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O'Brien Dismissed as Head Coach, AD
The Valdosta City Schools Board of Education voted to relieve Coach Mike O'Brien of his duties as head football coach and athletic director on December 17 during a special board meeting. O'Brien served as head football coach at VHS for seven seasons and compiled a 70-20-1 record with one state championship.
During his tenure as an assistant coach under Nick Hyder from 1981-1995, the Wildcats won 6 state championships and 3 national titles. O'Brien completed the 2002 season as the third-winningest coach in school history and a 77.5% winning percentage.
A 12-member committee has been formed to conduct a search for a new head coach and athletic director.
Please read an official statement regarding Coach O'Brien from Ivey Plair, Valdosta Touchdown Club President
1971 Valdosta wins the AJC.com Tournament of Champions
Valdosta -- Robert Daniels' 1-yard run and Stan Bounds' scramble for the two-point conversion with 0:27 left in the second overtime period gave 1971 Valdosta its first lead of the game and a 36-35 victory over 1976 Warner Robins in the AAAA championship game of the Tournament of Champions.
Full Coverage on AJC.com»
Valdosta Dominates All-Region Team
In typical Winnersville fashion, this year's All-Region 1-AAAAA football team is filled with Wildcats and Vikings.
Valdosta High placed eight players on the All-Region first team, while Lowndes High had five players on the first team.
Valdosta had a total of 20 players receive recognition (the most of any team), while Lowndes had 14 players make either first team, second team or honorable mention. Full Article»
Cats Lose in Overtime
KINGSLAND - Penetration isn't a great way to win a football game. It's an awful way to lose one.
Especially in the playoffs.
Valdosta High's season ended with a 15-14 penetration loss to Camden County Friday night at Gilman Stadium. Camden drove to the VHS 40 on its first drive, and to the VHS 16 on its last one, then ran out the clock, and the season for Valdosta. By the GHSA rules, Camden was then awarded a penetration point for having moved the ball further down the field.
 Full Article from the Valdosta Daily Times
Game Recap from the Florida Times-Union
Game Recap from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Photo Gallery
Box Score
Complete Cumulative Season Statistics
Joint stadium proposal moves ahead
Valdosta -- It looks like the 2004 Valdosta Wildcats and Valdosta State University Blazers will play on a newly-constructed Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.
As called for in the Valdosta City School System's stadium project timeline, university President Ronald M. Zaccari notified the Valdosta Board of Education Monday of his intent to participate in a joint project to construct a new stadium.
Full Story from the Valdosta Daily Times»
AJC.com Tournament of Champions: '71 Valdosta to face '76 Warner Robins
Stan Bounds' 2-yard touchdown pass to Stan Rome with 0:28 left culminated a 63-yard drive that gave 1971 Valdosta a 34-31 victory over 2001 Parkview at Cleveland Field.
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Valdosta Defeats Riverdale in 1st Round
The Valdosta Wildcats (8-2-1) defeated the Riverdale Raiders 7-0 in a defensive struggle.
Running back/defensive back Eric Williams scored the game's only touchdown on a 2 yard jaunt in the second quarter. (Watch this play: Dial-Up | DSL/Cable)
The Valdosta defense (pictured above) kept the Raiders out of the endzone during the game and made a strong defensive stand deep in Wildcat territory late in the fourth quarter.
Riverdale, located in south Atlanta, finished the season with an 8-3 record after earning the 3rd playoff seed in
Region 4-AAAAA. The game was the 1,000th in Wildcat history. They lead the nation with 802 victories.
Valdosta will now face the Camden County Wildcats in Kingsland, Georgia next Friday. Camden County defeated Jonesboro 34-22 in first round action to extend their record to 11-0.
The Cats hold a 7-0-1 all-time record versus Camden County.
