The year 2025 marks 60 years since La Follette brought home its only state championship

(Front row left to right)  Quinn Smith, Jeff Bullock, Lonnie “Hot Rod” Wilson, Darryl Woods, Scott Gibson and Dennis Powers.  (Back row left to right)  Lonnie Dupuy, Clyde Seiber, James Carson, Gary Lovett, Danny McCullah, Keaton Jordan, Mark Russell and Leland Miller.  Coach Junior Honeycutt stands on the left side while Coach Johnny Letner is on the right of the 1965 State Champs. This team won the Tennessee Little League State Championship.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF)- State Representative Dennis Powers invites any former players, coaches or family members of the 1965 Little League State Championship Team who wish to attend the Campbell County Show It Off Festival in LaFollette and help man a booth on Saturday, June 7.

Please contact Power at 423-562-3346 or Rep.Dennis.Powers@Capitol.TN.gov for more information.  

The event takes place at Seargeant Park, and this would be a great time to reunite those on the 60-year anniversary of the county’s only team that has ever won a statewide championship! (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-06/03/2025-6AM)

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