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McDowell County Sports Hall of Fame Inductees Honored
Welch hosts the eighth annual McDowell County Sports Hall of Fame as 11 individuals are inducted at Mount View High School alongside the 1970 Class AA state football champion Gary Coaldiggers. The event included acknowledgments by Lions Club leaders, a community dinner, and remarks from inductees Tomie Walters Jim Hickam Calvin Wolfe and others, with future Barrel Bowl plans and committee chairs announced.
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Welch
McDowell County Sports Hall of Fame
Mount View High School
Gary Coaldiggers
Bill Spencer
Welch Lions Club
Hall of Fame
Lion Wayne Hicks
HOF
Spencer
Francine Spencer
Northfork
Lion Carmello Miano
Princeton Elks Country Club
McDowell County
Hicks
Mike Crouse
Lady Knights
Lion Mike Callaway Crouse
Mount View
Golden Knight
Gary Brown
Mark Page
Tomie Walters
Northfork High School
Kentucky
Walters
Tomie
Dorothy Wade
Lions Club
Jeff Adkins
Jim Hickam
Big Creek
Virginia Tech
Hickam
Northside High School
Roanoke
Merrill Gainer
Patrick Henry High School
Gainer
Wayne Hicks
Don Williams
Concord
Williams
Steve Williams
Huntington
Athens