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By GAYLEN DUSKEY Register Sports EditorWhich active high school coach has the most lifetime victories in West Virginia?Would you believe Bob Douglas? That’s right, the ’Sophia mentor currently has 403 coaching victories.Who is second?Would you be!ievesJlm Lilly? Correct. The Oak Hill mentor currently has 367 victories (before last night’s game with Welch) to his credit.What two coaches were high school teammates and roommates in prep school?Would you believe Lilly and Douglas?“Bob and I were teammates in high school then we shared a room at a prep school in Rich Corners, N. C.,’’ Lilly said. “That was back in 1939. Rich Corners was a high school but we played against some college teams.”“I remember we once played the Wake Forest freshman team,” Douglas said. “We were pretty good. One time we played in a tournament and they wouldn’t give us our trophies. I guess they figured we’d brought in a bunch of ringers.”Both were pretty fair high school athletes but Douglas was considered outstanding during his active career as a football player and trackman.
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Beckley Post Herald Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 14, 1976
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