State championships: 8 (1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964). He graduated in 2013 where he attended Asbury University. Schools: Richmond Benedictine (Va.) College Prep, State championships: 25 (1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2000). Coach is badder than ever.. Gilbert was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 2014. Chris Jent (right) on the bench when he was an assistant coach at Ohio State. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. After rising to elite status as a player at Rogers, Brooks matriculated to Indiana University. Some people would say I need to back off them. He put his hands on her shoulders, looked her in her eyes and talked softly. The third time proved to be the charm for Ballard as it finally broke through with an 88-79 win in the 1988 finals. Some of that comes from themselves for the success they had as freshmen. Perhaps Hurley's greatest team was his 1989 national championship team which featured three future NBA draft first-round picks in Rodrick Rhodes, Terry Dehere and Hurley's son, Bobby, who went on to win back-to-back national championships at Duke. Keith is a study in concentration on game days. I felt both operations would be successful. I wrote this profile of Keith for the Lexington Herald-Leader in 1988 at the height of Clay Countys success. Clay High School (Oregon, OH) Girls Varsity Basketball Clay Eagles Varsity Girls Basketball Oregon, OH 22-23 V. Basketball Home Schedule Roster Standings Rankings Videos News More / Clay High School Basketball Clay Girls Basketball OVERALL 6-18 0.25 Win % CONFERENCE 1-13 9th Three Rivers HOME4-8 AWAY2-10 NEUTRAL0-0 PF667 PA1117 STREAK1L Bobbys thinking basketball day and night, said Stanley Abner, a Clay County teacher who has been around the Tigers for more than 40 years. 1 spot one day. Schools: Evarts (Kentucky) High School, Harlan (Ky.) High School, Corbin (Ky.) High School, Georgetown Scott County (Ky.) High School. He was suspended in 2003 for using a paddle to swat players' butts for missing free throws and in 2004 for using foul language at practice. Some comes from Bolser, who had to learn right alongside his players all year. Schools: Sullivan (Tennessee) High School, Sullivan Central (Tenn.) HIgh School. He holds practices, studies film, travels anywhere and everywhere to scout and play games. On 1/10, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against St. John's Jesuit (Toledo, OH) by a score of 82-40. Unlike a lot of coaches on this list, High was denied a graceful exit when he was told by Brainerd principal Uras Agee he would not be retained as coach in 2013 despite his desire to return for one more season. He guidedhis beloved Clay County Tigers for 27 seasons, leading them to 18 (!) Richmond sophomore Amari Jackson picked up her fifth foul with just a couple minutes left in the Red Devils sectional game against New Palestine Wednesday. Hicks became best known for his time at Scott County High in Georgetown, Kentucky, where he won two state championships and lost in the state championship game five times over 25 seasons. The celebration has really never stopped in Clay County, probably because the Tigers are ready to make a run at a second straight crown. I feel like some of us are realizing what our potential can be, especially as a group, Turpin said. Wooten, who also coached DeMatha's football team until 1968, first made national headlines when his basketball team pulled off a stunning upset of New York's Power Memorial Academy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1961, ending their 71-game win streak. Schools: Barber Hills (Texas) High School, Donna (Texas) High School, Lyford (Texas) High School, Uvalde (Texas) High School, Edcouch-Elsa (Texas) High School. Lathrop, who is in the Missouri Hall of Fame, died in 2018 at 82 years old. Luck does not play defense, sink last-second free throws or plot game-winning strategies for a team that isnt big, quick or blessed with a bunch of great athletes. Metuchen High School yearbook, courtesy of Metuchen High School, Cliffside Park High School yearbook, courtesy of Cliffside Park. Ive been around here for a while.. Pictured: Dennis Tobin of Hopatcong watching his son and fellow 2,000-point scorer Matt during a game in 2011. He wasnt always the most athletic player we had, but he was always the best basketball player we had. The school is named for Jeremiah Clay, who donated his farmland for the school to be built on. Theyre saving lives every day. On 12/6, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Perrysburg (OH) by a score of 78-42. Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.S. He led the Tigers to 18 state tournaments as a head coach, including seven straight from 1984 to 1990. Trailing by a few points with the clock becoming their enemy, the Red Devils had to start fouling, and the Dragons werent missing their free throws, going up by double digits and eventually winning the game 45-27. He was 75. Previously, Coach Bordas has been an assistant coach at Lafayette High School, and Henry Clay High School, as well as the head coach at LTMS, Southern Middle and Bourbon County High School. The two doctors who took care of me (Joseph Harkness and Thomas Donohue), theyre the real heroes. I just wanted to tell her I was proud of her in the same way I would tell all 12 of them., Earlier:Glimpses of what it can be, this Richmond girls basketball team is missing something. Get the latest news, schedule, scores, stats, league standings, rankings and photos for Caldwell's high school's Boys Basketball