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13WEST KY NEWS VThursday, March 17, 2022 The KHSBHF is honored to announce its 2022 Class of In- ductees. The sixteen inductees selected represent the great tradition of Ken- tucky high school basketball. This 10th anniversary class is yet another extraor- dinarily talented group demonstrating the great wealth of achievement by our coaches and players over the decades. KHSBHF Class of 2022 Coach Jeff Haile Henderson County High School Coach Haile began his basketball exploits at Henderson County as a player and would later return home to coach the Lady Colo- nels. His teams have won games and seventeen regional titles over his 27 year career.

Coach remarkable record supports his Hall of Fame status. Coach Lyle Dunbar Christian County High School Lyle Dunbar coached at four schools before ending his career at Christian County. Over a 33 year ca- reer his teams won 628 games and six regional champion- ships. The 1976 and 1979 Colonels would go on to become state runner up. Coach Dunbar was a gen- tleman coach whose career was exemplary in every way.

Coach Randy Embry Owensboro Senior High School Coach Embry would have a Hall of Fame resume as a player at Owensboro High School being chosen to the All-State Teams of 1960 and 1961 and Mr. Basketball in 1961. However, the best was yet to come. He began his coaching career at Davies County High School but would soon move over to his alma mater, Owensboro Senior High School as leader of the Red Dev- ils. His teams won 558 games including eight regional titles.

Coach Robert Graves Louisville Central High School Coach Graves excelled as a player partici- pating on two Central teams (1955-1956) that won state and national titles in the KHSAL (Kentucky High School Athletic League) before inte- gration in 1957. His coaching career at Central would even surpass his playing days. Robert Graves Central teams won 445 games while losing only 116 The Yellow Jackets under his tutelage also won two state titles in 1967 and 1974. He was named Coach of the Year in 1969 and 1974. Brigette Combs Whitesburg High School Brigette Combs was a standout athlete at Whitesburg High School leading the Yellow Jackets to three consecutive KH- SAA Sweet 16 appearances.

In her four year career, she scored 2,672 points while also gathering 1,920 rebounds and 585 steals. After an impressive senior year in which she av- eraged 27 points and 14 rebounds, Combs was named Kentucky Miss Basketball in 1985. She continued her basketball career at Western Kentucky University helping the Lady Toppers to a Final Four appear- ance in 1986. Peggy Gay Moore Buckhorn High School Peggy Gay was a trailblazer in Ken- tucky basketball shattering gender bar- riers in the 1970s. Her senior year the KH- SAA reinstated basketball allowing Gay to compete for one season.

She made the most of that season by scoring an impressive 74 points in a single game. Av- eraging 35 points and 16 rebounds per game Gay was named a first team Lexington Her- ald All-State selection. Her skills earned her a scholarship to play at Eastern Kentucky University where she became the first 1,000 point scorer tallying 1,696 points in her collegiate career. Steffphon Pettigrew Elizabethtown High School Steffphon was the leading all-time scor- er in Elizabethtown High School basket- ball history averag- ing an amazing 32.7 points per game as a senior. A two time All-State performer, he helped lead the Panthers to the Sweet 16 in 2005.

Steffphon would be named 2006 MVP of the King of the Bluegrass Tour- nament and 2007 Mr. Basketball. He con- tinued his career at Western Kentucky University. Daymeon Fishback Greenwood High School Daymeon all round game was phenomenal and backed up by statis- tical facts: Career Points 2,200, Re- bounds 900, Assists 500. He was named to the All-State first team in 1995 and 1996.

His high school senior year culminated by being named Ken- Mr. Basketball in 1996. He attended Auburn University on a basketball scholar- ship where he had an outstanding college career. Elisha Justice Shelby Valley High School Elisha Justice led the Shelby Valley Wild- cats to a state title in 2010 where he was named tournament MVP. He was a first team All-State per- former in 2009 and 2010.

He was named to the All-State Tour- nament Team in 2009 and 2010. Kentucky Mr. Basketball honors in 2010 sealed the deal for Elisha Justice to become a mountain legend. He signed a basketball scholar- ship with University of Louisville to con- tinue his career. Don Frye Monticello High School Mighty Monticello, 180 students strong, emerged as a state power in the late 1950s winning three consec- utive regional titles and competing for the state championship in 1960 vs.

Louisville Flaget. One reason for this amazing story was Don Frye, a two time All-Stater who also garnered All-State Tournament honors in 1960. A rugged, tough inside player who could score and rebound, he was the Monticello motor who fueled a remarkable run. Don continued his college career at Furman University in South Carolina. Sydney Moss Boone County High School Sydney Moss was a terrific all-round per- former for the Boone County Rebels, and her statistics support that fact: 2,997 career points, 315 assists, 326 steals, and 136 blocked shots.

She led Boone County to two Sweet 16 appearances in 2010 and 2012. Sydney gar- nered All-State hon- ors in 2011 and 2012, was named Gatorade Player of the Year in 2012 and received the coveted Miss Basket- ball award in 2012. Her talent and drive to compete made her career legendary. She continued her remarkable career at University of Florida and Thomas Moore. James Lee Lexington Henry Clay High School James Lee earned All- State honors in 1973 and 1974.

He led the 1973 Henry Clay Blue Devils to the Sweet 16 where he was named to the All-Tournament Team. His powerful, athletic game was as- tonishing to watch as were the head to head rivalry games vs. Bryan Jack Givens. It was a tal- ent show for the ages during their parallel high school careers. James attended the University of Ken- tucky and played on the 1978 NCAA cham- pionship team.

