[1977]

I think the fact that the consolidtation of two basketball schools has a lot to do with it. Virgie and Dorton have always been basketball focused. I don't remember if Dorton ever had football and don't remember much about football at Virgie years ago when I was in school. Couple that with a few transfers (Kris Bentley, Ashley Hatfield, Deven Adams, etc.) and there you have it. Also, Greg and Robert Newsome formed East Ky. Lightning when these kids were younger. I think that may be why Ashley Hatfield is there and others that I can remember that were on those EKL teams were Tate Cox, Garrison Collins, Matt Clevinger and Clint Stepp. They already had both Newsoms, Tyler and Taylor, L. Bryant and Justice. They were looking forward to getting their boys to the State Tournament and unless something MAJOR happens, they'll get there.