East Bank High School

East Bank High School was a public high school in East Bank, West Virginia in Kanawha County. Its teams competed as the Pioneers. It closed in 1999 in a consolidation with Dupont High School to form Riverside High School.[1]

Jerry West played basketball for the high school.[2][3] It was established in 1912 and originally known as Cabin Creek District High School.[1]

West won a state championship with the East Bank High School basketball team and graduated in 1956. He was photographed with the team by DeLuze Studio in Charleston, West Virginia.[4] A crowd celebrating the state championship was photographed in front of the school. West was the first high school player in West Virginia history to score 900 points in a season.[5]

The football team won several state championships.[6]

A historical marker commemorates the school's history.[7] The yearbook was called the Kanawahan.[8] Alumnus Don Stamper helped build a half-court basketball court on the site of the school.[9]

References
  1. "East Bank High School - West Virginia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
  2. Travers, Steven; Spander, Art (August 1, 2007). The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Los Angeles Lakers: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Los Angeles Lakers History. Triumph Books. ISBN 9781617491382 – via Google Books.
  3. Charleston Gazette March 26, 1956 http://www.wvculture.org/history/sports/westjerry04.html
  4. Libraries, W. V. U. "East Bank High School Basketball Team, Kanawha County, W. Va". onview.lib.wvu.edu.
  5. "State Championship Victory Celebration at East Bank High School, East Bank, W. Va. - West Virginia History OnView | WVU Libraries". jerrywest.lib.wvu.edu.
  6. Herald, Steve Keenan The Montgomery. "Bank on it, the Pioneers were the real deal". Montgomery Herald.
  7. "East Bank High School Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  8. 1963 yearbook via Amazon
  9. staff, Clint Thomas Metro. "Former East Bank High hoops player creates basketball court for hometown". Charleston Gazette-Mail.


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