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SAM LEDBETTER played basketball at Simsboro High School in Lincoln Parish.  He was a three-year letterman at Louisiana Tech (1949-1951) and served as captain his senior year.  Sam served as head basketball coach at Jonesboro-Hodge High School for nine years (1955-1963) with a won-lost record of 198-104 while gathering two district championships and one runner-up.  He renewed baseball at JHHS and was instrumental in raising funds for a new gymnasium.  Sam then became principal at Chatham High School and later was selected as the Superintendent of Jackson Parish Schools.  While superintendent he expanded

girls sports in the parish schools and Don Shows and Jo Ann Jackson as coaches for parish schools, both of whom are now members of the Sports Hall of Fame.

JAMES THOMAS "TOMMY" LOGAN was born in Ruston, La and grew up in Quitman, La. His parents were Harrison and Willow Logan.  He was the second to oldest in a family of five siblings. Tommy always believed that this time may have been the happiest time of his entire life. As a Junior and Senior at Quitman High School, he played basketball on the team that won two championships. In his junior year he was selected to the All-District First Team. As a senior, All District First Team and All-State First Team. Of this selection, he was one of only five players that were selected from across the whole State of Louisiana.

In the middle of his senior year in high school, Tommy was called into the ministry in November of 1970. Upon graduating high school, he would earn a Bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. La. He would also obtain a Master's of Theology from Perkins School of Theology, SMU in Dallas. T x. After completing his higher education, he would become an Ordained United Method Minister who served many churches across the State of Louisiana and Oklahoma. But most of all, Tommy loved singing Contemporary music in worship service settings and would continue to sing until the day he died.

FOOTBALL

• Class AA 1st Team All-State at Quarteback in 1978

• Two 1st Team All-District

• First J-HHS Quarterback to rush for 1000 or more yards. 

• Leading scorer in Northeast Louisiana in 1978

• 1976 Best Offense Player Award at J-HHS Athletic Banquet. 

TRACK 

• Two time Class 2-A regional champion in 110 meter hurdles (1978-79)

• 3rd in state in 1978 and 4th in 1979

• Qualified for 2A State in High Jump I 1979

• School MVP in 1977. 

BASKETBALL

• District 1-AA MVP

• 1st team All-District AA

ROBERT MARRUS was a three-year starter in football at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, led the district in scoring two years and was All-District and All-State.  He set a state record in the shot put and still holds the school record in that and the javelin throw.  He played baseball at Louisiana Tech, was All-Conference for two years and honorable mention All-American his senior year.  He was a fine golfer, a marksman and a JHHS Junior High track meet was dedicated to his memory following his death in June 2010. 

RICKEY MCBRIDE participated in varsity sports at Weston High School from 1966 to 1970. He was a letterman for four years in basketball and three years in baseball starting three years in each sport.  Over his varsity basketball career Weston won 85 ballgames.  Rickey scored over 1300 points and grabbed over 950 rebounds. He averaged 16 points and 13.5 rebounds per game his junior year. In his senior year he averaged 20 points and 13 rebounds per game. He was a two-time first team all-district selection, Team Captain, MVP, Most Improved, 1000 Point Club Member, Scholastic Award winner and selected on several all-tournament teams. Rickey graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1974 and began his teaching career in Jackson Parish that spans over thirty-seven years.  For fifteen years of his educational career, he coached at Jonesboro-Hodge, Chatham and Weston. He coached basketball, baseball and football at Jonesboro-Hodge, basketball and baseball at Chatham and baseball at Weston. 

PAMELA JOHNSON MCCONNELL helped lead Chatham High School to the first Sweet Sixteen State Tournament.  In Track she helped lead Chatham to four district championships and four regional championships. She also led them to their Class B first state championship in Track & Field and State Runner up in Basketball. This was the first in school history. She played in the All-Star game.  She won the Paul Martin Award presented by the News Star to the top female high school athlete in Northeast Louisiana in 1989.  She led Chatham High school to its first state title in any sport that year.  Pamela scored 38 of her team’s 66 points in the state meet, placing first in the 200-meter run and shot put, and second in the 100-meter dash, as well as running anchor on the first place 800-meter relay team.  Pamela alternated at guard and forward on the basketball team, averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds a game, making All-District and helping them reach the finals in Class B before losing to Florien in the title game.  Coach Jackson said that Pamela was “one of the few players she knew who could play any position and play it well”.  She attended Tyler Junior College in two sports.  

