Here is an interesting topic.........Who do you think are the most underrated players to ever play at your school?

Corbin: Tony Morton & Ben Lankster

Raceland: Bob Braden for sure. Not even 6"3 and averaged double figure rebounds his junior and senior year.

I never thought it would get this slow on here to post this thread!!!!

Tracy "Big Jack" Claxon, may he rest in peace. He played center on the 16th Region Championship team at Greenup County in 1991. A true workhorse, in every sense of the word, undersized to play center at around 6'3" or so, but led the Musketeers to the title and a first round state tourney win over a good Belfry team led by JJ Hylton. "Big Jack" went on to play at Shawnee State, but left us all too soon when he died in a tragic accident in the summer of 1996. It was "eerie" that the Musketeers went on to Rupp in 1997 being led at center by Claxon's cousin Jimmy Tackett who wore the same number (44) as his fallen relative. According to many Tackett even resembled Claxon and like his cousin Jimmy made the All-Tournament team at KHSAA "Sweet Sixteen." RIP in "Big Jack" you are still missed to this day by many.

Tracy "Big Jack" Claxon, may he rest in peace. He played center on the 16th Region Championship team at Greenup County in 1991. A true workhorse, in every sense of the word, undersized to play center at around 6'3" or so, but led the Musketeers to the title and a first round state tourney win over a good Belfry team led by JJ Hylton. "Big Jack" went on to play at Shawnee State, but left us all too soon when he died in a tragic accident in the summer of 1996. It was "eerie" that the Musketeers went on to Rupp in 1997 being led at center by Claxon's cousin Jimmy Tackett who wore the same number (44) as his fallen relative. According to many Tackett even resembled Claxon and like his cousin Jimmy made the All-Tournament team at KHSAA "Sweet Sixteen." RIP in "Big Jack" you are still missed to this day by many.

You are 100 percent correct. I was not yet in high school but remeber watching him play. Had a great post presence and played like he was 6'7. My first state tournament game I witnessed was the Greenup Co. and Bowling Green quarterfinals that year. He put on a dominant first half and if Greenup Co. would have kept feeding the him the ball in the second half they would have been playing on Saturday Morning.

I dont know about in the history of Bell Co., but in the time that I have watched Bell Co. Basketball, it has probably been Trae Winkler. He's a 1000 point scorer, 4 year starter, but you dont hear him mentioned a lot. I suppose he always had guys that got a lot of hype in Josh Brock, Eric Ely, Keith Nelson, etc. But Trae did everything that you could ever ask of a player. He may not be the most underrated, but no doubt he is underrated.

George Baker- should've clearly won Mr. Basketball. Was way better than the guy who won it and still is.

Sharp from Owen county in 1996 and White from Gallatin in 99, both accomplished a great deal but never really got the respect they deserved in my opinion. Sharp led Owen to an upset of Lexington Catholic in the All A and then got them to the 8th region finals that year. White led Gallatin to the the All A finals and probably their best team since the 59 Jock Sutherland led state tournament team.

Tyler Mains Pendleton County 2001-2006

I am not sure when he played, but it was some time ago. But when it comes to top players from Augusta I do not recall seeing Jim Fraysure mentioned. I was talking to someone the other day and he said he was one of the best all around athletes to come through Augusta. Does anyone know about him? I know he has a grandson that is now a freshman at Augusta that shows some potential.

I never thought it would get this slow on here to post this thread!!!!

Then why don't you come up with a thread that interests you?

Ben Spradlin-Fairview

I agree with Bird Man on Mains, steady floor general who I believe started all four years of high school and was bumped, beaten everytime he brought the ball up the floor but got it done just the same. Also, in my opinion put Mason O'Hara on the list, the way he shot the ball during the 2005 regional tournament was outstanding yet he never gets much publicity.

Mains played for it seems like more than 5 years on the varsity, he was a steady point guard but played like a point guard should and that is to feed the ball to the post so often and in 05 and 06, there was no secret that opened up not only points in the paint but also the outside game. Unfortunately assist are sometimes overlooked in the stat sheet but there have been many point guards in the past that have never got the credit for making someone else or their team better.