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Adam Shinsky knows there’s more to a story than a team’s record. As a basketball coach, he sees it on a daily basis in practice. And when tasked with scouting, he must look past the numbers and statistics to get to the heart of what makes a team tick. Shinsky, until recently a seven-year long veteran assistant for the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights, went to scout St. Clairsville against Brooke. The Bruins’ program, to put it plainly, is in a slump. Brooke has two winning seasons in the last 13, most recently in 2014. They’ve won two sectional games in the last 20 years and haven’t reached the state tournament since 1994. Their last first-team all-state player was state player of the year Matt Gaudio in 1991. But what Shinsky saw on the court didn’t match-up visually with a team supposedly mired in losing. “They haven’t won a lot the last two years, but I watched them beat St. Clairsville,” Shinsky said. “It shocked me they were only a three-win team. There is a lot of young talent there. You can tell when a team is defeated because they will roll over and give another win away. “That’s not what I saw in their faces. They had the athleticism and the drive to do what needed to be done.” That is one of a number of reasons that Shinsky felt putting in for the vacant Brooke coaching job was the right move for him. The school board agreed and recently announced Shinsky as its head coach. Read the full article

Poca's Ethan Miller hauls in a pass between Central's Mason Smith (24) and Michael Toepfer (18)Wheeling Central's Jordan Waterhouse stops Poca's Toby Payne from getting any yards after the catch. Payne just got enough yards for the first down, though the home sideline was calling for a measurement.Central's Michael Toepfer rolls to his right looking for an open receiver. 2019 Kennedy Award Winner Ethan Payne of Poca looks for running room.Mason Smith (24) looks to bring down Ethan Payne (22) before he hits the cornerToby Payne gets a block on Jordan Waterhouse to spring his brother Ethan around left end Michael Toepfer and Braden Whitelatch (68) team up to stop PayneMaroon Knights' sophomore Riley Watkins (29) looks for running roomPoca QB James Cook looks for running room Cook tries to escape the grasp of Vinnie High (24) and WhitelatchWhitelatch goes low, not allowing Cook to get the cornerPayne tries to stiff arm his way through the tackle of Whitelatch Wheeling Central's Payton Marling goes low to bring down Ethan Miller in the open fieldWaterhouse provides blanket coverage on Toby Payne, denying the Dots a receiving touchdown.Waterhouse hauls in a pass from Marling on the home sideline as Jordan Wolfe defends Waterhouse secures the second-quarter pass. The drive later stalled on a turnover.Central's Watkins shows the only way to bring down Payne is to go low. Read the full article