Lance Kitchens to be inducted into Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame

Lance Kitchens, the “Voice of the Buckaroos” for 38 years now, will be inducted into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame as one of 11 inductees in this year’s class. He will also receive the Lifetime Achievement for Media award, according to a release.

The 18th annual banquet will be held May 6 at the Abilene Convention Center where they will be inducted. The 11 new inductees will bring the hall’s total to 190.

There will be 10 other individuals inducted. Those individuals are:

• John Lackey
• Steve Warren
• Julie Roewe Goodenough
• Jackie Ramsey Cox
• Mark Oates
• Stanley Whisenhunt
• Ernie, Charlie and Donald Davis
• Elijah Childers
• Ellis Jones
• Myrle Greathouse

For the full story, see the Feb. 6 edition of the Breckenridge American.