Van Lear Basketball This is the 1955-56 basketball team at Van Lear High School. They were a young team, but…
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Van Lear Basebll Van Lear always had great baseball teams that played in several leagues over the years. The pictured…
Russell Rice Russell Rice played football at Van Lear in Johnson County until the manpower-depleted team voted to give up…
Bob Shurtleff Bob Shurtleff started his football career at Pikeville High School as a center before moving to play left…
Tyler Pack Tyler Pack had the longest punt in state high school history. Playing for Johnson Central vs Greenup County…
Mike “The Missile” Minix Dick Butkus, Joe Namath, John Huarte, and Tucker Frederickson were oft-heard names in Sunday NFL games. …
David Couch Few Johnson Central graduates have experienced the type of success that David Couch has enjoyed. Even in high…
1964 in Mountain Basketball The year 1964 was one of my favorite times in high school sports in our region…
Virgie Football In 1990 the varsity football team from Shelby Valley made KHSAA as the first team ever to make…
JJ Hylton The greatest scorer in Belfry’s Boys Basketball history is JJ Hylton, who led his team to three consecutive…