CHRISTIAN COUNTY “Colonels”School opened in the fall of 1959 with the consolidation of:
Crofton “Cougars”
Lacy “Wildcats”
Pembroke “Owls”
Sinking Fork “Panthers”
South Christian “Green Dragons”
South Christian H.S.had been formed in thefall of 1941 by joiningHowell & LaFayette (luh FAY utt.)
Hopkinsville Attucks was dissolved and its students started attendingeither
Christian County or Hopkinsville in the fall of 1967 through integration consolidation.
In 1972. Hopkinsville and Christian County merged school systems.
Until then, it was city vs. county. The merger divided the county in half: east and west.
vs. Madisonville
Year Record Coach SiteScore Winner
a1960 6 - 25 John RendekC.C. 2 - 0 a Mad.
*1961 26 - 6John RendekMad.51-71C.C.
(n)53-63C.C.(region/Caldwell Co.)
1962 21 - 3John RendekC.C.37-49C.C.
1963 15 - 9John RendekMad.50-45Mad.
1964 20 - 6Woody NeelC.C.56-73C.C.
1965 5 - 17Woody NeelMad.64-38Mad.
1966 16 - 9Harlan PedenC.C.76-79C.C.
1967 18 - 8Harlan PedenMad.71-72 (OT)C.C.
SQ1968 27 - 5Harlan PedenC.C.65-86C.C.
1969 13-13Harlan PedenMad.76-71Mad.
1970 10-13Harlan PedenC.C.72-67Mad.
*1971 26 - 4Bob HoggardMad.64-57Mad.
(n)75-82C.C.(region final at Hop.)
*1972 24 - 7Bob HoggardC.C.87-76 b Mad.
Mad.73-82C.C.(region final)
1973 16-13Bob HoggardMad.74-66Mad.
(n)82-75Mad.(region semi at Hop.)
@1974 22 - 7Bob HoggardC.C.72-71 c Mad.
Mad.70-68Mad.(region final)
SS1975 30 - 4Bob HoggardMad.76-97C.C.
(n)86-94 d C.C.(region semi at Hop.)
SR1976 28 - 7Lyle DunbarC.C.83-79Mad.
(n)88-91 e C.C.(region semi at Hop.)
1977 21 - 7Lyle DunbarMad.71-78C.C.
SS1978 25 - 6Lyle DunbarC.C.59-60C.C.
SR1979 28 - 4Lyle DunbarMad.57-71 f C.C.
1980 11-16Lyle DunbarC.C.62-60Mad.
1981 12-16Lyle DunbarMad.69-57Mad.
1982 14-12Lyle DunbarC.C.56-54 (2 OT’s)Mad.
SQ1983 25 - 7Lyle DunbarMad.64-57Mad.
(n)58-60 g C.C.(region final at Hop.)
1984 10-17Lyle DunbarC.C.81-58Mad.
Mad.56-54Mad.(region opener)
1985 16-10Lyle DunbarMad.65-55Mad.
1986 21 - 4Lyle DunbarC.C.77-78 (2 OT’s)C.C.
198718 - 9Lyle DunbarMad.81-69Mad.
198825 - 5Lyle DunbarC.C.71-53Mad.
(n)67-51Mad.(region final at Hop.)
1989 23 - 6Lyle DunbarMad. 100-82Mad.
1990 20 - 8Lyle DunbarMad.77-71Mad.
C.C.48-71C.C.
*1991 23 - 9Lyle DunbarC.C.74-87C.C.
Mad.66-85C.C.(region semi-final)
1992 19 - 7Lyle DunbarMad.67-74C.C.
*1993 28 - 2Lyle DunbarC.C.51-76C.C.
1994 19 - 8Lyle DunbarMad.66-74C.C.
1995 17 - 9Brad FraserC.C.78-83C.C.
1996 24 - 8Brad FraserMad.64-66C.C.
1997 15-17Brad FraserC.C.57-77C.C.
1998 19-12Brad FraserMad.56-80C.C.
1999 24 - 7Brad FraserC.C.59-82C.C.
200019 - 9David JoinerMad.73-53Mad.
200113-13David JoinerC.C.69-58Mad.
*200226- 5Kerry StovallMad.62-90C.C.
Mad.69-77 h C.C.(region semi-final)
200317-10Kerry StovallC.C.69-97C.C.
(n)53-59C.C.(region at Hop.)
200413-14Kerry StovallMad.66-55Mad.
20059 - 15Kerry StovallC.C.55-64C.C.
*200620-10Kerry StovallMad.53-50Mad.
Mad.56-60C.C.(region semi-final)
*200728 - 5Kerry StovallC.C.71-80C.C.
(n)59-76C.C.(region semi at Hop.)
