The names of 4,127 people appeared during the third year of publication of The Logan Journal. Of that group, 1,268 were named in more than one
story, bringing the total to 6,827 names. The LoJo came into existence on Feb. 1, 2009, so Year Three ran from Feb. 1, 2011 to Jan. 31, 2012.
All of these numbers come from my statistics obsession that almost forced me into being an accountant before I realized what I really wanted was
to figure earned run averages and free throw percentages, not assets and liabilities.
And that love of sports, along with the number of games played in the Land of Logan, means that those whose name appeared in the most stories were
athletes and coaches. Of the Top 25, all but were one were involved directly in sports. The other, radio personality/evangelist Lon Sosh, has a
rich sports background, culminating in his being inducted into the Russellville Alumni Sports Hall of Fame just before The LoJo year
ended,
The top three in terms of number of stories were Logan County High athletes. Leading the way with 24 different stories was senior Twin Lancaster, who had a good football season and was named Fourth Region boys basketball Player of the Year. Following him was three-sport
Cougar Avrey Collier, whose best sport is track, with 21. Right behind him was Matt Harper, who started the year as an eighth grader at
Olmstead where his team won the middle school basketball tournament. Before he finished middle school, he was a varsity starter for the Cougars in
baseball. Then this winter, he was on the LCHS basketball varsity.
The next four top storymakers were from Russellville High School. They were golf and basketball coach Dennis Pardue with 19 and basketball
players Jordan Kennedy, Davis Pardue and Amber Sydnor with 17 each. All of this came a month before the season ended. Sydnor was the most
mentioned female subject.
Rounding out the Top 10 were LCHS athletes Torin Graham, Jaylin Jones and John Logan Dockins along with D.J. Quarles, who was
the top story subject at the end of two years and still found his name in 16 stories, even though he spent half the year as a walk-on football player
at the University of Kentucky.
Also in the Top 25 (actually 28 counting ties) were
Barrett Croslin, Lon Sosh, Coach Harold Tackett, Dustin Cartas, Ryan Harper, Sye Head, Coach Scot MacAllister, Barrett Rogers, Sajuan Watkins,
Coach Dedra Adler, Meg Brown, Evan Harris, Aratan Martin, Coach John Myers, Markita Pheal, Noah Thomas and Ben Wright.
Gov. Steve Beshear, who was reelected in 2011, just missed the Top 25 by one story. Also near the top were non-sports figures Donna Gholson and Rep. Martha Jane King.
The names of everyone who appeared in at least five stories in Year Three follow:
Twenty-Four Stories
Twin Lancaster
Twenty-One Stories
Avrey Collier
Twenty Stories
Matt Harper
Nineteen Stories
Coach Dennis Pardue
Seventeen Stories
Jordan Kennedy, Davis Pardue, Amber Sydnor
Sixteen Stories
Torin Graham, Jaylin Jones
Fifteen Stories
John Logan Dockins, D.J. Quarles
Fourteen Stories
Barrett Croslin, Lon Sosh, Coach Harold Tackett
Thirteen Stories
Dustin Cartas, Ryan Harper, Sye Head, Coach Scot MacAllister, Barrett Rogers, Sajuan Watkins
Twelve Stories
Coach Dedra Adler, Meg Brown, Evan Harris, Aratan Martin, Coach John Myers, Markita Pheal, Noah Thomas, Ben Wright
Eleven Stories
Gov. Steve Beshear, Polly Cowan, Donna Gholson, Imani Hampton, Coach Greg Howard, Coach Steve Lyne, Shannon MacAllister
Ten Stories
DeVonta Bryant, Zach Hines, Lawton Jackson, Coach Ethan Meguiar, Dustin Nash, Kapresha Powell, Colton Spencer, Ian Woodall
Nine Stories
Dalton Gunderson, Brittany Hampton, Victor Hampton, Corey Johnson, Rep. Martha Jane King, Kesi Neblett, Taylor Oates, Maurice Pheal, Tameeka Rippy,
Caleb Wills
Eight Stories
Coach Daniel Alvis, Jessica Anderson, Daniel Beaty, Kate Brooks, Brother Joe Carrico, Zach Denney, Casey Jaynes, Aaron Johnson, Logan Johnson,
Grace McLellan, James Milam, Coach Tim Riley, Thomas Shifflett, Al Smith. Coach Phil Todd, Congressman Ed Whitfield, Adam Wilkins, Anna Wilkins
Seven Stories
Tucker Baldwin, Caleb Bruner, Hazel Carver, Judge Logan Chick, Dave Dockins, Meagan Ferguson, Corey Ford, Darlene Gooch, Troy Graham, Josh Hampton,
Claire Hopkins, Coach Lou Kendall, Talia Mason, Hugh McReynolds, Kathleen Noe, Spencer Parsons, Sen. Joey Pendleton , Miranda Rone, Landon
Stratton, Devonna Sydnor, Nathan Thompson. Seth Washington, Jackson Wells, Kaye Warren Wilkins
Six Stories
Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson, Madison Alvis, Amber Anderson, Dakota Bray, Dylan Byrum, Derion Calloway, Quinton Calloway, John Corun, Kaleb Coursey,
Caitlin Foster, Michaed Gough, Coach Dain Gregory, Meagann Hardison, Kathy Wilcutt Hathcock, Diamond Hines, Laura Hunt, Cierra Johnson, Kayla
MacAllister, Kelsey Markham, Daniel McCarley, Tyler Meacham, Charles Neblett, Jacob Neiman, Blake Pittman, Belinda Morris Ray, Leah Thompson, Cody
Thurston, Rontory Todd, Jerell Wickware, Sen. David Williams, Megan Williams, Luke Woodall, Jim Young
Five Stories
Hunter Anderson, Rachel Barnett, Ryan Basham, Lauren Batten, Bob Birdwhistell, Taylor Blakemore, Ann-Meguiar Bouldin, Brenna Brown, Jordan
Campbell, Cathy Carver, Steve Cauley, Lucas Celsor, Dalton Clark, Sammi Collins, Al Cross, Amanda Crutchfield, Trent Deberry, Rep. Jim DeCesare,
Kevin Gettings, Gail Guiling, Eloise Hadden, Kahlil Hampton, Travez Hampton, Brittany Harper, Drew Hayes, Coach Mike Haynes, Laura Hendricks,
Adrianna Hinojozo, Joe Holliday, LeAndra Hoosier, Jacob Hopkins, Marshall Kemp, Margueritte Kirkpatrick, Chandler Larson, D.J. Lee, Christian
Lynch, Jack Lyne, Lonnie Mason, Chris McGinnis, Coach Greg Meacham, Brice Moore, J.R. Morrow, Don Neagle, Tom Noe, Jo Orange, Charlie Ray, Austin
Rayno, Jon Richardson, Will Robey, Leon Smith, Mary Jane Smith, Brandon Sowell, Artis Stratton, Steve Stratton. Wesley Stratton, Kevin Temple.
Lynne Thomas, Coach Matt Tipton, Marie Turner, Trey Turner, Brinkley Warren, Corey Wright