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They certainly did keep records, at least for scoring. The all-time leader in the state, King Kelly Coleman, is from the 50’s, Charles Thomas of Harlan, who Taylor just passed in the 13th, was from the early 90’s. Shannon Hoskins of Clay and Larry Gritton Jr. of OBI, who were also 3,000 point scorers in the 13th, were late 80s, early 90s. Now it’s true some folks would have had a lot more points had the three-pointer been in before the ‘87-88 season (Richie Farmer only had it his senior year, cost him the 3,000 club, he had 2900 and something). HCS will back me up on this, the great Phil Cox of Cawood probably would have had another 500 points on his total, he never had the three in his career. But anyway my point is Taylor’s spot on the list is legit. I might not be a Corbin fan, but the kid is a hell of a player.

I remember when Phil broke the county record set by Wah Wah Jones in the 1940s, so some of the records go way back. Phil scored 2,401, I think, and it seemed most were either free throws, layups or 20-foot or more jumpers. He hit a lot from way downtown.