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I just got over a bout with it. I spent two weeks in the hospital and then had to be on intraveneous antibiotics twice a day for 6 more weeks at home. The scary thing is that I caught, and had my infection treated almost immediately after the symptoms surfaced and still spent two months battling it. There are various types of staph, with the one most resistant to antibodies being the MRSI strain. That's the one that I contacted.

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One of the best teams ever in the 15th could also have been the 1970 Johnson Central team that was upset by Wheelwright in the rgional tournament. A few weeks prior to being upset they held a 40+ point lead on this same team. They were also ranked #3 in the state that year. The 1975 Johnson Central team was also ranked #7 at season's end and completely dismantled one of those very good Virgie teams with Todd's brother Mike May by 32 points in the regional final. Not too many teams in 15th region history can boast those state rankings. You just about have to consider either of those teams in the top teams ever to come out of the 15th. The problems with threads asking these questions is that we all consider those teams that we have a direct rememberance from and not some of the prior teams that we never got the chance to see. They are relative to our own personal time spans with what we have observed..

I believe that Inez won two state titles. How can you leave out state champion teams? They did play basketball in the 15th region before 1990, you know.

Everyone else that is posting on here must be confused then. :lol: Everyone else seems to think they are all playing in their state regional tournaments.

Shouldn't that be the regional finals?

Glad it was of help, just ask any time. Heard everything went well, with a good turnout.

This win puts them into the regional finals against the winner of the Shelbyville/Oldham Co. game. Still one more to go. They will still be playing in the state tournament , but winning the regional outright determines whom and when they will play in the state tournament. Yeah, Matt went the entire 9 innings for the Sixers.

Skins, From what I am told by several people that have attended this showcase in the past is that you are saving yourself (or your parents) a ton of money by not playing in it. I have been told by more than one participant that it is kind of a waste of time and a whole lot of money.

98NCCalum, I have told my sons about Johnny Bench (my all-time favorite player) being able to hold 7 baseballs in one hand years ago, but was never able to find the picture that you are now showing, that I remember seeing as a kid. Thanks for digging that old photo up.

I didn't get much of a chance to see what kind of a receiver he was, but with the way he can hit and with the throw that I saw, you could very well be right. His throw was one of those "did I see what I think I just saw" throws. Very impressive. Could it be that behind the plate is his ticket, rather than on the mound or at third?

Lefty, I did not particularly think that hardball was criticizing anything. I think he was noting that since there were a lot of homeruns hit in the game, than there was probably a good chance that the game was played at Danville. I had never been to Danville's field until this past weekend and I'll have to agree with maybe some of the statements that I have heard about playing there prior to this past weekend. I saw several homeruns hit last weekend, and I'll be honest I dont think that a single one would have been a homerun in about 95% of the fields that I have seen in high school. With dimensions such as 300 down the lines, about 315-320 in the power alleys, and 337 in dead center, you should expect comments and perhaps criticism regarding the legitimacy of a lot of the homeruns that are hit at Danville. Everyone that I saw hit (and there were a bunch of them) would have been nothing more than just routine fly balls just about anywhere else.

Since you were at Danville, I have a question about Rich Witten. He caught one inning against Ashland. While I did not see him attempt to throw any runners out, I was very impressed with his warm-up throw down to second. Has anyone ever done a pop time on him, and does he catch any regularly? He threw a laser down to second.

Actually the common oil/gas lease agreement calls for 12 and 1/2% going to the leasor. It is an eighth, not 8%.

That is exactly some of the points that I have been trying to make. Just because a coal miner makes say $50,000 a year makes some think that every job is supposed to pay $50,000 a year. And the attitude of "I wont work for a penny less" mentality runs rampant. When you have to view some these issues from an employer point of view, you can get very frustrated with the willing labor force that you have available to you. We complain about there not being any good paying jobs with major manufacturing firms in the area, but you have to put yourself in the shoes of some of these companies. Would you yourself want to invest millions and millions of dollars in a region and be subjected to this work brickle mentality and the nightmare of trying to get people to show up to work every day? Eastern Kentucky is full of good hardworking people that strive very hard to be productive and are determined to make a good life for their famililies, but they sure do seem to be hard to find when you need someone to work.

I had the chance to watch Josh play many times this past spring and he will be a huge asset to Cumberland. Cumberland has had just an outstanding recruiting class this year, plus they return every pitcher from last years squad. They should be the leading contenders to knock National power Cumberland, Tenn. out of their stronghold of NAIA region 11. I really look forward to seeing this group together this year. As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Coach Shelton and the Cumberland Patriots. Go Pats.

