WAYLAND WASPS (DISTRESSED) Short sleeve t-shirt

WAYLAND WASPS (DISTRESSED) Short sleeve t-shirt

$27.95
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By all accounts, THIS is where the kind of Kentucky high school basketball we know today, began. Wayland, Kentucky. Southwestern Floyd County. Population? On a good day, 400 or so. And the name? Well, back in 1913, the Elk Horn Coal Company established the town of Wayland, named after Clarence Wayland Watson, the president of the company. Where we pick it up is 1956. The Wayland Wasps, led by #66, King Kelly Coleman. Now, Kelly was what we'd call a "stud." Most folks say he was better than Jerry West or Oscar Robertson. By the time he hung up his Chucks, he had averaged 33.6 points per game and broke four of his own state records in the 1956 Tournament. The state tournament, however, didn't turn out as scripted. Carr Creek from down the pike a bit got in the way. Coleman entered the state semi-final game against Carr Creek averaging nearly 47 points per game. On the other side of the ball, the Creekers’ put on a suffocating defense and held Coleman to a career-low of 28 points. Then,

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