HIgh School, State championships: 5 (1986, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020). He died in 2018, at 79 years old. Schools: McGregor (Minn.) High School, Barnum (Minn.) High School, Chisholm (Minn.) High School, State championships: 3 (1973, 1975, 1991). He puts his arms around them, and as they huddle together their heads touch. Miller never misses a game and you can always find him with a basketball in his hands. Rutgers Preparatory yearbook, courtesy of Rutgers Preparatory School, East Rutherford yearbook, courtesy of Becton High School. Everybody in the mountains can celebrate with us, because we won it for all of them.. All rights reserved. 1 in Kentucky with a 21-1 record and 32 consecutive victories over state competition. During the season its not uncommon for a fella to put in a 100-hour work week, Keith said in the middle of a 100-hour work week. Bottom line: Robert Capello was born into a small farming community in Texas and, despite being just 5-foot-8 and 145 pounds, became a star quarterback and defensive back at Edcouch-Elsa High, then at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Bottom line: Warren Rutledge was a star baseball player at William & Mary College and rose as high as the New York Yankees' Triple-A squad before he began his high school coaching career at Benedictine High. Stats are entered by the coach or designated team statistician in the admin. Ive been around here for a while.. Schools: Lake Providence (La.) He died in January 2020, at 88 years old. His players never did that. CCHS held a. This Richmond team was one full of sophomores, and theyre the ones who got most of the playing time both this season and last. 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. Baseball Scholar Bowl. Tysean Sheppard, who will be a junior, is the top returning scorer. Broussard took over at St. Thomas More High in 1983 for his brother, Ricky, who took a job as a college assistant, and has never left. It was just as entertaining and spine-tingling the second time around. }); Coach Jarrod Gay is a livelong Lexington resident, playing varsity ball at both Henry Clay and Bryan Station. 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. Wooten coached until 2002. Were sort of saying that if we have our heads together, nobodyll beat us, Keith said. On 1/24, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville, FL) by a score of 57-48. 2 in the nation behind St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) High and star player LeBron James. State championships: 22 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002). Luck is not the reason Clay County is currently No. We were running a defensive drill, said Rick Commers, who was an assistant basketball coach at Michigan City Rogers High in the early 80s, when Brooks was playing there. The doctor told me I had between five minutes and three months to live unless I had surgery.. But you know whats crazy? I do things differently.. Those teams captured the imagination of fans far outside the Manchester city limits. On 1/14, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Munroe (Quincy, FL) by a score of 47-44. All rights reserved. It is the only high school in the Oregon City School District. Even before he had his heart trouble all he could eat was cheese and crackers.. Bottom line: Ralph Tasker crafted a basketball legacy in New Mexico, winning one state championship at Lovington High, then 11 more titles at Hobbs High, where the gym is named Ralph Tasker Arena in his honor. Brooks' vault of basketball knowledge will be put to the test now that he is the new boys head basketball coach at Clay High. A final score has not been reported for this varsity basketball game. On 12/6, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Perrysburg (OH) by a score of 78-42. Bobbys thinking basketball day and night, said Stanley Abner, a Clay County teacher who has been around the Tigers for more than 40 years. Some people would say I need to back off them. Coach Tyler Smith was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. Taking a basketball off the noggin can be an enlightening experience.
Coach Tyler Smith enters his second season on the Tates Creek Coaching Staff, and his 5th year coaching. Itd be hard to find anybody who works harder than Bobby Keith. It was lunch time one day last week and Keith was sitting at a corner table in Bob & Skylers, his favorite eating establishment in Manchester. Guice graduated from Howard Payne University and went directly to work for Midway High, where he won 1,392 wins in boys and girls basketball combined, with 1,018 of those wins coming on the boys side, where he finished as state runner-up twice. But his knocks on the melon were reserved for basketball. Contact him at zpiatt@gannett.com or on Twitter @zachpiatt13. Two years later, he was valedictorian at Union College. Fox News lawsuit unveils gaslighting that has become common practice in U.S. | Opinion, Rare animal dashes across road, then returns with precious cargo, Texas photos show. Nowhere in sports is consistency more valued than on the high school level, where a coach can lead fathers and then their sons at the same school. Its not often a first-year coach inherits a team like Richmond, where the only returners with significant playing time from the previous season just finished their first year of high school. Brooks vault of basketball knowledge will be put to the test now that he is the new boys head basketball coach at Clay High. The Tigers finally reached the top last year, beating Ballard 76-73 in overtime for the state championship. Lee Nailon will be the 18th Head Boys Basketball Coach for the 2022-2023 school year. Steve Patchett | Morristown-Beard News and Information Director. Not only was her night over, but her teams season was about to be over, too. He never took a day off practice. Clay Bolser's first year as Richmond girls basketball coach ends with all kinds of emotions. He was 75. Previously, Coach Tyler was an assistant coach at Frederick Douglass High school for 3 years. Just like I wasnt nervous before the state championship game last year. On 2/8, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their neutral playoff game against Rickards (Tallahassee, FL) by a score of 60-49. 