Jun. 5—MONTGOMERY — Nation Oaks as soon as once more performed host to the Indiana Basketball Corridor of Fame Southern Golf Scramble on Tuesday. Underneath the watchful eye of Washington native and Basketball Corridor of Famer Sam Alford, the occasion celebrated its sixteenth 12 months on the Oaks.
The scramble helps fund scholarships and an growth mission on the Corridor in New Citadel. It additionally gave almost 20 Corridor of Famers an opportunity to resume acquaintances with followers, teammates and directors from throughout the area.
“Coach (Sam) Alford does a improbable job. We acquired lots of Corridor of Famers right here this 12 months. Steve Alford is out right here enjoying together with his household. together with his son Korey who’s teaching at Huntington College. JR Holmes and Jim Jones are out right here, and legendary Jack Butcher was simply right here, together with former NBA coach Del Harris,” stated HOF Improvement Director Cory Criswell. “I additionally needed to provide a sort of shout out to the 7,000-foot growth mission on the Corridor of Fame, so followers ought to get right down to New Citadel and sort of see what we now have happening.”
Sam Alford is a former Hatchet participant, together with a former head coach at Monroe Metropolis, South Knox, Martinsville, New Citadel and retired from his son’s Steve’s employees on the College of Iowa within the early 2000s (Steve is a 1987 nationwide champion at IU and the present head coach at Nevada).
“That is our sixteenth 12 months, and Nation Oaks is so good to work with. It is simply such a pleasant marriage actually. It good to get again to Washington, particularly with my household. The primary place my brother and I had been going to was the White Steamer, and I really like getting again and going to Masons too,” joked Sam Alford.
Nation Oaks Golf Director Trey Miller has been concerned with the tourney for all 16 years and enjoys this occasion very a lot.
“Its an honor to have an occasion like this in our group. It by no means will get outdated to characterize the Basketball Corridor of Fame not directly. Basketball continues to play an vital half in our space and it’s lots of enjoyable to share the tales for almost 20 years with guys who’re such an enormous a part of our basketball heritage.”