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The KPTR.com "Skybox Crew"
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Ken
Opperman
A native of East Saint Louis, Illinois, Ken has supported Panther athletics since moving to Bartlett in the mid-1980's. He works as an intermodal transportation specialist in Memphis. Ken and his wife Bev have two children, Eric and Melissa. Eric is a BHS graduate, while Melissa is a current student and a member of the chorus. |
Mike Cooper
A native of Paducah, Kentucky, Mike has supported Panther athletics for years. He is a stockbroker in Memphis and is also a youth and music minister. Mike and his wife Cona have two children: Matthew and Jennifer, both of which graduated from Bartlett. Matthew is a University of Memphis graduate, while Jennifer is a student at Mississippi State. |
| Eric Opperman
A 2000 graduate of BHS, Eric was a member of Bartlett's award-winning Knowledge Bowl program, and he was the first Sports Information Director for the school. He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 2004, with a degree in Mass Communications. Eric is now working at Ouachita as the Assistant Sports Information Director. Eric is the son of Skybox Crew member Ken Opperman. |
Matt Cooper
Matt is a 2000 graduate of BHS. While at Bartlett, he served as Co-Sports Information Director for three years. He graduated from the University of Memphis in 2005 with a degree in history. Matt is employed by the Shelby County School System.. Matt is the son of Skybox Crew member Mike Cooper. |
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Why the "Skybox Crew?" One question we've heard through the years is "Why are you called the Skybox Crew?" In the late 1980's when Ken started attending nearly every Panther home football game, he quickly found a perch on the top row at the 22 yard line, and he and Eric sat there for years. When Mike and Matt moved back to Bartlett shortly before high school, they also began sitting in what Ken had begun calling "The Skybox." The tradition of finding a seat in the top row continued over to Panther basketball, as the Oppermans and Coopers became a fixture at the top row of the lower bleachers near the Bartlett bench nearly everywhere the Panthers played. One night when they were even more boisterous than usual, a fan a few rows in front of them turned around and said, "The Bartlett Skybox Crew is going wild tonight!" The name stuck, and it was only natural to keep it when KPTR.com began.
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