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Peebles
1973 : Chuck Johnson: Anyone who played against him knew how good he was. 6'1" guard who could dunk when it wasn't legal.He scored 908 points,was Allstate guard who's team made it to Chillicothe to the district final game vs Chesapeake in 1973 losing on final seconds shot. He was recruited by Indiana and several other schools ,but; decided to stay home to take care of family.

1979-1981 Kelly Copeland : the big red head scored over 1000 points,ripped down 752 rebounds,and was a 6'5" terror for anyone who matched up against him. He teamed up with the Justice Twins to win several tri-county and shl league titles. At one point his Indians faced the Eastern eagles ,both undefeated late season for the tri-county league title. 5 radio stations we're present in standing room only contest.Kelly and the Indians prevailed.

2011 : Blake Justice ,2183 tp,24.2 ppg average, state record books with 314 three pointers made,395 free throws made,261 steals,499 rebounds,291 assists,played at Akron ,Valdosta State and scored over 1000 points in his college career. He also played a couple of years Professional in Germany .He currently assistant coaches The #9 ranked DII Valdosta State Blazers in Georgia.

Trent Arey : 2013, 5'11" point guard,957 points,524 rbs,602 assists,229 free throws made,238 steals. Defensive warrior who never came out of a game. Currently teaching and coaching Jr high at PHS.

2015: Beau Justice, 2370 points,24.7 points per game,228 three pointers made,478 rebounds,472 free throws made,311 assists,Allstate guard ,his teams made it to two regionals facing africentric,and harvest prep in back to back years, Beau went one year to West Liberty playing many minutes as freshman guard, Beau transfered to Valdosta State where he has been awesome as a shooting guard on a team that is currently rated #9 in the country in Dll and is three time player of the week in their league.

Honorable mention:Josh Arey,Andrew Seaman,Joe Ryan,Greg Seaman,Brett and Brian Justice,Bob Huffman, Micheal Cheeseboro, Whitey Daulton, And Marc Kremins

Jim Mahlmeister Sr.(Alltime leading scorer)
Bill Dressel Sr. (Canisus)
J F Scherer (Illinois State)
Joe Dressel ( Marshall)
Shawn Hacker (Shawnee State)
Ironton St.Joe

art_vandelay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:22 am South Webster

1. Brett Roberts '88 (Morehead State...led nation in scoring in '92 and drafted by Sacramento Kings in second round)

2. Nick Aldridge '06 (Western Carolina; Mountain State)

3. Brigham Waginger '06 (Western Carolina)

4. Mike Rose '71 (ask the older dudes...he could ball)

5. Brian Dyer '91 (Shawnee State...led NAIA in rebounding his senior year).

Bench: Jeremy Kaltenbach (Marietta); Austin Loop (Marshall); Justin Lower; Jordan Lower; Eric McClintic; Ty Roberts; Jeff Bradley (Cedarville); Michael Coriell.*

I’ve heard if there was a 3 point line back in the day Mike Rose would have an unfathonable amount of points.

Also honorable mention they didn’t specify men’s or women’s. Kayla Cook - 4 years at UC and over 2000 career points.

Not sure if we can claim Brig or not we need to take that up with the Ironton delegation no doubt that was probably the best combo in SW history

Athens
PG Griffin Lutz 2017
SG Joe Burrow 2015
SF Ibi Watson 2016
PF Steve Brunning 1984
C Don Winfordner 1970

This is 67 to present. 60's were loaded

With the incredibly rich history of the Portsmouth Trojans, to narrow the list to only 5 is extremely difficult. I will go, though, with this 5:

