The 2012-2013 basketball year marks the 54th season in Pendleton County history. The school has a rich basketball tradition. There have been 29 District Championship teams, 3 Regional Championship teams and 808 games won. There have been 11 head coaches and an estimated 340 student-athletes have played on championship teams. In my opinion, that number is remarkable. I have come up with 50 memorable moments in Wildcat Basketball history. I hope that you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. –Keaton Belcher
· November 25, 1959 THE INAUGURAL GAME-PENDLETON COUNTY BEATS WILLIAMSTOWN 103-53 TO SECURE THE SCHOOL’S FIRST EVER WIN
· December 2, 1959 PENDLETON FACES RIVAL FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL FOR FIRST TIME AND WINS 70-59
· March 8, 1960 ‘CATS COME UP ONE GAME SHORT OF STATE IN FIRST YEAR-MAYSVILLE WINS 10th REGION 73-60-HEAD COACH RICHARD GULICK RESIGNS-PC’S 30 WINS SETS A MARK THAT HAS YET TO BE BROKEN
· February 27, 1962-HEAD COACH DWIGHT WOLFE LEADS PENDLETON COUNTY TO THEIR FIRST EVER 38th DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
· November 30, 1964-THE PHILLIP WOOD ERA BEGINS-WOOD TAKES OVER FOR DWIGHT WOLFE
· January 31, 1965 PENDLETON COUNTY SETS A SINGLE GAME SCORING RECORD BY BEATING DEMING 120-61
· March 7, 1965 JACK WRIGHT LEADS PENDLETON COUNTY TO STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME W/ WIN OVER BRYAN STATION IN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PC 70 BS 59
· March 11, 1965 ‘CATS FALL TO HAZEL GREEN 84-64 AT FREEDOM HALL IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SWEET SIXTEEN
· December 1, 1967 IN THE FINAL GAME BETWEEN PENDLETON COUNTY AND FALMOUTH THE RED DEVILS SHOCK THE WILDCATS BY WINNING 59-57. PENDLETON’S RECORD VS FALMOUTH WAS 18-1 IN NINE SEASONS. FALMOUTH CONSOLIDATES WITH PENDLETON AFTER THE 1967-1968 SCHOOL YEAR.
· February 3, 1970 BOBBY LEE WYATT GOES FOR 51 POINTS-WYATT SET A THEN SCHOOL RECORD WITH 755 POINTS DURING 1969-1970 SEASON-AVERAGED 27 POINTS PER GAME
· March 10, 1971 PENDLETON GOES TO STATE FOR SECOND TIME IN 6 YEARS-DEFEATS MASON COUNTY 80-79 IN DRAMATIC 10th REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
· March 13, 1971 WILDCATS ALMOST DEFEAT OWENSBORO AT STATE-RED DEVILS 59 WILDCATS 56
· March 4, 1978 PENDLETON LOSES TO MASON COUNTY IN FIRST ROUND OF THE 10th REGION TOURNAMENT 58-59, RICK ELROD’s CAREER ENDS BUT GOES ON TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE
· January 16, 1980 8th GRADER TALBERT TURNER PUTS ON A SHOW FOR PC, SCORES 19 POINTS
· June 29, 1982 RICK ELROD IS SELECTED BY THE NBA’S PHOENIX SUNS AS AN 8th ROUND PICK
· December 1, 1982 HEAD COACH GARY TURNER TAKES OVER THE WILDCAT PROGRAM FOR WOODIE CRUM
· February 9, 1983 PENDLETON COUNTY DEFEATS CAMPBELL COUNTY 62-59 IN FIVE OVERTIMES
· March 2, 1983 TALBERT TURNER BECOMES THE FIRST PLAYER IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO REACH THE 2,000 POINT PLATEAU
· January 4, 1984 TALBERT TURNER SCORES SCHOOL RECORD 63 POINTS IN A GAME VS NICHOLAS COUNTY
· February 21, 1984 TALBERT TURNER REACHES 3,000 POINTS ON HIS SENIOR NIGHT AS PC DEFEATS HARRISON COUNTY 86-57
· March 17, 1984 BOURBON COUNTY BEATS ‘CATS IN REGIONAL FINALS 89-77, TURNER SCORES 42 POINTS IN FINAL GAME AND WAS NAMED AP FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE, TURNER’s 3,183 CAREER POINTS IS A PCHS RECORD AND IS STILL RANKED 14th IN KHSAA STATE HISTORY
