Being with Ted Turner brought back many memories of one of the all-time great basketball players that I coached--Billy Shaw.

We had a player in the 10th grade who received a varsity uniform, but was so disruptive we sent him down to the JV team!

It's always very rewarding when a teacher or a coach has a student to excel. This success fuels the desire to work even harder to try and touch young lives.

Luke, better known as "Bubba" Hill, was one of our most exciting (& colorful) players! His senior year, he led us to a 27-3 record, as our leading scorer (20 ppg), and was the leading rebounder (11 rpg).

Several years ago we had a player who came from a very prominent family---we had something that turned him on called "basketball"!

Sometimes you have a youngster under your guidance and you have no idea how high that person might fly

We had a young guy on our '79 GWA championship football team. When you looked at this youngster, you wouldn't have seen a future in athletics.

One of the most gifted athletes to ever play on one of our teams was Todd Whitsitt. It almost never happened due to a decision he was rumored to be considering.

Tim was probably the best and most decorated athlete in Newton County HS history. He was All State in all three major sports and was named one of the top ten basketball players in the U.S. which led him to be named to the All American team.

If a person goes to Lawnwood Cemetery on highway 278 in Covington and wanders around you'll likely see a grave marker with a young basketball player on it.