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Which Ritchie County native coached basketball teams to two National Invitational Tournament championships and authored a series of books about fictional sports star Chip Hilton?
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Where was the final game of the Second National Negro League championship played?
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In 1919, where was the first West Virginia girls' high school basketball tournament held?
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This Farmington High and Marshall College football star won eight championships with the Cleveland Browns.
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Who is generally considered WVU's greatest basketball player before World War II?
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What Wheeling native hit the first walk-off home run to win a World Series (1960) ?
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In what year did Fairmont native Mary Lou Retton become the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in gymnastics?
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What Princeton High School star was named by the legislature as a state natural resource to encourage him to attend college in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following West Virginians was NOT a head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers?
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Who is the only WVU basketball player to play in a Final Four and coach a team to an NBA championship?
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