Three individual star athletes and a state champion team have been chosen for inclusion in Cougar Foundation Athletic Hall of Fame, Induction ceremonies are scheduled between games of the Clash of the Cats at Logan County High School on Jan. 5, 2024.
With six of them track standouts, a state champion track coach and the other two built for speed, this most likely is the quickest Hall of Fame class LCHS has ever honored.
The men who have been selected are the first Cougar football player signed to an NCAA scholarship, Lee Proctor (Class of ’87); the leading scorer in Cougar soccer history, Landon Stratton (Class of ‘14); and Caleb Bruner (Class of ’15), who was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Kentucky high school baseball.
The women’s team which is being inducted is the 1984 state champion 400-meter relay team, which consisted of Tracie Mason (Class of ’87), Regina Robey Class of ’84), Theresa Flowers Bell, Melissa Martin and Janice Sydnor Patterson. Going in with them will be their coach, Jane Burton McClure.
This will be the second Hall of Fame induction for Mason and Robey, who previously were honored as individuals. Players Fred Tisdale and Stacey Mason and coaches Gerald Sinclair and David Billingsley of the 1984 state champion basketball Cougars are the only other two-time inductees.
Here's a brief look at the inductees: (Expanded profiles will appear on The Logan Journal as the ceremony grows closer.)
Lee Proctor: A student during LCHS’ first four years in existence, Proctor rushed for over a thousand yards his senior year when Hall of Fame Coach Steve Eans’ Cougars forged an 8-2 record in only their second year of varsity football. He played a year of NCAA football as a receiver for Morehead State and then transferred to Campbellsville University where, as a running back, he teamed with former Cougar teammate Ron Sams with great success.
Also at LCHS, he went to state in track for Coach Mike Deaton’s Cougars, and he was a member of Hall of Fame Coach Barry Reed’s regional runner-up basketball team.
Proctor has been involved in more Cougar football games than anyone else in team history as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach.
Landon Stratton: He was also a three-sport standout at LCHS, earning 10 varsity letters. In soccer, he scored the first goal in program history for Coach Eric Evans’ team, set a state record with 53 goals as a senior, and scored 85 goals and 190 points in his career. Also, each fall he was the placekicker for Cougar football under coaches Dain Gregory and Mike Crawford. He kicked extra points and field goals, adding punting duties as a senior. He was also a starter in basketball, playing two years each for coaches Harold Tackett and Lonnie Mason. .
After high school, he played NCAA football for Murray State University and was one of the nation’s highest-averaging punters. He decided to transfer for a graduate season and became an SEC player as a punter for the University of Georgia, He was a member of a Bulldog team which reached the SEC championship game and the Sugar Bowl.
Caleb Bruner: He first gained fame as a starting pitcher and first baseman for the 2009 Logan County All-Stars who played in the Little League World Series. Severalof his teammates on that stat and regional championship team joined him and Hall of Famer Dustin Cartas on Coach Ethan Meguiar’s 2013 regional championship team. He pitched a jewel at state before losing a 2-1 decision to Louisville St. Savier in which he allowed only one hit and no earned runs.
A two-time Fourth Region Player of the Year, led the team in 18 statistical categories his senior year, and became Logan’s career leader in strikeouts and wins.
After being named Kentucky’s Gatorade Player of the Year, he became a starting pitcher in Division I baseball for the WKU Hilltoppers before his collegiate career was cut short by multiple arm injuries.
Regina Robey grew up in Adairville but spent her early high school years in Germany where her step-father, William Wilson Jr., was stationed with the U.S. Army. They returned home in June 1983, and she immediately made a huge impact on Coach Jane Burton’s Lady Cougar track team. At the Barren River Conference track meet in May 1984, she finished first in the 100, second in the long jump, and first and third in relay events. A month later, she won state championships in the 100-meter dash and (with the others) the 400-meter relay.
Tracie Maon: Although Tracie is probably best remembered for her brilliant basketball career at LCHS, her biggest high school honors came in track. She was a member of the 1984 state championship 400-meter relay team. Two years later, she finished second in the state in both the 200-meter and the long jump. She was a freshman on the state championship team.
One of the Lady Cougars’ all-time leading scorers and rebounders in basketball, she was a leader of Hall of Fame Coach Jim Thompson’s 1987 regional runner-up team. She was an outstanding athlete at Austin Peay State University for five years in both basketball and track. After graduation, she became a long-time coach in the Clarksville area.
Theresa Flowers Bell: She made it to state three years in four different events—the 400-meter dash, 800-meter run, and the 400 and 800-meter relays. A junior, she finished third in the 400 her final year in addition to the state relay championship. She also placed in the hurdles at substate.
Melissa Martin: She placed in two individual events in region in addition to the state relay championship. She was a key member of Melissa several contending relay teams during her career.
Janice Sydnor Patterson: A sophomore like Martin in the state championship season, she was key and successful member of Lady Cougar teams throughout high school.