It was fun to finally get it all down on paper, Belue said of the writing process. He also ran for 75 yards in 10 attempts. Baker said the cheerleaders from both teams would usually meet at one of the girls homes, and the groups would alternate each season. Really, my wife kicked me in the butt and said, 'Let's finish this thing.'". The History of the Winnersville Classic: Valdosta, Lowndes and a Community-Wide Celebration, 4 Questions With Northside Warner Robins Football Coach Chad Alligood, One-Point Wins Highlight Exciting Georgia Boys Basketball Playoffs, 4 Questions with McEachern Football Coach Kareem Reid, McCullough Triplets Ready for Next Chapter in Wrestling Careers, Baltimore Ravens WR Rashod Bateman Honored by Hometown Tifton, Trinity Catholic Celtics Find Success with Former Gators QB John Brantley, Showcase Football Events Attract High-Profile Programs, Rewind: Top 10 Florida High School Football Prospects Since 2000. They were very different. In practice, it was always the 1s against the 1s. And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. We would have to hire extra security guards for the entire week of the game, starting on Sunday night, and it would last all week long until the game was over, Redshaw said. I remember Stanley Bounds. Truth is, Lowndes would struggle against everyone else too, winning just 31 games in that first decade of football with four different head football coaches. I had Jack Rudolph coaching the defense. Belue is widely considered one of the best quarterbacks in Valdosta history. Buck Belue is best known as the quarterback who led Georgia to its 1980 national championship, but he was widely known before that as a high school athlete. VHS is one of only 39 schools in Georgia . The most improbable win for either team was this one, with Valdosta overcoming a 17-7 deficit in just 1:14 to win the Winnersville Classic over Lowndes. He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007.[10]. ], Ive also got some memories of Coach Hyder trying to turn the program around, and he took me to some playoff games to watch Michael Jolly [the quarterback on Central-Macons 1975 Class 3A championship team]. [Rome, a 6-foot-4 tight end, set a national record for receiving yards in a season. The dream was to wear that Valdosta uniform and do like every other graduate that came through, and that was win a state championship, and we played Clarke Central in Athens and lost 16-14. Lastinger decided he wanted to make the annual football game more of a community-wide event and celebration, so beginning with the 1981 Valdosta vs. Lowndes game, he called it The Winnersville Classic. What had been just a game between the two local schools would become a week-long celebration involving the community, fans, players, and coaches, and the game would never be the same again. The 2007 estimate showed a population of 130,170 in the Valdosta metropolitan area. It doesnt get better than that. According to Baker, the win inspired a year-long rally cry: 7 to 2 we beat Belue., John Lastinger, the son of Johnny B. Lastinger, played receiver at Valdosta and would be the guy who succeeded Belue at quarterback. Chuck Knoll's Steelers were champions and as. Four other ex-Georgia players helped Belue at the camp. Nunn Elementary ; Walker led Georgia to a 1980 national title and finished his career with 5,259 rushing yards, the most ever in three seasons. The coach it was John Lastingers dad, as a matter of fact they installed this tight end-around pass, and I ended up leading the league in passing. [John Lastinger followed Belue as the starting quarterback at Valdosta and at Georgia. It turned out it was a bad snap from the center and threw off the timing. We spent so many Friday nights at Cleveland Field, or Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as they call it now, watching them win big. Following a Lowndes punt, Valdosta took possession around midfield. He hasnt given up his day job, which is to conduct a daily sports-talk show on Atlanta radio station The Fan. They were very different. On Friday morning, Belue, who starred at quarterback for Valdosta High School and the University of Georgia, returned to his alma mater to hold a camp for Valdostas quarterbacks and receivers. Id be interested to know how hell react, though.. I talked with Coach [Jim] Hughes about that later. Sandra Belue's son and his roommate, Scott, had just carved out a piece of immortality. He rushed for 3,133 yards in a nine-year NFL career. He's the host of the Buck Belue Show on Atlanta sports radio's 680 The Fan every weekend from 10:00 a.m. Simmons, a defensive lineman and tight end, was the AJCs Class 3A Lineman of the Year and a Coach Athlete All-American and Joe Namath All-American. "I got to work last year on it, before the football season started," Belue said. That turned on a light for me. Wild Concerts: Park releases show schedule, EDITORIAL: Wild Adventures makes 2023 plans, Suspect arrested in Valdosta shooting death, Celebrating Ms. Jeanette: Tree planting honors Coody, Pepsi honors Stronger Together recipients. These are former students from VHS in Valdosta, GA who graduated in 1978. He was the quarterback, and he went to Ole Miss. My dad and I waited on Athens High to come out of the locker room, and were standing by the fence, and my dad is