Eighth

        

Nine people who have made outstanding contributions to Virginia high

school athletic and activity programs have been selected for induction this

fall into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame.

        

Sponsored jointly by the Virginia High School League and the Virginia

High School Coaches Association, the hall is dedicated to preserving the rich

heritage of outstanding achievements by students and adults in the realm of

sports and activities within Virginia’s public high schools.

        

Individuals are nominated and selected in one of three categories --

athlete, coach or contributor.  Athletes

are eligible for consideration 20 years after completion of their high school

careers and are judged primarily for their achievements in interscholastic

sports.  Coaches are eligible

after 25 years’ experience or upon retirement and are judged on the merits

of their achievements at the high school level. 

Contributors are those who have rendered significant services in some

other capacity, including administrators, media, officials and VHSL academic

activities coaches or participants.

        

The induction will take place at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville on

Tuesday, Oct. 14.

        

The 1997 inductees include two athletes, three coaches and four

contributors:

        

Athletes - Eric Scott Sievers,

All-American football player at Washington-Lee High School, and Thomas

L. Trice, outstanding football and basketball player at E.C. Glass High

School. 

       

Coaches - Edward Hugh Henry,

football and track coach at Mt. Vernon, Lane (Charlottesville), Annandale,

George Marshall and James Robinson; John

Phillip Robbins, football and track coach at John Battle, Christiansburg

and Powell Valley High Schools; and Frank

H. Webster, outstanding football coach at First Colonial High School.

        

Contributors - Robert Lee

Carson, long-time athletic director and director of student activities at

Thomas Edison and Lake Braddock High Schools; William

L. Knowles Jr., long-time athletic director at Western Branch High School;

William O. Lee, an official for

more than 3,000 VHSL contests in football, boys and girls basketball, baseball

and softball; and Betty S. Morton,

adviser to outstanding student publications at Virginia High School in

Bristol.

        

Previous inductees in the Virginia High School Hall of Fame include:

        

1990: Athletes - Keith Atherton, Edd Clark Jr., Carroll Dale, Doug

Dickinson, Benton Dodd and Ralph Sampson. 

Coaches - Jimmie Bryan, Fred Cooper, Bobby Crantz, Howard Deel, Bill

Littlepage, Billy Martin, Alger Pugh, George Quarles Jr., Mike Smith and

Gracie VanDyke.  Contributors -

John Caywood, Greever Crouse, Bob Frank, Art Greene, Marshall Johnson, Bill

Pace and John Youngblood.

       

1991:  Athletes - Ollan

Cassell, Moses Malone, Sidney Snell and Bobby Stokes. 

Coaches - Vince Bradford, Julius Conn, Ralph Cummins, Pat Dean, Chester

Fritz, Harry Fry, Husky Hall, Bill Long and Lefty Wilson. 

Contributors - Richard Fletcher, Hubert Grim Jr., Ben Hurt, Norm Lord,

Frank McCue and Chuck Savedge.

       

1992:  Athletes - Johnny

Oates, Tommy Theodose and Ben Valley.  Coaches

- Gordon Bragg, James (Suey) Eason, John Epperly, Del Norwood, Charlie

Nuttycombe, Al Rinaldi and Paul Sizemore.  Contributors

- Harry Blevins, Eddie Crane, George Gasser, Clarence Jones, Robert McLelland,

Barbara Reinwald and Gene Thompson.

       

1993:  Athlete - Paul Gentry. 

Coaches - Ken Brown, Bob Hardage, Charlie Harkins, Jim Holdren and Thad

Madden.  Contributors - Vic Blue,

Joel Grimm, Bob McCoy and Wendell Seldon.

       

1994:  Athletes - Raymond

Crouch and Frank Eastman.  Coaches -

Francis (Boodie) Albert, Welton Bloxsom, Pete Brewbaker, Louise Martin and Joe

Robinson.  Contributors - Carl Deane,

Earl Gillespie, Jimmy Jones, Charles Karmosky and Bert Smith.

