Post by Legend. on Jul 27, 2009 23:21:11 GMT -5
According to USAtoday.com, my high school gym is one of the best in the nation.
Benton, Kentucky
Marshall County High School
Reed Conder Gymnasium, seats 6,000
Gym gems: Marshall County hosts HoopFest, which has attracted the likes of Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) and Mater Dei (Los Angeles). Six of USA TODAY's Top 25 boys teams played in the event in 2003. Howard Beth, the girls basketball coach, has a 647-104 record. Reed Conder is nicknamed "Little Rupp Arena" after the University of Kentucky arena. There is a waiting list for the 964 chair seats close to the floor. Those seats have been sold out for every game since the gym opened in 1980. Clock and scorekeeper Dennis Joseph hasn't missed a Marshall County home game since 1975.
Memorable moments: The last undefeated state champion in Kentucky girls basketball was the 1984 Marshall County team. Carmelo Anthony took his ACT test at Reed Conder before a tournament to become eligible at Syracuse. Feb. 11, 1984: Before an overflow crowd, state No. 1-ranked Paducah Tilghman visits and loses 75-74 to Marshall County. Jan. 30, 1988: Oak Hill comes to town and loses 60-57.
Names you might recognize: Dan Langhi, former co-Southeastern Conference player of the year at Vanderbilt (2000), who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks; Vanderbilt's Barry Goheen, first-team all-SEC in 1989; Western Kentucky women's basketball coach Mary Taylor Cowles, a former state Miss Basketball.
The full article is here:
www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2004-02-25-ten-great-hoops-other_x.htm
Benton, Kentucky
Marshall County High School
Reed Conder Gymnasium, seats 6,000
Gym gems: Marshall County hosts HoopFest, which has attracted the likes of Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) and Mater Dei (Los Angeles). Six of USA TODAY's Top 25 boys teams played in the event in 2003. Howard Beth, the girls basketball coach, has a 647-104 record. Reed Conder is nicknamed "Little Rupp Arena" after the University of Kentucky arena. There is a waiting list for the 964 chair seats close to the floor. Those seats have been sold out for every game since the gym opened in 1980. Clock and scorekeeper Dennis Joseph hasn't missed a Marshall County home game since 1975.
Memorable moments: The last undefeated state champion in Kentucky girls basketball was the 1984 Marshall County team. Carmelo Anthony took his ACT test at Reed Conder before a tournament to become eligible at Syracuse. Feb. 11, 1984: Before an overflow crowd, state No. 1-ranked Paducah Tilghman visits and loses 75-74 to Marshall County. Jan. 30, 1988: Oak Hill comes to town and loses 60-57.
Names you might recognize: Dan Langhi, former co-Southeastern Conference player of the year at Vanderbilt (2000), who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks; Vanderbilt's Barry Goheen, first-team all-SEC in 1989; Western Kentucky women's basketball coach Mary Taylor Cowles, a former state Miss Basketball.
The full article is here:
www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2004-02-25-ten-great-hoops-other_x.htm