ASHLEY BUTLER MCCOY Was the two-time District MVP and three-time All-State basketball player who finished her career with over 2500 points and 1000 rebounds. She led WHS to Class B state semifinals and was the only appearance ever in modem day state tournament. In 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 being the only time that WHS ever made it to the state semifinals and quarterfinals in back to back years.  Her impact on the team was felt from the first minute she stepped on the court as a freshman where she ended the year as the second leading scorer and leading the team with seven rebounds per game. The next three years she led the team in both scoring and rebounding, climaxing by averaging 19.2 points per game and 9 rebounds per game per senior year.  Butler also was named second team All-State her final three years as well becoming the only one in Weston history to achieve such status. In four years of action Butler scored 2558 points and pulled down 1057 while also adding 366 steals and 260 assists. She also finished with a 92% free throw average, which according to records available, is not only the best ever at WHS but in Jackson Parish as well.

ANNE HURST MCCREADY graduated from Weston High School in 1964, where she was an excellent student and outstanding basketball player.  Ann competed in five years of varsity basketball (8th grade - 12th grade) while lettering all 5 years.  She was an All Districtr performer 1961-1964, team captain her junior and senior years, and was selected the District Most Valuable Player her Senior year while adding All Regional and All State Awards.  She averaged 35 points per game for her junior and senior seasons, scoring a high of 60 points in a regular season game and a high of 49 points in a playoff game.  As an almost unstoppable offensive scoring machine, Ann was used mainly on offensive, but she was just as talented on the defensive side.  She was a prototype of what would eventually be a lady's collegiate basketball player and WNBA player - jump, run, jump, shoot, and excellent ball handler and rebounder.  However, neither existed at that time.

FLOYD MILES, JR., better known as Bubba, was born in Punkin Center, La. in the family home on 1/29/39. His parents were Floyd Miles, Sr. and Sybil Barnhill Miles. Floyd Jr. was the youngest of five and the only son.  He was a student of JHHS and graduated in 1957 where he gained the Welterweight Champion of Korth La.  Clyde Berry was his coach and in the first fight of the tournament his scheduled opponent decided not to fight until Floyd talked to him and promised to only use his left hand, which was probably a first in boxing history.  One hand was enough for Floyd as he got a TKO 1:50 into the 1st round. In the semi-finals He was jolted by his opponent, but came back in the 2nd with another TKO. In the last fight of the tournament Floyd was hit and stayed down for an eight count, when he got up and the fight was resumed he hit his opponent with a hard right to the nose and won yet again with a TKO making him Golden Gloves Champion. After high school he attended La Tech University majoring in Forestry while working at Continental Can Paper Mill in Hodge, La.  He later retired after working 36 years in the paper Mill Industry.

ELDONTA OSBORNE was District Defensive MVP twice at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, All-State linebacker and Academic All-American.  He was All-American in track.  Eldonta was a three-year All-Louisiana linebacker at Louisiana Tech, team captain two years and ranks third in career tackles at Louisiana Tech.  He played professional football with Arizona and Shreveport teams, coached two years at Jonesboro-Hodge High School and  three years at Ruston Junior High.  Osborne has been Chief Executive Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central Louisiana and the owner of Trophy Designs Plus for 15 years

RONNIE PAGGETT lettered in football and track at Jonesboro-Hodge High School 1972-1975, All-District at both offensive guard and defensive end, All-State at defensive end, voted Outstanding Athlete and Mr. Jonesboro-Hodge his senior year.  He earned starting honors at defensive end for La. Tech 1975-1978 while garnering All-Southland Conference accolades in 1977.  Professionally Ronnie played for Calgary and Michigan in the CFL.  He was honored by the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce in 1983 with Ronnie Paggett Day.

JESSE PARKS, JR. played football and baseball at Jonesboro-Hodge High School.  He was selected All-District twice and All-State Honorable Mention once in football.  Jesse holds the record for the longest pass for a touchdown in a state AA championship game connecting with Stevie Anderson on a 76 yard bomb.  He hold JHHS records in passing yardage and passes completed with both coming in the 1987 season.  While playing baseball Jesse was selected as an All-District outfielder.  At Texas College in Waco, Texas he was converted to pitcher excelling to win two All-Conference selections, pitched the first no-hitter in school history, selected as an All-American and Most Outstanding Pitcher.  He was also able to be a pitcher in the NAIA (small college) World Series.

RICKY PEEL was a 1965 graduate of Weston High School where he was a four-year letterman on the basketball team.  In his freshman campaign he made several all-tournament teams and followed that up by making All-District for four years along with being named All-Regional and All-State his senior year.  He played on the LHSAA West All-Star team his senior year.  Ricky received basketball scholarship offers from La. Tech, Northwestern State and chose to accept the offer from the University of Louisiana Monroe.  While at ULM he was a four-year letterman for Coach Lenny Fant.  He retired after 40 plus years as a law-enforcement officer with the City of Monroe.

