Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Stan Stipe – 2020

Stan StipeInducted 2020 Meet Stan Stipe, athlete, the portrait of courage, tenacity, endurance, and grit. To many who have followed local sports, he needs no introduction. The second eldest son in a family of five athletic brothers, Stan played football, basketball,...

Morris Jackson – 2020

Morris JacksonInducted 2020 Being fleet of foot isn’t for the lonely. When you arrive at the finish line, there’s no one else there, except one person holding a stopwatch. One of the fastest sprinters on the planet, Morris Jackson knows well the feeling. But he would...

Gary Franklin – 2020

Gary FranklinInducted 2020 The shine had not yet faded from the sparkling brand new Ware County High School (the consolidated school that opened in the mid-1990s merging the old Waycross High and Ware High) when Coach E.B. Price’s basketball team christened its...

Curtis Bryson – 2020

Curtis BrysonInducted 2020 It’s hard to achieve all-state status as a Georgia high school athlete – always has been and probably always will be. There is little room at the top, as they say, and it is reserved for the best of the best. One Wacona sports legend...