As we approach the1969 season, we felt that we had another outstanding basketball team that would carry on the Ram tradition. We were returning our outstanding senior center Thad Blankenship, one if the best young guards in the state Bubba Hill, & a young Tony Harris, who had grown six inches in the past year.

The 1986 GWA basketball season began with high expectations (& a lot of confidence) as the Bulldogs were returning all their starters from the '85 Championship team!

After the "near miss" in 1984, we were looking forward to the '85 season, even tho' we lost 2 All-state players in Doug Cassiday and Todd Carter.

When we began the '83-'84 season at George Walton Academy, little did we realize that this year would be the beginning of a great 4-year run

The Rams had the nucleus for another great team in 1968 with seniors Terry Schell, Richard Allen, & Phil Shaw. Junior Thad Blankenship had already proven himself as an outstanding player, and the team had a lot of very capable young guys who were threats to break into the starting lineup at any time.

To have a good basketball team, it is vital to have good Senior leadership. That leadership can come from an individual, but it helps to have several mature leaders so that they can help recognize any potential problems within the team.

When the 1966 basketball season began, there was a lot of excitement as the fans & the team knew there would be an opportunity to break the national high school home court winning streak record.

When the curtain opened on the 1966 season, our team & fans knew they had a lot to live up to.

Most of my coaching career was in the Covington, Monroe, & Loganville area, but one of my All-State players had a teammate in college that influenced my opportunity to teach/coach in the Dublin, Ga., area.

The 1965 Rams continued to build on their outstanding tradition as they won 69 of 70 games! NCHS had big hopes for adding another State Title to the previous year's State Championship (but we know championships don't always go to the best team).

We are continuing the story of the Rams' 1964 season & their attempt to win the 1st major state championship in the school's history.

The 1964 season began with high expectations and a chip still on their shoulder of the Rams after not going to the big dance the previous year in spite of the 29–3 record.

After 2 straight region titles, we thought we had this "championship" thing solved, but we had a set-back in 1963 even tho' we had a very good team.

1961 season with Bob Mitchell (15 ppg), Alan Rowe (15 ppg & 15.2 rpg), & Billy Shaw (14.2 ppg) finally made "the year" happen! The Newton Co. Rams swept through 26 straight opponents to reach the region finals undefeated to face Madison Co in their new gym

In my 17 years as head baseball coach @ NCHS, we had a lot of outstanding talent, especially our pitchers, Haskel Johnson, Larry Parnell, Richard Moore, Larry Wagner, Tony & Grant White, & Randy Quintrell.

Continued from previous posts: Our team was geared for a wild game & our fans were loving it! We were on an 18-game winning streak as we headed to Gainesville.

This is the third story on the '59 NCHS boys team. The guards were outstanding, as Billy Dean Rutledge averaged 21 ppg. & Gerald Autry averaged 11 ppg. (with a shot that had no "arch").

This is a continuation of the story on the 1959 NCHS boys basketball team. We have been giving readers a glimpse of the physical/mental requirements to be a part of our team.

Today we'll go back in time to when my 50-yr. HS coaching career began. My 1st year at Newton Co. HS I was the "B-team" coach.

I coached football for 19 years, but we never had another team like the '79 season produced. We had a great coaching staff. Coach Jay Milligan loved our George Walton Academy youngsters like they were his own, and they loved him back.