teams. Kentucky High School Athletic Association KHSAA Student-athletes of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow. He joked that he needs the exercise anyway, and hell probably wind up tearing his Achilles at some point. All told, more than 45,000 people watched. It was no surprise that after college he returned to Clay County to teach and coach. Then his coach at Ludlow High School, Dan Sullivan, retired from the position to take an assistant coaching role at Gallatin County, where his son, Vance Sullivan, is the head coach. Staples was known for his understated coaching style. Rutledge won over 20 Catholic school state championships, including 16 consecutive from 1970 to 1985 and had a 95-game winning streak from 1970 to 1975. It takes patience. We can do nothing but grow for next year. Back then we would shut the town down when we were in the Sweet Sixteen.. 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. A few years later, when he was a freshman, Keith tried out for the Clay County team. On 1/26, the Clay varsity basketball team won their away non-conference game against Beachside (St. Johns, FL) by a score of 57-53. Bottom line: Ed Pepple is the only coach to make the list who spent his whole career in Washington. Keith thought he was as healthy as a horse last August when he went to Lexington for a checkup. On 1/31, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Swanton (OH) by a score of 57-42. Not that he wants it. On 2/24, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their neutral playoff game against Perrysburg (OH) by a score of 69-36. That was followed a few months later by winning the Class A state championship in baseball. All rights reserved (About Us). Gilbert, a Tuckerman, Arkansas, native, came close to winning a basketball state championship in 1992, when his squad was the Class A state runner-up. CCHS held a. Pepple died in September 2020, at 88 years old. While at Asbury, Coach Tyler was a 4-year starter, 3-year team captain, 1,000-point club member, 800 rebound club member, and the River States Conference Champion of Character award recipient his senior season. On 12/13, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Toledo Christian (Toledo, OH) by a score of 59-32. Schools: Cameron Yoe (Tex.) He helped former Elkhart Memorial High standout Daimon Beathea coach international touring teams. Elizabethton 26-4. Luck is not the reason Clay County is currently No. 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. Learn more and make a nomination! Thats the sign of a great coach and a great teacher.. 559 talking about this. 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. Coach - Drew Emnett . Last year was terrible. Sozio recalled. CoEd Varsity. Caldwell's Ryan Lawrence (center) is mobbed by his fellow students after Caldwell defeated West Side for the North 2, Group 2 title. Pictured with fellow Davidson alum Steph Curry. Clay HS Boys' Basketball 2020-21. He played basketball at Henry Clay HS (graduated in 1999). If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. I want them to play with energy and effort, and Im going to coach them with that, Bolser said. Delray knows what it takes to win, said Earl Cunningham, the Rogers head coach for Brooks junior and senior seasons. As Jackson walked off the court, you could see she was emotional. Email me at mfields@khsaa.org. Pictured: Holloway playing at Seton Hall. I always thought I was the best at what I did, he said. Both of Hurley's sons, Bobby (Arizona State) and Danny Hurley (Connecticut) are Division I head coaches. Harper was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. High School, Gonzales East Ascension (La.) He has been involved with the Heroes Camp in South Bend and, since November, 2013, has been teaching at Clay. In three seasons, Coach Gay has transformed the culture of the program through a focus on education, accountability, and long-term goal setting. It is a complete index of all his amazing accomplishments over the decades. When he stepped onto the sidelines, he was giving 100 percent.. I am an emotional, energetic, crazy coach, and I have no regrets about that When you care about things, you give everything you have.. After Clay County beat Ballard in overtime to win the state title in 1987, he quipped: I was hoping so bad I could win one before I gave it up because these things are harder to come by than chicken teeth!. Thats what keeps him young and, at the same time, makes him old. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). He was. I know he just wants the best for us on and off the court. I bounced a ball off his head (to get his attention). 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. It would be the first of three significant meetings in a 12-month span between the powerhouse programs. His family has a history of cardiovascular ailments. Best eatin around.. One of the hardest things in basketball is teaching a team not to beat itself. To this day he remembers the scores: In 1957 we lost to Hazard 50-47 and in 1958 he lost to Monticello 51-45. After Keith was released from the hospital last summer, doctors told him hed be better than ever. A lot of players used to come by and rub him before we played, Keith said, so hes about worn out.. Bottom line: You won't find many educators and coaches like John Guice. Bottom line: Robert High spent his entire career as a head coach at Chattanooga's Brainerd High, where he won three state championships and finished as state runner-up two more times. Clay Local School District Clay High School Clay Middle School Clay Elementary School Panthers Ohio Portsmouth . To reintroduce myself: I was born in Pikeville, grew up in Bardstown, graduated from the University of Kentucky, worked at newspapers in Eustis, Fla., Lake City, Fla., Henderson, Ky., and Evansville, Ind., before coming to Lexington in 1980. After player introductions, Keith gathers his five starters around him. He played so hard he was vicious, Abner said. This is a young team, one thats still growing and learning but has expectations through the roof. He wont put up with a lot of (stuff). He collected 35 points total last season. His players never did that. McKnight has won 11 state championships, and his last state title also came with his lone national championship in 2014. Keith was a media favorite because he was always cooperative and always a good quote. 