By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

 

An exhibit celebrating the city of Newport’s rich sports history was a trip down memory lane for a couple of the people who attended a preview on Friday at the Newport branch of the Campbell County Public Library.

 

The special guests included Donna Murphy, a Newport High School graduate who was named the first Miss Kentucky Basketball in 1976, and Bob Schneider, the record-setting football coach at Newport Central Catholic High School.

 

Photographs, awards and other memorabilia from both of their careers are among the displays put together by the library staff to accompany Hometown Teams, a traveling exhibit about the impact sports has on society. The Newport project was funded through a grant by the Kentucky Humanities Council that’s working with The Smithsonian to provide traveling exhibits as part of its Museum on Main Street national program.

 

Hometown Teams exhibit celebrating city of Newport’s rich sports history opens to the public | NKyTribune

This should be very cool to see. Newport has produced a great many good athletes over the years.