Conversations with Danny Weddle

Mike Corde is a 1972 graduate of Mason County High School where he played basketball and baseball. He is 13th on the Royals' all-time scoring list. He played collegiately at Ohio University. He is a Navy veteran. 

Wayne Burns is a 1970 graduate of Mason County High School where he played basketball and baseball and ran track. Burns was the Royals' second-leading scorer his junior season. He scored 782 career points. 

George Davis is a 1963 graduate of Maysville High School. He led Maysville to the 1963 state tournament and is 9th on the Bulldogs' all-time scoring list. Davis is a Vietnam War veteran who now resides in Columbia, Missouri.

Kirby Wright played and coached baseball and basketball at Tollesboro High School. He was the principal at Orangeburg Elementary School, Straub Elementary School and Mason County High School. He was the first executive director of Buffalo Trace CASA.

Tom Duncan played sports at Oneida High School in Tennessee. He is a veteran. He helped revive the football program at Maysville High School in the 1960s and helped start football at Mason County High School in the 1970s. Duncan served as a volunteer assistant football coach at Mason County for several seasons. This interview was recorded in 2012.

Fred Hester is a 1967 graduate of Mason County High School. He began his coaching career at Ripley. After coaching the Blue Jays, Hester was an assistant coach at Mason County before being promoted to head coach in 1991. In five seasons, Hester guided the Royals to three straight 10th Region titles and compiled a record of 127-32 (77.9%). He also served as golf coach and athletic director. This in...

Kirby Bennett is a 1975 graduate of Maysville High School. He played football, basketball and baseball at MHS and football at Western Kentucky University. He shares stories about playing at the high school and collegiate levels, coaching, mission work and more.

Gordy Jones is a 1970 graduate of Maysville High School. He played baseball and football for the Bulldogs. He still plays softball. He is a pastor, author and college instructor.

Glenn Bishop is a 1968 graduate of Maysville High School. He was the catcher on the Clover Leaf Class "A" team that won the National Knothole Invitational Tournament in 1966 and the star running back on Maysville's 1967 football team.

Henry Boone is a 1969 graduate of Maysville High School. He talks about playing sports at Maysville High School and teaching and coaching at both Maysville and Mason County.

After playing football at the University of Kentucky, Tom Becherer was the head coach when Maysville High School revived its football program in 1967. Becherer was the Bulldogs' head coach from 1967 through 1971. He guided the Shelby County Rockets to a state championship in 1987 and was the defensive coordinator for Collins High School's 2013 state championship team. This episode is a portion of...

Kenny Cracraft, a 1965 graduate of Mason County High School, is 28th on the Royals' all-time scoring list with 994 career points. He shares stories about playing for basketball coaches William "Teence" Ryan and Herb Childers and baseball coach Allen Smith and the Royals' first season in The Fieldhouse. 

Bill Forman was a standout basketball player at St. Patrick High School in the 1950s. He led the team in scoring his freshman, junior and senior seasons and is 29th on the Saints' all-time scoring list with 996 career points. After graduating from college, Forman was the head coach at St. Patrick for seven seasons. This interview was recorded in 2012.

Darrell Hill is a 1961 graduate of Maysville High School. He is a member of the Bulldogs' 1,000-point club and played on the University of Kentucky's 1961-62 freshman basketball team. Hill also was a member of Maysville High School's 1959 region champion golf team. 

Bob Hutchison, a member of Maysville's 1958 state championship baseball team, is the winningest coach in the history of the Mason County Lady Royals basketball program. This interview was recorded in 2012.

Robert Alexander played baseball and basketball at Maysville High School and Kentucky State University. He was a member of Maysville's 1958 state championship baseball team and was the first African American to play in the Kentucky state baseball tournament.

Rusty Ryan was the leading scorer for the first Mason County Royals basketball team in the 1960-61 season. This interview was recorded in 2010.

Jerry King played on Mason County High School's first basketball team, served his country in Vietnam, earned a basketball scholarship to Morehead State University and had a Hall of Fame career as a slow pitch softball player. This episode features interviews recorded in 2010 and 2015.

Duane Faris was a freshman left fielder on Maysville High School's 1958 state championship baseball team. He played two seasons of college baseball for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and was a longtime junior high school basketball coach at both Maysville and Mason County. 

Jackie Allison was a member of Maysville High School's 1958 state championship baseball team. He is 21st on the Bulldogs' all-time basketball scoring list. 

Gene Peters talks about playing basketball at John G. Fee Industrial High School and Maysville High School in the 1950s.

I recorded this episode with 10th Region Hall of Fame basketball coaches Chris O'Hearn, Gary McKinney, Mike Reitz and Bart Rison after we finished a round of golf at Kenton Station Golf Course on June 29. They shared stories about their playing days and coaching careers.

Chris Frantz, drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, talks about his connection to Washington and Maysville, his memoir, "Remain In Love," being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Talking Heads), and much more. Frantz will be in Washington on June 18 for a book signing.

Former Mason County and University of Kentucky basketball player Ronnie Lyons share stories about his playing days at UK and more.

Ronnie Lyons is 2nd on the Mason County Royals' all-time scoring list. He scored a school-record 60 points in a win over Bourbon County in 1970. Lyons, also an outstanding baseball and softball player, was drafted by the NY Mets in 1970. Lyons played basketball for Adolph Rupp and Joe B. Hall at the University of Kentucky. He was inducted into to the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame in...