This week’s column is being sent to my loyal readers from Lexington. That’s right, Big Blue Country. As a matter of fact, it is being sent from the UK Medical Clinic. You see, my oldest son Zack is having reconstructive knee surgery even as I type. After playing every kind of sport for 22 years without injury, his luck ran out. On a fall day after attending classes at pharmacy school, he decided to play a little pick-up basketball. During the game, he tore his ACL and miniscus as well as spraining his MCL and LCL. UK”s team doctor, Darren Johnson, is in the beginning stages of the two-hour surgery at this very moment. 

Back to this week’s column.

Being an educator, I can tell you that the theme for this year is assessment, both formative and  sumative. Teachers use asessment for learning and to assess what has been learned. We are going to do a little bit of both today.

It is time I checked your Trigg County Sports knowledge just a little bit. Make you a list of answers to the questions and send them to Justin McGill at the Cadiz Record. I will treat the winner to a Sweet Tea at the Cadiz Restaurant or you can just revel in the fact that you are a true Trigg sports historian. On with the test.

Numbers 1-5: Name the starting lineup for Trigg County’s 1997 Region 2 Champion boys basketball team.

Numbers 6-10: Name the starting lineup for Trigg County’s 1997 Region 2 Champion boys basketball team.

11. Who was the sixth man for the 1970 team?

12. What college did Buddy Sivills play for?

13. Who was the first African-Anerican male to play for the Trigg County Wildcats basketball team?

14. Who was the first football coach at Trigg County High School?

15. Who was the first basketball coach at Trigg County High School?

16. Who was the starting quaterback for Trigg’s first state championship football team?

17. Who was the starting quarterback for Trigg’s second state championship football team?

18. Who was the defensive coordinator for both of the state football teams?

19. Who was the great David Sadler’s offensive line coach in high school?

20. The football from the 1970 football game vs. Murray was put in the Trigg County Trophy case. What was the score of the game?

21. Describe Trigg County’s lone touchdown from that game. Who scored it?

22. What number did Mike McGill wear during his Trigg County football career?

23. What school did Selby Grubbs sign to play football with?

24. Who was the first Trigg County basketball player to reach the 2,000-point career mark?

25. Who was the first voice of the Wildcats on WKDZ?

26. Who is the only Trigg County athlete to be named athlete of the year in the state of Kentucky?

27-29 Name the three Trigg athletes to win the KHSAA statewide sportsmanship award.

30. What southern school did David and Eddie Radford play college football at?

31. Who was the first girls basketball coach in Trigg County History?

32. Who is the only Trigg County wrestler to ever win a state championship?

33. What former Trigg baseball pitcher went on to play in the Montreal Expos farm system?

34. What former Trigg baseball player played for the Atlanta Braves minor league teams for years?

35. Who was the first tennis coach in Trigg County’s school history? (You are really exceptional if you get this one.)

36. Who was the statistician for the 1970 Trigg County boys basketball team?

37. Who was the first golf coach at Trigg County?

38. How many 2nd Region tournament games has Trigg County won in the history of their girls basketball program?

39 and 40: What brother and sister combination have scored more points than any other two siblings in Trigg Countty Basketball History?

41. What former Trigg football player ended up being  team captain in the early 1990s?

42. What Trigg lineman off the 1989 state runner-up team signed to play college football at Harvard?

43.  What former girl soccer athlete at Trigg went on to play for Southern Mississippi after playing with the boys at Trigg County?

44. Who was the first Trigg basketball player to score 30 points in a game? He scored 30 in 1951.

A test for the well-rounded here by checking you summer softball knowledge.

45. What two men’s church league softball teams had a bench-clearing fracas in the late 70s?

46. Who were the two men that paired off in an old-fashioned footrace on the old football field in the early 70s to see who was the fastest man in the church softball league?

47. Who was the lefthanded softball slugger that teams consistently used the McCovey shift on beacuse he always hit it to the right side? (Or he hit it a country mile.)

48. What  Bailey Lumber slugger got into an altercation with the Hampton family during a game? (Note to the wise here: Bad idea for the slugger.)

49.  What former softball player was know for fouling off literally dozens of pitches down the third baseline after getting two strikes on him?

Last, but not least ...

50. Who played for the Bank of Cadiz men’s softball team and wore a shirt that read Bank X?

I hope you enjoyed the test.  Send the answers to jmcgill@cadizrecord.com. Got to go now. Zack will soon be coming out of surgery. Keep him in your prayers as he recovers from surgery and heads back to classes. See you around Thanksgiving!

Enthusiasm Makes the Difference Mike Wright is the head coach of boys basketball and cross country at Trigg County High School. Emails concerning Coach’s Corner can be sent to jmcgill@cadizrecord.com.