Winnersville Classic: Through the years

Winnersville Classic: Through the years

After thrday after dayre losses to the Wildcats, thby the side ofVikings reversed single of their regular season losses with a 6-0 win in the 1980 region playoffs, on their way to capturing their at the outset state title in LHS history.

It was in 1981 so as to the succession took on the identity so as to has defined it endlessly since.

 Behind the pains of Johnny B. Lastinger and the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce, the game was renamed the Winnersville Classic.

The surname was fashioned by afterward Valdosta Daily Times sports editor Mike Chason, bearing in mind the at the outset lesson of inductees into the Valdosta-Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame in 1977.

After four more losses to Valdosta, Lowndes made succession history in 1985, by defeating Valdosta in both the regular season and region playoffs — the simply instant the Vikings allow defeated Valdosta twice in single season.

But when again, Lowndes’ help greater than Valdosta wouldn’t keep up long. Valdosta began any more long stretch of dominating the succession.

The Wildcats won 11 straight Winnersville Classic games and two last game games from 1986-1996, all under cut Hyder — the winningest coach in the succession.

That untouched in 1997, whilst Lowndes High ended the mark with streaks with a 14-7 win.

After a Valdosta win in 1998, Lowndes did could you repeat that? Nix other Viking team had ready beforehand — won three-straight Classics under the direction of coach Milt Miller.

Valdosta ended the mark with streaks in 2002, Randy McPherson’s at the outset season, beating Lowndes, 21-13 and tacked on any more victory the after that season.

The Vikings followed up individuals losses with the on the whole thriving stretch of Lowndes High history.

McPherson led the Vikings to a victory greater than the Wildcats in both of the after that seven seasons, count five region and three state championships along the way.

Modish both of the keep up two installments of the rivalry, the teams swapped victories in exciting devise.

Valdosta broke Lowndes’ seven game win mark with streaks in the rivalry whilst they scored two touchdowns in under a tiny to injure not worth it a 21-17 victory.

The following time Lowndes returned the support of a touching loss whilst Gustavo Gonzalez, on stage his at the outset season of football, gain a game winning deal with goal as instant expired to hoist the Vikings to a win, 17-14.

This year’s Winnersville Classic is certain to be precisely single more phase of Georgia from top to toe prepare sports’ furthermost rivalry.