Andy Penick Pleasure Ridge Park High School Andy Penick led Pleasure Ridge Park to the greatest athletic achievement, the 1989 Sweet 16 championship. He culminated his high school career by being named to his third consecutive All-State team in 1990, a rarity accomplished by only a few. Andy was also selected to the All- State Tournament Team in 1989. In the 1990 Kentucky-Indi- ana All-Star Games, he had two stellar performances. Andy continued his basket- ball career at Michi- gan State University.

Lee Raker Ballard High School Lee Raker was two- time All-Stater on one of great- est teams, the Ballard High School Bruins of 1977. He was named to the 1977 All-State Tournament Team when Ballard won the state title over Lou- isville Valley High School. Lee joins his teammate Jeff Lamp once again as a Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Famer. They were a dynamic duo that helped create a histor- ic team. He continued his basketball career at the University of Virginia.

Dwayne Morton Louisville Central High School Dwayne Morton was an active, athletic and determined scoring machine for the Cen- tral Yellow Jackets from 1987-1990. He was named on three consecutive All-State Teams and earned Mr. Basketball honors his senior year of 1990. Dwayne wore the jersey in the annual Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Game Series. He attended the Uni- versity of Louisville and had a remarkable career under Coach Denny Crum.

Carl Helem Horse Cave High School Carl Helem led Horse Cave High School to two consecutive state KHSAL (Kentucky High School Athletic League) champion- ships in 1944 and 1945. He was named state tournament MVP in 1945. The of Carl Helem and Clarence Wilson powered Horse Cave into legendary status. Carl contin- ued his career at Tennessee State Uni- versity. His post-col- lege days were spent entertaining America as part of the world famous Harlem Globe- trotters.

Carl Helem was presented a Globetrotter Legends ring in 1999. The 2022 Kentucky High School Hall of Fame Induction Cel- ebration will be held on Saturday August 13th 7pm State Theatre -Elizabeth- town KY. Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Tshiebwe joins Kansas star and 3 from Big Ten on AP All-America team By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Basketball Writer Kentucky big man Oscar Tshiebwe, the favorite for national player of the year, heads up the first- team Associated Press All-Americans. The 6-foot-9 Tshieb- we has averaged 17.0 points and 15.1 re- bounds in leading the Wildcats to a 26-7 re- cord. Tshiebwe is the first All-American for Kentucky since Tyler Ulis in 2016.

He is joined by Keegan Murray, Illi- Kofi Cockburn, Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji and Wiscon- Johnny Davis. had to learn from a lot of guys last year just what it takes to be great at this said Murray, a sophomore guard from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who is fourth nation- ally in scoring at 23.6 points per game head- ing into the NCAA Tournament. mean, kind of like everything just got put together for Murray added, all the hard work that we put The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes, who won the Big Ten Tourna- ment title on Sunday, will open their NCAA tourney on Thursday against Richmond. struggled earlier on this year a little bit and now doing really Murray said, just a great All the first-team picks have their teams positioned to make a postseason run. Cockburn, the bruis- ing forward from Kingston, Jamaica, and the fourth-seed- ed Fighting Illini play Chattanooga on Friday, the same day Davis and the third-seeded Badgers open against Colgate.

Tshiebwe has Ken- tucky seeded second going into game against Saint Agbaji and the top-seeded Jayhawks open against one of the play-in teams. Davis is the Bad- third first-team All-American, joining Alando Tucker in 2007 and Frank Kaminsky in 2015, while Tshieb- we is the first for Ken- tucky since Tyler Ulis in 2016. Agbaji gives the Jayhawks a first- team pick for the third time in six years after Frank Mason in 2017 and Devonte Graham in 2018. Just like Murray with the Hawkeyes, Agbaji already has some experience cutting down nets this season. The Big 12 player of the year led Kansas past Texas Tech in the conference title game, adding tourna- ment MVP honors to a growing collection of hardware that Agbaji has earned during his senior season.

great to see him do all these things. accomplishing pretty much every goal he set out to ac- Jayhawks teammate Christian Braun said, awesome to watch him every day, you know, work hard and prac- tice hard and do all these things, and then accomplish everything he set out to accom- SECOND TEAM Drew Timme of Gon- zaga led the AP second team for the second straight year and was joined by fresh- man teammate Chet Holmgren. Jaden Ivey of Purdue gave the Big Ten another All-Amer- ican, while likely No. 1 draft pick Jabari Smith of Auburn and Benedict Mathurin of Arizona rounded out the second team. The Bulldogs, who are the No.

1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season, also had two second-team picks last year in Timme and Jalen Suggs. Another teammate, Corey Kispert, was a first-teamer last year. THIRD TEAM Paolo Banchero of Duke was the only player from the ACC to be chosen for one of the first three teams, while the Blue Devils were the only team from the vaunted basketball conference to land in the final Top 25 poll this season. Banchero also will go down as the final All-American in a long list to have played for retiring Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyze- wski. Banchero was joined on the third team by Collin Gillespie of Vil- lanova and E.J.

Liddell of Ohio State, both of whom were honorable mention picks last sea- son, and Walker Kes- sler of Auburn. James Akinjo of Baylor and JD Notae of Arkansas tied for the last spot on the third team, giving it six members rather than five. HONORABLE MENTION David Roddy of Colo- rado State was the top vote getter among the honorable mention selections. Others to receive the honor include Armando Bacot of North Caroli- na; Johnny Juzang of UCLA; Alondes Wil- liams of Wake Forest; Tari Eason of LSU; Zach Edey of Purdue; two-time pick Max Ab- mas of Oral Roberts; and Ron Harper Jr. of Rutgers..