The Sardis Lady Dragons
Well, the polar vortex is still hanging around but it is the month of March and high school tourney time. We have been blessed with great teams from our area that have done well in state tourney play. One of the teams from our area that dominated the state in 1922 was the ladies of Sardis. The team was coached by Dave Hopkins and they had a record of 20 wins and one loss, and that loss was to Ashland in the state finals. The team practiced on the farm of W.A. Simons in an old barn of his. The Sardis team breezed through the district and regional play as they had their sights set on the big prize in the Armory gym in Lexington. The Sardis team wanted to look good in the big city, so they borrowed uniforms from the girls of the Maysville High. One little problem with the uniforms they had borrowed from Maysville was the color of the bloomers. The parents of the Sardis ladies did not want them to wear nothing more revealing than black bloomers. The bloomers that were part of the Maysville uniforms were of a lighter color. The Sardis girls had a great idea as they cleaned the floor with the bloomers to make them think they had worn their own uniform. The team represented our area well as they returned to Mason County with the Kentucky High School State runner-up trophy. The members of the team were Ada Fowler, Susan Cracraft, Ruby Crockett Orme, Elizabeth Fowler Henson Brierley, Mabel Dye Worthington, Clara Brieley Tatman, Dora White Buckler, Clarine Mullikin Cracraft and Aldora Cracraft Ray. Mrs. Ada Fowler Cracraft was named to the all-state team as she led the team in scoring. This team overcame many obstacles to finish as the state runner-up in 1922. We sometimes forget about the girl’s teams place in local basketball history as the Maysville girls won the state tourney in 1926. The 1922 Sardis girls team deserves to be mentioned as one of the great teams from Maysville and Mason County that has brought home hardware from the Kentucky High School tournament.