saying, Look, heres Andy Johnson. So, I felt like I needed to respect (Auburn) by taking a look at it. Today's interviewee is Buck Belue, sports talk show host for 680 The Fan, quarterback for Georgia's 1980 national championship team, four-year starting quarterback at Valdosta, inaugural selectee into the new Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame and author of a new book, "Inside The Hedges," a look at Georgia's 1980 season and his athletic career. They were up 40-0 with 30 seconds left and still giving the ball to William Andrews. The Bengals drafted him in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL Draft. Stan Rome was awesome, too. Belue told Turner and Johnson that three things a good quarterback must do are: know the down and distance, protect the football and be tough. Their next option? In some cases, the insults would turn from verbal to something more physical. Lowndes and Valdosta fans certainly embraced the Winnersville rivalry, showing their love for the home team and their disdain for the other side. Belue also details in the book how he. It was WWII. Brooks made the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. Wilson had fulfilled his first promise to Martin: A winning season in his first try, something Lowndes had never before experienced. Among the sanctions . [6] After the demise of the USFL, Belue spent two years on the football coaching staff at Valdosta State University, serving as an offensive assistant. What the Georgia receiver did after the catch, easily winning a 75 . He played nine NFL seasons, made two Pro Bowls and finished with more than 18,000 all-purpose yards. As a young boy there growing up in Valdosta, we all dreamed of the day we would get to high school and wear that Wildcat uniform and win a state title. Breaking down Vaughn Grissom trying to replace Dansby Swanson at shortstop. In the 1977 game, there were no fights, but there was a bounty placed on Buck Belue not to hurt the Valdosta QB great, but to take a piece of his number 8 jersey off his back and to the Lowndes sideline. I knew coverage, I knew techniques, things that it seemed like these other quarterbacks didnt understand at the time. There were a lot of guys who had a huge impact to the success of those teams.]. Bobby Green, a local business owner and Valdosta High supporter, would also host a lunch on a first come-first serve basis at his home, with fans invited. Im pleased we were able to give Valdosta a defibrillator, since they didnt have one, Belue said. I learned some things from him. Since it started playing football in 1913, Valdosta has won 612 games and lost 129, with 33 ties. Joe had been passed over for the head coaching job at Valdosta twice, Prince said. Dooley stayed, Georgia went on complete the last perfect season in school history, and Belue and his coach are just fine. He bypassed his senior season and went to the USFL and totaled 7,046 all-purpose yards and 61 touchdowns in three years. 31. Around that same time, Prince recalled: In the mid-70s, a Lowndes student went to Cleveland Field and attached a Lowndes Vikings flag and hoisted it up to the top, but he wasnt finished. I should have done it a long time ago. Benjamin Franklin 'Buck' Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. [4] His career batting average at Georgia was .356 and he went on to play three years in the Montreal Expos organization. Belue also presented a defibrillator to the school Friday. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The police asked us about the flyers, and coach Jerry Don Baker came walking over and told the cops the plane had a Lowndes County Vikings license plate, Henderson said with a laugh. Call: (916)383-0110 (510)781-4800. The Valdosta Wildcats have been playing football since 1913, and with over 900 wins, 24 state championships, six national championships, and a bunch of region titles, they remain the winningest high school football team in the country. . He rushed for 1,332 yards as a senior, when Duluth missed the playoffs despite finishing 8-1-1, and ran for 2,300 yards and 28 touchdowns as a junior on a state runner-up team. VALDOSTA - Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback, Buck Belue, will be doing a book signing at Salty Snapper on Friday, June 17. That was the dream of every young athlete in Valdosta, and that dream didnt go much further than that. ], Then, Valdosta was really laying down the hammer in 1971 [winning a national championship in Coach Bazemores final season]. Nelson knows he can't be too careful after he sparked a small-town tempest in the high school football hotbed of Valdosta, a city of more than 56,000 residents located about 15 miles north of the . [Rome, a 6-foot-4 tight end, set a national record for receiving yards in a season. For twenty years, he co-hosted Buck and Kincade mostly during mid-days with John Kincade. However, this week in anticipation of his new book "Inside the Hedges," Belue took to Sirius XM's SEC This Morning to share a story from his . That place [Lowndes home stadium] was rocking before the 77 game, but we had known after that 76 game that this game was going to be different, and it was.. Schools . Kinnebrew signed with Georgia but transferred to Tennessee State. Belue was selected by the Montreal Expos in the sixth round of the 1982 MLB