1. Larry Hisle (1965).......3rd leading scorer in Trojan history(1,375), first team All-American, played pro baseball for Philadelphia and Milwaukee
2. Jeff Lisath (1978)*.......5th leading scorer in Trojan history(1,256) all time leading scorer in PHS state tournament history (40 points in 2 games), starter on the 1978 PHS state championship team, started at Miami University (Oxford)
3. Craig Tubbs (1979)*......2nd leading scorer in Trojan history(1,485), second leading scorer in PHS state tournament history (39 points in 2 games), starter on the 1978 PHS state championship team, started at Miami University (Oxford)
4. Mike Haley (1961)*.......leading scorer on the 1961 Big School State Champion Trojans(22.0), starred at Ohio University and is a member of their Hall of Fame, coached at Dayton Roth and Dunbar, winning 4 state titles, also coached at Portsmouth 1993-1995
5. Kyre Allison (2016)......all time leading scorer at PHS (1,688 points), started all 4 years, went on to play his freshman year at Marshall University

Others that I have to mention.......Leroy Carr (1954), Curt Gentry (1955), Walt Mannon (1967), Charles Taylor (1969), Mike Lovenguth (1972), Bo Clemens (1974), Marcus Bendolph (1980)*, Chris Gentry (1982), Kyle Taylor and Darrin Miller (1984), David Barnes, Dominic McKinley, Patrick Tubbs (1988)*, Jason Taylor (1989)*, Phil Whitehead (1991)*, Damond Mannon (1992)*, Darnell Lisath (1994), Andrew Bendolph (2011)*, Wayne Evans, Dion McKinley (2012)*, Kendal Reynolds (2017--4th leading scorer in Trojan history--1,341).

13 of these players mentioned played on at least 1 state tournament team. They are designated with an asterisk*.

scott1297 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:38 am

yabbadabbadoo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:57 pm Wheelersburg

1. Todd Staker-6’3” 1981-1984-started as a Sophomore-guard who could jump out of the gym. Played on two Final Four teams, 82 as a Sophomore and 84 as Senior. Burg made it to the finals in 84 losing to future NBA player Jerome Lane and Akron St. Vincent 75-71. Todd averaged around 30 in the tourney that year.

2. Andrew Burleson-6’6”, 1998-2002- started as a Freshman-could play about anywhere. Sweet shot and good hops. Could handle the ball very well for being 6’6”. I believe he is the all time leading scorer at Burg.

3. Brad Walke-6’1”, 1980-1983-started as a Sophomore. Guard who could shoot from anywhere or take you off the dribble. If three point shot would have be around he would have scored some serious points. Played on the Burg Final Four team of 81-82.

4. Jonathon Eaton-6’1”-1991-1995-started as a Freshman come tourney time helping lead A Burg team, that I believe had a losing record going to the tourney, all the way to the Regional Final. Playmaker who was good at driving to the basket and dishing off or making the shot. Helped lead Burg to the Final Four in 95 where they lost to a strong Orrville team in the state finals. Upset a strong Cols Bishop Hartley team in the semifinals.

5. Cam Miller-6’7”-2004-2007-started as a Sophomore. Good balhandler for his size. Could shoot the three or beat you off the dribble for a thunderous dunk. Helped lead Burg to back to back Final Fours in 2006 and 2007.

I would put Mark Eaton on this list he started some games as a freshman very good player terrific scorer high basketball I.Q

Also would add Jack Miller I think his senior year was 78-79 not sure but was really good went on to play 4 years at the university of Hawaii

I am interested to see lists from more OVC and SOC schools. Hope more posters have the knowledge. Very impressive lists so far. I remember watching many of the names mentioned

Raider6309 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:14 pm Athens
PG Griffin Lutz 2017
SG Joe Burrow 2015
SF Ibi Watson 2016
PF Steve Brunning 1984
C Don Winfordner 1970

This is 67 to present. 60's were loaded

Ibi went to pickerington. He is not an Athens allum.

Interested in Chillicothe, Oak Hill, Wellston, Piketon and Waverly

Raider I believe Steve Brunning was 1983.

loganlocos wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:25 am At Logan:

Mark Shaw, '71 - averaged over 20 points and 20 rebounds his senior season and over 20 and 18 as a junior. 2nd all-time leading scorer.

