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March 19, 1923 - Hardesty's opened in what was later
Watsons on Main Street in Hazard. The women's clothing store had a
fashion show at their grand opening. An orchestra provided the music.
March 19, 1932 - Hazard won the Boy's State Basketball Tournament over
Louisville Male
.
March 19, 1955 - Hazard won the Boy's State Tournament
over
Adair
County
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March 19, 1966 - In Rupp's last appearance in the Final Four,
"Rupp's Runts" lost in the NCAA championship game, 72-65, to
Texas Western.
March 19, 1994 – M. C. Napier Girls Basketball team won the State
Basketball Championship over
Highlands
88-56.
40 years ago today, March 19, 1984 - Ground was broken for the
Hazard
Village
Shopping Center
.
March 19, 1987 - Wendys opened in Hazard.
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From beginning to end, the Hazard-Male title
game in the 1932 Boy's State Basketball Tournament was a thriller.
Hazard took the lead at the outset but were soon tied by Male, and
the lead then see-sawed back and forth until the final two minutes
of the game. Waldo Combs, a 16-year old Hazard guard, tied the score
at 13 with a free throw. One minute later Morton Combs dropped in a
field goal from the side and the game was over. The crowd stormed
the court at Alumni Gym in
Lexington
and the trophies were awarded amid the pandemonium. Joe Craft, one
of the trainers of the championship team, was the grandfather of Joe
Craft III, well known businessman and president and chief executive
officer of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the third-largest coal
producer in the eastern
United States
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WSGS Crazy Facts. Hazard won two of their state
championships on March 19th (1932 and 1955). M. C. Napier
High School won the girls state Championship on March 19th
1994.
March
19, 1972 - The Elmer Davis Gulf Service Station was remodeled.
Ernest Sparkman, in one of his character voices, called Elmer and
asked if he was putting in a new airport at the station. Elmer
replied, "Who the hell is this?" The prank call, featuring
Greasy Creek Bill, was recorded and even made it into a WSGS
commercial for the Elmer Davis Service Station. Unfortunately that
recording has been lost.
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