Six former

Fayette County High School sports figures were honored at a banquet for

their prowess in sports, both playing and coaching, and many of them for

more than one sport.

The honoree

program began five years ago and is sponsored by the Fayette County High

School Sports Hall of Fame committee and Robert Smith of H&R Campus

Supply. Committee members consist of Don Apking, Addison Lester, Gary

Phillips, Trigg Dalrymple, Howell McElroy and Charles Warr.

Honoree Jody

Allen was introduced by Howell McElroy. Jody is the son of former teacher

and principal Jean Redwine Allen and the late Coach Jim Allen.

A graduate

of the class of 1979, he lettered for 4 years in football, serving as

captain in his senior year, lettered 4 years in baseball and 3 years in

basketball. He was selected for the Metro Atlanta All Star Baseball Team

in 1979. Graduating from Valdosta State in 1983, he has coached at Arkansas

State University, Ole Miss, University of Alabama, and Florida State University,

where he is currently employed.

Fayette High

School principal Charles Warr introduced Jill Joiner, who has been a coach

on campus since 1980. She has coached softball, basketball and track.

She is the first and only coach in school history with an overall records

of 282 wins, 162 losses. Her softball team was the state champion in 2002,

and she was the head GACA South All-Star coach in 2002. In accepting the

award, she said, "I can't imagine not teaching and coaching."

Belinda Grooms

McCastle, class of 1987, works for the Fayette County Sheriff's Department

and is associate pastor at New Hope United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.

While in high school, she was a 3-year starter on the varsity basketball

team, on the track team for 4 years, was MVP her senior year, a member

of the cross-country team for 3 years, in the marching band for 2 years,

a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and was on the senior

superlative roll as the Most Athletic. Her advice to future high school

sports figures? "Don't let anything stand in your way."

Class of 1991

graduate Doug Seigle participated in soccer, where he spent 3 years as

starting goalkeeper, 3 years as a starter, was a state runner-up in 1991,

and was on the 1st team All-State in 1991. Professionally, he has played

2 seasons with the Eastern Indoor Soccer League and 5 seasons with the

United States Independent Soccer League. He has also been elected into

his alma mater's Hall of Fame in 2002 at Viterbo University in LaCrosse,

Wisc.

Glenn Clack,

class of 1972, was a 3-year letterman in track and also football, where

he was a wide receiver. Georgia Tech roommate Lester Addison served on

the other end. Clack achieved high school records in the long jump, triple

jump, high hurdles and mile relay team, and acquired 700 career points.

At Georgia Tech he was a 4-year letterman in track and in his senior year

was a Metro 6 Conference intermediate hurdles champion and mile relay

team champion.

A posthumous

award was given to the late L.B. "Red" Hickson, who coached

at the high school from 1953 to 1957. He died last year. While at Fayette

County High School, he coached girls basketball, who were the Flint Invitational

Tournament champions in 1955-1956, the boys basketball team, who had an

overall record of 27 wins, 22 losses, and in baseball, the team in 1954

was the most offensive team in school history (to that point), as well

as Region 4-B North champions the next year.

Nearly 100

persons were in attendance at the induction ceremony.

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