Draft, and some of his book discusses his path as a two-sport athlete. . The native of Jessup has made his home in Valdosta since retiring from professional football and is an avid supporter of UGA athletics and a dedicated follower of local high school football. Baker, who coached from 1976-2006, recalled showing up on Monday morning the week of the Lowndes game, year after year, to a Valdosta High campus awash in hundreds of rolls of toilet paper, and walls and windows painted with pro-Lowndes messages. $100 would be given to the Lowndes player who could produce a piece of Bucks jersey. Subtitled The Quarterbacks Journey to the National Championship, Belues book also shares frank recollections of the recruiting trail as a two-sport star out of Valdosta, the tense quarterback competition he endured with Jeff Pyburn, an intimate conversation he had with Lindsay Scott the night before their historic play to beat Florida in Jacksonville, the Herschel Walker phenomenon and much more. Im just humbled really by it all, just thankful that I was working alongside those coaches and teammates, without whom I wouldnt be able to enjoy something like this. There were a lot of guys who had a huge impact to the success of those teams.]. Washington High in Massillon, Ohio, is 612-158-35 since 1894. Coach Wilson would be saying we can throw to this running back because weve got this linebacker on him. 38. It was so much fun going being part of that atmosphere. [Belue said the second motivation for writing the book was bragging on teammates and players at Georgia and Valdosta that didnt get the credit they deserved. Heset a Bengals record in 1984 with four rushing touchdowns in a game against the Houston Oilers. Despite having played each other since 1968, the Lowndes vs. Valdosta game didnt become the Winnersville Classic until 1981. ], 6. It was good learning from their experiences. That was the dream of every young athlete in Valdosta, and that dream didnt go much further than that. Buck Belue Georgia QB. ], Ive also got some memories of Coach Hyder trying to turn the program around and he took me to some playoff games to watch Michael Jolly [the quarterback on Central-Macons 1975 Class 3A championship team]. Lowndes won the game 15-14. William Andrews was the leading rusher for Thomasvilles consecutive state champions in 1973 and 1974. Oh yeah, they had a bounty out for Bucks jersey, Baker said. So, thats up front in the book. His three children range in age from 8 to 11. Those were the low-key celebrations of Winnersville. You mentioned that you saw many of the players that were on the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame ballot or were voted in. Tales like McGuyrts are part of a timeless record shared by Valdosta-area locals. With Coach Bazemore, I just looked at him as an innovator offensively. Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox. He hit .447 for the 1982 season and his .356 career batting average (he also hit 30 homers and scored 114 runs) remains among the top 10 in school history. The first time was when Bazemore retired, and they hired Charlie Green. He was going to youth league programs, scouting the local talent. His 34 wins as Valdostas signal caller is a team record, and hes the programs only four-year starter (1974-77). Belue, who lives in Forsyth County, currently hosts the Buck Belue Show on 680 The Fan. He also added 1,487 rushing yards and 87 passing or rushing touchdowns. And I have so many great memories of him taking time to help coach me up. Sports Illustrated said last fall . Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 College: Georgia High School: Valdosta (GA) USFL Career: 1984-1985 More: Buck Belue complete pro stats Buck Belue played from 1984 to 1985 during his career with the Jacksonville Bulls. You mentioned that you saw many of the players that were on the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame ballot or were voted in. In Buck's first year as quarterback the Valdosta Wildcats were 3-7. A lot of my motivation was to brag on some players and coaches at Valdosta and at Georgia that never got the credit they deserved.. Prince recalled a prank that took place the week of the 1974 game. He was the first Georgia-grown player to win the Heisman. No wonder Buck eyed. There was still a chance for the Vikings if they could return the kickoff, but they never got the chance. In three high school seasons, Andrews rushed for 4,252 yards, averaging 7.2 yards per carry, and scored 58 touchdowns. They hauled the ship over from Lowndes to Valdosta High in the middle of the night and put it in the pond in front of the school. With Coach Bazemore, I just looked at him as an innovator offensively. Valdosta High School Graduate. Lowndes High School opened its doors to students in 1966, and by 1968 was able to field a football team. That would be the last time we tried anything like that, said Prince. Way too much credit is given to Herschel (Walker) and Lindsay (Scott) and Buck. Prince recalled how, prior to the 1985 Winnersville game, an idea was hatched to have someone ride a mule out to midfield before the Valdosta game, staying true to the plowboys image Lowndes had cultivated. What are your thoughts on making the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame? You have permission to edit this