Congrats to Joe Wright!

Just saw on facebook he was inducted in the Trimble Athletic Hall of Fame. Well deserved no doubt. That makes him the youngest member don't it? Who else got in this year?

How did you find out on Facebook?

His wife posted it.

Great honor for Joe and very well deserved. Probably should have got in sooner but being a Steeler fan probably kept him out.

The induction ceremony is Thursday I believe, with an on the field ceremony on Friday before the game.

Very deserving honor, thanks in part to the work of Rock for getting his essential information to the nominating committee

Being a Steelers fan surely hurt him no doubt, but he was able to overcome that. So who else got in? I wanted to nominate someone but wasn't smart enough to find all the information to submit.

Warpig wrote:

The induction ceremony is Thursday I believe, with an on the field ceremony on Friday before the game.

Very deserving honor, thanks in part to the work of Rock for getting his essential information to the nominating committee

It was HARD work too. Joe is humble and don't like to brag, so I went to the Trimble Football Encyclopedia. AKA Warpig.

Getting an ounce of info out of Joe is tough. He's not to caught up in awards and honors, but get him going on a particular play, or hit, and he'll tell you all about it.

Basement Nation, I also thought that there were some difficult questions to answer on the application, especially if the person you were trying to nominate was deceased, older, or no longer living in the Glouster area.

I haven't heard the full list of our newest HOF members, surely some deserving individuals, and also surely some great individuals left off this year's list. Time to form a Sultan of Smack committee to pull together all of our knowledge and get some of our great Tomcats nominated.

I have nominated 2 people who are yet to gain entrance. Raymond Burch has the single greatest athletic accomplishment in school history. He lost the state championship wrestling match. Since we have never had a state champion, that means 2nd is best. I also nominated Travis Nott. I am sure at some point these two will get in.

I overheard Donny say that the only thing keeping Travis out of the HOF is the time requirement, which is I believe 10 years from their graduation year.

So is the ceremony for this, and the honoring of the 1980 team both this Friday?

Warpig wrote:

Getting an ounce of info out of Joe is tough. He's not to caught up in awards and honors, ...... snip.....

You can say that again. He took apart his Defensive Player of the Year trophy to use as a prop at one of my 80's parties. He dressed as Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds and needed something to drink out of.