Where'd You Go to High School and Your School's Best Player

[Uncle Dave]

I believe Simms eventually graduated from St. Rita Grade School, which is right across from Southern. My wife's whole family went there.

My kids now go to St. Gabriel, whose claim to fame sports-wise is Scott Padgett.

My family went to St. Rita when I was a toddler. We lived off Old Shep, then moved out off Applegate Lane in Friendly Hills(Joyce Dr.). St. Rita had an awesome FB field. I was in St. Athanasius' first first grade in 1962. Place was directly in the middle of a cow pasture lol.

[Friendsofcoal]

We're about the same age.

I played against those Lexington Catholic teams through those years. Vondale Morton was probably the best player I ever played against. (Fields IIRC was a little younger.) I shot a three from about 28 feet and Morton was standing at what had to be the dotted line in the paint. As soon as I shot it he went up and blocked it. It was crazy. My coach ripped me out and got me on the bench and said, "WE DIDN'T COME ALL THE WAY TO LEXINGTON TO WATCH YOU SHOOT THREES!"

Vondale was an amazing playing in high school! I was always surprised that he didn't do more in college.

[Ukatfan]

[QUOTE=Lighthouse;n133229]



I don't know, Mike Redd was a decent player too. Just not as famous.

Didn't Mike Redd play for Kentucky Wesleyan back in the late 60's. I watched him play and he was a great player. I believe he was drafted by the Celtics but never played. Not sure why.

[Lighthouse]

[QUOTE=Ukatfan;n133254]

I don't know, Mike Redd was a decent player too. Just not as famous.

Didn't Mike Redd play for Kentucky Wesleyan back in the late 60's. I watched him play and he was a great player. I believe he was drafted by the Celtics but never played. Not sure why.

Not sure of the year, but I think he played at Seneca after Unseld. I have no idea if he played in college. But he was certainly good enough.

[Ukatfan]

Owensboro Senior High, had several great players in Bobby Watson, Randy Embry, Kenny Higgs. I would have to say Cliff Hagan was the best. Not sure why Joe Hall didn't recruit Higgs and he ended up at LSU but his brother Mark did play football at UK.

[catfaninin]

I went to Jennings County High in North Vernon, IN. Danny Brown and Billy Harmon both went to UL to play for Denny Crum. Both were later inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

[justford]

Russell High School in Greenup County. Don't know about our best player but Billy Ray Cyrus graduated from there.

[Catgrad7072]

[QUOTE=Lighthouse;n133256]

Not sure of the year, but I think he played at Seneca after Unseld. I have no idea if he played in college. But he was certainly good enough.

Here's a link to Mike Redd's bio. A couple of people 'in the know' tell me he was the best high school BB player they have ever seen.

http://nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?note_id=3052

[Dwight Schrute]

Elizabethtown High School - Antwain Barbour on the boy's side. On the girl's side, probably Erin Boley. She was a McDonald's All-American a couple of years ago and played at Notre Dame before transferring after last year.

[surveyor]

Bullitt East High School - first graduating class.

Derrrick Willis (Rusty Troutman honorable mention)

EDIT: Alison Bass on the girl's side. Went on to play at UofL.

EDIT, Redux.

Driving through town yesterday and seeing the street named after Becky McKinley reminded me that I neglected to include her as an honorable mention. Went on to play basketball at Bellarmine.

[CATHYnKY]

Eastern HS in Middletown. 2 names come to mind...Basketball-Rondo; Football-Arvel Carrol. I'm sure there might be more.

[teamchemistry15]

[QUOTE=Lighthouse;n133256]

Not sure of the year, but I think he played at Seneca after Unseld. I have no idea if he played in college. But he was certainly good enough.

I'm just shy of 29. I know Unseld for the obvious reasons. Redd is a name I am unfamiliar with.

[uglyduckling]

Another Southern High School grad here. Class of 2007. Lisa Harrison's about all we got as far as basketball goes lol. Phil Simms spoke at a ceremony we had our JR/SR year can't remember which. Really good dude.

[George]

Bell County High School (KY). Graduated in the early oughts. Don't remember/haven't heard many big basketball names before my time, but while I was there we had a couple guys named Josh Brock and Trae Winkler who were fantastic ball players. Trae, especially, was a great athlete.

[KCKUKFan]

Scottsburg High School in Indiana, class of 02. We didn't have any great players, but Austin High School five minutes down the road had Anthony Winchester, who would go on to star for Western Kentucky 02-06.