Coy Lindsey, '97 - all-time leading scorer. Great guard who could shoot the lights out.

Kerry York, '86 - had his senior season cut short due to an ankle injury. Was on pace for a 1,000 point career (without playing Varsity as a freshman)

Greg Poston, '68 - school's first 1,000 point scorer. Just a tremendous all-around athlete.

Keith Myers, '86 - teamed up with York for the best two-year run in school history, including a 22-2 season in '85-'86. That team won 21 straight even after York's knee injury and Keith picked up the slack.


This list doesn't include 1,000 point scorers Doug Stiverson ('89) or Patrick Angle ('10).

Others for consideration:
Eddie Joe Grandy ('53)
Gene Morgan ('56)
George Stump ('60)
Jim Pierce ('74?)
Tim Moore ('89)
Eric Burris ('93?)
Kevin Fisher ('14)
Bo Myers ('19)


Anybody else I'm missing, Chieftain fans?

Hard to argue that one. Maybe would add these ones:

Mike McBroom ('77)
Jack Miller ('85)
Josh Lawrence ('00)

Oak Hill
Adrian Hayes, Jim Slone, Nick Donley, Doug Hale, and Benji Lewis are a start.

Gator B Long wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:38 pm Oak Hill
Adrian Hayes, Jim Slone, Nick Donley, Doug Hale, and Benji Lewis are a start.

Didn’t know Slone was a big player

From OHHS: Marc Hendrix aka, "Big Red". 6'3-4. He could score from anywhere. 1972-74

Couldn't agree more with Doug Hale!! Rebounding machine.

Can't help with others as I haven't lived in SEO since 1977. I call NW Fla home. Gotta say that I really do enjoy wisdom of pFloyd and others here. Will post from time to time...mainly with questions. Thanks folks, GREAT site!!

93Bulldog wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:32 pm

Raider6309 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:14 pm Athens
PG Griffin Lutz 2017
SG Joe Burrow 2015
SF Ibi Watson 2016
PF Steve Brunning 1984
C Don Winfordner 1970

This is 67 to present. 60's were loaded

Ibi went to pickerington. He is not an Athens allum.

Then add Woody Mayle. Larry Hunter was probably better the best PG but from The Plains

Eric Gustavson 1965 or 1966 Harvard. Almost beat the D1 state champs in the regionals

scott1297 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:38 am

yabbadabbadoo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:57 pm Wheelersburg

1. Todd Staker-6’3” 1981-1984-started as a Sophomore-guard who could jump out of the gym. Played on two Final Four teams, 82 as a Sophomore and 84 as Senior. Burg made it to the finals in 84 losing to future NBA player Jerome Lane and Akron St. Vincent 75-71. Todd averaged around 30 in the tourney that year.

2. Andrew Burleson-6’6”, 1998-2002- started as a Freshman-could play about anywhere. Sweet shot and good hops. Could handle the ball very well for being 6’6”. I believe he is the all time leading scorer at Burg.

3. Brad Walke-6’1”, 1980-1983-started as a Sophomore. Guard who could shoot from anywhere or take you off the dribble. If three point shot would have be around he would have scored some serious points. Played on the Burg Final Four team of 81-82.

4. Jonathon Eaton-6’1”-1991-1995-started as a Freshman come tourney time helping lead A Burg team, that I believe had a losing record going to the tourney, all the way to the Regional Final. Playmaker who was good at driving to the basket and dishing off or making the shot. Helped lead Burg to the Final Four in 95 where they lost to a strong Orrville team in the state finals. Upset a strong Cols Bishop Hartley team in the semifinals.

5. Cam Miller-6’7”-2004-2007-started as a Sophomore. Good balhandler for his size. Could shoot the three or beat you off the dribble for a thunderous dunk. Helped lead Burg to back to back Final Fours in 2006 and 2007.

