{"id":143,"date":"2019-06-08T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T19:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcshof.morethanconquers.com\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2023-11-24T20:26:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T02:26:39","slug":"class-of-2006","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcshof.morethanconquers.com\/classes\/class-of-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gary Coker<\/h2>\n

Geraldine High School<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Born December 11, 1943\u00a0 – A pioneer of high school sports coverage, Gary Coker was part of a three-man team, who brought changes to not only sports sections in DeKalb County and the Sand Mountain area but across North Alabama.\u00a0 A 1961 graduate of Geraldine High School, Gary began covering Geraldine and Crossville High School sports in 1968.\u00a0 Soon enough, his articles were picked up by daily newspapers, increasing high school sports coverage across North Alabama.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Acie \u201cLefty\u201d Edmondson<\/h2>\n

Fort Payne High School<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Born December 9, 1941\u00a0 – Rodney played basketball at Fort Payne High School 1957 – 1960.\u00a0 He started every year as a guard.\u00a0 During his senior year in the NEAC Tournament game with Albertville the Gadsden Times described Rodney\u2019s game as \u201cthe most amazing bit of accuracy seen on the Sansom hardwood..ever\u201d.\u00a0 According to the Times with three minutes to go Rodney hit seven straight shots from the 15-20 foot range and two free throws.\u00a0 He scored 26 points. Rodney was named All-Conference for the 1959-60 team and for the 1958-59 team.\u00a0 He was recruited by Jacksonville State and actually given a scholarship without head coach Tom Roberson ever seeing him play.\u00a0 He started all four years at Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Heather Mayes Powell<\/h2>\n

Fyffe High School<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Born November 18, 1976 – Heather began her sports career at Fyffe High School where she was a six year starter in basketball and volleyball and a five-year starter on the softball team.\u00a0 She won three 2A basketball state championships as a player in 1992, 1993, and 1995.\u00a0 Her volleyball teams won three state championship runner-up awards.\u00a0 Heather was selected All State five years in basketball and four years in volleyball.\u00a0 She was three time 2A \u201cPlayer of the Year\u201d, Three time \u201cState Tournament MVP\u201d, \u201cSuper All-State\u201d two years, \u201cMiss Basketball 1995\u201d, \u201cGatorade Player of the Year 1995\u201d, and \u201cVolleyball State Tournament MVP\u201d in 1993.\u00a0 Heather was a participant in the Alabama\/Mississippi All-Star Classic and Senior Volleyball All-Star Game.\u00a0 She is a Bryant-Jordan recipient as well as Academic All-State.\u00a0 Heather set state records for points (4149) and three point field goals made in a career, season and game.\u00a0 She played basketball one year at Western Kentucky University, setting a school record for three-point percentage.\u00a0 She played one year of college softball at Snead State Community College where she was honorable mention All-American.\u00a0 She also played basketball at Jacksonville State University earning All-TACC, All TACC tournament honors.\u00a0 In 1999 Heather led NCAA Division 1 in three-point shooting percentage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Willie Lois (Bill) Nichols<\/h2>\n

Geraldine High School<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Ms. Nichols passed away in January 1971.\u00a0 She was the leading scorer at Geraldine in 1925-26-27 on two district champion teams that played in state tourney.\u00a0 The team was runner up and she was all state.\u00a0 In 1928 she transferred to Jacksonville where she played on both the high school and college teams.\u00a0 In 1929-30 she played on a team that went undefeated.\u00a0 She scored 63 points against Southern Miss.\u00a0 She was an avid tennis player.\u00a0 She coached tennis at Jax State.\u00a0 An excellent golfer she played on the day she passed away.\u00a0 She is a member of the Jacksonville State Hall of Fame.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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