2011-12 Schedule

Voice Of The Panthers

Congratulations!  MHBS Boys- 2011 Class 2A Area 16 Champions!

    

Ronnie Pannell                       Jim Lancaster         

Ronnie Pannell is in his 23rd season as the “Voice of the Mars Hill Panthers”. Pannell began broadcasting the Panther and Lady Panther games in 1989. He has now covered over 1000 boys and girls basketball games. During this stretch, Mars Hill teams have claimed 19 Area Championships, 4 State Championships and 3 State Runner-up finishes. Pannell and his radio partner, Jim Lancaster, have worked over 900 Mars Hill basketball games together along with a number of Panther baseball playoff games. 
 
Pannell, a 1978 graduate of the University of North Alabama, began to work with the UNA Sports Network on WVNA Radio Station (Tuscumbia) in 1983. Pannell worked along side of long time friend Greg Thornton for 6 years (1983-1989) covering UNA football, basketball and baseball. Pannell and Thornton teamed up to cover the Lions throughout the Gulf South Conference action and in 1985 they provided local listeners with coverage of the Division II National Championship football game from McAllen, Texas. When the Championship game  moved to Florence in 1986, Pannell assisted the ESPN TV announcers in covering the game and for 4 years served as the player host for the annual Harlon Hill Trophy award.
 
Ronnie Pannell is a 1971 graduate of Coffee High School in Florence, Alabama lettering in both football and baseball.
 Pannell is married to the former Kathy Joy Mitchell of Florence. They are the parents of three sons: Jon (33; married to Ana Fuller Pannell), Will (deceased), Jeffrey (29) and one grandson, Bryce . His parents are Dene (deceased) & Nell Pannell of Florence. 
Pannell currently teaches and coaches at Mars Hill Bible School.

Jim Lancaster is a 1972 graduate of Bradshaw High school and a 1977 graduate of the University of North Alabama. He has been broadcasting local high school sports since August of 1990 with what was then called the "High School Game of the Week". It pitted local rivalries on a weekly basis with different teams from Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin and Lawrence counties. Between 1990 and 2008 he broadcast over 200 high school games including over 50 playoff games and 12 state championship games.

Jim began broadcasting the Mars Hill boys and girls basketball games in November of 1990 alongside Ronnie Pannell.  In all he has broadcast well over 900 basketball games with Ronnie, including 3 State championships, 16 Area championships, 3 Runner-up finishes as well as several State baseball playoff and State Championship games. He presents the game in a professional and colorful manner and keeps up with more statistics than you can imagine!

Jim is married to Karen McFall Lancaster of Florence. They are the proud parents of Kane, married to Mellany Curtis Lancaster, Brooke Lancaster Prince, married Ronnie Prince, and Lindsey, a graduate student at the UNA. Jim and Karen are also proud Grandparents of 5 Grandchildren, Brentyn, Maddox and Carter Lancaster, and Paige and Brody Prince.

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