· March 1, 1991 PHILLIP WOOD RETIRES FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL TIME-LEAVES AS PENDLETON’S RECORD HOLDER FOR CAREER WINS (285), DISTRICT TITLES (11) AND REGIONAL TITLES (2)
· March 3, 1993 PENDLETON DEFEATS BRACKEN IN 38th DISTRICT FINALS MAKING IT A SCHOOL RECORD 4-PEAT
· December 20, 1996 DAVID TURNER SCORES 53 POINTS ON WEST CARTER AT CAMPBELL COUNTY’S CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT, SUFFERS CAREER ENDING INJURY
· March 1, 1997 THE FLOOD GAME-PENDLETON LOSES TO BROSSART IN NEW 38th DISTRICT FINALS-PENDLETONIANS WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY TO FIND OUT THAT MOST OF BUTLER AND FALMOUTH WERE FLOODED BADLY
· July 12, 2001 MIKE REITZ COACHES PC FOR 9 DAYS-LEAVES FOR GRC
· November 27, 2001 THE BUDDY BIGGS ERA BEGINS, ‘CATS AND 8 SENIORS LOSE AT RYLE 67-54
· February 27, 2004 LOFTON SCORES 54 POINTS AT FIELDHOUSE ON SENIOR NIGHT TO BEAT PENDLETON 99-83
· March 5, 2004 PENDLETON WINS FIRST DISTRICT TITLE SINCE 1996, DEFEAT BRACKEN COUNTY 69-55
· December 11, 2004 THE OAK HILL ACADEMY GAME-‘CATS FALL BIG TO KEVIN DURANT AND COMPANY 94-64
· December 27, 2004 PENDLETON TAKES DOWN #1 SCOTT COUNTY AT LEXINGTON CATHOLIC’S FIFITH/THIRD CLASSIC HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT BY THE SCORE OF 69-60
· December 28, 2004 PENDLETON’S HOT SHOOTING LED TO A 23-4 FIRST QUARTER ADVANTAGE AS THE WILDCATS DEFEATED #3 RANKED AND FUTURE STATE CHAMPS, SOUTH LAUREL 66-45
· January 18, 2005 JON ELROD’S BASELINE BUZZER BEATER LIFTS PENDLETON OVER BISHOP BROSSART AT HOME 45-43, STUDENTS STORM THE FLOOR
· February 25, 2005 O’HARA AND BELCHER COMBINE FOR 50 POINTS ON SENIOR NIGHT, BEAT MASON COUNTY FOR FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS PC 85 MC 66
· March 2, 2005 ARMAGEDDON: TWO STATE RANKED TEAMS SQUARED OFF IN A 38th DISTRICT SEMI-FINAL MATCHUP. PENDLETON MADE MORE BIG PLAYS THAN THE MUSTANGS AND ADVANCED 47-43
· March 12, 2005 PENDLETON COUNTY 71 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 48, PC HEADS TO STATE FOR FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS
· March 16, 2005 THE PRP GAME-PENDLETON COUNTY’S HISTORICAL SEASON COMES TO AND END AS PLEASURE RIDGE PARK BEATS THE ‘CATS 64-61 IN OVERTIME AT RUPP ARENA. PENDLETON SAYS GOODBYE TO THREE IMPORTANT SENIORS AS THEY END THE SEASON WITH 29 WINS AND 5 LOSSES
· December 19, 2005 JEFF GIBSON SPARKS THE ‘CATS AS THEY TAKE DOWN MIAMI SENIOR IN LONDON 81-69
· January 7, 2006 PENDLETON BEATS MASON COUNTY IN FINALS OF MCIT IN DRAMATIC DOUBLE OVERTIME VICTORY 82-79
· February 21, 2006 PENDLETON EXTENDS WINNING STREAK TO 19 GAMES W/ WIN OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY
· JULY 13, 2006 BUDDY BIGGS HEADS TO ASHLAND PAUL BLAZER, CHAD SIMMS TAKES OVER WILDCAT PROGRAM
· January 6, 2009 TIM COOPER SCORES 29 POINTS IN A QUARTER AT BRACKEN COUNTY
· February 25, 2011 THE MIRACLE ON THE HILLTOP PENDLETON 61 HARRISON 60
· March 5, 2011 PENDLETON UPSETS MASON COUNTY IN 10th REGION SEMI-FINAL 60-56
· December 9, 2011 PENDLETON BEATS COV CATH AT HOME IN 4 OVERTIMES 100-94, MASON MONROE SCORES A CAREER HIGH 37 POINTS
· December 19, 2011 GABE ANTROBUS MAKES A SCHOOL RECORD NINE 3 POINT FIELD GOALS AS PC DEFEATS LOUISVILLE DESALES 70-65 AT OLDHAM COUNTY
· February 24, 2012 COACH SIMMS AND WILDCATS WIN 3rd DISTRICT TOURNAMENT IN A ROW AFTER DEFEATING DEMING
· November 30, 2012 THE ED CRAVENS ERA BEGINS AT SCOTT
