1958
Superintendent Omer Carmichael is to meet with Louisville coaches and principals to address the issue of recruiting. “Several yelps have been made by some of the coaches because of good athletes enrolling at other Louisville schools,” Billy Thompson of the Lexington Herald reports in his Pressbox Pickups . . . Quarterbacks Tony Lanham of Corbin, Bill Straub of Highlands, Bill Ransdell of Elizabethtown and Harold Pugh of Owensboro are among those selected for the East-West all-star football game that will be played in late summer . . . The KHSAA puts Tollesboro on probation because Coach Harlan Tolle and some of his players gave “considerable verbal abuse” to referees during the Tollesboro-Deming game . . . John Burdette, Lexington Douglass’ high scoring star, sits out a game against Danville Bate because of an “unusual accident.” Burdette was trying to put a fan belt on a car when another person tried to start the motor. The fan nearly cut off Burdette’s little finger on his shooting hand . . . Scotty Baesler of Athens pours in 50 points in a win over Estill County. Baesler hits 23 of 42 field goal attempts, and boosts his average to 30 points a game . . . Russell County’s Ralph Richardson has 40 points in a 72-71 loss to Maysville . . . No. 1 Clark County, led by Paul Smith’s 20 points, runs its record to 19-1 with a victory over Scott County.
1972
Middlesboro’s 6-foot-8 Robert Mayhall has 41 points and 32 rebounds in a rout of Lexington Catholic. Sam Coleman adds 17 points and 15 rebounds for the winners . . . East Carter, in its first season of basketball after the merger of Hitchins and Grayson, has rung up 16 victories in a row to improve its record to 18-4 under Coach Roy “Doc” Murphy, who had coached at Hitchins. Phillip Keyes leads the team with a 25-point average . . . Danville’s Wayne Hawkins (21 ppg) tops the Central Kentucky Conference in scoring. Danville is unbeaten (14-0) . . . Gary French has 23 points, and Chuck Rawlings has 18 points and 13 rebounds as Elizabethtown upsets No. 1 Louisville Central . . . Maysville’s James Smith returns from a leg injury to score 31 points, and teammate Fred Walker has 34 in a victory over Johnson Central . . . Van Warren scores in the closing seconds to give Jessamine County a 54-52 overtime victory against Woodford County. The Colts rallied from seen points down in the last four minutes of regulation . . . Donnie Rardin’s 27 points and Guy Harris’s 23 rebounds power Sayre past Model . . . Danny Wilson hits a jump shot with four seconds to lift Henry Clay to a 66-64 upset of Bryan Station.
1981
Lexington Catholic stuns No. 1 Bryan Station 58-57 and Knights’ fans flood the court in celebration. Mickey Martin has 17 points for the winners, Mike Trigg has 14, and point guard Bryan Mitchell has 6 points and 13 rebounds . . . Clay County rips Rockcastle County 110-65 to improve its record to 20-0. Marty Roberts is averaging 17 points, and Russell Corum is averaging 16 points and 7 assists for Bobby Keith’s Tigers . . . Coby DeVary draws a charge with three seconds left to preserve Tates Creek’s 58-56 win over Ballard. Tony Harris leads the Commodores with 21 points . . . Clark County wins the girls’ Louisville Invitational Tournament. Sally Malley’s 17 points and Cindi Clay’s 14 spark the Lady Cardinals over Manual in the title game . . . Leslie Nichols has 23 points and 17 rebounds as Henry Clay’s Lady Blue Devils upset No. 4 Franklin County . . . Connie Goins has 25 points and 13 rebounds as No. 9 Western Hills takes out Lafayette . . . Alonzo Linner of MMI is avearging 28.5 points and 12 rebounds.
