Beyond the arc
Almost five months ago many of you helped Hoch Publishing Co. decide to rank Marion County's top 100 Athletes of all time.
Although this has been a daunting task, I have to admit, I'm excited about the culmination of this project.
With a lot of anticipation, I'm happy to say, the voting committee has been chosen and the process of choosing Marion County's greatest athlete has begun.
The panel, (which will remain anonymous during this process, unless they decide otherwise) is an experienced crew with more than 100 years of sports knowledge and experience from the Marion County area.
Our panel of judges will be given a packet of all of the nominees, with information about the athletes. The members will first narrow the field down to 100 athletes. Then they will rank the remaining 100 athletes from 1 to 100.
After the ranking process is complete, the panel will meet with me and with another sports authority, yet to be named, to discuss the final ranking results, to insure an accurate count and to eliminate any discrepancies.
It should prove to be fun and a lengthy process. Wish us well.