article. We missed a chip-shot field goal that wouldve won the state championship for all of us. But it was more than that. [3], Belue also lettered in baseball all four years at Georgia. Seeing Andy Johnson in 1969 was one of my first recollections of high school football [at the 1969 Class 3A championship game between Athens and Valdosta at Cleveland Field]. Brooks scored 70 touchdowns at Warner Robins. Valdosta, Georgia is called Title Town, USA because they have won more high school football games and titles than anyone else. There is no denying that Rush Propst as a football coach, is as good as they come for on-field success. One of the key plays in the 1980 season was a 93-yard touchdown pass from Belue to wide receiver Lindsay Scott[1] Rogers was the 1981 NFL Rookie of the Year. [7], Since 2000, Belue has been a sports radio host with WCNN in Atlanta, Georgia. Today's interviewee is Buck Belue, sports talk show host for 680 The Fan, quarterback for Georgia's 1980 national championship team, four-year starting quarterback at Valdosta, inaugural selectee into the new Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame and author of a new book, "Inside The Hedges," a look at Georgia's 1980 season and his athletic career. Lowndes led 3-0 after the third quarter, and although Valdosta would score twice in the fourth quarter to win 14-3, it was obvious that things were indeed about to change. In 1979, Walker was the AJC Class A Back of the Year, a Parade All-American, a Coach & Athlete All-American and the No. What some might not know is that Belue's career as a writer began in earnest around that same time. When Andrews retired, he ranked 24th all-time in the NFL in rushing yards. There was a golf tournament involving fans and coaches from both teams. It came a year after the Vikings had won their first state championship in football, which gave the event a whole new perspective. Henderson said neighborhood residents called the police, who came over to the Valdosta fields where he and other fans were watching practice. Wildcat quarterback Shelby Wilkes leads the Cats on a three-play drive, highlighted by a 47-yard screen pass to Charlie Albritton that took the ball to the Vikings 6-yard line. Our maintenance folks earned their pay that week.. Register Batting Youve been to about 10 cities to sign your book, and youve got several more scheduled. They put it on us my freshman year. When I got to Georgia, I felt I was way ahead of the curve. In baseball, he had a career .356 batting average and became a second-round pick in the 1978 MLB Draft. I showed them some drills that helped me, and I hope theyll help them as well. By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great local journalism. It was just playing for the Wildcats. that led to a victory over the University of Florida, which was at one time tied with two other passing plays as the longest passing touchdown in Georgia history. 2022 cohort graduation rate for Valdosta High School . He set Georgias career rushing record of 6,137 yards. How did Bazemore make a quarterback out of you? Joe wanted us to embrace the country boy label, Prince said. He was drafted by the Chiefs of the NFL and the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. ], 6. In basketball, Rome averaged 32 points per game as a high school senior and was MVP of the Georgia all-star basketball game. He was the 24th overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers, but his best seasons came in Cincinnati, where he was selected to the Pro Bowl four times (1986, 1988-1990). At Valdosta, you were heavily influenced by the legendary head coaches Wright Bazemore (1941-42, 1946-71) and Nick Hyder (1973-95). And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. To join the mailing list, click here. I grew up admiring most of those guys on the list we were voting on. 1 recruit in the country. Then in July 2021, Hutson Mason became one of five co-hosts of The Locker Room, leaving Belue with his own show called The Buck Belue Show on WCNN. Youd see him around town and stop and go wow. Youd be in awe. If you are a good ole boy from the South, it's going to be hard to find a better name than Buck Belue. Plus, Buck's Beat Podcast. Belue played one more season at Georgia, leading the Bulldogs to a 10-2 record the following year while engineering an offense that averaged 31 points per game, the ninth most in the country in 1981. Buck goes shopping with his daughter at the Braves Store in SunTrust Park.It is obvious they are not on the same page when it comes to jersey shopping.. There was some of that thought process going on. For him it simply was a passion project that needed to be done. The Winnersville Classic featuring Lowndes vs. Valdosta was born. Ive been wanting to do this for some time, Belue said. His 37 career touchdowns are fourth all-time for the franchise. A third Wildcat quarterback to be storied among these pages of Bulldawg Illustrated, this is Greg Talley, an alumni of Valdosta High School and the University of Georgia sounds familiar.For two of my previous 2019 columns, quarterbacks at VHS and Georgia (Buck Belue and John Lastinger) have been featured, so why stop there?A few years after these studs suited up in the silver britches, we . 115 N. Patterson St. | PO Box 812 | Valdosta, Ga 31601, 13245 Atlantic Blvd., Suite 191 | Jacksonville, FL 32225. