Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

M.C. Pritchard – 2003

M.C. Pritchard Inducted 2003 A versatile athlete, M.C. excelled in football, basketball and swimming in high school, tennis in college and golf after his college days. A reserve on the Waycross Bulldog football team in 1942, he became a starting guard in 1943 playing...

Roy Colvin – 2003

Roy Colvin Inducted 2003 He was an outstanding athlete while at Wacona and Ware County High Schools. During his last year of football in 1958, the Gators won eight games and only lost two. He was a star during all those games. He was the workhorse on offense with 835...

John Pike – 2003

John Pike Inducted 2003 Winning and excellence have been trademarks with John Pike since high school in LaGrange, Georgia. He played on a AAA state championship team in the 1960s. He earned four letters in basketball at LaGrange College. John came to Waycross in 1970...

James Conoly – 2003

James Conoly Inducted 2003 James has had a distinguished career as the head baseball coach at Ware County High School. In addition to baseball, he was an assistant football coach 23 of those years and also was an assistant basketball coach for ten years during that...

Johnnie Green – 2003

Johnnie Green Inducted 2003 Johnnie Green was an extraordinarily gifted athlete. He played football and basketball for four consecutive years at Center High School. He was a first string player all four years in both sports. Johnnie culminated his high school career...

Lankford Lee – 2002

Lankford Lee Inducted 2002 Ware County High School was established in 1958. Lankford was in the first class to have attended all four years at the new school. He graduated in 1962. He lettered in football, baseball and track. His football coach, Tommy Guillebeau, was...