       

1995:  Athlete - Jeff Baker. 

Coaches - Eddie Dean, Paul Hatcher and Claude Warren. 

Contributors - Hud Clark, Don Riviere and James (Smokey) Stover.

       

1996:  Athlete - Jacob Adams. 

Coaches - Donald Glick, Joan Hudson, Norman Lineburg, Ronald Skeen and

Robert Williams.  Contributors: 

Nancy Haga and James Omps.

       

As they did in choosing the first eight classes of honorees, the VHSL and

VHSCA will select persons for subsequent induction on an annual basis, with an

October 31 deadline for submitting candidates. 

Nomination must be made through members of the VHSL or VHSCA, and persons

interested in nominating deserving individuals may contact the Virginia High

School League office at 804-977-8475 for further information.

Scott Sievers   (Washington-Lee High School)   

He lettered in football, basketball

and track at Washington-Lee High School.  Playing

tight end, nose guard, linebacker and kicker for the football team, he earned

All-State and All-American honors as a senior. 

In his last two years he caught 46 passes, gaining 820 yards; scored 14

touchdowns, kicked 40 PAT; kicked three fields goals; and threw one pass for a

touchdown.

He was leading receiver on the E.C.

Glass football team for two years and led the state with 10 touchdown catches as

a senior; he led the basketball team in both scoring and rebounding for two

years and won tournament MVP honors as the Hilltoppers to the state championship

when he was a junior. He won All-State honors in both sports. In track, he ran

the hurdles, high jumped and threw the discus and shot.

 Over

a career at five Virginia high schools, he won 159 football games, including

eight district championships, three regional championships and one state

championship (Annandale).  He served

as president of both the Virginia High School Coaches Association and the

Virginia High School Football Coaches.  

A lecturer, instructor and author, he was 1965 State Coach of the Year.

 John

 Over

26 years as head coach at John Battle, Christiansburg and Powell Valley, he has

compiled a 188-101-4 record in football, earning five state championships for

Powell Valley, plus another state championship in track, where he has 190 wins.

yes">  He was football coach of the year in 1990 and 1994 and 

Region 2 national Track Coach of the Year in 1995. 

He won the VHSCA Walt McCormack Award in 1983.

 Frank

With a football record of 253-105-9

over 35 years, he is one of the winningest coaches in Virginia history. 

Accumulating nine district championships and three regional

championships, he has been named “Coach of the Year” in Hampton Roads seven

times and was State Coach of the Year in 1986. 

Nominations, however, stress the positive impact he has had on the young

men who play on his teams.

Athletic director for 25 year at

Thomas Edison and Lake Braddock High Schools, he was the youngest athletic

director and first director of student activities in Fairfax County Public

Schools.  He oversaw 66 district, 28

regional and 22 state championships at the two schools. 

He was a member of the committee that created the Northern Region Council

and was active in service to VHSL and VIAAA.

 Athletic

director at Western Branch High School for 15 years, he was a leader in athletic

administration on local, state and national levels. 

He served on the VHSL Executive Committee and chaired the Sports Advisory

Committee, also planning and directing many activities on the district, regional

and state levels.  President of

VIAAA in 1987-89, he also participated regularly in national conferences.

 

 A

VHSL official for 42 years, he worked more than 3,000 games in football, boys

and girls basketball, baseball and softball, including state playoff games in

each sport. It is generally believed that he has worked more games than any

other person in Virginia history, and he may be the only official to have worked

state playoffs in at least four sports.

 

 A

journalism teacher for 28 years, she produced pacesetting newspapers and

yearbooks which won the highest awards given in state, regional and national

competition.  Her yearbook is the

only Virginia publication to earn induction in the NSPA Hall of Fame. 

A nationally known clinician, she has served on the VHSL Scholastic

Publications Advisory Committee and for 10 years on JEA’s Board of Directors.