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.. FCN staff. There will, of course, be signings at the UGA Bookstore before Georgia football games this fall. High 84F. He won state titles in Alabama at . Valdosta missed a two-point try in the third quarter and a 31-yard field goal with 1:23 left. Rush Propst believes the Netflix series "Titletown High," which debuts Friday and chronicles the 2020 season of the Valdosta High School football team, will "clear some things up" about . I wanted the freedom to do what I wanted to do, you know? Buck Belue (Buck Belue) "Tell us about "Inside the Hedges," Jim said. We spent so many Friday nights at Cleveland Field, or Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as they call it now, watching them win big. We sort of fell into it. When the teams returned to the locker room to get ready for the game, Wilson told his team to take off the crimson Vikings jerseys, and the players were then given a dark black jersey with Plowboys across the front to change into. He was the quarterback, and he went to Ole Miss. Belue credits his wife, Kelley, for kicking me in the butt to finally get it done. His daughter, Audrey -- who will attend Mississippi State as a freshman this fall -- serves as his assistant at signings and with daily logistics. April 13, 2021, 8:39 AM. Belue also details in the book how he balanced his baseball pursuits while competing to be the starting quarterback on a team that won back-to-back SEC championships. The first time I played quarterback was in the eighth grade. When I got to Georgia, I felt I was way ahead of the curve. Bazemore watched you play in youth ball and suggested to the coaches that they move you to quarterback. Even though we had practiced riding the mule out there on the field several times, we had not done it with 12,000 screaming fans, Prince recalled with a laugh. Buck Belue, right, and Lindsey Scott, second from left, with Valdosta High football quarterbacks Michael Turner, left, and Alfrie Johnson, second from right, during the camp at Valdosta High School Friday morning. Old Friends . On the next play, Wilkes found Sherrod Inman in the back of the end zone to cut the lead to 17-14. We learned a lot. This isn't conjecture, it's really fact. Books can be ordered at InsideTheHedges.com or in person at one of Belues appearances. 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Read, watch, and listen to the latest news and opinions in the high school sports world. Rogers was the Wildcats team manager in 1994 and a top Wildcat supporter. He hit .447 for the 1982 season and his .356 career batting average (he also hit 30 homers and scored 114 runs) remains among the top 10 in school history. I've had these friends that have said, 'You're crazy releasing the book now, right after the '21 team.' Buck Belue's QB Camp Recap Gallery Registration is open to all high-school-age Quarterbacks, however Buck will only be inviting the best 30 QBs and 20 Wide Receivers to participate. Three, Ill win a state championship, which youve never won. Joe Wilson accomplished all three within three years.. Its been written and put away for five years, then re-written and put away for 10 years and then re-written again. Its gone on for 30 years.. Lastingers vision was to bring the two fan bases together all week long for community-wide events. He was the 1977 AJC Class 3A back of the year. I really enjoyed working with Mike and Alfrie, and getting to know them, Belue said. ATHENS The Georgia Bulldogs were mad. He won 12 of his 18 games against Valdosta. Belue said he and most of his Georgia teammates understood after hearing Dooleys explanation about his deep relationships at Auburn. Events are being planned for Atlanta, Augusta and Marietta, among other cities. Belue played all four years on Georgias baseball team. 1 high school football player of all-time in a 2007 article. Its great that the Lord Wedgwood Charity offered to give one to a school in my name. The current Winnersville series record stands at 36 wins for Valdosta and 24 for Lowndes heading into the 2022 season. Simmons was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. Hopefully the renewed interest in the program would spill over and may have people interested in what happened in 1980.". He will be inducted with Belue in October. Proper Name: Benjamin F. Belue High Level: AA Positions: OF (135) Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right Born: Dec 22,1959 age: 63.054 place: Valdosta,GA High School: Valdosta (Valdosta,GA) colleges: University of Georgia (Athens,GA), Drafted: Montreal Expos - 1982 - 6 - 149 (June-Reg) drafted 2x draft posit: OF TBC#: 71816 He played both football and basketball at Clemson and was a three-year starter on the hardwood. And I have so many great memories of him taking time to help coach me up. It was the last one. As a Johnson County senior in 1979, Walker rushed for a state-record 3,167 yards and 45 touchdowns and led the Trojans to the Class A championship. Valdosta is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2021 had a population of 149,590. Hyder became head coach your freshman year. The Vikings ran onto the field with their new Plowboys jerseys, and the home crowd went nuts. 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