I just take it as a huge honor., Created by Ellen Kennerly Made with Squarespace, 2022 Georgia High School Football Daily. There were a lot of guys who had a huge impact to the success of those teams.]. There was still a chance for the Vikings if they could return the kickoff, but they never got the chance. 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.. So, we brought the mule out, with Freddie riding the thing, and that mule started out toward midfield just as we had practiced, but then the crowd roared, and it scared the poor mule so much that he just stopped in his tracks and Freddie went flying off over the front of it., That mule then took off, without Freddie to guide him, straight towards the Valdosta sideline, Prince said. He sort of chuckled and said there was a lot of built-up frustration over those years of losing to Valdosta, Dont take it personally is what I believe he said., 5. 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. The book has become a family affair. Buck Belue famously guided Georgia's football team to a national championship 42 years ago. One of the motivations for doing the book was to talk about Valdosta High School and the football program through the years, and Ive had so many people, whether theyre Bulldog fans or not, ask questions about how Valdosta won all those games. A behind the curtain look at my story from Valdosta High through the University of Georgia. @ThePodcastPark. He fell short of a state title when Clarke Central beat Valdosta 16-14 in the 1977 Class 3A championship. We sort of fell into it. 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.. I should have done it a long time ago. John Lastinger remembers that game and the play. 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. Prince said a few of the football players jumped in to try to bring it over to the shore, but that didnt work. You just looked at Bazemore like Lombardi at the time. His 37 career touchdowns are fourth all-time for the franchise. Valdosta High School is the most successful High School football program in the country. Former Valdosta Wildcat quarterbacks Buck Belue, left, and John Lastinger, right, will join their coach, the late Nick Hyder, in the Valdosta High Sports Hall of Fame Thursday night.. He rushed for 3,133 yards in a nine-year NFL career. During the banquet, Valdosta police would bring in a black wreath that said, Death to the Wildcats from the Lowndes High Vikings, McGuyrt recalled. It was fun to finally get it all down on paper, Belue said of the writing process. "It allowed me to talk about my hometown and brag on the people that helped me through those high school days. It came a year after the Vikings had won their first state championship in football, which gave the event a whole new perspective. It turned out it was a bad snap from the center and threw off the timing. 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. You also talk about the other coaches at Valdosta, especially Joe Wilson, who later became Lowndes head coach and led the Vikings to a 1980 state title, and Jack Rudolph, Valdostas longtime defensive mastermind [and father of Georgia Tech and NFL player Coleman Rudolph]. Freshman Buck Belue took over the starting Quarterback job at Valdosta in 1974 and he didn't give it back until he used up his eligibility. In the next three their record was 31-6; they finished No. 115 N. Patterson St. | PO Box 812 | Valdosta, Ga 31601, 13245 Atlantic Blvd., Suite 191 | Jacksonville, FL 32225. NewsBreak provides latest and breaking news about Buck Belue. He was the 1977 AJC Class 3A back of the year. Nobody would have a better perspective from a players standpoint than Buck as the quarterback of that team.. We just live a couple miles down the road, and we just found a place where we love the people. 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. We spent so many Friday nights at Cleveland Field, or Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as they call it now, watching them win big. The first time was when Bazemore retired, and they hired Charlie Green. 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. Belue will host a book signing for his new book "Inside the Hedges". Buck Belue Social Network Timeline 2007 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. I knew coverage, I knew techniques, things that it seemed like these other quarterbacks didnt understand at the time. Well, the only thing that went crazy was the mule. Tevin Tisdale in the 2018 game, said MacPherson. Those who were part of the game shared the plays and players they remember the most. 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.. Most coaches are going to take their schemes to the grave, but he learned the new offense and made the change for the team. One of their defensive linemen, Charles Bergman, got hold of Bucks jersey at the sleeve, and ripped it right off his back, Lastinger said. That was the dream of every young athlete in Valdosta, and that dream didnt go much further than that. He hasnt given up his day job, which is to conduct a daily sports-talk show on Atlanta radio station The Fan. Buck Belue - Player Card Home >> Minor League Baseball College Baseball High School Baseball Boxscores and Analysis Other Topics Minor Leagues >> Minor League Players Minor League Teams Affiliate History Minor Leagues Minor Leagues by Season Independent Baseball Leagues Prospects Minor League Awards Minor League People Minor League Transactions Everybody was running the Wing-T, and he ran the pro set, throwing the ball. This record was later broken by Aaron Murray's 98-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Davis in Georgia's victory over North Texas in 2013. These are former students from VHS in Valdosta, GA who graduated in 1978. GO CATS! Simmons was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. Then, with only 49 seconds remaining, Valdosta recovered Dale Kents onside kick and from the Valdosta 47-yard line, Wilkes lead his Wildcats down the field with another TD pass, this one to running back Avery Burney, to put Valdosta on top 21-17 and leave everyone in the stadium stunned. 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. Buck Belue, who quarterbacked Georgia to a national championship in 1980, was at Universities Forever in Cumming on Saturday to promote his book 'Inside the Hedges: The Quarterback's Journey to the 1980 National Championship.' - photo by David Roberts. 3 Georgia high school football player of all time by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2007, and this is just his football career. The problem was the plane didnt get low enough, and the wind blew the flyers all over the neighborhood next to the practice field.. VHS is one of only 39 schools in Georgia . Most coaches are going to take their schemes to the grave, but he learned the new offense and made the change for the team. What are your thoughts on making the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame? . 2022 cohort graduation rate for Valdosta High School . It doesnt get better than that. We spent so many Friday nights at Cleveland Field, or Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as they call it now, watching them win big. 1996 Currently, Belue co-hosts (with John Kincade) midday radio show Buck and Kincade on 680 The Fan in Atlanta, Georgia. Last season, he was backup to another Valdosta alumnus, All-Southeastern. Belue said he and most of his Georgia teammates understood after hearing Dooleys explanation about his deep relationships at Auburn. I remember in the 1981 game, quarterback John Bond took off down the Lowndes sideline and ran for an 80-yard touchdown, Baker said. The Vikings would begin playing crosstown rival Valdosta that same year, but it was a David-vs.-Goliath mismatch for the first decade or so, with Valdosta, boasting all those state and national championships not to mention a 50-year head start defeating the upstart Lowndes High in the teams first 11 games. In practice, it was always the 1s against the 1s. All Rights Reserved. I remember Stanley Bounds. 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. Bazemore watched you play in youth ball and suggested to the coaches that they move you to quarterback. It got to be a normal thing to see fans pulling over off of Ashley Street and Patterson Street and getting out of their cars to fight, Redshaw said. He played at 6 feet, 2 inches, and 240 pounds but was exceptionally fast. There were so many, but I remember Todd Peterson in the 1987 game kicking a 47-yard field goal to beat Lowndes at their place, OBrien said. When Andrews retired, he ranked 24th all-time in the NFL in rushing yards. I was friends with Coach Wilsons son, Jody, so I got some behind-the-scenes access to practice and going to the games and seeing the locker room. In football, Belue was named to the first-team All-SEC team in 1981. When Buck finished his career he was the state's all-time passing leader with 5,214 yards. And when it came to recruiting, he was the only coach I felt like I could trust with the baseball thing. "I had a daily planner that my dad gave me when I was at Georgia," Belue said. Register Batting Jun. We still do that now, just not as much.. 16VALDOSTA Former Georgia national champion and Valdosta High quarterback Buck Belue returns to Valdosta Friday. It was infuriating.. And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. 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