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Posted by price_b@hccanet.org, 1/12/01 at 8:22:54 PM.
KEVIN 'S CORNER
FROM 1992:
IN THE SPRING OF 1992, KEVIN BURGESS (FINNEYTOWN 91') WAS KILLED IN A TRAGIC HIKING ACCIDENT NEAR HANOVER COLLEGE IN INDIANA, WHERE HE WAS A FRESHMAN. KEVIN HAD PLAYED FOOTBALL AND WRESTLED THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS AT FINNEYTOWN. HE WAS THE 189 LB. CHAMPION AT THIS TOURNAMENT AS A SENIOR. A POPULAR LEADER AND FIERCE COMPETITOR, KEVIN MEANT SO MUCH TO EVERYONE AROUND HIM.
IN HIS MEMORY, THE FINNEYTOWN COMMUNITY ESTABLISHED THE KEVIN C. BURGESS MEMORIAL FUND WHICH PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO FINNEYTOWN GRADUATES.
THE FUND HAS ALSO HELPED PURCHASE THE NEW WRESTLING MAT. ONE CORNER OF THE MAT IS DESIGNATED, "KEVIN 'S CORNER FROM 1992". IT SERVES AS A REMINDER TO WRESTLERS, COACHES, AND SPECTATORS OF NOT ONLY HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT BUT ALSO THE ENDURING QUALITIES FOUND IN THE SPORT WHICH HAD PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED KEVIN'S LIFE.
IF ONE TRIES HARD ENOUGH, IT IS POSSIBLE TO IMAGINE KEVIN SITTING THER URGING US ALL ON TO GREATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE ARE SO SORRY HE IS GONE, BUT SO GLAD WE KNEW HIM.
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