Top 10 most dominant high school boys basketball programs of the last 10 years in West Virginia

Huntington Prep is Mountain State's best from 2010s.

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May 15, 2020, 1:45pm
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Using our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most successful high school basketball programs in the state of West Virginia over the past decade.

Huntington Prep was ranked in the state Top 25 each year of the past decade, while finishing the season as the top ranked team in West Virginia seven times.

George Washington finished in second after capturing a pair of state championships and appearing in the state Top 25 ranking each of the past 10 seasons.

More on the methodology

Points awarded for:

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps state computer rankings (25 points awarded to the No. 1 team, 24 for No. 2 and so on).

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps national computer rankings (50 points for No. 1, 49 for No. 2 and so on).

• State championships (20 points).

• State championship game appearances (10 points).

Note: 2020 titles not included in calculations as games canceled due to coronavirus outbreak.
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Huntington Prep (Huntington), 244
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (1), 2018 (5), 2019 (2), 2020 (1)
Nationally ranked: N/A

2. George Washington (Charleston), 217
State championships: 2011 (AAA), 2018 (AAA)
State runner-up: 2012 (AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (5), 2013 (11), 2014 (8), 2015 (17), 2016 (21), 2017 (11), 2018 (2), 2019 (12), 2020 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Fairmont Senior (Fairmont) 214
State championships: 2016 (AA), 2017 (AA)
State runner-up: 2013 (AA), 2015 (AA), 2018 (AA), 2019 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (16), 2012 (14), 2013 (19), 2015 (8), 2016 (7), 2017 (3), 2018 (3), 2019 (4)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. Martinsburg, 206
State championships: 2013 (AAA)
State runner-up: 2018 (AAA), 2019 (AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (11), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (17), 2015 (14), 2016 (4), 2017 (16), 2018 (12), 2019 (5), 2020 (11)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Huntington, 201
State championships: 2014 (AAA), 2017 (AAA)
State runner-up: 2015 (AAA), 2016 (AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (15), 2012 (21), 2013 (12), 2014 (2), 2015 (3), 2016 (3), 2017 (4), 2018 (8), 2020 (25)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Woodrow Wilson (Beckley), 189
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2013 (AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (11), 2013 (3), 2014 (6), 2015 (12), 2016 (2), 2017 (6), 2018 (6), 2019 (11), 2020 (19)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Bluefield, 185
State championships: 2013 (AA), 2014 (AA)
State runner-up: 2012 (AA)
State Top 25: 2012 (8), 2013 (6), 2014 (4), 2015 (25), 2017 (10), 2018 (9), 2019 (6), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Morgantown, 183
State championships: 2016 (AAA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (7), 2013 (7), 2014 (24), 2015 (6), 2016 (1), 2017 (7), 2018 (20), 2019 (14), 2020 (8)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. Capital (Charleston), 147
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2017 (AAA)
State Top 25: 2011 (14), 2012 (17), 2014 (12), 2015 (5), 2016 (5), 2017 (2), 2018 (13), 2019 (8), 2020 (21)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Chapmanville Regional (Chapmanville), 144
State championships: 2018 (AA), 2019 (AA)
State runner-up: 2017 (AA)
State Top 25: 2017 (5), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

Next five
Parkersburg South (Parkersburg) — 135
Poca — 119
Tug Valley (Williamson) — 107
Hedgesville — 102
South Charleston — 98

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