Convincing Coach Carter

In 1967 we won the consolation game of the region tournament over Pike County. This was the first win of the streak, but of course we didn't know that then! That night we had to spend the night at a motel because the icy roads were too dangerous to drive back to Butler.

That night at the motel a rumor got started that Coach Carter was going to be principal at Taylor County High School the next year and that he was going to give up coaching. The story went that if he did coach, he would coach the boys. We all got so upset at the thought that we started crying. We were all crying so hard that we called Coach Carter to come to our room. We begged him to coach the girls the next year. We told him if he just would coach the girls, we would win every game for him.

Did our crying spell convince him to coach the girls? I doubt it, but...

Coach Carter did decide to coach the girls, and we were all so glad. We won every game too.