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Tolliver is not on the team this year. But there are several players that will be playing college baseball on the team this year. Matt Fyffe -EKU Casey Branham-Morehead St. Justin Blanton-Marietta College Daniel Pugh-Morehead St. Kyle Potter- Alice Lloyd Greg Bowling-Asbury James Barber-Asbury Cory Clark-Rio Grand JC Murnahan-Rio Grand Aaron Rowe-Asbury Darby-Pikeville College These are some off the top of my head. I know there are more. There are at least 2 more that signed with Rio Grand that I am leaving off whose names are failing me, with more going elsewhere that I am forgetting as well. Someone please feel free to add the names that I am forgetting. My apologies to those players.

I think that Atkins may have played when it was known as Sandy Hook High School. He was a good one , but they also had a guy by the name of Stan Dixon that was very good as well in the early to mid 70's. What ever became of him?

Congratulations to the junior team. Hopefully the senior team will have the same success as the junior team in a couple of weeks. They just about have to. They have a few 15th region boys in the mix on that squad. :lol:

Since this thread is titled " the greatest gutarist of all time" and not "the greatest rock guitarist of all time" I would like to throw in a couple of guys from the country side of the spectrum. Glen Campbell Roy Clark Chet Atkins Jerry Reed

I thought that the football/baseball field was funded and owned by the city of Pikeville?

I know full well what the communities are like that you have stated that need assistance, but would you not agree that the first step towards improving the situation would be to want to help yourself first? That seems to be a lot of the problem, it is so easy to sit back and want someone else to take care of your problems instead of taking the government handout route. We have grown up in a society where a large portion of the people have that "government check is owed to me mentality". It has been breed into them from generation to generation to generation. Education and pride is the only way out of the situation that exists. Government assistance was designed to help those that may have encountered medical problems and just plain cannot work, or to help someone who may have lost the family breadwinner through a death or disability. I truely have compassion for those people. Those are the people that truely need and deserve help. It does however burns me up to offer some of these very same people that a lot of you posters are feeling this undying sympathy for "A JOB" and have them just laugh in your face. Some feel they have it made just the way things are. They are very well satisfied with the way of life they have. Heck some feel, that they may not have everything, but it sure beats the heck out of working for a living. What is truely embarrassing is to drive to some of the locations that you just mentioned and see the mountains of garbage in the yards, the junk cars sitting everywhere, and the just plain filth. I was always told by my parents that there is no shame in being poor, the real shame is in being dirty. BTW, you would probably be surprised at whom some of these people are, and of what their incomes may actually be. A lot of them probably have higher incomes than what some of you that are expressing the outrage of their living conditions. Eastern Kentucky as well as other distressed areas will never be any different than what they are until that big old word PRIDE comes into play. I know I may sound hard and cruel, but I am not. I just have a hard time sugarcoating everything. I have many family members that I classify with this same mentality that I just emphasized. It is nothing that I am proud of , but it is just the plain honest truth. I am a complete advocate of helping those in need, but not those they have no intentions of now or ever in the future of wanting to help themselves. It's just a plain fact of life that we deal with and accept. Get mad at me , say what you will, and rake me over the coals. It will not change part of the cold hard truth. Have any of you people ever been to a convenient store on check day and see the lines of people standing to buy handfuls of lottery tickets, with a carload of hungry, dirty children sitting out in the parking lot? People this is what has to change. Priorities have become all misconstrued. Some of these people will blow every dime they get on this type of foolishness rather than put clothes on their children's backs or put food on their children's table. The question I ask is how can you help people like this? The answer is you cant, if they dont want to help themselves. Again, if we here in eastern Kentucky truely want to change our image, then it has to start on the insides of the individuals. You have to plain out detest poverty and poor living conditions and have the mentality that you are going to above all things respect yourself. Yes, there are many here (just like there is in every portion of the country) that truely needs help but there are so so many that would not change the manner in which they live if they were given a million dollars a year in government aid. We dont need anymore government handouts. We as a culture of people, first need to change a few things within ourselves.

Then what is your big gripe? Thanks,yeah I feel a little better.:thumb: I dont you were wondering nearly as much as you were accusing!!! Perhaps since you are on a roll, you can accuse Dunbar, Bryan Staion, Belfry, and Letcher Co. of misuse of funds as well. JC's facilities will be no better than what they hace aquired. Interesting to see if you will get on a bandwagon crusading for an investigation on their behafs as well.

Everyone is excited about the sucess the basketball program is having, but it should be noted that not only did the basketball team play at Rupp in '06, the baseball team played in Applebee's Park just this season as well. That makes twice in the last 4 years for the baseball team.