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Eugene Rawlings is another player who will testify to his coachs intensity. Im a lot smarter now than I used to be. Eric Williams is holding the net (second in from the right), St. Joseph of Toms River yearbook, courtesy of Donovan Catholic High School, Becton High School yearbook, courtesy of Becton High School, Central Regional yearbook, courtesy of Central Regional High School, Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, Courtesy of Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf. While some student-athletes dont let the emotions show until theyve played their last game as a senior, these Red Devils are a unit, one that now wont have another basketball game until next winter. Delray knows what it takes to win, said Earl Cunningham, the Rogers head coach for Brooks junior and senior seasons. These coaches are the biggest legends with the most wins in high school basketball history. It takes patience. 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. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. 11/28 @ Eastern* 5:00# L 36-27 NEW! In 2006, while the director of basketball operations at LaLumiere, he was arrested for failure to pay restitution and losing touch with his probation officer. Clay County Principal Michael Gregory, who graduated from the school in 1991, recalled what it was like following the Tigers back in Keiths coaching days. Watch this highlight video of the Clay (Green Cove Springs, FL) basketball team in its game Clay vs Bishop Kenny Game Highlights - Jan. 24, 2023 on Jan 24, 2023, Watch this highlight video of the Clay (Green Cove Springs, FL) basketball team in its game Clay vs Fleming Island Game Highlights - Jan. 20, 2023 on Jan 20, 2023. Pictured: Burgos (with ball) playing at William Paterson. On 12/30, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Southview (Sylvania, OH) by a score of 59-44. Bottom line: Morgan Gilbert did something no one in the history of high school sports had ever done in 2012. McDonald, who died in 2020 at 87 years old, had six children who were all-state selections, and they all went into coaching. I just said, Listen, Im proud of you, Bolser said. What matters most is Bolsers players understand where all his passion comes from, and they do. Keith was a media favorite because he was always cooperative and always a good quote. Wade and Alice Houston are known from hoops. Central High School, Woodlawn (La.) I finally figured that if a fella wanted to play that bad Id have him come on out for the team.. Stats are entered by the coach or designated team statistician in the admin. The Tigers were reigning state champions and on the way to their third Sweet Sixteen finals in four years. Married for 25 years and have 3 children 2 boys and 1 girl. Bottom line: The most well-known high school basketball coach of all time was DeMatha High's Morgan Wooten, who won five national championships in 45 years. 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. Under Coach Gays leadership, the Commodores had their first winning season in 7 years. 2021 Class A Boys' State Champions. The doctors were right, Rawlings said. Bobby Keith, the legendary boys basketball coach who won more than 700 games at Clay County High School and guided the Tigers to their only state title, died Wednesday in Manchester. To this day he remembers the scores: In 1957 we lost to Hazard 50-47 and in 1958 he lost to Monticello 51-45. On 2/7, the Clay varsity basketball team won their home playoff game against Baker County (Glen St. Mary, FL) by a score of 59-48. Schools: Barber Hills (Texas) High School, Donna (Texas) High School, Lyford (Texas) High School, Uvalde (Texas) High School, Edcouch-Elsa (Texas) High School. Baseball Bass Fishing Softball Track Volleyball. Coming soon are some different ways to look at the 2,000-point club - look out for them. 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. Flanked by assistants Larry Sizemore and William Red Campbell, Keith puts as much energy into a game as his players. On 1/6, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against St. Francis de Sales (Toledo, OH) by a score of 49-47. 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. If you find an advertisement in the rotation that is viewed as inappropriate for the web site, please click on web site feedback below, and report the exact URL of the ad. I understand the guys you teach and coach are not you, Brooks said. Pictured: Holloway playing at Seton Hall. A score that in the eyes of those players who were a part of this incredible . 559 talking about this. Back when I first started coaching I thought every ball game was life and death. Varsity Head Coach - Clay Wages. During a second-half comeback effort, sophomore Maddie Sonsini hit a big shot to bring the Red Devils within a single possession, and Bolser fist-pumped so hard that his right leg came off the ground, spinning him around 180 degrees. 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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. He is a special education teacher this year. Luck is not the reason the Tigers last March became the first mountain team in 31 years to win the boys state title. Capello spent the last 25 years of his coaching career at his alma mater, where he became known for a distinctive brand of basketball that demanded intense man-to-man defense and outside shooting. Pictured: Wejnert and Southern head coach Eric Fierro. Email:
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