New Jersey — Kevin Michaels is the only song-and-dance man being inducted into the Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame on Friday night.He was a great athlete, no doubt about it, but he could also take to the stage with a little soft-shoe. Married, retired, living in Virginia Beach and enjoying his grandchildren these days, after a high school career that included football, wrestling and track achievements, he remembers his mom signing him up for tap dance and ballet as a kid.“I got into a few fights over it,” he said. “But, hey, I could play sports and dance. What other kid could say that?”A 1969 Sparta High graduate, Michaels, who went on to become an NCAA wrestler at the University of Virginia, is one of five individuals to be voted in for induction into the Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame.
The annual dinner ceremonies take place Friday night at Lake Mohawk Country Club.
Back in his high school days, Michaels was football captain and most valuable player, captain and most valuable on the wrestling team and a state champion in the pole vault as a track and field standout. more
