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County Hall inducts nine
July 20, 2008
By DAN KAUFFMAN (kauffman@herald-mail.com)FUNKSTOWN – It’s been eight months since former St. James athletic director and football coach Charles “Chick” Meehan coached the 207th and final game of a successful career that spanned 34 years.
Meehan was one of nine honorees inducted into the Washington County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday at New Dimensions Restaurant. Meehan was joined by Donna Aycoth, Terry Bailey, Gary “P.K.” Kershner, Joe Snyder, Jim Gossard and three “Pioneer” members: Charles Boyer, J. Vincent Jamison and John “Ike” Powers.
* Kershner, a shortstop, played baseball at South Hagerstown and earned a scholarship to Murray State University, where he made the All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team twice. After graduating in 1963, he went on to star in fastpitch softball around the Washington area, reaching the International Softball Conference World Tournament, and was indicted into the Greater Washington Fast-Pitch Hall of Fame in 1986.
“I probably was always a defensive ballplayer,” Kershner said. “I loved the game, and the transition (from baseball to fastpitch softball) was pretty easy.
“I tried some semipro baseball, that didn’t pan out, but softball, what a game, a super, super game. I played against a lot of world champions.”