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.. Bottom line: Walter "Buck" Van Huss was a legendary high school basketball coach who spent his entire career in Tennessee first at Hampton High, then at Dobyns-Bennett High. Coach Tyler is currently employed at Frederick Douglass High school as a Para-Educator with Special Education. Varsity Head Coach - Clay Wages. Not only was her night over, but her teams season was about to be over, too. MANCHESTER Clay County basketball coach Bobby Keith has a couple of lucky black cats at home. His wife, Meredith, is the Freshman Academy Principal at Tates Creek. Scott Davenport, the head coach of the Bellarmine mens basketball team since 2005, was in his first season at Ballard when the Bruins met Clay County for the 1987 crown. Schools: Fife (Wa.) 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 While some coaches may have to rely on various sources of information to put together their career accomplishments, Bradley's four children did something pretty cool for his Christmas present in 2011 when they created the CoachRonaldBradley.com website. Visser comes to the Eagles with eight years as a. On 2/17, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Central Catholic (Toledo, OH) by a score of 76-53. From there, he was hired as the head coach at Texas-Pan American. There are situations where you have to start from the beginning. He had a career record of 767-125 (86%). His two years there (1997-98 and 1998-99) ended with an 8-46 record and an embezzlement charge, stemming from $25,000 being deposited into his bank account. Hopefully, we developed a really good relationship and they know that while I may be hard on them, its because I want the very best for them I hope these girls know how much I love them.. After a successful collegiate career, Coach Gay pursued his masters degree in special education, while simultaneously working as a graduate assistant and an assistant coach with Bryan Station (2012- 2016) and then Henry Clay (2016- 2017). Hawkins, who died in 2016 at 77 years old, was a member of the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and was honored as the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Mr. Basketball in 2005. You don't become a great coach in any sport without consistency. Hes so focused on figuring out how to win that he is almost unapproachable. After seeing Keith back in action at practice, Rawlings had another version of the prognosis. Keith played on 13th Region title teams at Clay County in 1957 and 1958 and was an assistant for eight seasons, during which Clay County reached two Sweet Sixteens, before he took over for Skyler Garrison in 1970. Coach Tyler Smith was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. That years Sweet Sixteen drew 140,266 people, still a tournament record nearly 30 years later. WYMT first reported that Keith died from an apparent heart attack at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Tysean Sheppard, who will be a junior, is the top returning scorer. Schools: McGregor (Minn.) High School, Barnum (Minn.) High School, Chisholm (Minn.) High School, State championships: 3 (1973, 1975, 1991). White, who only had one losing season in 45 years as a coach, died in 2019 at 78 years old. They have three children; Miller (9), Leighton (12), and Mattox (16). Daniel Boone 24-8. Say what you will about his style, but it shows is he cares. All rights reserved. Note: Only boys basketball coaches were included in these rankings. Peggy, Keiths wife of 25 years, is one Clay Countys biggest boosters. Just like I wasnt nervous before the state championship game last year. Black cats, lucky clothes and pregame rituals aside, Bobby Keith is not a superstitious man. Brooks vault of basketball knowledge will be put to the test now that he is the new boys head basketball coach at Clay High. In basketball, he was a defensive standout, earning MVP honors for Lindsey Wilson even though he barely averaged in double figures. The way I see it, my job is to keep the sun shining on all these good people down here., After working as a sports writer for 41 years, I needed a break from the daily demands and deadlines of the newspaper business. You bet she is, Keith said. High School, Houston Clear Lake High School. 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. 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. Clay County made it to the state tournament in Keiths junior and senior years. But 2,000 is a club reserved for a select group. 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. In its second trip to the game, Clay County defeated Ballard, 76-73, in overtime before a crowd of 19,000 in Rupp Arena. By the time Keith was a junior, he had grown to 6-foot-3 and was quite a player. Wade and Alice Houston are known from hoops. I know thats not true anymore. