Bob Vanderpool was and is a great man and coach.

 

Obviously that 77 team was excellent as was the 85 team.

 

The best Newport team I remember in the last 20 years was the team with Donnie Miller, Donnie Mills, Jeremy Scott, and Stretch Greeene. I am sure I am forgetting a couple of others on that team. I think Mark Krebs coached that team and they were upset by Highlands in the regional. That team was certainly a regional contender.

 

If Stretch would have had a good leg, no telling how good he could have been.

Its great to read about stuff in this thread. Im a guy that started following KY HS bball when I was about a 7th or 8th grader. I don't know much about the history Newport. My dad tells me that Newport used to always be one of the top teams.

 

I do remember when I first started paying attention to HS bball, a pretty good Newport team that had Johnny Bonner and Pete Green on it. But Im not sure how they faired in Regional play since NCC, Highlands, SK, and CCH were all very good back then.

 

I also played against a very good Newport alum. I was talking to a former teammate of mine today and trying to recall his name. Thomas Petty I believe???

 

But keep this up, reading this stuff from the "Golden Days" really helps me with the tradition of this program.

 

They beat us in the first round of districts in '98 at Highlands.

Bob Vanderpool was and is a great man and coach.

 

Obviously that 77 team was excellent as was the 85 team.

 

The best Newport team I remember in the last 20 years was the team with Donnie Miller, Donnie Mills, Jeremy Scott, and Stretch Greeene. I am sure I am forgetting a couple of others on that team. I think Mark Krebs coached that team and they were upset by Highlands in the regional. That team was certainly a regional contender.

 

If Stretch would have had a good leg, no telling how good he could have been.

 

I remember watching him put up 40+ against NewCath, while John Brannen put up 50+ in the same game. Those were awesome games.