Al TyreInducted 2020 Not many, if any, of the ace golfers who have called Waycross their hometown can compare resumes with Al Tyre, who led the Bulldogs of Waycross High School and then of the University of Georgia to glory on the links more than a half-century ago....
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 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 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 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...
Cedric JonesInducted 2019 High school football in Waycross dates back to 1910. The forward pass has been in and out of vogue between 1910 and 2019. But suffice it to say there have been some accomplished pass catchers to come out of Waycross-Ware. And they all made...
