There had remained one glimmer of hope for some of the state's premier senior boys basketball players to take the court one final time but that too has now fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The annual Little General Scott Brown Memorial Classic was originally scheduled to be played April 18 in Beckley. The coronavirus postponed the event until July 18 but last week the game's organizers announced that the all-star game is now officially canceled.

 

Former Bridgeport High School standout Nick Stalnaker was supposed to play in the game as part of the Class AA/A  squad.

 

Stalnaker, a second-team Class AA All-State selection in his abbeviated senior season, averaged 18.2 points per game for the Indians.

 

He was to be joined on the AA/A team by Tommy Williams and Luke LeRose (Shady Spring), Elijah Edwards, Isaiah Hairston and Thad Jordan (Greater Beckley Christian), Braeden Crews (Bluefield), Obinna Anochili-Killen, Andrew Shull and Philip Mullins (Chapmanville), David Early (Logan) and Jadyn Stewart (Braxton County).

 

The AAA team consisted of Richard Law (Woodrow Wilson), Kaden Metheny and K.J. McClurg (University), Alex Vargo (Wheeling Park), Malaki Sylvia (Parkersburg South), C.J. Meredith (Spring Valley), Rodney Toler (St. Albans), Sam Potts (Parkersburg), Austin Dearing (Hurricane), Ty Johnson (Ripley), Gus Eddy (George Washington) and Karrington Hill (Capital).

 

Editor's Note: Photo of Nick Stalnaker driving to the basket during a regular-season game against Robert C. Byrd provided by www.benqueenphotography.com