Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Charles Beverly – 1987

Charles Beverly Inducted 1987 He was perhaps the finest baseball player to wear the colors of Waycross High School. He was an all state American Legion baseball selection in 1944-45-46 and was named to the all state plus the All American High School team in 1946. He...

Claude Hipps – 1986

Claude Hipps Inducted 1986 He lettered in football, basketball and track at Waycross High School in 1942-43-44 and received a grid scholarship to the University of Georgia. He lettered at the University of Georgia in 1944, 1949-50-51 and was captain of the 1951...

Randolph (Randy) Sneed – 1986

Randolph (Randy) Sneed Inducted 1986 He was an outstanding member of the first black football team in Waycross in 1926. The first team was playing out of the Reidsville School. The team then transferred to the newly built school under the name of Center High School....

Lucious M. Jackson – 1986

Lucious M. Jackson Inducted 1986 He received a B.S. Degree from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Masters Degree from Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Florida. He began his teaching and coaching career in Waycross, Georgia in 1928 at...

Vassa Cate – 1986

Vassa Cate Inducted 1986 He was outstanding in football, basketball and track at Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia and in football and tract at the University of Georgia where he captained the grid team one year. He set two Southeastern Conference track records in...

Johnny Tyre – 1986

Johnny Tyre Inducted 1986 He lettered in football, basketball and track at Waycross High School in the 1930’s. He was an outstanding amateur boxer having gone to the finals of the state Golden Gloves Tournament in Atlanta. He was a veteran prep and college athletic...