Photo by Bill Roseberry
GODFREY — The Alton High Athletics Hall of Fame introduced its 2016 class of inductees on Wednesday.
It marked the sixth class to enter the HOF, which started in 2011. The group was honored with a short reception in the AHS commons and then introduced at halftime of the season opener for the Redbird boys' basketball team. The Birds went on to topple Riverview Gardens 67-54 in the nightcap of the opening night of the Alton Tip-Off Classic.
This year's HOF class included: Robert Astroth, Larry Jefferies, Gerald “Scooter” Wilson, Lindsay Kennedy-Eversmeyer, Kavon Lacey, the 1969 state champion boys' track 880-yard relay team (Jim Scruggs, Gerald “Scooter” Wilson, Oscar Wallace and Argalious “Gail” Murphy) and the 2000-01 boys' basketball team that reached the Class AA state tournament.
HOF MEMBERS:
CLASS OF 2011
TEAMS
1958 Boys' Cross Country
1969 Boys' Track and Field
COACHES
Neal Schmelzel
Jim Wigger
INDIVIDUALS
Whitney Cox
Louis Enos
Leroy “Fats” Harrison
Argalious “Gale” Murphy
Oscar Wallace
Mike Yavorski
CLASS OF 2012
TEAMS
1963 Boys' Track and Field
1964 Boys' Track and Field
1970 Football
COACHES
Mary Bowling
Ray “Pop” Jackson
Wayne Tyler
INDIVIDUALS
B.B. Gater
Mike Hunter
Andrew Johnson
Milton Johnson
Archie Kodros
Larry Perry
Lester “Bo” Scott
Cathy Snipes
Katie Wilson
CLASS OF 2013
TEAMS
1951 Baseball
1954-55 Boys' Basketball
COACHES
Stan McAfoos
Larry Overath
INDIVIDUALS
Charles “Dink” Black
Bill Lyons
Maurice Pittman
Jessica Stockard
Avery Wallace
CLASS OF 2014
TEAMS
1984 Boys' Soccer
INDIVIDUALS
Brad Baker
Camie Bechtold
Carrie Bechtold
Bobby Everage
Wade Lowe
Floyd C. Raglin
Bill “Red” Schmitt
Rob Simpson
Gene Velloff
CLASS OF 2015
TEAMS
1968 Football
COACHES
Ed Yonkus
INDIVIDUALS
Larry Ceppenati
Gary Hagen
Frank Holmes
George Hunt
Mike Jeffries
Larry Smith
FRIENDS OF ATHLETICS
Dave Delawder