Fifty years are in the books for the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame.

So is the run of Jim Lokhaiser as master of ceremonies at the Hall’s annual induction banquet. Last weekend marked Lokhaiser’s 49th — and final — banquet in that regard.

Kudos to him for a job well done.

Lokhaiser is one of the original guys responsible for the formation and sustaining of this organization, which has welcomed more than 350 athletes, coaches and county sports legends through its doors over the years.

Mike Surkalo, sports editor of this newspaper from 1946 through 1985, played a huge role as well, as did Merril Moses, Eddie Ford, Eddie Hoyne and others.

The Hall of Fame has gotten even better in recent years. Its website has been upgraded and it now has a wing for great teams from the county to be recognized.

It will soon have a new home as well, in the corridor of the Butler County Courthouse.

And Bob Cupp will succeed Lokhaiser as master of ceremonies on April 30, 2016 — at the Hall’s 51st induction banquet.

It is incredible what names are in the Hall of Fame, covering so many sports and accomplishments, whether they be on the professional, collegiate, high school or sandlot levels.

What is also incredible is some of the names not yet in the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame who are eligible to be there.

Individuals must be out of high school for 10 years to be eligible.

Brian Minto, a boxer who has racked up 41 professional wins and fought for a world cruiserweight title, is not in the Hall of Fame.

Neither is Meghan Schnur, former Butler High School girls soccer great who went on to shine at the University of Connecticut and played professionally. She is in the Butler High School and WPIAL Halls of Fame.

Jence Rhoads scored well over 2,000 points in high school basketball at Slippery Rock, had a stellar career at Vanderbiilt and went on to play professional basketball overseas, is not in the Hall of Fame.

Tyrell Sales was a standout linebacker at Butler who was a multi-year starter and among the tackle leaders at Penn State.

His name is absent from the Hall.

Karns City all-time basketball scoring leader Tyler Callihan, dominant Lernerville Speedway Late Model driver Alex Ferree, record-setting Slippery Rock High School and University running back Josh Kniess are all eligible ... The list goes on and on.

In many of these cases, if not all, a resume on these individuals and others have not been submitted to the Hall of Fame committee for consideration.

Such resumes are available at www.bcshof.com or from any Hall of Fame director. Hall of Fame president Dan Cunningham can even mail one out.

The Butler County Sports Hall of Fame is alive and well — and deserves to get richer in tradition.

John Enrietto is sports editor of the Butler Eagle