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Rutgers Preparatory yearbook, courtesy of Rutgers Preparatory School, East Rutherford yearbook, courtesy of Becton High School. It is the only high school in the Oregon City School District. 2023 www.southbendtribune.com. In the middle of his sophomore season, he chose to leave IU and transfer to Providence, helping the Friars to the Final Four in 1987 under coach Rick Pitino. On 1/6, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against ED White (Jacksonville, FL) by a score of 59-58. On 1/17, the Clay varsity basketball team won their away non-conference game against Middleburg (FL) by a score of 63-46. Bottom line: Morgan Gilbert did something no one in the history of high school sports had ever done in 2012. Back when I first started coaching I thought every ball game was life and death. Caldwell 66, West Side 38. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Im serious. I just said, Listen, Im proud of you, Bolser said. 1 in Kentucky with a 21-1 record and 32 consecutive victories over state competition. 7:30 PM. Email: Schools: Eisenhower (Washington) High School, Anchorage East (Alaska) High School, Anchorage West (Alaska) High School, State championships: 18 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983-85, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010). 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. At Dunbar, Hughes' teams made the state semifinals 12 times. Is it time to end Kentucky-Indiana All-Star series? 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. He was 75. 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. 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. You have to learn who they are and what makes them go, Bolser said of his players. 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. Clay High School (Green Cove Springs, FL) Varsity Basketball Varsity Boys Basketball Green Cove Springs, FL 22-23 V. Basketball Home Schedule Roster Standings Rankings Photos Videos News More / Clay High School Basketball Clay Basketball OVERALL 7-16 0.30 Win % DISTRICT 1-2 3rd 5A District 2 HOME5-6 AWAY2-9 NEUTRAL0-1 PF1144 PA1289 STREAK1L CARBONDALE (WSIL) -- On Friday, the Terriers welcomed a new face to their Basketball program. Coming soon are some different ways to look at the 2,000-point club - look out for them. Just ask Bobby Lynch, Geordon Blantons championship senior year, Fast-pitch softball has given girls college opportunities, Put me in, coach! Stats are entered by the coach or designated team statistician in the admin. Keiths teams never did, said Davenport. Keiths daughter Stephanie, who manages the clothing store, has been known to blister a referees ear. Bottom line: In 43 years as St. Anthony High's basketball coach, Bob Hurley produced over 150 Division I players and won four national championships. He probably hates losing more than he likes winning. His old college coach once said Bobby had two vocabularies one for the college classroom and one for Clay County, said J.W. Coach Bordas is a born and raised Lexingtonian. Almond was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. Me, all I do is occasionally win a basketball game. And yes, his language has been known to deteriorate along with a Clay County lead. My objective is to be better each day; be a better teacher and a better coach., Delrays work ethic is what set him apart from everyone else, Cunningham said. Schools: Hampton (Tenn.) High School, Dobyns-Bennett (Tenn.) High School. Actually, I had it happen a couple times. Wolfson 37 Clay 38 Final Box Score Dec 1, 2022 @ 7:25pm Contribute to the Team Complete the Schedule Add missing games to the schedule Complete the Roster Add missing athletes to the roster Add a Team Photo Luck is not the reason the Tigers last March became the first mountain team in 31 years to win the boys state title. 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. STAY CONNECTED. Please help us by reporting the final score. They have two whole years left of high school basketball, but this is the second year in a row theyve taken the last game of the season like it was the last game of their careers. Currently Bordas is employed as the Dean of Students at Bryan Station High School. Bottom line: Richard "Dickie" Warren spent his entire career in Sullivan, Tennessee first as the head coach at Sullivan High, then at Sullivan Central. On 1/14, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their away non-conference game against Munroe (Quincy, FL) by a score of 47-44. This Richmond team was one full of sophomores, and theyre the ones who got most of the playing time both this season and last. Every day Im learning something. He followed Pitino to Kentucky as an assistant coach. (Pictured with assistant coach Rob Hawk (left) and Rodney Harris). The doctor told me I had between five minutes and three months to live unless I had surgery.. On 1/24, the Clay varsity basketball team lost their home non-conference game against Whitmer (Toledo, OH) by a score of 82-66. 2021-2022 Lambert Basketball Coaches. MaxPreps is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. On 12/3, the Clay varsity basketball team won their home non-conference game against Madison Comprehensive (Mansfield, OH) by a score of 73-71. 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. Now, eight months later, Im rested and ready for a part-time return to the game. They played to their strengths and absolutely covered their weaknesses. 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