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Good Jod, Larry. Dad ( Tom Hurt ) would have loved it. Congratulations.

I agree. Zach Lewis is a young man. This is his senior year. People will be coming to him all year and talking to him about catching and passing Tim Couch in the record book. I hope he can keep his head straight through all the talk and publicity.

Tuesday August 26, 2008 Vaught's Views: Lancaster's Hurt will be missed By LARRY VAUGHT larry@amnews.com Every area sports fan should find time today for a moment of silence to remember one of the area's biggest sports fans - Lancaster's Tom Hurt. Chances are many of you knew him. Chances are many of you had seen him at an area football or basketball game even if you didn't know him. Chances are on more than one occasion you have seen or heard statistics he furnished various media outlets. Perhaps it was only fitting that Hurt was sitting at his desk at home updating Lincoln County basketball statistics when he unexpectedly passed away Saturday. He even had on his Lincoln County shirt. For a man who loved sports and keeping stats, there might not have been a more peaceful passing. "If God needed a good stat man, he has one now," said Stanford's Farris Marcum, one of Hurt's many friends. Hurt, 73, started his work as a statistician more than 40 years ago and even spent some time as a radio broadcaster on WRSL in Stanford. He primarily kept stats for Garrard County football and basketball before switching to Clay County and finally Lincoln County a few years ago. "He spent 30-plus years at Garrard County keeping stats. He kind of adopted Lincoln County as his last venue. He loved to do that stuff," Marcum said. He was so well known and respected that he was inducted into the 12th Region Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. Hurt had hernia surgery a few weeks ago. His biggest worry, though, was that he was going to miss the PBK Bank Death Valley Bowl on Friday and no one would keep statistics for the Lincoln football team. "He was really worried about who would keep stats for football until he got back on his feet," Marcum said. In the gym one last time While his funeral service will be Wednesday at Ramsey Funeral Home in Lancaster, the real tribute to Hurt will be tonight at the Lincoln high school gym. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m., and expect to see many area sports figures paying their respects to the area's best statistician at that time. Marcum said Lincoln officials graciously consented to Hurt's wish to have his visitation in the same gym where he proudly watched his Patriots play the last few years. Of course, new Lincoln superintendent Larry Woods once had Hurt as a baseball coach, and Lincoln athletics director Steve Ralston's son was one of many players who benefited from Hurt's accurate stat keeping. Accommodating Hurt had to be an easy thing for them to do. Three of his pallbearers - Rusty Clark, Jeff Hester and Scotty Merida - are former players I've heard him tell stories about for years. It's also fitting that 12th Region basketball coaches are honorary pallbearers and that memorials are to be designated for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Scholarship Fund. "He was a sporting guru," Marcum said. "He had stats all the way back to Buckeye High School. He could tell you stuff no one else could. It was amazing what he could recite from memory or tell you." It was. It was even more amazing that he always willingly shared his stats, especially with an old sports editor who couldn't start to cipher nearly as fast as him. He learned to know exactly what I wanted - and how quickly I needed it. He always had the numbers ready, too. You never had to worry about his accuracy, either. I would match his stat-keeping against anyone now using a computer program during a game. Hurt's numbers might not have been perfect, but they were close because he took such pride in his work. Friday night will be difficult. Anytime I covered a Lincoln football game, we usually sat beside each other. We chatted before games. We talked after games. Certainly there should be a moment of silence before both games at the PBK Bank Death Valley Bowl since Garrard plays in the first game and Lincoln in the second game. Those were his teams, and while he might not be sitting there beside me, somehow I already know he'll be watching. Goodbye friend and just know you will be missed by more folks than you ever imagined. Copyright:The Advocate-Messenger 2008

Took the position offered to him At Harrison County.

I have been waiting to hear more about his diagnosis before I mentioned it. I just heard this evening, he was flown out to UK where he went through MRI and CAT scan. No head or neck injuries. Does have some vertabre damage in his back. They say he will recover but will be in some pain for a while. Remember him and his family in your prayers.

I don't know what will happen but I believe both, the principal and superintendant, should have brought their ibtentions up in a board meeting first. After all, no one can be hired or fired without board approval. I was told that Shannon was already in the process of moving his family because he was lead to believe he already had job. I was also told that if Jamie wanted the job it is his. The board wanted to give him the option before anybody else would be considered

The school board held a special meeting last night to discuss it. It seems the principal and superintendant fail to mention their intentions with each other. Jamie Gilbert was offered the job by principal and Shannon Arnett was offered job by superintendant.

It will be either Shannon Arnett or Jamie Gilbert

Mid 30s Morehead State Wife and 2 children...Young family Originally from Paintsville Degree in Physical Education

I have been told Shannon Arnett is interviewing for the job Friday.

I heard Shannon Arnett was coming back home to coach the Tigers.

TD and Field Goal for LCC LCC 48 Clay 31 5:02 left

LCC - 41 Clay - 31 5:25 left in game Letcher has ball on Clays 36 yd line 2nd down

LCC - 34 Clay - 25 Late in the 3rd quarter