BLACKSVILLE – Clay-Battelle senior Trey Huggins may be playing for a new team this season, but it hasn’t stopped him from adding his name to the history of hoops in Blacksville.
Huggins became the 19th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point scoring mark against Cameron on February 25. He scored 19 points in the game, entering the C-B history books.
“Reaching this milestone means a lot to me because starting off in high school, I didn’t expect to be here,” Huggins said. “But as my career went on, I realized it could become a reality. I started to focus more on it early in the season, and about halfway through the year, I felt like I could get there.”
After spending three seasons at Hundred High School in Wetzel County, Huggins was one of a group of athletes who crossed county lines and enrolled at Clay-Battelle Middle/High School after Hundred closed at the end of the last school year.
He’s been nothing short of impactful for the Cee-Bees this season, providing a consistent outside scoring threat and a solid defensive piece.
Huggins finished the 2025-2026 regular season averaging 17 points per game offensively, shooting 46% from the field, including 35% from three-point range. He has also converted 79% of his free throws (54/68), while also averaging a pair of assists per contest.
“Playing with Clay-Battelle this season has enhanced my offensive ability,” Trey said. “We have some talented passers on the team, and we all know how to get the ball to each other in spots where we like to shoot the ball.”
Huggins says that in the moment, he didn’t have the time to process what he had accomplished and that reaching the mark lifts some weight from his shoulders heading into the postseason.
“It really didn’t sink in the night of the game,” he said. “But the next day I realized what actually happened and just kept thinking about how I had actually done it. It definitely takes a little bit of pressure off. I don’t have to worry about points and can just play free and do what’s best to help my team win.”
Huggins will help lead the second-seeded Cee-Bees into tonight’s Class A, Region I co-championship against No. 3 Ritchie County inside the Statler-Wilson Gymnasium in Blacksville.
The winner of Wednesday’s contest will advance as one of two teams from Region I to the 2026 WVSSAC state basketball tournament next week in Charleston.