RANDY PIERCE graduated from Weston High School in 1971.  He was a 3 year starter on the basketball team making all-district in 1970 & 1971 and All District MVP in 1971.  He averaged 25 points per game in 1971 on his state quarter-final teal and scored 2,167 points in his high school career.  He signed an athletic scholarship with ULM and lettered his junior and senior seasons under LA. Hall of Fame coach Lenny Fant.  He was a teacher, basketball, and baseball coach at Summerfield H.S. (2 years), Tallulah H.S. (1 year), Weston H.S. (10 years), and Quitman H.S. (20 years).  As a head coach Randy won two state championships, was Class C Coach of the Year (1976 Baseball), had one state runner-up team, one state semi-final team, and five quarter-final teams.  As an assistant coach, he was part of three state championships, three state runner-ups, and two state semi-finalists.  He also had the honor of coaching NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone at Summerfield and James Haynes at Tallulah, who later played football for the Saints.

CHARLES PIXLEY was All-District in basketball for three years at Jonesboro-Hodge High School and earned All-State honors two times, 1956 and 1957.  Charles averaged 22.1 points per game in 1956 and 20.0 points per game in 1957.  He was the first JHHS player to be name to the National High School All-American Team.  The basketball team was State AA runners-up in 1957 when they lost to Neville by four points after defeating them two times during the regular season.  Coach Sam Ledbetter called him “the best shooter I ever saw”.

ALDEN REEVES was a four-sport all-around athlete at Jonesboro-Hodge High School.  He earned All-District and Honorable Mention All-State in football and lettered four years earning All-District and Most Valuable Player in basketball.  Alden was second in the state in triple jump and the State AA Champion in pole vault setting state records for two years.  He holds the JHHS record in pole vault.  Alden was voted JHHS Best Athlete in 1963.  In the summers Alden played for five years with the Ruston American Legion baseball team.  Coach Joe Aillet gave Alden a scholarship to Louisiana Tech where he was a four-year letterman and a four-year starter on defense for the Bulldogs football team and lettered two years on the baseball team.  Alden signed a free-agent contract with the Washington Redskins of the NFL and made the taxi squad but decided to begin a coaching career instead.  He coached five different sports for forty-five years with twenty-seven of them at Captain Shreve in Shreveport.

TED REEVES was an outstanding multisport athlete at JHHS with All District Honors in football and baseball and an All-Conference baseball player at Northwestern State University. He then returned to his alma mater to become all-time winningest baseball coach in JHHS history and lead the Tigers to their deepest run in the state playoffs.  He also has the special distinction of being the only coach in Jackson Parish history to lead a boys program at one school (JHHS-baseball) and a girls program (WHS-basketball) in two different sports. He was assistant coach at JHHS for eight years including the years of the three peat state championships. As Head Coach at JHHS, he led his teams to a 113-49 record, seven district titles in nine years and a semifinal berth in the playoffs, still the best playoff showing in school history. Six times Reeves was voted as the District Coach of the Year. His impact wasn't only felt on the baseball diamond. In nine years as an assistant and defensive coordinator for the JHHS football team, he played an integral role in the Tigers winning seven district titles and three straight state championships. The 15 shutouts he orchestrated in the '86 and '87 seasons are still a school record for a two year period. In his four years at Weston High School, his baseball teams and boys basketball teams won district championships twice. He also led the girls basketball team to the playoffs for the first time in 25 years and was named District Coach of the Year four more times.

DERICKAL SAULSBERRY was one of the outstanding basketball players in Jackson Parish, playing 4 years for Chatham High School.  He was All-Stater 1st team in both 1996-1997, playing on the state champion Eagles Team in 1997. Three time All-Stater at CHS including being named Class B MVP and first team All-Northeast Louisiana as only a sophomore. The four time All-District representative was also selected as Class B state tournament MVP as a junior after leading Chatham to back-to-back state titles and most combined wins over a four year period in school history.

CHARLES SCOTT participated in three sports at Jonesboro-Hodge High School and won multiple All-District honors in all three.  He was named All-State in football twice , voted Mr. Football in Louisiana and was selected on the Sports

Illustrated All-American first team.  Charles holds the all-time school records in career rushing yardage and career points scored.  He played for Coach Les Miles three years at Louisiana State University gaining 1,109 yards and scoring 15 touchdowns his senior year earning All-SEC first team honors.  He was drafted by and signed with the NFL Philadelphia  Eagles and also played with the Arizona Cardinals and the New York Giants.

