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Edmonson Voice To Partner With Hot Rods For 2021: Ticket Giveaways

4/23/2021

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The Edmonson Voice is once again partnering with the Bowling Green Hot Rods after last season was shut down during the COVID pandemic.

Regular tickets go on sale on Saturday, April 24th at bghotrods.com but the Edmonson Voice will be giving away tickets all season long; just watch for your chance to win throughout the season.

This week, the Hot Rods released their promotional schedule which features special events at the ballpark like multiple giveaways, a petting zoo, concerts, fireworks, and more.
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Michael Shaw Signs With Campbellsville University For Cheer

4/16/2021

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ECHS senior Michael Shaw signs with Campbellsville University as a member of the cheer team.
Edmonson Voice Sports: photo, ECHS:
On Thursday, Edmonson County High School senior Michael Shaw officially signed his letter of intent to cheer at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky.

Shaw has been part of both football and the cheer team for all four years of high school. Both former football coach Nathan Smith and Cheer Coach Courtney Jones spoke highly of Shaw's work ethic.

Shaw said he's excited to begin his new path at Campbellsville. He is the son of Carl and Kimberly Mills.
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Jhonna Basil Named First Female Asst. Athletic Director At ECHS

4/16/2021

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Jhonna Basil, former ECHS athlete and current English teacher, named Assistant A.D. at ECHS.
Darren Doyle, story and photos:
Jhonna Basil has been named the first female assistant athletic director in the history of Edmonson County High School, according to ECHS Principal Jonathan Williams.

Basil, an English teacher at ECHS, was also a former multi-sport student athlete at ECHS, playing softball, basketball, and golf, where she graduated in 2016.

Ms. Basil said she is excited for the new opportunity within ECHS athletics.

"I was always an athlete myself, and it has been a big part of my life," she said. "I loved representing Edmonson County High School as an athlete, so it will be a great privilege to get to represent ECHS athletics again in this role."

Newly named head boys basketball coach Brad Johnson was also recently named the interim athletic director to complete the current school year. That's just one of many changes in a shuffling of positions at ECHS due to the departing A.D. Kyle Pierce, who was recently named head football coach at Barren County High, as well as the departing boys basketball coach, Coach Mike McClintic, who is retiring after 43 years in coaching. Coach Mac was also the assistant athletic director. Williams said filling positions left by quality leaders like Pierce and McClintic can be challenging, but he's thankful that things have gone well so far.

"We are fortunate to have the opportunity to hire people as talented as Coach Johnson and Coach Basil to lead our athletic programs going forward," he said. "She excelled as an athlete and as a student, was a very successful college student, and now is doing an exceptional job for us in the classroom.  I'm thankful to have good, moral, respectable young ladies like Ms. Basil for our kids to look up to.  As a Principal, you want to hire the very best to work with our kids and she is that, one of the best."

Throughout Basil's five years of varsity sports, she made four trips to the region tournament in basketball and won two softball district tournaments, in 2013 and 2016. She also became an assistant softball coach at ECHS after her playing days came to an end. 

Williams said he's looking forward to where her leadership takes her. 

"Ms. Basil is getting the opportunity to learn from one of the best in Coach Johnson and I am very excited about the direction they'll be leading our athletic programs."

Basil will officially begin her role on July 1, 2021. She said she's spent over half her life in sports and she looks forward to continuing that in a new role at ECHS. 


"I think we have the best kids in the state, and I’m happy to do anything and everything I can for them," she said. "This is just a wonderful opportunity for me, and I am very happy and thankful to have been given the opportunity." 
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More Members of 1976 State Championship Team Visit Their Hall of Fame Exhibit

4/14/2021

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Team members from front L-R: Timmy Ashley, Chester Bethel, Phil Rich, Mark Hennion, Aaron Goad, Kevin Clemmons, Jimmy Cole, Larry Starnes, manager.
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Team members and their families.
Edmonson Voice Sports: Rick Walters, photos:
Several members from the 1976 Kentucky High School Basketball Edmonson County Wildcat Championship team paid a visit to the KY High School Basketball Hall of Fame this past Sunday, April 11th.

One exhibit features a photo of Wildcats team member Mark Hennion cutting down the net, which happened 45 years ago on March 27, 1976. 

Edmonson County defeated Betsy Lane 77-72 in round one of the Sweet Sixteen, then Harrison County 61-57. They narrowly topped Shelby County 53-52 in the final four and then dominated Christian County 74-52 in the championship game.