I would put Mark Eaton on this list he started some games as a freshman very good player terrific scorer high basketball I.Q

The Eaton kids...are they related to former OHHS coach John Eaton? Coach E was the oaks coach when I was in school.

loganlocos wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:25 am At Logan:

Mark Shaw, '71 - averaged over 20 points and 20 rebounds his senior season and over 20 and 18 as a junior. 2nd all-time leading scorer.

Coy Lindsey, '97 - all-time leading scorer. Great guard who could shoot the lights out.

Kerry York, '86 - had his senior season cut short due to an ankle injury. Was on pace for a 1,000 point career (without playing Varsity as a freshman)

Greg Poston, '68 - school's first 1,000 point scorer. Just a tremendous all-around athlete.

Keith Myers, '86 - teamed up with York for the best two-year run in school history, including a 22-2 season in '85-'86. That team won 21 straight even after York's knee injury and Keith picked up the slack.


This list doesn't include 1,000 point scorers Doug Stiverson ('89) or Patrick Angle ('10).

Others for consideration:
Eddie Joe Grandy ('53)
Gene Morgan ('56)
George Stump ('60)
Jim Pierce ('74?)
Tim Moore ('89)
Eric Burris ('93?)
Kevin Fisher ('14)
Bo Myers ('19)

Anybody else I'm missing, Chieftain fans?

I would definitely throw in Jeff Morgan. Great all around athlete, but basketball was probably his best sport. Pretty sure he played varsity when only a freshman and could really light it up when he got hot. I think he held a record at one time for most points in a game ,but not sure. Knee injuries really hampered his career and if he would have stayed healthy everybody would recognize that name.

Watch Gene Morgan when I was young. Great ballplayer. The Paterson brothers were good too.
Mark Shaw always seemed to be where the ball came down. He was in sports Ill. as a peewee baseball player. Pitched and won a 64/00 game. Think it was for the Hocking [Herferd's]?????.

OHHS old timer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:15 am

scott1297 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:38 am

yabbadabbadoo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:57 pm Wheelersburg

1. Todd Staker-6’3” 1981-1984-started as a Sophomore-guard who could jump out of the gym. Played on two Final Four teams, 82 as a Sophomore and 84 as Senior. Burg made it to the finals in 84 losing to future NBA player Jerome Lane and Akron St. Vincent 75-71. Todd averaged around 30 in the tourney that year.

2. Andrew Burleson-6’6”, 1998-2002- started as a Freshman-could play about anywhere. Sweet shot and good hops. Could handle the ball very well for being 6’6”. I believe he is the all time leading scorer at Burg.

3. Brad Walke-6’1”, 1980-1983-started as a Sophomore. Guard who could shoot from anywhere or take you off the dribble. If three point shot would have be around he would have scored some serious points. Played on the Burg Final Four team of 81-82.

4. Jonathon Eaton-6’1”-1991-1995-started as a Freshman come tourney time helping lead A Burg team, that I believe had a losing record going to the tourney, all the way to the Regional Final. Playmaker who was good at driving to the basket and dishing off or making the shot. Helped lead Burg to the Final Four in 95 where they lost to a strong Orrville team in the state finals. Upset a strong Cols Bishop Hartley team in the semifinals.

5. Cam Miller-6’7”-2004-2007-started as a Sophomore. Good balhandler for his size. Could shoot the three or beat you off the dribble for a thunderous dunk. Helped lead Burg to back to back Final Fours in 2006 and 2007.

I would put Mark Eaton on this list he started some games as a freshman very good player terrific scorer high basketball I.Q

The Eaton kids...are they related to former OHHS coach John Eaton? Coach E was the oaks coach when I was in school.

Their dad’s name was John Eaton but not sure if he ever coached at OHHS. Maybe same guy.

Chieftain2009 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:37 pm
Hard to argue that one. Maybe would add these ones:

Mike McBroom ('77)
Jack Miller ('85)
Josh Lawrence ('00)

Yes!

Great additions - McBroom and Lawrence were both SEOAL MVPs. Miller gets overshadowed by playing with Myers/York (plus DJ Conrad).