Saw him out at a local Gentlemen's Establishment a couple of months back and he said him and Tony Williams were still playing together over there and that they were having a pretty good time.

 

He was only at Doss for his Junior and Senior years but when he stepped on the floor you kinda knew something exciting was gonna happen.

 

 

I find it hard to believe that David would be hanging out at such a place..:laugh:

Some others that come to mind: Carl Foster, Phil Popp, Rick Batsche, Ken Wilfong, Ron Dawn Sr., Mark Krebs SR & JR, Dave Faust, Charlie Craddock, Terry Sandfoss, Gary DeVoto. I know there are many more in their storied history but I can't think of them right now.

 

Wasnt Kevin Desmond a pretty good baller in the 70's? Didnt he go on to play at XU atleast 1 yr? He was part of those consecutive 9th region championship teams at NCC in the early/mid 70's wasnt he?

Pendleton County

Starters

Keaton Belcher

Rick Elrod

Talbert Turner

Pat Elliott

Bobby Wyatt

 

Reserves

Joey Verax

Tyler Mains

Jack Wright

Sure there are a couple of names from the 60's I am forgetting and I will look for another of my PC brethren to fill those in for me.

 

I like your list.

Corey Grace was (and still is) an absolute beast. The problem is his abilities & Coach Tieman's style didn't mesh all that well.

 

 

Corey got better each year but he never was a dominant highschool player. I think he was maybe 9th man on his freshman team, and then continued to get better. His first real varsity experience was his senior year. I agree his style didn't really web together well with Coach T. (Neither did Nick Skidmore's who quit right before the 1st game that year). They could have been quite a tandem their senior season.

Hazard High School

 

1950's

 

Roscoe Shackleford University of Louisville

John Evans Bowling Virginia Tech

John Quillen Virginia Tech

Johnny Cox University of Kentucky

Kenneth Cobb University of Kentucky (football)

 

1960's

 

Joe Davis

Jim Rose

Chester Rose

Freddie Hogg

Mack Baker

 

1970's

 

John Hagans

Scott Turner

Mike Sammons

Johnnie Beeler

Calvin Hagans

 

1980's

 

Dickie Alexander

Carl Wallace

Terry North

Willie Combs

Anthony Sharpey

 

1990's

 

Scotty Short

Jon Bentley

Chad Meade

Jon Olinger

John Grigsby

 

2000's

 

Steven Sizemore

Lamar Williams

Michael Campbell

Cleve Washington

Justin Hicks

 

I might have missed somebody!

I'm glad someone finally did Hazard. That school has had some unbelievable players over the years.

 

 

BTW, who's your top 5 of all time?

From Deming

G/F-Gayle Conley

G-Travis Massey

C-Joe Mitchell

F/C-Tony King

F-Mark Chandler

 

Reserves;

F-Frank Gifford

G-Steve Gifford

F/C-Lee "LEEBO" Gifford

G-Danny Jett

G-Stephen Staggs

F/G-Rodney Massey

From Deming

G/F-Gayle Conley

G-Travis Massey

C-Joe Mitchell

F/C-Tony King

F-Mark Chandler

 

Reserves;

F-Frank Gifford

G-Steve Gifford

F/C-Lee "LEEBO" Gifford

G-Danny Jett

G-Stephen Staggs

F/G-Rodney Massey

 

The only change I would make would be to put Staggs on the starting 5. The Massey kid's a good player but not better than Staggs.

Bracken County

Eddie Hopkins

Marvin Cooper

John Rice

Jack Brooks

Ashley Hause

David "Pete" Hause

Adam Reed

Clay County

 

Shannon Hoskins - PG

Richie Farmer - G

Russ Chadwell - G

Russ Farmer - G

Woody Asher - F

 

I know somebody knows more names than this, but that would be a pretty good squad...

I would include Matt McCane in Robin Kelsch's spot!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

QUOTE=U Reach I Teach]

PG Brian Kirk

SG Patrick Kelsch

SF Bill Kelsch

PF Robin Kelsch

C Kris Larkins

 

 

Reserves

 

LJ Bowles

Chris Linville

Buddy Baker

Buddy Murray

John Roberts

Clay County

 

Shannon Hoskins - PG

Richie Farmer - G

Russ Chadwell - G

Russ Farmer - G

Woody Asher - F

 

I know somebody knows more names than this, but that would be a pretty good squad...

 

Robert Marcum

Didn't they have a big post named Box Head or Box Car down at Clay Co? Steven Asher and Lloyd Collins were pretty good players too.

Wasnt Kevin Desmond a pretty good baller in the 70's? Didnt he go on to play at XU atleast 1 yr? He was part of those consecutive 9th region championship teams at NCC in the early/mid 70's wasnt he?

I think you are correct. Not sure about XU but I do remember him being an excellent player.

Harlan

First team

G - Dickie Parsons

G - Charles Thomas

F - Jeff Miller

F - Wah Wah Jones

C - Todd Cox

 

Second team

G - Michael Jones

G - Casey Lester

F - Maurice Byrd

F - Ernest Trosper

C - Charles Tabb

 

Third team

G - John Smith

G - Nathan Blanton

G - Ronnie Morgan

F - Jack Scalf

F - Bob Muse

No all-time teams can be named without including the following:

 

Ashland: Earl Adkins (Ashland's only Mr. Basketball and a member of 1958 UK National Champions).

 

Boyd County: Steve Towler (Take a look at his jersey hanging on the wall in the BCMS gymnasium. It is there for a reason.).

 

Russell: Mickey Sydenstricker (Ask Marvin Meredith if you think I am wrong.).

 

Ashland is particularly difficult because of its storied history. I think that any Ashland team must include Earl Adkins, Ellis Johnson, Larry Conley, and Harold Sergent. The fifth player, in my mind, would have to be George Carroll.

 

I can't think of anyone from Ashland who could shoot like Carroll. The only other area player who could shoot with Carroll was Sydenstricker at Russell.

 

I realize that my list goes back a number of years. However, these are the guys who actually built that tradition that is referred to by all the Ashlanders and that tradition was built on Lexington Avenue.

 

 

Scooter, your perception on the history of our area is always impressive. How about the starting five for the Holy Family Fighting Irish??