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Warner Robins High School's Anne Culpepper is pictured
after earning a second-place medal in the 200 Free at the
Metro Atlanta Meet at Westminster this past weekend.
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a second place after prelims
and in the finals by finish
ing second behind Julia
Henkel of Roswell and beat
ing O’Neill from Marist in
this event.
“Culpepper will compete
in both of these events at
the state meet and may very
likely meet Henkel in the 5A
Championship,” Hawkins
said.
“This meet models to a
degree the prelims and finals
of the state meet. Only the
swimmers, who qualify for
the finals, in this case the
top 10 competitors, are able
to earn points. We are excit
ed about Anne’s times and
placing in the top 16 teams
in this meet.”
The WRHS Boys (95-41)
ended their regular season
with a 10th place finish
for sophomore state quali
fier Erik Hanson in the 100
Free. Hanson, who trains
year round with the Warner
Robins Aquanauts, will swim
the 200 Free and the 100 Fly
at the State Championship.
“Erik qualified early in
the season in the 200 Free,”
Hawkins said. “So we look
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I believe you can take
chances on defense to create
opportunities. As a staff you
must have a plan and be will
ing to adjust it to make it fit
your personnel.”
Collins’ vision for the Bears
athletic department is for
each program to compete at
the highest level and for each
student-athlete to achieve
his or her highest level aca
demically. He added the most
important things to teach in
school are teamwork, hon
esty and responsibility.
“I just want one of these
young men to be able to say,
‘George Collins made a dif
ference in my life,’” he said.
Robinson’s name has been
in area news much the last
two months. He was relieved
of his coaching duties at
Dodge County in December
despite a fourth straight win
ning season as head coach.
Robinson was also rumored
to have already been offered
the coaching job at the new
Howard High School in
Macon. But he was in Warner
Robins Tuesday making his
case to take over Houston
County High football, and he
only mentioned his past expe
riences to say he’s person
ally been knocked down, but
through his lessons learned
from football he was able to
get back up. He said it was
keeping his priorities of faith
and family in order that got
him through these tough
times.
Robinson is a native of
Moultrie who played quarter
back at Colquitt County High
under coach Bob Griffith. He
would go on to coach under
Griffith at Effingham County
High for six years. Robinson
coached at Dodge County
for 15 years, the last six as
head coach. The Indians had
records of 7-3, 7-4, 9-3 and 9-
3 his last four seasons.
“Don’t be afraid to set the
bar high,” said Robinson
about his coaching philoso
phy. “(The kids) want people
to motivate them. Be funda
mentally sound, disciplined
and conditioned.”
He said if a player takes
care of the little things - from
keeping a locker clean to jog
ging off the field - the big
things won’t be a problem.
forward to improved times
while his 100 Fly continued
to improve all season.”
Also competing in the
state meet will be the Girls’
200 Medley Relay team
with backstroker Rachel
Sundry, breastroker Brittani
Wharton, butterfly swim
mer Culpepper and freesty
ler Carly Daly. In addition,
the Girls’ 200 Free Style
Relay is also state bound
with leadoff swimmer Daly,
Lesley Haller, Holly Odom
and anchor Culpepper. The
Boys’ 200 Free Relay will
swim with leadoff Stephen
Persson, Jackson Smith,
Michael Gregory and anchor
Hanson.
As far as Houston County,
“Our boys did a great job
(fourth overall) at the Metro
Meet,” said Coach Jamey
Richardson. “Our girls
didn’t bring their best per
formances to a place that
demands it.”
Richardson added: “Our
relay teams for the boys
were outstanding.”
The boys 200 Medley fin
ished fourth in the prelimi
naries with a time of 1:45.16
and their time of 1:45.64
was good for sixth place
and 12 points. Joey Morgan
(back), Nathan Meece
'These are great candidates.
The original pool was wonderful."
- Houston County principal Sheila Beckham
His main points for a football
team to win are to be physi
cal and get the football to the
playmakers on offense and
stop the run and don’t get
beat deep on defense.
“I want them to know it’s
O.K. to get an education,”
said Robinson. “Sometimes
different is better.”
For the athletic department
as a whole, Robinson said
he wants Houston County
High to be one of those first
schools mentioned when talk
about the best in the state
comes up.
“This school needs to be in
the same breath (as Valdosta,
Lowndes and Warner
Robins),” he said.
Alligood has helped lead
the Perry High offense
through two of the best sea
sons in school history, which
includes last year’s record
setting campaign. Not only
did the Panthers win more
games than ever before and
make its deepest run in the
playoffs, but also Perry estab
lished new school marks in
rushing and passing yards.
When head coach Andy
Scott turned the offensive
game plan over to Alligood
for the 2007 season, Alligood
said he spent four days at the
University of West Virginia
to learn the spread offense.
He said the Panthers had the
players to fit that style, but
if he goes to Houston County
as head coach he would find
the right offense to fit those
players.
Alligood has also been an
assistant coach at Wilkinson
County High (his alma
mater), Northside High and
John Milledge Academy.
To describe his coaching
X’s and O’s, Alligood said
those letters stand for ‘excel
lence’ and ‘no excuses.’
“I believe you should teach
tempo,” he said. “You need to
work hard every day, because
you can’t get that day back. If
you don’t get better, you get
worse because you never stay
the same.”
