I saw Schlosser on Charlie Colemans Northern Kentucky Sports Legends show years later and there was still resentment over that call. I believe Simpson, Bell and Mayes all played Junior Pro basketball on one of the last teams that played Junior Pro and they were part of a really solid 1981 Newport team that was at or near the top of the region that year .... A year that saw Simon Kenton win the state.

I saw Schlosser on Charlie Colemans Northern Kentucky Sports Legends show years later and there was still resentment over that call. I believe Simpson, Bell and Mayes all played Junior Pro basketball on one of the last teams that played Junior Pro and they were part of a really solid 1981 Newport team that was at or near the top of the region that year .... A year that saw Simon Kenton win the state.

 

I was there and saw it, very questionable call because the ref underneath the basket three feet from the two players saw it. Would love to see a video of it one day. I thought Newport was going to win the state that year. Saw them hammer Lexington Lafayette with Dirk Minniefield and Tony Wilson earlier that season. They also beat Holmes twice before having to play them a third time in the regional finals. Another thing most will not remember is Newport went to Shelby County that year and took them to the last seconds. McIntosh totally dominated a young Charles Hurt from Shelby in that game. Shelby beat Ballard and Jeff Lamp that year, and I thought Newport was better than Ballard. But you have to win the region first, and Newport just fell short in the last seconds against Holmes.

I saw Schlosser on Charlie Colemans Northern Kentucky Sports Legends show years later and there was still resentment over that call. I believe Simpson, Bell and Mayes all played Junior Pro basketball on one of the last teams that played Junior Pro and they were part of a really solid 1981 Newport team that was at or near the top of the region that year .... A year that saw Simon Kenton win the state.

 

Yes, SK had McKinley, Dixon, Meier, Ponzer and was very good. I think they eliminated Newport in the regional that season. Not sure if it was 1st or 2nd round. John Gross, who was the coach at Newport Catholic in the 1970s, was at Newport in 1981.

I saw Schlosser on Charlie Colemans Northern Kentucky Sports Legends show years later and there was still resentment over that call. I believe Simpson, Bell and Mayes all played Junior Pro basketball on one of the last teams that played Junior Pro and they were part of a really solid 1981 Newport team that was at or near the top of the region that year .... A year that saw Simon Kenton win the state.

 

David Simpson was also a great running back for the Newport team that finished like 11-0, but lost to Conner - a team they defeated easily to start the season - in the AAA playoffs in 1980. Newport lost another star running back, William Slaughter, midway through that season or they might have won the state. Slaughter was actually their go-to back in many situations. Simpson was very strong and a physical basketball player who could shoot from the outside. I believe his son played football at UK.

Golly, how can any Newport HOF not include John Turner????? Maybe most famous Wildcat of alltime.

Stumpy33 would know the answer to this question as he was a part of that fraternity as well.

Golly, how can any Newport HOF not include John Turner????? Maybe most famous Wildcat of alltime.

 

Good point! He was a great player!

Stumpy33 would know the answer to this question as he was a part of that fraternity as well.

 

What is the answer? I am curious!

Golly, how can any Newport HOF not include John Turner????? Maybe most famous Wildcat of alltime.

 

John was a little before my time, but he played at U of L, did he not?

Here is an article that lists the first players inducted into the Newport sports hall of fame.

Inaugural Newport High School Hall of Fame bios

Okay. Here goes. Those gentleman all honed their craft as youth at the Newport Boys Club and later Youth, Inc. All were coached by arguably the best youth coaches of the time, Dan "Bebe" Dougherty and George "Mac" McMannis.

 

Simpson, Mayes and Bell were in fact National Junior Pro champions.

 

This is where basketball was "played" back in the day before all of this AAU stuff that now exists.

Just saying some of you old Wildcats better go back and research Charlie Pate, Lester Pate and Eugene Britton from the '62-64 era. These guys were awesome. How about Gary Vorhees from a little earlier. Maybe tells how old I am, but the Stan Arnzen era in Newport basketball history was legendary, and I was an opponent.

 

Actual unretouched photo of Oldercoach:

 

David Simpson was also a great running back for the Newport team that finished like 11-0' date=' but lost to Conner - a team they defeated easily to start the season - in the AAA playoffs in 1980. Newport lost another star running back, William Slaughter, midway through that season or they might have won the state. Slaughter was actually their go-to back in many situations. Simpson was very strong and a physical basketball player who could shoot from the outside. I believe his son played football at UK.[/quote']

 

 

Slaughter played in the loss to Conner.

Slaughter played in the loss to Conner.

 

You sure about that? He broke his leg four weeks earlier against Highlands.

Okay. Here goes. Those gentleman all honed their craft as youth at the Newport Boys Club and later Youth, Inc. All were coached by arguably the best youth coaches of the time, Dan "Bebe" Dougherty and George "Mac" McMannis.

 

Simpson, Mayes and Bell were in fact National Junior Pro champions.

 

This is where basketball was "played" back in the day before all of this AAU stuff that now exists.

 

Thanks for the information! Did Red Barlett also work at the Newport Boys Club? I umped games in those days and I thought of him when you mentioned it.