It was just as entertaining and spine-tingling the second time around. The doctor told me I had between five minutes and three months to live unless I had surgery.. Coach Tyler Smith was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. Zach Piatt is a reporter for The Palladium-Item. RAMSEY Logan Bahn, better known as a bruising offensive lineman in football, showed he can play basketball as well. High School, State championships: 12 (1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005). In the 80s and 90s, you could go about anywhere in the state and if you had anything Clay County on, thats the first thing people would say: Bobby Keith, Gregory said. Brink, who won his lone state championship in 1988, put his teams in the state tournament 13 times and finished as state runner-up in 1999. Clay Junior High & High School Honor Roll - Second Nine Weeks, 2022-2023 6th Grade All A's - Khloe Adams, Kinley Hoyme, Colby Secrist A Average - Lillian Anderson, Kyiden Chambliss, Aspen James, Alexis Kennison, Jasmine Phok, Sophia Scott, Ella Snellgrove, Claire Wermuth, Addyson Young Schools: Lake Providence (La.) Watch this highlight video of the Clay (Green Cove Springs, FL) basketball team in its game Clay vs Interlachen Game Highlights - Jan. 27, 2023 on Jan 27, 2023. The celebration has really never stopped in Clay County, probably because the Tigers are ready to make a run at a second straight crown. CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS; CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; WHERE TO REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT . On 1/20, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Lima Senior (Lima, OH) by a score of 80-42. Kentucky High School Athletic Association KHSAA Student-athletes of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow. His brother Billy has had the operation, too. On 1/27, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Findlay (OH) by a score of 70-18. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. High School, State championships: 4 (1970, 1972, 1977, 1990). He was valedictorian of his class at Lindsey Wilson Junior College. Keith was an absolute basketball genius. We ask you to do that because McDonald, who coached 59 years, never received a technical foul in over 1,400 games as a head coach. I just said, Listen, Im proud of you, Bolser said. He died in January 2020, at 88 years old. On 12/16, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Lima Senior (Lima, OH) by a score of 72-33. var encodedEmail = swrot13('wneebq.tnl@snlrggr.xlfpubbyf.hf'); His players never did that. Ellis caught news of Dunbars title, Lexington vs. Louisville for 7th time in finals, Grab bag of contenders in Sweet quarterfinals, Braden Miller has a Ty to South Laurel champs, Fairdales back-to-back feat has aged well, Butler flattens Flyers to claim 5th title, Butler gets shot at record-tying 5th title. Both of Hurley's sons, Bobby (Arizona State) and Danny Hurley (Connecticut) are Division I head coaches. High School, League City Clear Creek (Tex.) On 1/17, the Clay varsity basketball team won their away non-conference game against Middleburg (FL) by a score of 63-46. Van Huss was the East coach for the 1989 McDonald's All-American Game that featured Shaquille O'Neal, Bobby Hurley, Allan Houston and Jim Jackson. High school basketball has had its share of success stories. Keith, a Manchester native, wanted nothing more than to bring back hardware to his region. Hawkins' most well-known player was an all-state pick who went on to excel in another sport forward Marcus Spears had an All-American career and won a national championship in football at LSU before becoming a first-round pick in the 2005 NFL draft. High School, Cold Spring (Minnesota) Rocori High School. Rutgers Preparatory yearbook, courtesy of Rutgers Preparatory School, East Rutherford yearbook, courtesy of Becton High School. For years Keith was frustrated that his Tigers couldnt get past the first or second round of the state tournament. Schools: Cameron Yoe (Tex.) $('span#sw-emailmask-14429').replaceWith(''); Bottom line: Joel Hawkins won his first state championship at Lake Providence High in 1985, which was 19 years into his coaching career. He was 75. He played so hard he was vicious, Abner said. In fact, last year alone, 86 players hit 1,000. He died in 2018, at 79 years old. Bottom line: Few sporting figures in Alaska history have loomed as large as Chuck White, a star athlete for the University of Idaho who was drafted to play in the NBA, NFL and MLB. Last year:Richmonds season ends in first round of sectionals, seniors leave program in good hands, Most of us have known each other since middle school, and weve created a bond, sophomore Cami Turpin said. Colleges Attended: University of Georgia (BS Education), Lagrange College (2 years as a player), Valdosta State University (M.Ed. After graduating in 2005, Coach Gay went on to play collegiate ball at Kentucky State University (2006- 2010). HIgh School, State championships: 5 (1986, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020). Pepple's most famous pupil was two-time Washington Player of the Year Quin Snyder, who led Mercer Island to Pepple's first state championship in 1985, went on to star at Duke and is currently the head coach of the Utah Jazz. In August 2016, Coach Gay found his home at Tates Creek High School, teaching special education. But Thurman told he was too little to play. He put his hands on her shoulders, looked her in her eyes and talked softly. "It was my first and my only job, except for my time with Uncle Sam," he said. On 1/14, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Munroe (Quincy, FL) by a score of 47-44. Clay Countys championship snapped a 31-year drought between titles for mountain schools, Carr Creeks run to the 1956 trophy being the most recent before it. High School, Houston Clear Lake High School. Varsity Head Coach - Clay Wages. He works 25 hours a week at a clothing store (Dobson & Keith) he owns with his father-in-law. His old college coach once said Bobby had two vocabularies one for the college classroom and one for Clay County, said J.W. 2023 www.pal-item.com. Pictured with fellow Davidson alum Steph Curry. White, who only had one losing season in 45 years as a coach, died in 2019 at 78 years old. The older I get, the less patience I have. Elizabethton 26-4. Coach Bordas will serve as the Head Freshman Coach and Assistant Coach on the Varsity. Keiths teams never did, said Davenport. Instead, he was explaining how he was