2012-13 Results and Media Coverage
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Baton Rouge – Five coaches, an official and a competitor highlight a distinguished group who will be inducted into the 2013 class of the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame.
The contributions of Albany coach Karen Mack Hoyt, Anacoco coach Vic Ortiz, Carencro coach Mac Barousse, St. Paul’s coach Eugene C. Bennett, Jr., Archbishop Rummel coach Larry Schneider, Florien High School basketball standout Joskeen Garner and New Orleans wrestling official Clifford Strider left an indelible impression on their respective sports, individual schools and communities and Louisiana.
The induction ceremony-banquet is set for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s annual convention. With its seven latest inductees, the LHSSHF grows to 259 members.
Strider, a graduate of East Jefferson High School, has worked 43 years as a wrestling official in the state. He has served as an LHSAA wrestling rules interpreter, head official for the LHSAA State Wrestling championships and has conducted the annual rules clinics for coaches and referees from 1986 until present.
Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007, Strider has also served as assignment secretary for New Orleans and Baton Rouge Wrestling Officials Associations. In 2005, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the LHSAA for his contributions to high school wrestling.