Team members attending the museum together were Timmy Ashley, Chester Bethel, Phil Rich, Mark Hennion, Aaron Goad, Kevin Clemmons, Jimmy Cole, and Larry Starnes, along with their respective families.

Hennion, who was a sophomore starter, recently visited the museum with his family where a tribute to the '76 Wildcat team is on display with the championship trophy.

​The KHSBHF is located at Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame, 212 W. Dixie Avenue, Elizabethtown, KY 42701. You can reach them by clicking here.
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Brad Johnson Named Boys Head Basketball Coach At Edmonson County High School

4/2/2021

 
Johnson Also Named Interim Athletic Director
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Coach Brad Johnson talks to players as he was announced head boys basketball coach at ECHS.
Darren Doyle, story and photos:
Brad Johnson was named the head boys basketball coach at Edmonson County High School today by Principal Jonathan Williams. He takes over for retiring coach Mike McClintic, who just finished his 43rd year in coaching.

Johnson brings an impressive resume to ECHS as not only a coach, but also a teacher and administrator over the course of his nearly 30 year professional career, which includes:
  • 1992-99 Barren County High School: teacher and assistant boys basketball and football coach
  • 1999-02 Edmonson County High School: teacher, head boys basketball coach
  • 2002-03 LeGrande Elementary, teacher
  • 2003-09 Ohio County High, teacher, head girls basketball coach, asst. boys basketball coach
  • 2009-14 Grayson County High, teacher, head girls basketball coach
  • 2014-15 Barren County High, assistant principal, head girls basketball coach
  • 2015-19 Barren County High, principal
  • 2019-20 Park City Elementary, interim principal
  • 2020-21 Edmonson County High, teacher, assistant boys basketball coach

Johnson thanked the administration for the opportunity to come back to ECHS as a Virtual Advisor and AE teacher, and he was invited to be part of the boys basketball program as an assistant. Johnson thanked Coach Mac for his friendship and mentorship over the years.

"I can't say enough good things about Coach Mac, one of the absolute best friends I have in the whole world and one of the absolute best people I've ever met."

Johnson said he was one of the first that Coach Mac told when he was thinking about retirement.

"I tried to talk him out of it," he said. "He told me he wanted me to take his job and if he hadn't told me that, I wouldn't have taken it. If he'd have told me they were forcing him out and not wanting him to coach anymore, then I'd have been out with him. That's how much I think of him."

Johnson told the Edmonson Voice to expect lots of shooting from next year's team.

"We've got some kids that can really shoot, so right now I anticipate having the green light to shoot threes," he said. "At the varsity level with scouting reports, people might take that away, so you have to be able to have a plan B, be able to cut and to drive. Unselfishness. These kids really like each other and you'll see a brand of unselfish basketball. We'll try some up-tempo stuff this summer. You can always slow down if you need to. We'll press some this summer to see what it looks like and adjust on the fly. You'll see man-to-man and switch up because we're all about the same size. You'll see a motion game. Not a whole lot of plays, but trying to teach them how to play and play off each other. The main thing is really playing hard. Going for loose balls, 50/50 balls, and taking charges. This team played very, very hard, but we have to take that out there everyday where the community is proud of the effort we give."

Johnson also offered little leaguers and middle school players spots behind the bench during games and an open invitation for them to hear pregame speeches in the locker room. He said he believes a basketball team is a community product and all teams should be part of the same program, no matter the ages.

Principal Jonathan Williams, who played for Johnson from 1999 to 2002, said he was confident that Johnson was the right person for the job because he felt like Johnson would not only make the kids better players, but also better people.

"When an era ends, someone else has to come in and lead the program from where it is and take it to wherever it's going, and he's the absolutely, 100% the right person to do that."

Some achievements from Coach Johnson are:
  • 304 wins, 126 losses as head coach
  • 2015 NABC Court of Honor Inductee
  • 3-time 3rd Region Coach of the Year
  • 3-time Regional Champion
  • 2-time KHSAA Elite 8
  • 11 out of 11 District Championships when making finals

Principal Williams also told the Edmonson Voice that Johnson has also been named interim athletic director at ECHS to finish out this school year. He will fill the role of the departing Kyle Pierce, who has served as AD since 2010. Williams said a new AD will be named for the next school year. 

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