DIANNE STEWART SELF graduated from Weston High School in 1965 where she was an excellent student and an outstanding defensive basketball player.  Half court basketball was still in play during her years of high school 1962 - 1965.  As a left-handed guard she broke up passes, blocked shots, had an excellent eye for timing the ball to create jump ball situations and she was a tremendous rebounder.  She also had a unique ability to steal the ball and make a quick pass up the court to the offensive players.  Dianne competed in four years of varsity basketball (9 - 12) and lettered all four years.  Some of her achievements include:  

• 1963 - All Tournament - Sikes, Centerville

• 1964 - All tournament Centerville, All District- 6C, All Regional - 2C, 1st Team All State

• 1965 Team Captain, All District - 6C, Most Valuable Player District - 6C, All Regional - 2C, 1st Team All State.

JAMES "FLOP" SHIVELY was an All-District and All-State basketball player and leading scorer on the first Jonesboro-Hodge State Championship team in 1951. During the championship game against Neville, Flop scored 17 points leading the Tigers to a 50-37 victory. Shively had an intense competitive drive that peaked in the most important games. During the 1951 semifinals, the JH Tigers appeared to be beaten. However, Flop led his teammates to a last-second victory. Following the 1951 championship, he earned numerous scholarships. Nevertheless, Flop remained loyal to his mentor, Coach Arnold Kilpatrick, and joined him at Northeast Louisiana University, (now University of Louisiana- Monroe.) Kilpatrick began coaching Shively in the seventh grade at Rundell Jr. High School. They spent the next 10 years as player and coach. Shively was named as the NLU Indian's best player during his Freshman year and was selected as All-Gulf States Conference. Not only was Flop a loyal teammate, but a loyal friend, father and husband. Many people have said: "I can never remember seeing Flop Shively without a smile on his face."

GRADY STAGGS was an outstanding basketball player with several teams, including Ansley High School, the Ansley Trojans, the Hodge Red Sox, and the Danville Deacons.  He batted .403 with Danville in 1952, second only to teammate Gene Robinson, and drove in the tying and winning runs in teh 1955 championship game.  Staggs received an offer to try out for the New York Yankees, but declined.  A committee of sports fans selected Grady as one of the four best athletes of all-time from Ansley.

MIKE STAPLES graduated in 1964 from Weston High School where he lettered in basketball and baseball.  He was able to pitch several no hitters in high school and summer league competition.  Mike then attended La. Tech where he pitched with the Ruston American Legion Team.  As a high school coach Mike excelled as he coached baseball at Dodson, Chatham and at Weston High Schools 1970-1984. 

He led Weston to four state titles and two runners-up.  The Wolves were district champions nine of the eleven years he coached them.  His personal record as coach was 144-46 or 76% of the games.  Mike was named LHSAA Coach of the Year three years and was selected to coach in the State All Star game.

JARED STEVENSON is an outstanding young man and was a tremendous basketball player for Quitman High School.  He came to Quitman High School his sophomore year and initially was not starting as he transitioned from Bethel Christian School. He worked in Ruston, LA undaunted and began starting for Coach Billy Carter in January of that year. He would challenge him daily and the next day he would come back and show him how he worked on it and mastered the skill.  His junior year he became one of the best players in North Louisiana averaging 21 points per game.  Jared’s senior season was one of the best anywhere around.  He averaged 29 points per game with 11 rebounds and 5 assists.  Some of his highlights of his senior season were scoring 52 points on 3 different occasions. These were all close games.  He would have to sit when Quitman blew teams out.  He averaged double digits in rebounds despite his 5’10’ frame. Coach Carter always knew if he could get a lead and make the other team man up no one could stop him.  He was a silky-smooth ball handler.  Spectators and players thought he was left-handed because he used either hand so fluidly. Jared did all of this maintaining a 4.0 GPA at Quitman High School. People came from far and wide all over Louisiana to watch him play. Jared moved onto NSU for a red shirt year but ended up transferring to LSU-S where he was a four-year starter. 

LLEWELLYN STARKS played football at Jonesboro-Hodge for four years earning All-District honors as a receiver and as a defensive safety.  He also participated in track for four years and became the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Long Jump Champion.  Llewellyn became All-American at Northwestern State and later transferred to LSU where he became the NCAA Long Jump Champion.  After college he entered the world of professional track and field.  He won seven professional events in long jumping his second year and was ranked No. 3 in the world as a long jumper before breaking his leg.

COACH BOBBY STONE was an all-district guard on the South Georgia state championship football team, junior college All-American at Southwest Georgia JC, All-Gulf States Conference and honorable mention Little All-American at Louisiana Tech.He coached football and track at Jonesboro-Hodge High School for nine years with a 47-44-3 football record and three district championships.  His 1971 track team was announced as state champions but a belated disqualification ruling gave it to Destrahan.  Coach Stone received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ULM Bayou Classic in 2008.