[PHSForever]

Why did she leave Belfry and Allen Central?

That, I can't tell you because I frankly don't know. Wasn't for lack of winning though. She took Belfry to the state tournament while there, and had a winning record, same for Allen Central, had a winning record, fell one point short in the regional finals to Johnson Central in 02-03, again from what I can see, had a winning record. Notice both schools she won at, had much bigger enrollments and more to choose from and frankly, a better basketball tradition than the Pikeville girls. Maybe she wanted the challenge, who knows? Only she can answer that. Her first year at PHS (04-05), she was 17-12 and then the wheels fell off the bus the next year when they were 2-23., then 9-17, 18-10, 14-13, 13-12, 16-9, and this past season 14-18.

So 8 years here at PHS, and winning seasons in 5 of them. The Pikeville girls have always been scrappy, but short-handed. Glory years were 79-80-81, really. lost in the state semi-finals in 1980 completing a 30-1 season if I recall correctly. Otherwise, that has been it. All in all, she has performed admirably with what amounts to 2 maybe 3 good players per year. This past season, her two leading scorers accounted for 20 and 13 points per game, the next closest was 6 points per game. No height to speak of, really, and yet they were very competitive every year but one in 8 years.