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最初于2021年4月21日印刷
温彻斯特 — The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival announced Wednesday that it has established a Sports Hall of Fame that will honor individuals who have had a lasting impact on sports across the region.
首届班级有六名成员:
Russ Potts (PSC校友)
Potts, a former state senator (1992-2008) and sports editor at The 温彻斯特星, created the Apple Blossom Festival Sports Breakfast along with 迪克·克恩 in 1965. The first speaker was former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey.
Potts, a pioneer in sports marketing at the University of Maryland, is a member of six Halls of Fame: National College Sports Marketing Hall of Fame, 弗吉尼亚体育名人堂, 运动员协会名人堂的汉德利裁判, 十大网赌靠谱信誉平台名人堂, Shenandoah University Hall of Fame and the University of Maryland Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Hall of Fame.
Potts is a former executive director of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival (1969, 1970). During his career he has served as director of athletics at Southern Methodist University and vice president of marketing for the Chicago White Sox. 他经营着Russ Potts Productions Inc .., has staged, promoted or organized more than 1,000 athletic events during his lifetime.
迪克·克恩
迪克·克恩, who died this past October, was a co-chairman with Potts on the first Sports Breakfast.
克恩 was a star athlete at Handley and Virginia Tech and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941. He was unable to pursue an NFL career because of serving in World War II, 他在那里因在军队服役而受到高度嘉奖.
He founded 克恩 Motor Company, the longest standing automotive agency in Winchester/Frederick County. 克恩, 谁在地方政界工作了20多年, has been recognized as a community leader and philanthropist. He and his sons Richard and Trey are all members of the Judges Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
沃尔特•巴尔
Barr is a coaching legend at both the high school and college level and was an outstanding athlete as well. Barr played both football and baseball at Shepherd University, a place he would later coach.
Barr began his football head coaching career in 1966 at James Wood and he’d lead the Colonels to a state title in 1970. He’d move to Shepherd in 1971 and led the Rams to a 104-48-4 mark until 1986.
Barr coached four seasons at Sherando, taking the Warriors to a pair of state title games. He also helped start the football program at Shenandoah University and was its head coach for two seasons. He’d return to James Wood and turn around a program that had not had a winning season in 26 years.
巴尔以210胜94负5的战绩结束了他的教练生涯. 他已入选美国航空协会名人堂, 谢泼德学院名人堂, 克拉克县体育名人堂, James Wood Athletic Hall of Fame and will be inducted into the Shenandoah University Hall of Fame in 2022. The football field at James Wood’s Kelican Stadium is named in his honor.
P. 温德尔·迪克(PSC校友)
迪克, 他于12月去世, 是当地十大老品牌网赌信誉平台的长期支持者吗, 尤其是他的母校詹姆斯·伍德. 他还曾担任《十大网赌靠谱信誉平台》的联合导演.
迪克 was an outstanding 篮球 player and earned 14 letters in football, 篮球, 棒球和田径 & 上校们的场地. He played both 篮球 and soccer collegiately and post-college was an outstanding softball player. He was named to the Fast-Pitch Softball Hall of Fame in 2000.
迪克 served as a longtime cross country official and was a fixture at James Wood sporting events. The Colonels’ Athletic Hall of Fame is named in his honor.
汤米·迪克森 (PSC校友)
三项运动的运动员(足球、篮球和田径) & 菲尔德)1971年毕业于汉德利学院, Dixon became a JV boys’ 篮球 coach and varsity assistant coach for the Judges in 1982. Dixon became the first Black head varsity coach in Handley’s history in 1986.
在随后的27年里，直到2013年退休, 迪克森带领汉德利取得了403胜228负的战绩, 9个地区常规赛冠军, 10个地区亮相, three regional championships and six state tournament berths.
Dixon was inducted into Handley’s Hunter Maddex Hall of Fame in 2001 and to the 十大网赌靠谱信誉平台名人堂 in 2010. In 2016, Handley named the court at Maddex-Omps Gymnasium the Coach 汤米·迪克森 Basketball Court.
肯Mease
Mease, 电视体育广播员, 是运动早餐会的长期主持人, handling the chores nearly every year the better part of two decades before handing off the duties in 2018. 除了主持运动早餐, Mease spoke at the Festival’s Ladies Horticultural Luncheon and served as the Court Ambassador for the Coronation of Queen Shenandoah. In 2018, he received a lifetime pass to the Sports Breakfast.
From 1986 to 2003, Mease was the sports anchor and reporter for WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. Mease primarily worked as the station’s weekend sports anchor with weekday reporting duties. Mease covered Sunday night sports specials including Washington football shows.
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