Game Recap from Valdosta Daily Times
Game Recap from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Official Playoff Brackets
Photo Gallery
Video Gallery
Box Score
AJC.com Tournament of Champions: '71 Valdosta, '76 Warner Robins defeat fellow national champions
Out of nine teams in the tournament, Valdosta is down to one: the 1971 national champions. They had to defeat another Valdosta team (1986) to reach the semifinals. The 1984 Wildcats lost 14-0 to 1976 Warner Robins. Full Story
 #800
VALDOSTA -- Call the Valdosta Wildcats winners, 800 times over.
Valdosta High won its historic 800th game Friday night, defeating Lee County 36-0 at Cleveland Field.
The Wildcats won No. 800 the way they won 368 of their previous games-- with a shutout by the defense.
Lincoln Head Coach congratulates Valdosta program on historic win. View Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery | Video Clips | Box Score | Updated Cumulative Stats
VDT Game Recap
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Game Recap
ESPN.com Article
NFLHS.com Article
Pregame Coverage
USA Today: Valdosta closes in on 800-win milestone
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Valdosta tradition nears milestone
AJC Dream Matchup: 1971 Valdosta 21 1971 T.C. Williams (VA) 17
A Hollywood ending for high-scoring Valdosta as they come back from a 10-point deficit to defeat the team from the "Remember the Titans" movie. Read full article from AJC.com»
8th Grade Wins Region Championship
The 8th grade team, led by head coach Mike Roberts (above with a few of his players), finished the season with a 6-1 record after a 14-12 victory over Coffee County on Thursday night. View the photo gallery from the championship game.
 7th Grade Wins Region Championship
The 7th grade team finished the season with an undefeated 5-0 record after a 14-6 victory over Tift County on Wednesday night. View the photo gallery from the championship game.
AJC.com Tournament of Champions: '71 Valdosta, Rome live up to legend
Valdosta's tradition isn't to glorify the individual, but if there ever was a Wildcat of distinction, it was Stan Rome.
As a sophomore receiver in 1971, Rome caught 72 passes for 1,573 yards and 20 touchdowns. All were GHSA state records, and two of them lasted 25 years. Rome's career marks -- 209 for 4,187 yards and 43 touchdowns -- still stand.
Rome, who later played football and basketball for Clemson before a brief NFL career, added five unofficial catches and a touchdown to his numbers this week in the AJC.com Tournament of Champions. His '71 Valdosta team demolished 1969 Athens 42-7 in the Class AAAA first round.
Valdosta, who fielded nine teams in this computer-simulated tournament, won 5 first round games while losing four.
Other First Round Scores:
1989 VALDOSTA 24 1991 LAGRANGE 18
1972 LAKESIDE 16 1982 VALDOSTA 10
1984 VALDOSTA 22 1983 TIFT COUNTY 21
1976 WARNER ROBINS 27 1968 VALDOSTA 26
1978 VALDOSTA 23 1970 LAKESIDE 0
2001 PARKVIEW 21 1992 VALDOSTA 10
1980 LOWNDES 27 1998 VALDOSTA 17
1986 VALDOSTA 16 1987 MORROW 13.
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Valdosta Featured in AJC's Tournament of Champions
Be sure to follow nine former Valdosta championship teams (1968, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992 and 1998) in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Tournament of Champions, a computer tournament among 127 football state champions in Georgia since 1967, and also vote for your favorite Valdosta team in their online poll. First round of the tournament starts on October 13.
Tournament Home Page | AAAA Team Capsules | AAAA Bracket
ValdostaWildcats.com Mentioned as Top High School Web Site | September 12, 2002
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently listed this site as the top high school web site in its September 12th edition.
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Wildcat Tradition Turns 20 | September 4, 2002
VALDOSTA - It started as one man's idea. It has turned into a Valdosta High football Tradition.
Tonight, Wildcat Tradition begins its 20th season on the air. The show, as it has for many years, airs at 6:30 and 8 p.m. on VSU-TV (cable channel 12 in Valdosta). It will also re-air on WVAG-TV (channel 44, cable channel 4) at 10 p.m.
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