ROANOKE CATHOLIC INAUGURATES HALL OF FAME

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 1, 1993                   TAG: 9303310430
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: S-16   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER
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ROANOKE CATHOLIC INAUGURATES HALL OF FAME
Roanoke Catholic will become the second high school in Roanoke to have a sports hall of fame when the first inductees are honored Saturday at the school's gymnasium.
The first five inductees include athletes Billy Herbert (1961-65), Camilla Buchanan (1958-62) and Paul Ripley (1962-66). Also being inducted are Tommy Harkins, who coached five sports from 1961-66, and player and coach Pete Wiggins (1932-present). Patrick Henry is the only other Roanoke school with an athletic hall of fame.
The five inductees come from a time when Catholic, one of the state's smallest schools, competed equally with Roanoke's largest schools.
Wiggins is the most versatile of the inductees. He not only played basketball during his senior year at Catholic during the Depression, but he also coached girls' basketball. Following World War II, when Wiggins was in the military, he was a coach of many sports at Catholic. If a boys' or girls' team at Catholic lacked a coach, Wiggins filled the void.
Wiggins is one of the founding fathers of the Roanoke Catholic High School Athletic Association, which gives monetary support to keep the Celtics' programs going. Despite the many hours he has put in as a coach, Wiggins never has been employed by the school. All of his work has been as a volunteer.
Herbert played basketball and golf at Catholic. He was All-City-County and All-State Catholic in 1965 when he averaged 27.2 points a game for the basketball team. He was Catholic's first 1,000-point career scorer with 1,356 points. In golf, Herbert was a state junior champion in 1963-64 and the Roanoke City-County titlist in 1964. Herbert, who played basketball and golf at Virginia Tech, resides in Florida.
Harkins was a City-County coach of the year in both basketball (1963) and football (1965). His 1965 football team finished 9-1 and was the last of five squads that he coached. The 1963 basketball team, the only one he coached, won the North Carolina state championship. He also coached golf, track and tennis as well as served as athletic director. Harkins, who was one of Vanderbilt's top all-time football players, lives in Little Rock, Ark., where he is in private business.
Buchanan played basketball for four years. She was all-tournament in the 1961 Virginia Catholic tournament and a member of the 1960 All-City-County team. She attended William and Mary where she played basketball, field hockey and lacrosse. Buchanan was inducted into W&L's athletic hall of fame and is practicing medicine in Williamsburg.
Ripley played football, basketball, tennis and golf for Catholic. He was best known for his football accomplishments and went on to become an outstanding player at Virginia Tech. At Catholic, he was All-City-County in 1965 when he scored 131 points, the most by any player in Virginia. He was All-Southern in 1965. In basketball, he was first team State of North Carolina All-Catholic tournament in 1966. He has also coached Roanoke Catholic football as both an assistant and head coach. He is in private business in Roanoke.

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