SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- South Charleston's city manager said all of the remaining teenagers who thought they were coming to the area to attend an alleged basketball academy left on Monday.
About 16 to 18 teens were found Friday in a two-bedroom apartment sleeping on the floor, said South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens. He said it appears that Daniel Hicks, a South Charleston resident, recruited students from around the world to attend a fictitious prep school.
Two coaches, who asked that their names not be used, also were apparently tricked into coming to South Charleston from Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Hicks said his prep academy is legitimate, and is located on Second Avenue on Charleston's West Side. However, he said the teenagers were brought to South Charleston by a coach without his knowledge.
On Monday, the 7 or 8 boys who were 18 or older were sent with one of the coaches to Oklahoma, said Carlton Lee, South Charleston City Manager. He said the assistant police chief and a police detective rented a van and drove them.
"In all my years, I've never seen anything so crazy," Lee said. "We're keeping track of everything we spend. We got a good deal with Greyhound after explaining the situation and the Ramada graciously put them up for free."
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From an Ohio newspaper April 2011
When the high school career ends for many football players, they choose a college to attend and move on.
For Warren G. Harding wide receiver Edward Killingsworth, he has decided he is not quite ready to advance to that level and has decided to attend West Virginia Prep Academy this season.
West Virginia Prep Academy is a private school preparing students for college in post graduate work. West Virginia Prep Academy coach Daniel Hicks explained attending the school would not affect Killingsworth's eligibility in playing college football and is the equivalent of redshirting in college.
Killingsworth chose to go there instead of colleges such as Michigan State, Toledo and Ball State. He will major in broadcasting.
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