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The only thing certain about picking the best ever in Anderson County basketball history is that we did not make room for enough players on the teams. Twenty boys players over 100 years? Ten girls since 1975?
It is practically impossible to do so, especially the way basketball has changed over time.

Just picking the best players is difficult in itself. I think it would be safe to say that no one alive has seen all of the greats in Anderson County history.

Margaret and William Pittman of Lawrenceburg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 23.
They were married Nov. 23, 1960 at First Presbyterian Church in Carlisle.
Mrs. Pittman, the former Margaret Gaunce, is employed at Town and Country Bank.
Mr. Pittman is retired from Link Belt.
They have two children, Eric Pittman of Lawrenceburg and his wife, Misty, and the late Sheri Pittman.

It would be difficult to imagine a more beloved person in the history of Anderson County sports than W.J. Smith.
For that matter, it would be hard to think of anyone more loved and respected than the man called “beloved historian” when he died in 2008.

It all started very simply. There was no fanfare when basketball made its way into Anderson County.
Nearly 100 years later, an estimated 7,000 red-clad Anderson County basketball fans piled into Rupp Arena in Lexington to watch the Bearcats play in the Kentucky High School state tournament. In between, the sport's hold on the county has been strong. And the county's influence on the sport became widely known around the state's borders.