First Hall of Fame inductee

The Columbia High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee et this week to select the 2010 Class of Inductees.
The Hall of Fame Class will be inducted Friday, Sept. 17 during the football game with Daniel Boone.
Over the next week, the inductees will be profiled.
Meet the first inductee, Ken Haverstick.
During Ken’s junior year, the basketball team was 20-2 and was Lancaster County League champs. They lost to Kutztown 48-45 in District 3, Class B final. Kutztown were the eventual State champs. In his senior year, the team was 20-3 and was again Lancaster County League champs. They beat Eastern (Wrightsville) in the District 3, Class B finals, before losing to Montrose in the Class B Eastern State finals.
Ken was captain of his senior team, was named to the first team All-County and received Little All-State Honorable Mention. In his junior year, he had been named to secnd team All-County.

Ken was also a three-year starter for the Tide baseball team.
Ken returned to CHS where he coached vasrsity basketball from 1968-1971. His teams were 28-28.
He was Junior High Basketball coach for 15 years, 1978-1993. His record was 160-109 and his teams won six  Section III championships.
Ken was also on the coaching staff of the 1986-87 CHS boys basketball team which the State Class AA, State championship. He had coached many of the players on that team when they were in Junior High.
Ken was the golf coach for three years in the mid-70’s. One of his players, John Gamby, went on to win the LANCO Gold championship.
Haverstick was also the acting Athletic Director at CHS during the mid-90’s.