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Went to many U of H Cougar basketball games there during the Hayes-Chaney era. A heck of a drive from Genoa, but to see the best team in the country (well, OK, 2nd best after UCLA), it was worth the trip. From the Houston Chronicle website article by Jerome Solomon January 31, 2014 : " Big E, as he would later be known, had some huge games there. In his senior season in 1968, he scored a school-record 62 points and grabbed 27 rebounds against Valparaiso. Two weeks earlier, he posted 50 points and 37 boards against Centenary. They didn't keep blocked shots numbers then, so we have no idea how many Hayes had, but following Guy V. Lewis' orders to swat away anything that he could get a hand on, Hayes had 12 goaltending calls against Wisconsin at Delmar. That has to be a record. "

Some of the kids from the Ingrando home went to Genoa Elementary and I think some of the boys were in the Genoa Cub and Scout programs. I grew up in the 'suburbs' of Genoa (laughing)