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This is the official black and white copy of the 2017-2018 KHSAA Handbook of rules and regulations and information concerning the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

This is the official black and white copy of the 2018-2019 KHSAA Handbook of rules and regulations and information concerning the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

This is the official black and white copy of the 2019-2020 KHSAA Handbook of rules and regulations and information concerning the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

This is the official black and white copy of the 2020-2021 KHSAA Handbook of rules and regulations and information concerning the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

During the early to middle decades of the 20th century, Yadkin County—a small, rural county in northwest North Carolina—produced a remarkable sports legacy. A number of extraordinary athletes of the era hailed from Yadkin. Among them were East Bend native Ernie Shore, an ace pitcher and teammate of Babe Ruth on two of the Boston Red Sox’s World Series-winning campaigns, and Jonesville native Dickie Hemric, who set ACC basketball records that endured for decades and who helped the Boston Celtics capture their first NBA championship. And in 1950—in a feat reminiscent of the movie Hoosiers—tiny Yadkinville High School triumphed over nearly 100 teams in Winston-Salem’s famed Journal-Sentinel ...