Charleston wins bid to host state high school volleyball tournament

The boys and girls high school state basketball tournaments willnot be the only ones using the Charleston Civic Center nets nextschool year.

Charleston won a bid with the Secondary School ActivitiesCommission for November's state volleyball tournament to make itsfirst visit to the state capital for the next two seasons.

The addition now gives the Civic Center four state competitions.

The facility also hosts the boys and girls basketball, volleyballand cheerleading.

Charleston also hosts the state baseball tournament, the track andfield championships and the boys and girls tennis tournament.

Twenty-four teams, eight in each Class, will be in Charleston forthe three-day volleyball championship Nov. 10-12.

Mountain State Athletic Conference teams George Washington,Capital, Spring Valley and Parkersburg were the final four in ClassAAA this past season at the tournament held at Robert C. Byrd HighSchool in Clarksburg.