Alligood said it’s also
important to teach kids how
to compete, whether it’s in
a team sport, in a classroom
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Houston County's swim teams take a break for a picture shortly after winning the county championship recently.
(breast), Justin Burkholder
(fly) and Mark Weber (free)
swam the preliminary. Brett
Niemantsverdriet (back),
Burkholder (breast), Joey
Morgan (fly) and Weber
(free) swam the final.
The 200 Free relay fin
ished third in the prelimi
nary and third in the final.
Their preliminary time was
1:33.01. The final time of
1:32.64 was a half second off
their best for the year and
was just behind Westminster
and Marist. Burkholder,
Josh Morgan, Joey Morgan,
and Weber swam this event
as well.
The 400 Free relay fin
ished first in the prelimi
nary with a time of 3:22.25
for their best time of the
season, and they improved
it to 3:21.52 in the Final but
still finished behind Marist
and Westminster. The third
place finishes were worth 20
points each.
Individually, Justin
Burkholder placed fifth
in the preliminary in the
or in a weight room. Plus, he
said he wants to teach them
to finish what they start.
As an athletic director,
Alligood said he has sever
al steps all of the coaches
should follow, and that all of
them need to be on “the same
page” when it comes to help
ing the student-athlete. He
said it’s important to moni
tor and assist them in their
class work, get their names
out to the college recruiters
and encourage participation
in multiple sports.
Maddox is originally from
Gwinnett County (Berkmar
High graduate), but most of
his coaching experience was
done in Florida. He was an
assistant on a state-champi
onship winning team in the
Sunshine State, and he even
tually became head coach at
that same school. But Maddox
decided to return to Georgia
two years ago at Rutland.
“A coach needs to be a ser
vant leader,” said Maddox.
“Not a micromanager.”
He said he believes in keep
ing priorities in order, and
that football should be last on
the list behind family, faith
and community. He said foot
ball coaches are replaceable,
but you are not replaceable in
your own home.
On the football field,
Maddox deems himself a
“collision expert” as part of
his background as a defensive
coach. As coordinator on that
side of the football, he said
nothing is more frustrating
than having to scheme for
multiple sets on offense. So,
Maddox said as head coach he
would run multiple offensive
sets.
“If the numbers grow, we’re
on track,” said Maddox about
his vision fo;r football and
all other sports at Houston
County High. He said he
wants this to be a first-class
program that keeps its facili
ties clean and actively pur
sues strong academics and
scholarships. Maddox’s expe
riences also told him that,
while players can help bring
notoriety to a program, the
program can do more to help
build up those who don’t get
SPORTS
200 IM and seventh in the
final to score four points.
His times were 2:03.19 in
the preliminary and 2:04.92
in the final. Junior Mark
Weber was able to obtain a
second place finish in the
50 free preliminary with a
time of 22.65. His final time
of 23.01 was good for fourth
place and nine points. Josh
Morgan placed eighth in the
100 free preliminary with a
time of 51.33. He had a time
of 51.13 to earn fifth place
in the final and secure eight
points.
Joey Morgan earned a
point in the 500 free with
a 10 place final finish. Prior
to that, he had a sixth place
preliminary time of 4:58.16.
Freshman Brett
Niemantsverdriet placed
seventh in the 100 back pre
liminary with a time of 58.08
and improved to’ a 57.98
in the final to place sev
enth and score four points.
Niemantsverdriet also qual
ified for state in the 200
Individual Medley with a
a lot of notoriety.
Houston County principal
Sheila Beckham said these
four candidates were inter
viewed for a second time on
Wednesday in a round that
included her, the school
superintendent and assistant
superintendent. After that,
she said they will come to a
decision and present a name
to the school board on Feb.
12.
“These are great candi
dates,” she said. “The origi
nal pool was wonderful. No
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“Our boys just keep aim
ing high and working hard
to prepare themselves for
the state meet Feb. 7 and 9
at Westminster in Atlanta,”
said Richardson. “This was
a good meet to take them to
so we could acclimate our
selves to the environment
and routine which we’ll fol
low for the championship.
“Having the preliminar
ies and the finals on the
same day pushes our team
to be ready and in condi
tion for what they’ll need
later. Justin, Joey, Josh, and
Mark have been swimming
four events all season, but
Saturday they each had to
swim eight - starting at 9
a.m. and finishing their last
event at 9:30 p.m. Nathan
had six swims and Brett had
five. Since state has prelimi
naries and finals 44 hours
apart, we should be able to
use this to our advantage.
“I think they were feel
ing really good about how
they did as we came home
matter who we get, it will be
great.”
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Saturday night, but upon
going to gasports.com and
looking at some of the
results of the Gwinnett
County Championships; we
know we have to keep work
ing to meet the goals set for
the boys.”
He added: “Our girls have
had a solid year, and there’s
much to be proud of. Annie
Bratcher will be the sole
qualifier in two individu
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200 free relay team, which
has qualified, and we’ll
use Annie and three of our
other girls for that. Right
now, we have five or six to
choose from because we
have such competition for
spots in the 50 free. Seniors
Kaitlyn Carriker and Ansley
Campbell have done a superb
job in leading our girls. to
their sixth straight Houston
County championship. The
girls were 35-3 before this
weekend.”
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