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Past Yellow Jacket Teams
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NOTABLE YELLOW JACKETS TEAMS
In the history of Sprayberry Football, the list of varsity teams is a long one. The Past Teams Menu Bar at left lists all Yellow Jackets teams since 1956 (^ Post-Season appearance, * Region Title, ~ Sub-Region Title). There have been particularly notable Sprayberry teams (many are represented by the Achievement Banners at the top of this page and other pages throughout SprayberryFootball.com), either because of their performance on the field (e.g., 1965, 1978, 1982, 2008), for the expectations placed upon them due to their talent (e.g., 2008, 2009, 2010), and/or for being the "firsts" in unexplored territories (e.g., 1956, 2000). The "trail-blazing" teams among these are profiled below.
__________ 1st Region Championship Team _________
1st "AAAA" WIN
1st REGION TITLE
1978 Team
Record: 9-3-1
SubRegion: 4-2 (5-2)
InterSubRegion: 4-0
Region Champs,
State Quarter-Finalists,
Ranked 6 weeks as high as #8,
Final AAAA Rank #8
Coach: John Paty... 93-95-8 (.495)
Paty's & Program's 1st Region Title
and 1st State Playoffs;
Paty's 3rd winning team in a row,
3rd Post-Season in a row,
and 3rd Final Division
Top25 Ranking in a row
1st POSTSEASON WIN
Players: Billy Blaylock (1976-78), Ken Carney (1978-80), Kenny Cosby (1976-78), Craig Hollenbeck (1976-78)
________________ 1st Great Team ________________
1st SUB-REGION CHAMPS
1st POSTSEASON GAME
1965 Team
Record: 8-3
Region: 5-0
InterSubRegion: 1-2
Region Playoffs: 0-1
Sub-Region Champs,
Region Finalists,
Ranked 9 weeks as high as #10,
Final AAA Rank #10
Coach: Jack Wade... 37-32-2 (.535)
Wade's & Program's
1st SubRegion Title,
1st Post-Season,
and 1st Division Final
Top25 Ranking;
Wade's 5th winning team in a row,
3rd winning Region record,
and last year as SHS Head Coach
1st TOP25 FINAL RANK
Players: Kenny Coggins (~1963-65), Joe Clamon (1963-65), Craig Elrod (1964-66), Jim Gibson (~1964-66), Bruce Giles (1963-65), Johnny Jackson (1965-67), Tim MacMillan (~1963-65), Bubba May (1963-65), Pete Rajecki (1963-65), Danny Wilson (~1964-66)
__________________ 1st Team ___________________
1st VARSITY SEASON
1st "AA" WIN
1956 Team
Record: 5-1-1
Coach: Bobby Aaron…8-15-3 (.365)
Aaron's 1st year as SHS Head Coach and Program's Inaugural Season;
Aaron's 1st (and only) and Program's 1st winning season
1st WINNING SEASON
5-Game Schedule
Players: Neil Martin (1956-57)
________________ Other 1st Teams _______________
1st ON TURF @ HOME
2011 Team
Record: ? - ?
Coach: Billy Shackelford…24-19 (.558)
1st to play on turf @ home
Players: Terrell Brownridge (2009-11), DJ Funderburg (2009-11)
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1st PreSEASON TOP25 RANK
1st TO WIN 7 IN A ROW
2008 Team
Record: 7-4
SubRegion: 5-0
InterSubRegion: 1-2
State Playoffs: 0-1
Region Champs,
State First Round,
Ranked 10 weeks, including Pre-Season, as high as #13,
Final AAAA Rank #23
Coach: Billy Shackelford…24-19 (.558)
Shackelford's & Program's
1st Pre-Season Division Top25 Ranking,
Shackelford's 2nd State Playoffs in a row,
1st team to win 7 games in a row
Players: D'Alvarez Antwine (2006-08), Paul Bailey (2007-09), Bar-Kim Green (2006-08), Stephen Hardwick (2006-08), Tristan Lugg (2006-08), Jerrick McKinnon (2007-09), John Tunstall (2006-08)
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1st "AAAAA" WIN
2000 Team
Record: 1-9
Region: 1-9
Coach: Billy Hamilton... 10-20 (.333)
Hamilton's last year as SHS Head Coach;
Program's 1st season in AAAAA
Players: Brandon Ashby (1999-2001), Dennis Burke (1999-2001), Patrick Cheek (1999-2001), Drew Fulton (1999-2001), Keith Kling (1998-2000), Josh Maness (1999-2001), TJ Rutledge (1998-2000), Daniel Young (2000-02)
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1st TO WIN 10
1982 Team
Record: 10-3
SubRegion: 7-0 (8-0)
InterSubRegion: 2-2
Region Playoffs: 2-0
State Playoffs: 0-1
Region Champs,
State Quarter-Finalists,
Ranked 8 weeks as high as #8,
Final AAAA Rank #8
Coach: John Paty... 93-95-8 (.495)
Paty's 2nd Region Title,
5th post-season, and
2nd State Playoffs
Players: David Bowman (1981-83), Billy Durham (1980-82), Troy Myers (1980-82), Rick Odle (1981-83), Keith Setzekorn (1980-82), David Webb (1981-83)
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1st RANK as HIGH as #7
1979 Team
Record: 7-4
SubRegion: 4-2
InterSubRegion: 3-1
Region Playoffs: 0-1
Region Semi-Finalists,
Ranked 6 weeks as high as #7
Coach: John Paty... 93-95-8 (.495)
Paty's 4th winning team in a row
and 4th Post-Season in a row
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1st WINNING SEASON in REGION
1st WINNING SEASON OVERALL
10-Game Schedule
1961 Team
Record: 7-3
SubRegion: 5-2
1st winning Region record,
1st winning team
with a 10-game schedule
Coach: Wade... 37-32-2 (.535)
Wade's & Program's
1st winning Region record
and 1st winning season
with a 10-game schedule
Players:
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1st "AAA" WIN
1959 Team
Record: 1-9
SubRegion: 0-5
InterSubRegion: 0-1
Coach: Jack Wade…37-32-2 (.535)
Wade's first year as SHS Head Coach
Players: Tommy Arnold (1959-61), Jim Wallace (1959-61)
