Basketball Recap: Wheeling Central Catholic Picks Up 11th Straight Win at Home

Maroon Knights

Previous Games (Home)

02/20/25 vs Weir	85-49
02/14/25 vs Charleston Catholic	69-61
02/05/25 vs St. Marys	73-60
02/03/25 vs Bellaire	72-45
01/13/25 vs Monroe Central	79-51
+ 6 more games

Wheeling Central Catholic had won ten straight home games dating back to last season and Kaitlyn Blake did her part to make it 11 on Thursday. The Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights really took it to the Weir Red Riders for the full four quarters, racking up an 85-49 win thanks to Blake, who dropped a double-double with 35 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Wheeling Central Catholic's points.

Addie Payton was another key player, shooting 6-for-10 from downtown and dropping a double-double with 18 points and ten assists. Those ten assists gave her a new career-high.

Wheeling Central Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 19-2. As for Weir, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-13.

Looking ahead, Wheeling Central Catholic will face off against Robert C. Byrd at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Wheeling Central Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.6 points per game this season. Weir does not have any more games scheduled as of now.