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Senior Sports Salute: New Albany High School

The Bulldogs long and storied history includes fighting two pandemics

Senior Sports Salute: New Albany High School

The Bulldogs long and storied history includes fighting two pandemics

>> HELLO AGAIN, EVERYBOD INDIANA’S NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL WAS OPENED IN THE YEAR 1853, EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR STARTED. IT WAS THE HOME OF WNAS RADIO, THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL OWNED AND OPERATED RADIO STATION IN THE UNITED STATES. FAMOUS PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL INCLUDE GOLFER FUZZY ZOELLER, WHO WON A MASTERS AND U.S. OPEN. SHERMAN MINTON, WHO BECAME A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. AND EDWIN HUBBLE, WHO BECAME ONE -- WHO HAD A TOP U.S. SPACE TELESCOPE NAMED AFTER HIM. NEW ALBANY HAS 15 SENIOR SPRING STUDENT ATHLETES, SO IT WAS HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN. IN A VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL, YOU SEE SOME OF THEIR FACES AND NAMES. THEIR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS B.J. MCALISTER. >> YOU KNOW, FRED, I DON’T KNOW IF WE EVER REALLY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT PATH WE WERE GOING DOWN, YOU KNOW? IT WAS JUST CRAZY TIMES, UNPRECEDENTED. I THINK KIDS WERE ALL JUST LIKE US. SOME DAYS, WE WERE BETTER THAN OTHERS AND SOME DAYS, YOU’RE LIKE, MAN, I JUST NEED SOMETHING. FRED: MCALISTER OVERSEES NEW ALBANY’S SIX SPRING SPORTS. EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGH IN BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK COMING OFF SUCCESSFUL SEASONS. NO HAPPY ENDINGS IN 2020 SO WE SPOTLIGHT THEM HERE AND WISH THEM SAFE TRAVELS. >> NEW ALBANY IS ALWAYS YOUR HOME. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A SENIOR EAR AND IT LIKE IT DID, -- JUST BECAUSE YOUR SENIOR YEAR AND IT LIKE IT DID, YOU ARE ALWAYS -- ENDED LIKE IT DID, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. >> TO SEE ALL THE NAMES OF THE NEW ALBANY BULLDOGS SENIOR SPRING STUDENT ATHLETES, JUST GO TO WLKY.COM AND CLICK ON SPORTS. I’M FRED COWGILL, WLKY
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Senior Sports Salute: New Albany High School

The Bulldogs long and storied history includes fighting two pandemics

"We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two."The high profile slogan for a national insurance company could easily be the slogan for New Albany High School. When you've been around since before the U.S. Civil War, you know a thing or two because you've seen a thing or two. Including two pandemics. The Spanish Flu a century ago and now Covid-19.This pandemic cost The Bulldogs Senior spring student-athletes their final seasons of prep eligibility. For many likely their final participation in organized sports. And so we honor them here. Their names and sports are below. We wish them save travels and the best of luck in the next steps in their life journeys.Baseball: Cooper Biven, Tyler Green, Cody MedleyGolf: Cameron EmbrySoftball: Jewelian Cunningham, Delaney Zack, Madison LawrenceTrack and Field: Caleb Alstott, Collin Malloy, Collin Sutton, Sydney Bensing, Alexandra Hogue, Hannah Lynch, Maddie Myers and Kelsi Sogge

"We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two."

The high profile slogan for a national insurance company could easily be the slogan for New Albany High School. When you've been around since before the U.S. Civil War, you know a thing or two because you've seen a thing or two. Including two pandemics. The Spanish Flu a century ago and now Covid-19.

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This pandemic cost The Bulldogs Senior spring student-athletes their final seasons of prep eligibility. For many likely their final participation in organized sports. And so we honor them here. Their names and sports are below. We wish them save travels and the best of luck in the next steps in their life journeys.

Baseball: Cooper Biven, Tyler Green, Cody MedleyGolf: Cameron EmbrySoftball: Jewelian Cunningham, Delaney Zack, Madison LawrenceTrack and Field: Caleb Alstott, Collin Malloy, Collin Sutton, Sydney Bensing, Alexandra Hogue, Hannah Lynch, Maddie Myers and Kelsi Sogge