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NORTHERN KENTUCKY CONVENTION and VISITORS BUREAU

The Champboat Series is Coming to Newport, KY/ Greater Cincinnati July 15th and 16th!

Thrilling high-speed boat racing returns to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky riverfront at the base of the Newport Levee. This event will qualify racers for the Champ Boat racing circuit and is the first F1 boat race in the Cincinnati area in over 20 years.

The Champboat Series has been in existence for about 40 years and was founded by its current President/CEO Michael T. Schriefer.

Schriefer has said that one of his biggest objectives was “to get the sport back on the awesome Ohio riverfront. It had not seen an event for over 20 years.” Thanks to the help of the City of Newport Special Events Director Sal Wertheim and others the dream became a reality.

The Champboat Series is usually one of the premier, most attended events in basically all of the metropolitan areas on the Series calendar. Total combined attendance for the Series reaches into the hundreds of thousands.

The FI Champboat series boats are the fastest and most nimble boats in the world. The world class dirvers are some of the most talented, keenly sharp competitors in all of sports. Top drivers include Chris Fairchild, Tim Seebold, and 2006 Champboat Series points leader Terry Rucker.

Northern Kentucky will be the home for one of the most thrilling and compelling events of the summer.

TO FIND OUT MORE, CONTACT:
Michael T. Schriefer
President/CEO
ChampBoat Series, LLC .
17505 W. Catawba Ave.-Suite 150
Cornelius, NC 28031
(704) 987-5044 ext.11 office
website: www.champboat.com
e-mail: Mike@ChampBoat.com

KENTUCKY SPORTS AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBER TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME

Stout to be inducted into National High School Hall of Fame

Officially, Louis Stout enters the National High School Hall of Fame in the “Others” category, but he could just as easily be inducted as an athlete, coach, official or administrator. His accomplishments in all of these categories were extraordinary.

As an athlete in Kentucky, Stout began his career at Banneker High School before enrolling at Cynthiana High School as a result of integration. In his three years at Cynthiana, Stout led the team in scoring and to the Kentucky state tournament all three years. In his senior season, Stout averaged 30.9 points and 24.0 rebounds per game and led the state in scoring. He was selected first-team all-conference, all-region and all-state, and his jersey was retired at the end of the season. He received national recognition as well, being named to the Dell Sports All-American team. He played in several all-star games, including the Kentucky/Indiana all-star game.

Stout then went on to star at Regis College in Denver, Colorado, where he led the team in scoring for four years and set several rebounding records, under the tutelage of Joe B. Hall, who later coached at the University of Kentucky.

Stout then joined the coaching ranks in 1965 as an assistant basketball coach at Lexington (Kentucky) Dunbar High School. He was later named head coach and coached his teams to two district tournament championships and twice finished as runner-up in the regional tournament.

While coaching, Stout also started an accomplished officiating career. His 26-year stint as a high school baseball and softball official earned him a reputation as one of the finest umpires in Kentucky. Stout also umpired at the collegiate level, working games for the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southeastern Conference. He was inducted into the Kentucky Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1997.

In 1971, Stout was hired as an assistant commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and in 1994, he became the first African-American to serve as the executive director/commissioner of a state high school association. One of Stout’s lasting legacies is his success in recruiting more minorities as high school coaches and officials.

At the national level, Stout served a term on the NFHS Board of Directors from 2000 to 2002 and served as chairman of the NFHS Hall of Fame Screening Committee from 1996 to 2002.

Since retirement, Stout has been involved with high school sports through a high school scoreboard radio show and television program. He also has written a book, Shadows of the Past, chronicling the history of African-American high school athletes in Kentucky.

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