Martinsville Basketball = 12 State Titles
Martinsville broke the V.H.S.L record for state basketball championships
by winning its 11th Group AA State Title in 2000-01 and went on to break its
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own record by winning number 12 in 2001-02. The first dates back to
1957-58 when the Bulldogs went 22-3 and gave the late Coach Mel Cartwright his
first of 3 state titles at Martinsville followed up by 2 more
in 1960-61 and 1963-64. Martinsville's reins were then taken over
by Coach Robert " Husky" Hall who went on to win 7 state
championships. Following his retirement, long-time assistant Coach Troy
Wells took over the program and has won back-to-back state titles on 2000-01
and 2001-02.
How has this been done - the ingredients are
basically made up of 5 things: pride, playing hard,
together, and unselfishly and the number 1 reason for success
- DEFENSE.
Over the past 47
years, the Bulldogs have had only 3 head coaches. The 12 state
championship teams have complied a record of 284-30 with 11 of those
losses coming in one season from the 1965-66 team dubbed the "mumps
squad." The top 7 players were out over half the season with the
mumps and the team entered the district tournament with a record of 7-11 and
finished the year at 12-11 as state champions.
Basketball Records:
* Consecutive State Titles (3) - shared
with many schools
* Consecutive State Tournament Appearances
(7) 1980-86
* Most State Championship Appearances (15)
Coaching Records:
Wins:
605 Husky Hall (1961-63, 1964-95) Ranks 5th all time in Virginia (V.H.S.L)
- includes 7 state titles.