still on a strict cholesterol diet five months after undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery, which came five months after he lived his dream by guiding Clay County to the Sweet Sixteen championship. Bottom line: Gene Pingatore was the head coach at St. Joseph's High in the Chicago suburbs for 50 years, where he became famous for coaching future Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas and for being featured in the classic documentary "Hoop Dreams" in 1994. One of Staples' former players, Billy Powell, actually wrote a book called "Pride of the Panthers" about the team's accomplishments and Staples' coaching genius over 30 years. Im serious. Nominate your game changer now in one of 18 categories decided by fans. A few years later, when he was a freshman, Keith tried out for the Clay County team. Not that he wants it. Central High School, Woodlawn (La.) I thought I was going to get thrown out of Market Square Arena last year, she said, referring to Clay Countys loss to Marion, Ind., in Indianapolis. 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On 2/3, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against St. Francis de Sales (Toledo, OH) by a score of 61-40. Another brother, Orville, died during the same kind of surgery. Bottom line: Ed Pepple is the only coach to make the list who spent his whole career in Washington. Bobby Keith has had a magnificent obsession with Clay County basketball for 35 years, ever since he was a kid following the exploits of the 1953 Tigers, who went undefeated before losing to eventual state champ Lafayette in the quarterfinals of the Sweet Sixteen. He won his 1,000th career game in two different sports, football and baseball. Hero shot for Nova a personal thrill for LexCath alum, Dodgers A.J. 12 in the nation and No. On 1/27, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Interlachen (FL) by a score of 48-40. Warren did have a state championship as a player, famously scoring the tying run in a legendary baseball state championship game as a senior at Dobyns-Bennett High in 1952. High School, State championships: 4 (1985, 1993, 1997, 1999). As Jackson walked off the court, you could see she was emotional. Newark Academy High School yearbook, courtesy of Newark Academy High School, Pictured: The 1974-75 Newark Academy basketball team. Dels more old-school and hard-nosed than most people might expect, said Commers. On 11/30, the Clay varsity basketball team won their home non-conference game against Wolfson (Jacksonville, FL) by a score of 38-37. But I wasnt nervous at all, Keith said. Kentucky basketball returns to the top 25. Schools: Fort Worth Terrell (Texas) High School, Fort Worth Dunbar (Texas) High School, State championships: 5 (1963, 1965, 1967, 1993, 2003). High School, Tuckerman (Ark.) Theyre saving lives every day. As a boys coach, he spent his entire career in Georgia. It is a complete index of all his amazing accomplishments over the decades. Keith was a media favorite because he was always cooperative and always a good quote. Courtesy of Rodney Harris | South River head coach. A senior Farmer set a finals record with 51 points in that bout. Back when I first started coaching I thought every ball game was life and death. Tasker's teams set two national records on offense during his time at Hobbs High, including 114.6 points per game during the 1968-69 season and scoring over 100 points in 14 consecutive games. McKnight has won 11 state championships, and his last state title also came with his lone national championship in 2014. Schools: Lafayette St. Thomas More (La.) He coached his last game in 1970, when he retired with the most wins of any coach in history. When he stepped onto the sidelines, he was giving 100 percent.. Keith is a study in concentration on game days. Bottom line: Kenny Almond won three state championships at Woodlawn High and also finished as state runner-up four times in his career three at Woodlawn and once at Lee High in 1982. His offense was a series of simple pick and rolls, and he rarely, if ever, paced the sidelines during games, instead choosing to stay seated and instruct his team. On 12/6, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Perrysburg (OH) by a score of 78-42. Guice was named the Class A Coach of the Year in 1982 and was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. Ive been fortunate through my career that Ive had so many experiences good and bad that Ive been able to put things that happen in the proper perspective.. McKnight has coached nine future NBA players during his time in Santa Ana. But after taking a stress test, he got some startling news. Bobby Keith, who guided Clay County to the 1987 Sweet Sixteen championship and was regarded as one of the greatest basketball coaches in state history, passed away Oct. 5, 2016, after suffering a heart attack. Watch this highlight video of the Clay (Green Cove Springs, FL) basketball team in its game Clay vs Middleburg Game Highlights - Jan. 17, 2023 on Jan 17, 2023. Schools: Fife (Wa.) I bounced a ball off his head (to get his attention). Brooks was a 6-foot-4 sharpshooter who scored 2,324 points in his Rogers career. Keith coached 27 seasons at Clay County, including 24 straight beginning with the 1970-71 season. Caldwell. OREGON, Ohio Clay High School has named Joel Visser the new boys basketball coach and Keith Kennedy the new girls basketball coach. After a call he disagreed with in the first half, Bolser jumped up and down, slamming his feet on the court and seemingly throwing a two-second fit. Hicks, who retired in 2019 after losing in the state championship game, was named the Louisville Courier-Journal Coach of the Year three times and in three different decades. When the scores tied with five minutes to go, shes so nervous she hits the lobby and waits to hear the good news from our fans.. High School, Baton Rouge Southern Lab (La.) Were sort of saying that if we have our heads together, nobodyll beat us, Keith said. We came close that year, but I never let that keep me from thinking we could win it all one day, Keith said. Previous Coaching Experience: Lanier High School, Grayson High School, and Dawson . Brooks vault of basketball knowledge will be put to the test now that he is the new boys head basketball coach at Clay High. 2021-2022 Boys' Basketball schedule for the Clay County Bulldogs from Celina, TN On 1/13, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Central Catholic (Toledo, OH) by a score of 68-24. 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