Dorton Wildcats Seventh & Eight Graders Pike County Champions Virgie Eagles Jr. High Runners Up

Read from the pages of THE PIKEVILLE DAILY NEWS The Regionals Begin Meet the Fab 6 Pikeville panthers of 1952 Woodrow Preston Russell Porter Morris Stratton Lee King Ralph Gilliam Ernest Prater Pikeville Basketball Schedule 1951/1952

PUBLIC SCHOOL BASKETBALL IS A MOUNTAIN INSTITUTION. It has often been said that business deals and new acquaintances in eastern Kentucky are often made at one of two functions, a basketball game or a funeral. Anthony Hawkins, a regular contributor of material to the Pike County Historical Society website, came

Photo is courtesy of The Elkhorn City Heritage Council.

Thanks to Doug Kretzer with The Mountain Sports Hall of Fame for the photos and content. In Search of John O’Neil In April a friend and one of the great historians in the Big Sandy Valley sent me a message saying he and others were building a Pike County History

This is part of the Praise Baseball team. Named from left to right: Ben Wright, Frank Wright, Booker Wright, Benton Wright, and Charlie Wright. Photo is courtesy of The Elkhorn City Heritage Council.