Quote of the Day:
MD: Hey TB, don’t you think 30 is too big of a class?
TB: Yep, I think you’re right. I’ll lower it.
And with that, it was decided in the grand tradition of democracy that the inaugural class of inductees will be limited to those elected on 2/3 of the ballots cast each round for III rounds. Round I is over. There were no unanimous selections, no hanging chads and no dead people participated. Forevermore these men will hold the distinction of being the first men elected to the Jackson County Sports Hall of Fame:
- Rooster Jones
- Terrell Buckley
- Shane Matthews
If you know any of these guys, the committee thinks it would be pretty cool if you would contact them to let them know of this honor and ask them to say/write a few words in this space about what it means to them.
sweet……i was the one who originally put raymond’s name up for consideration…it was mentioned twice (once by TB and once by me) that it was understood that raymond is originally from greenville…..however, to have the outstanding football career that he had at ole miss followed by starting at DB for the colts in “the greatest game ever played”….only to move to JC to live for 50 plus years….dude, he’s a jackson countian…..and i think he will find it a tremendous honor….what with all the amazing talent that’s come out of JC
So excited I found this article as it made things much quircek!