200812-19Kerry StovallMad.75-67 (OT)Mad.
Mad.60-76C.C.(region semi-final)
*200921 - 7Kerry StovallC.C.79-78Mad.
*201030 - 5Kerry StovallMad.49-71C.C.
SC!201125 - 9Kerry StovallC.C.71-92C.C.
(n)67-76C.C.(region final at Hop.)
20129 - 22Tyler SmithhartMad.61-87Mad.
Mad.56-70Mad.(region semi-final)
201315-15Kyle EadesC.C.63-77C.C.
20148 - 18Kyle EadesMad.76-73Mad.
201514-11Kyle EadesC.C.83-95C.C.
(n)57-73C.C.(McCracken event)
*201629 - 3Frankie SmithMad.64-105C.C.
201727 - 8Frankie SmithC.C.53-66C.C.
(n)63-74C.C.(region tourney)
201822 - 8Kerry StovallMad.66-82C.C.
(n)45-68C.C.(region tourney)
@the year C.C. opened its new 3,500 seat gym…instead of playing at the Middle School, as it had previously
*region champion
SQregion champion & state tourney quarter-finalist
SSregion champion & state tourney semi-finalist
SFregion champion & state tourney finalist
SC!state champion
a C.C. had to forfeit 20 wins in its initial season after it was learned...on February 2nd...that star player Jim Mohon had
been in high school too many semesters and was ineligible. He had scored 34 in a 68-57 win over Madisonville.
The forfeited games each gave the opposition an “official” 2-0 win.
b Daryl Owen set Maroons scoring record with 43...a mark that lasted until 1989.
c 1st year for Christian County’s new gym
d Curtis Parker, sophomore reserve, came off the bench to score 37.
e Curtis Parker scored 44 points...after fellow junior Michael Parker had 44 in a first round game.
f Seven players on this C.C. team received scholarships to play college basketball from either a 2 or 4-year school.
g Madisonville, a prohibitive favorite to repeat as region champion, fell way behind early and couldn’t catch up.
h Skylar Pharris scored 30 for Madisonville.
COACHES:
Bob Hoggard:was an assistant coach at Ft. Knox; first head coaching job at Powell Co.--3 years--74-29 record; C.C. for 5; Bowling Green for 7 (‘76-82); Oldham Co. for 6 (‘83-88); Graves Co. for 4 (‘89-92). In 1990, he told me he was planning to retire soon from KY coaching, draw his retirement, and move to TN to coach there. He won his 500th game 1-27-90 vs. Obion Co. TN. After 1991, he had won 530.
Lyle Dunbar: from Owensboro Senior and Kentucky Wesleyan, where he played basketball. (Nickname “Skillet-Hands”, according to college teammate Doug Walsh; Lyle might have the largest hands you’ll ever see.) Coached 1 year at Fordsville, 3 years at West Hopkins (was their first coach), 9 years at Scottsville, 1 year at Maysville (1975), and stayed 19 years at C.C.: 1976-94. He retired with a 628-312 record overall, 10th on Kentucky’s all-time win-list at that time. His 1976 and 1979teams were state runners-up.
Brad Fraser: graduated from Evansville North (the “Huskies”) in 1980, where they had won 3 straight sectionals. Played college ball at Mineral Area J.C. in Missouri and at the University of Southern Indiana (it was I.S.U.E. at the time.) Coached girls basketball at Providence for three years (1987-89); later was an assistant at Evansville Bosse for four years while teaching at Glenwood Middle School; and started at C.C. in 1994-95. After being regional runner-up 4 straight years, he left to take head job at Marion County...where he stayed 2 years; Burgaw (N.C.) Pender in ’02 & ’03; at Kenwood H.S. in Clarksville, TN for ’04-’06; Fleming County for ’07-’09; Crittenden County in 2011; and Seneca starting 2012.
David Joiner: as a senior led Christian County to an upset win over Madisonville in the 1983 region final and signed a basketball scholarship at Vanderbilt. Played basketball there only as an underclassman, but did play baseball for the Commodores. Was an assistant baseball and basketball coach at Madisonville before coming back to C.C. Was a very successful baseball coach at C.C. before giving that up at the end of the 1999 season.
Kerry Stovall:was a starting guard at Lyon County in 1980. Coached the Lyon County gals in 1987; assistant coach at South Hopkins in 1988; head coach at Dawson Springs from 1989-91; head coach at West Hopkins in 1992 and 1993; and head coach at Muhlenberg South from 1994 to 2001 (including coach of the KY vs. Indiana all-star team) before going to C.C. where he stayed for 10 years and won the Colonels’ first state championship in his final season. He resigned and went to Muhlenberg County High School where he taught, then was an assistant and finally became head coach of the Mustangs in 2016.