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Newspaper Page TextBarrow’s only award-winning local sports section as judged by Georgia Press Association and Georgia Sports Writers Association INSIDE THIS SECTION Tyler Rollason column — 2B Baseball registration — 2B BCA Lady Knights — 3B Basketball spotlight — 5B january 27, 2016 Phone: 770-867-6397 Fax:706-621-4115 cbridges@barrowjournal. com Section B ★★★★ High School Athletics: Winder-Barrow High School WBHS Wall of Fame ceremony set Friday By Chris Bridges Journal Sports Editor Winder-Barrow High School will try again to hold its 2016 Wall of Fame induc tion ceremony this Friday night after last week’s schedule event was postponed due to weather conditions. Three new members have been selected including Robert McCain. Joyce Healan McDaniel and Kimberly Garren. The cer emony is scheduled to take place this Friday between the home varsity basket ball games against Flowery Branch High School. ROBERT MCCAIN McCain was a four-sport athlete during his WBHS career playing on the school’s first subregion championship football team as a senior in 1960. He was also a standout basketball player competing for the state runner-up teams in 1960 and 1961. Following graduation, McCain attended Young Harris and Georgia Southern. He would later return to his high school alma mater as a coach. He coached the basket ball team to a 61-21 record and a region title in 1972. McCain also coached track and golf at WBHS, earning region titles in both sports. He is the only WBHS coach to win region titles in three sports. After his coaching career, McCain became principal of his alma mater from 1976-1985. JOYCE HEALAN MCDANIEL McDaniel set a single game scoring record for the WBHS Lady Bulldogg basketball team on Jan. 26, 1951, with 45 points. That record still stands today. During her senior season, McDaniel averaged 18.6 points per game leading the Lady Bulldoggs to a 20-2 record and a berth in the state tournament. KIMBERLY GARREN A current coach at WBHS, Garren was a three-sport standout during her days as student-athlete. She lettered all four years in softball, basketball and tennis. In 2003, Garren helped lead the Lady Bulldoggs basketball team to an 18-win season. Garren truly excelled on the tennis court where she helped lead her team to a subre gion championship in 2002 and 2003. She continued her tennis career at Young Har ris College where she became the school’s first ever All-American player. She is the daughter of WBHS boys basketball coach Ron Garren and is an assistant coach for the Lady Bulldoggs varsity team and the head JV coach for the WBHS girls. See the Feb. 3 edition for the complete bios on each of the Wall of Fame induct ees and information on how to make nom inations for future Wall of Fame members. Hoops Rivalry: MONDAY NIGHT ACTION Bethlehem Christian Academy’s Joey Parrilla works the basketball up court during Monday night’s home region game against Loganville Christian Academy. The Knights were overmatched against the visiting Lions and slipped to 5-7 overall and 3-5 in GISA Region 1-AAA action. Parrilla finished as the co-leading scorer for BCA with seven points. See pages 3-5B in today’s edition for more coverage. Photo by Jessica Brown High School Football: AHS Wildcats to battle several new faces By Chris Bridges Journal Sports Editor The 2016 football season will feature sever al new opponents as well as a new region and classification for the Apalachee High School Wildcats. Unlike previous seasons where the Wild cats played nine region games, the 2016 season will feature five region contests as AHS competes in Region 8-AAAAAA. While Apalachee and county rival Winder-Barrow High School will both be in 8-AAAAAA, the Georgia High School Association has added a seventh classifcation for the 2016-2018 sched uling cycle leaving both local schools in the second largest division. AHS is tentatively scheduled to face River Ridge High School in the season opener at home on Aug. 26 followed by road games at Union Grove and Discovery. The Wildcats then return home for a Sept. 16 game with Walnut Grove and a Sept. 23 matchup with Monroe Area. The region schedule is set to begin on Sept. 30 at home against Winder-Barrow. The Wild cats will then travel to region foe Dacula High School on Oct. 7 before having its open week on Oct. 14. The final three games, all region contests, will be Oct. 21 at Lanier, Oct. 28 at home against Gainesville and Nov. 4 at Habersham Central. A preseason scrimmage against North Oconee is also scheduled for Aug. 12 although the location is still being ironed out by coaches of the schools. AHS is coming off an 0-10 season in 2015. In the past three seasons, the Wildcat program has gone 1-29. WBHS, AHS hoops to meet again Saturday Local fans will get another chance to watch the basketball programs from Winder-Barrow High School and Apalachee High School compete this Saturday. The day begins with a freshman boys matchup at 1:30 p.m. Junior varsity action is set to begin at 3 p.m. with the junior varsity girls competing followed by the JV boys at 4:30 p.m. The varsity games are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Once again the WBHS girls and the AHS boys will be the heavy favorites. High School Football: Winder-Barrow High School Webb says recognition by U.S. Marines both surprising and appreciated honor By Claris Bridges Journal Sports Editor During his coaching career, Heath Webb has been the recipient of a host of honors and recognitions. A recent honor, however, came as a complete surprise to the coach and ranks as one of his most cherished. The Winder-Barrow High School football mentor was the recipient of the Semper Fi Coach Award, presented by the United States Marine Corps and Glazier Football Clincis. The honor is given to recognize high school football coaches who display faithfulness to the misson of their team and who exemplify the Marine standard of excellence of developing leaders. Webb will receive the award at a 2016 Glazier Clinic in Atlanta on Feb. 27. “Personally. I’m honored to receive any award from the USMC,” Webb said. “What makes it even more special is that I was nominated by one of my coaches, Luther Price, who is a Marine. Coach Naji Lyon, our offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, is also a Marine. The tremendous amount of respect I have for these two gentlemen makes this award truly special to me.” Webb’s leadership has played a key role in the turnaround of the WBHS football program. See Award on Page 2B SPECIAL RECOGNITION Winder-Barrow High School football coach Heath Webb was recently named the recipient of the “Semper Fi Coach Award” from the United States Marine Corps and Glazier Football Clinics. Photo by Jessica Brown