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Victory today will give ACHS boys 4th trip to State Tournament John Burr had two State Tournament teams, Keith Young one; but Coach Young was in the Regional Finals more than any other Adair County coach. Columbia High School only other local school to make it to the State Tournament By Ed Waggener With the help of Adair County basketball historians Jim Moss, athletic director at Adair County High School, and outstanding foremer Adair County basketball player Ralph McQueary, it appears that, when Adair County beats John Hardin this evening, it will be the school's fourth trip to the State Tournament. In the beginning, Adair County High School went 100% of the time. The first two years the school was in existence, Coach John Burr's teams appeared at the state tournament as Sixth Region Champions. In 1954, the Coach Burr's team lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Inez, which was led by Billy Ray Cassiday. In 1955, Adair County played in the finals, and were runners-up to Hazard and Johnny Cox. Those two teams included Haskin Rowe, Ralph Shearer, Louis Pendleton, Terry Randall, and Billy Conover, Ralph McQueary, Don Miller, Rayburn Daugherty, and Jim Richards. Shearer and Randall made Courier Journal all state teams, Haskin Rowe was an all-state second team pick, and the Pendleton and Conover appear high up. Rowe was an amazing center, at 6-1, who rarely lost a jump ball, no matter what size giant he was up against. He was a directional player, who may have been the best straight up, Vertical Player the game as ever seen. Left to right moves, right to left, forward and backward maneuvers were better handled by nimbler team mates, but straight up, and straight down, Haskin Rowe was the best. Plus, he hit practically every foul shot he took. Coach Burr had the added advantage of several dozen paraprofessional coaches headquartered at Grover Gilpin's G & M Grill, who lavished their hardwood genius on him, but not to his face. He wasn't a man to abide much advice. Nonetheless it was there for his asking, and some of it was pretty good. It was 40 years after Coach Burr's last trip to the state that Adair County spent in the basketball wilderness, until Coach Keith Young won the the title in 1995, defeating Larue County Hawks in the the finals of the Fifth Region tournament. Coach Young actually made it to the finals of the regional more than Coach Burr did. Coach Young played in the regional finals on three occasions prior to winning a trip to the state tournament. Coach Burr did make one more trip to the regional finals. That was in 1956, Ralph McQueary remembers. Coach Burr usually had an adoring public to heap praise on him, and one year, heap the keys a new Chevrolet sedan to him as a token of appreciation from Columbia fans. Coach Young, Mr. McQueary remembers, had a different experience. "When he got back from the State Tournament," Mr. McQueary said, "he had a letter from Superintendent Al Sullivan firing him." Adair County Coaches, Ralph McQueary recalls (not necessarily in order), have been John Burr, George Critz, Red Nixon, Keith Young, Juanita Young, Sammy Blair, John Marshall Shelley, Roger Cook, and Mark Fudge. Besides Adair County, one other Columbia team made it to the big show. Columbia High School appeared one time, ca 1920, and scored 1 point--the one foul shot made by later Adair County millionaire Morris Epperson. The winning team scored 21, I remember being told. The 1992 Adair County Girls Basketball Team was a Regional Champion and won in the first round of the state tournament. Click Here to read Chad Bivens letter on the girls' record. There may be a Columbia High girls basketball State Tournament trip, as well, in the Ruth Hill (Willis) era. This story was posted on 2007-03-13 14:05:03
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