@ByPatForde Ralph Beard was from Hardinsburg. His mother just happened to get a job in Louisville after he made the regional tournament team as an 8th grader playing for Breckenridge Co.
Middle child home for the weekend and we were discussing the five best basketball players to come from Louisville. Four seem pretty easy:
Wes Unseld
Rajon Rondo
Allan Houston
Darrell Griffith
Fifth: Ralph Beard? Charlie Tyra? Derek Anderson? D’Angelo Russell? Silliman? Padgett?
3-20-1965. Breckenridge Co
Comeback win vs Hazard. Trailed by 7 with 5:34 left in the game, won 72-68. Then won the State Tournament later that night 95-73 vs Cov. Holy Cross.