redandblack63 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Who would be the best player from each of the present and past Knox Co. Schools. Bearden, Carter, Central, Halls, Powell, Karns, A.E., Fulton, West, Knoxville High, East, Austin, South , Young, South-Young, Doyle, South Doyle, Farragut, Rule. Did I miss any schools. John Johnson, Bert Bertlecamp, Kent Hollenbaeck Bearden Denton Jones Central Cameron Sharp, Dickie Scates Halls Ogan Powell Lee Henson Karns Elston Turner A.E. Justus, Widby Fulton Ferris West Cole South Bedford South Young Billingsley Carpenter Farragut Rodney Nelson Hoffmiester Young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy dolan Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 rodney nelson could flat out play. he is one of the grittiest players that i have ever seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chill Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Who would be the best player from each of the present and past Knox Co. Schools. Bearden, Carter, Central, Halls, Powell, Karns, A.E., Fulton, West, Knoxville High, East, Austin, South , Young, South-Young, Doyle, South Doyle, Farragut, Rule. Did I miss any schools. John Johnson, Bert Bertlecamp, Kent Hollenbaeck Bearden Denton Jones Central Cameron Sharp, Dickie Scates Halls Ogan Powell Lee Henson Karns Elston Turner A.E. Justus, Widby Fulton Ferris West Cole South Bedford South Young Billingsley Carpenter Farragut Rodney Nelson Hoffmiester Young 80's-90's...... Bearden--John Johnson Central--Richard Hill Halls--Mark Mynatt, Josh Tummel Powell--Stanton Cameron, Bart Walker Karns--Joey Brooks, Doug Roth Austin East--Howard Logan Fulton--Chris Wiley West--Scott Chilldress South Young--Maury Mabes, Jack Bedford Farragut--John Carpenter Carter--Greg Hyde, Jim Ray Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCATVOICE Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Austin-East-Elston Turner for sure was the best player I saw in my lifetime there. played SEC ball and in the pros Bearden-John Johnson-played at Maryland Halls-Josh Tummel had over 40 points in a game vs Oak Ridge. Farragut-Had both Carpenter boys that were right at 7 feet and were dominate. Karns-On one team, Travis Henry, Doug Roth and Joey Brooks West-Never saw them play until recently Powell- The older Connor boys were fine players in the 90's but thats as far back as I go. My years of watching Knox County basketball go back to the early 70's so anybody before that I can't say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy dolan Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 west high- marlon bussell, derek wallace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocs30 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 west high- marlon bussell, derek wallace Great topic. Fulton -- Ivan Roper. This guy was one of the meanest and talented guys I've ever seen in high school. He could absolutely dominate off the dribble or catch and shoot. When I was a freshman at Powell, he lit us up for 38 one night. He had hit a couple of threes in a row and told our Coach, Jeff Hunter, that Hunter needed to call a timeout. Hunter muttered something at Roper, who then pulled a 28-foot three ball from right in front of Powell's bench. Before the ball even went in, Roper turned to Hunter and said, "now call timeout." It was an incredible display of cocky showmanship and ability. He ran with the wrong crowd or he almost certainly would have played college ball. Powell -- Mike Ogan, Steve Curtis, Lee Roberts, Isaac Conner. You probably have to put Chris Conner in that mix as well, as he led Powell to its first State Tournament appearence as a AAA school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLMS Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 I always thought Chris Wiley from Fulton was a freak and could've been one of the best to play around here if he had is life in order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosbybasketball30 Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 how bout tony white, did he play at bearden like his son? lil before me but many say he could play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandblack63 Posted November 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 how bout tony white, did he play at bearden like his son? lil before me but many say he could play. Tony White Sr. is not from Knoxville originally. N.C. maybe? It is interesting to see the players named from different times. How about some players from old Knoxville High School, Rule. Forgot about Holston and the England boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Dale Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Rule- Rick Campbell, James Chapman, and Marlon Nelson Holston- Chris Harris, Jimmy England, Lawrence Mitchell These are some guys that come to mind from those two old powerhouses that are no longer schools. I am sure some folks can think of some other great players from those two schools. Side note about Rule and Holston. Does anybody remember the year ( think it was around 1978) that Rule and Holston played each other five times ( twice in district, district finals, region finals, AA state finals)? I think Holston won 4 out of 5, including state championship. Those teams were LOADED. I think Chris Harris and Rick Campbell were during that era but I'm not quite sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celticsfan Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Elston Turner would probably have to be the best, but the best that I've seen personally is John Johnson. I watched him score 36 with the flu against a team that made it to the sub-state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Gordon Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Rule- Rick Campbell, James Chapman, and Marlon Nelson Holston- Chris Harris, Jimmy England, Lawrence Mitchell These are some guys that come to mind from those two old powerhouses that are no longer schools. I am sure some folks can think of some other great players from those two schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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