8 seconds left to send the game to overtime.

Favorites to win the title: George Washington

Don’t be surprised if these teams win the title: Wheeling Park, Morgantown, Cabell Midland

Dark Horse: Spring Mills

Teams ready to make the biggest leap: Spring Valley, Spring Mills

Surprise state tournament qualifier: Woodrow Wilson/Martinsburg

PRE-SEASON ALL-STATE

First Team

Finley Lohan Finley Lohan 5'11" | SF George Washington | 2024 State WV , George Washington

Zaniah Zellous Zaniah Zellous 6'2" | PF George Washington | 2025 State WV , George Washington

Allie Daniels Allie Daniels 6'1" | PF Spring Valley | 2025 State WV , Spring Valley

Alexis Bordas Alexis Bordas 5'8" | SG Wheeling Park | 2025 State WV , Wheeling Park

Sofia Wassick Sofia Wassick 5'7" | PG Morgantown | 2024 State WV , Morgantown

Keanti Thompson Keanti Thompson 5'4" | PG Woodrow Wilson | 2023 State WV , Woodrow Wilson

Jayda Allie Jayda Allie 5'8" | SG Cabell Midland | 2023 State WV , Cabell Midland

Kilah Dandridge Kilah Dandridge 5'8" | CG Saint Maria Goretti (Maryland) | 2025 WV , Spring Mills

Second Team

Cadence Stewart Cadence Stewart 5'8" | SG Greenbrier East | 2023 State WV , Greenbrier East

Jaz Wheeler, Cabell Midland

Preslee Treadway Preslee Treadway 5'8" | SF Greenbrier West | 2025 State WV , Spring Mills

LaLa Woods, Wheeling Park

Trinity Balog Trinity Balog 5'7" | SG Parkersburg | 2024 State WV , Parkersburg

Kyra Brown Kyra Brown 5'4" | CG South Charleston | 2023 State WV , South Charleston

Dria Parker Dria Parker 5'10" | SF Spring Valley | 2025 State WV , Spring Valley

Gracie Shamblin Gracie Shamblin 5'10" | C Parkersburg South | 2024 State WV , Parkersburg South

CLASS AAA

Preseason Top 10

1 Wayne

2 North Marion

3 Logan

4 Ripley

5 Winfield

6 Nitro

7 Hampshire

8 RCB

9 Buckhannon-Upshur

10 East Fairmont

State Tournament seeding

1 Wayne

2 North Marion

3 Ripley

4 Hampshire

5 RCB

6 Sissonville

7 Midland Trail

8 East Fairmont

State Tournament

QUARTERFINALS

Wayne over East Fairmont

Hampshire over RCB

North Marion over Midland Trail

Ripley over Sissonville

SEMIFINALS

Wayne over Hampshire

North Marion over Ripley

TITLE GAME

Wayne over North Marion – Junior Laneigh Brooks Laneigh Brooks 5'7" | SG Wayne | 2024 State WV assumes command by dropping a double-double of 18 points, 10 steals and 6 rebounds as the Pioneers pull away in the 4th quarter, 65-58.

Favorites to win the title: Wayne

Don’t be surprised if these teams win the title: Logan, North Marion

Dark Horse: Hampshire

Teams ready to make the biggest leap: Ripley, Winfield

PRESEASON ALL-STATE

First Team

Brooke Adkins Brooke Adkins 6'0" | PG Wayne | 2025 State WV , Wayne

Natalie Blankenship, Logan

Taylor Maddox Taylor Maddox 5'7" | SG Nitro | 2023 State WV , Nitro

Izzy Blomquist, Hampshire

Sophie Nichols Sophie Nichols 5'11" | SG Ripley | 2024 State WV , Ripley

Meghan Taylor Meghan Taylor 5'6" | CG Winfield | 2023 State WV , Winfield

Olivia Toland Olivia Toland 5'9" | CG North Marion | 2023 State WV , North Marion

Avery Childers Avery Childers 5'10" | PF Robert C. Byrd | 2023 State WV , RCB

SECOND TEAM

Addie Adkins Addie Adkins 5'11" | PF Wayne | 2025 State WV , Wayne

McKennan Hall, Ripley

Ava Edwards Ava Edwards 5'7" | SG Nitro | 2025 State WV , Nitro

Kenly Rogers, East Fairmont

Sadaya Jones-Pryor, Fairmont Senior

Kenna Maxwell, Buckhannon-Upshur

Kynna Britton Kynna Britton 5'10" | CG Sissonville | 2025 State WV , Sissonville

Addison Issacs, Midland Trail