Perkins County Plainsmen
One of the most exciting days so far in running the Nebraska HS Helmet Project was a couple weeks ago when Coach Chip Kay of Perkins County emailed us with a picture of the Plainsmen helmet for 2008. A sneak peak instead of waiting until next August/September.
It was also exciting for me to hear from Coach Kay. A long time a go, in the wild west days of the Internets, my brother and I ran a site called The Varsity which attempted to deliver Nebraska high school sports news, information and commentaries. This was in the days before the World Herald even had an online site, and there was nowhere to even get scores. Amazing. Anyway, Coach Kay was one of the few high school coaches (he was at Ogallala then) who would email us information. Now, almost every coaching staff is wired into the Internet in one way or another. We’re already into double-digits in the number of coaches who have emailed us with helmet info. Thanks guys!
Coach Kay also sent along the PC helmet from this year. Here it is:
Good luck to Coach Kay and PCHS next year!
My all-time favorite Grant/Perkins County athlete would be Bill Jackman from the Class of ‘82, the most talented class in Nebraska basketball history. Jackman went to Duke (and then returned to NU), Beatrice’s Mike Martz went to Nebraska, Vic Lazeretti and Kerry Trotter of Prep both went to Marquette, and Clark Kellogg of Omaha Northwest went to Kansas. That’s an all-state team too small to include Northeast’s Dana Jensen who led Wesleyan to two final fours, and Westside’s Bart Kofoed who played multiple seasons in the NBA.
You knew that Perkins County High School was once Grant High School. Did you know that before that is was Perkins County High School. True.
We’ve added a lot to the site in the last few days. We were excited to count and discover that we’re well beyond half-way with the C1 helmets. That’s going faster than we thought. Right now, Ry is working on Bishop Neumann, Heartland and Howells.
Tags: best athlete, Class C2, debut helmets, Perkins County
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