WHEELING - Six decades of athletic greatness in the Ohio Valley were celebrated Saturday as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2008 at WesBanco Arena.
The OVAC Hall of Fame's fifth class includes 16 people who made their mark on the area's high school sporting scene in various ways - as athletes, coaches, officials and sportswriters. The Hall of Fame also honored five new "Legends of the OVAC" - people whose contributions came prior to the conference's genesis in 1943.
The 2008 inductees are:
The five new members of the "Legends of the OVAC" are: Ernie Bell, John Blatnik, George "Puck" Burgwin, Kenny Griffith and Jim Keane.