By Christopher Harris
Commonwealth Journal Jul 29, 2021
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Reggie Hanson, a member of the 1986 Pulaski County High School state champion basketball team, will return to his old school on Saturday, August 14 for two of his Youth Under Construction personal development workshops. Submitted
Reggie Hanson has defeated numerous opponents during his basketball career. Louisville s Pleasure Ridge Park in the 1986 Sweet 16. College basketball powerhouses like Kansas and Indiana. Even a number of NBA teams â including a New Jersey Nets squad coached by one John Calipari.
But one more recent challenge to come along has posed maybe the biggest threat â the Internet Age.
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North Laurel High School sophomore standout Reed Sheppard has attracted national attention this year. Averaging 33 points per game, he has helped lead his North Laurel Jaguars to an undefeated record of 19-0. Caleb Lowndes
âI will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.â
Legendary University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp was known to have tweaked this bit of the 121st Psalm to reference the source of talent on some of his greatest teams: Appalachia. The mountains and hills of Eastern Kentucky.Â
Indeed, some of the most beloved Wildcats of all time hail from this part of the state. Wallace âWah Wahâ Jones of the âFabulous Fiveâ â the team that truly put Rupp and UK on the NCAA map â was a Harlan boy. Johnny Cox, an All-American and 1958 national champion, was from Hazard. Jerry Bird came out of Corbin to be All-SEC in 1956. The 1970-71 team,