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by billy thompson

WAYLAND'S 341 points in four games set a new STATE TORUNAMENT RECORD. by scoring 341, the WASPS finished the season with 3,701 points in 41 games-- a lofty average of 90.2 a contest . that is perhaps an all-time RECORD for a high school-- in KENTUCKY or in the WORLD!!

MARKS MAY ENDURE
by gordon moore(courier-journal correspondent)

teammates EDMOND HALL, MELVIN ROBINSON, BILL FULTZ AND BILLY COMBS also may have established some sort of record as all averaged in the double figures during the season. HALL had a 17 point per game mark.ROBINSON 12, FULTZ and COMBS 10 each.

speaking of WAYLAND, COLEMAN isn't the only good player on the WASP squad. in fact, he isn't the only big man on the club. the shortest is 6-1, and WAYLAND has four of those. At forward are senior BILL FULTZ and junior BILL COMBS; sophomore MELVIN ROBINSON is at center with EDMOND HALL a senior runnin at guard with COLEMAN.

EVAN SETTLE, coach of the shelbyville red devils was questioned yesterday how he planned to play WAYLAND-AND-COLEMAN-in the opening game of the tournament wednesday night."good grief. i don't have the slightest idea."

getting back to COLEMAN again. the WAYLAND WARRIOR tallied 147 POINTS in three regional tournament appearances-an average of exactly 49 an outing.

KELLY COLEMAN, was KENTUCKY'S first MR BASKETBALL, the year was 1956.

THESE RECORDS ARE NOT 'SWEET16' RECORDS, THESE RECORDS ARE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.

TEAM

MOST POINTS SCORED IN ONE HALF
72????????WAYLAND WASPS???????? 1956

INDIVIDUAL

MOST POINTS SCORED IN A HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
4,337????? KELLY COLEMAN ????? 1953-56-WAYLAND
3,647 ????? CHARLIE OSBORNE ????? N/A-FLAT GAP
3,555 ????? HARRY TODD ????? 1955-58-EARLINGTON

The 1956 Wayland Wasps.The Greatest High School Basketball Team In Kentucky History. And Some History It Is.

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by billy thompson

when KELLY COLEMAN strolled off the floor at Memorial Colisseum saturday night amid a standing ovation by a packed house, it brought an end to one of the greatest high school records ever accomplished in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
KELLY RIGHTLY DESERVES THE TITLE "KING KELLY" because his remarkable feats rank him with the all-time great basketeers.
some may feel they have read or heard enough about the KING OF THE MOUNTAINS, but his record is so fantastic that it seems next to impossible. perhaps after today this column will venture into another field, but i believe that KING KELLY is well worth all the publicity he has-or will-receive. he is a tribute to KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

"don't confront me with my failures
i had not forgotten them"
from a song by j.browne