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Mike Cochran
Mike Cochran graduated from Fyffe High School and the
University of
Alabama. He coached girl’s basketball at Fyffe for 28
years and
became DeKalb County’s all-time winningest basketball
coach with
a record of 627-226. His teams won seven state
championships, including
four straight from 1994-1997, along with one state
runner-up finish.
During his tenure his teams won sixteen DeKalb County
championships,
including eight straight from 1994-2001, fourteen Area
championships,
and seven Sand Mountain titles. He won numerous county and
state coach
of the year awards and was a four-time coach of the
Alabama-Mississippi
All-star game. His teams won 302 times during the decade
of the
90’s, which was an average of thirty wins a year. |
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Terrence Hill
Terrence Hill was born in 1982 and attended Fort Payne
High School from
1997-2000 where he played basketball. He was a 1999-2000
member
of the Alabama High School Basketball Final Four. He began
attending
Southern Union Community College in 2000 and was the ALJC
State
Champion for 2000-2001. His sophomore year 2001-2002 he
helped lead
Southern Union to the NJCAA Tournament and was selected
MVP of the
Alabama JUCO All-Star Game. Terrence transferred to
Kennesaw State
University and had a very impressive career there. He
helped
Kennesaw State to the NCAA Division II championship as a
senior, and
earned the Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player Award. He
was also named
a NCAA Division II First Team All-American by the NABC as
a senior, the
first-ever player in school history to earn the
distinction. Terrence
was named Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year his
junior and
senior seasons. He finished his collegiate career as
Kennesaw State's
fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,152 career points,
the most in
school history for a two-year player. He also ranks second
all-time in
steals (162) and eighth in assists (187). Terrence later
played for
Liceo Mixto in the Chilean Dimayor league and helped lead
his team to
the title in 2008 with a 4-1 series win over Universidad
de Concepcion
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Billy Thompson
Billy Thompson played football, basketball and baseball
for Ider High
School. He was selected as All-County fullback during his
junior and
senior football seasons. He was selected as the 1959
All-County
second leading scorer as a junior. As a junior, he played
on the
DeKalb County All-Tournament basketball team, but due to
football
injuries and a broken ankle he was not able to return to
the basketball
team, his senior year, until late in the year. Billy
received a
football scholarship from Jacksonville State University.
During his
football career from 1961-1965 he was a regular in the
starting lineup
as blocking back and fullback. He played in almost every
football game
during his career at Jacksonville State, where they won
the Alabama
Collegiate Conference Co-Champs in 1961, 1962, 1963 and
were Conference
Champs in 1964. He was coached by Don Salls through his
junior
year and finished his senior year under Coach Jim
Blevins. After
his graduation from Jacksonville State in 1966, Billy
accepted a
teaching position at Ider High School where he also served
as the
assistant football coach. He worked in those positions for
three and
one-half years and decided to return to farming. Billy has
been
married to Kathryn for 47 years, and they have 4 children
and 6
grandchildren. |
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Rodney White
Rodney White was a running back and defensive back for
Crossville High
School from 1984-1986. During those seasons he was
selected as an
All-County, All-Area and All-State player. In his three
years as
a Crossville Lion, he and his teammates went 36-4,
reaching the quarter
finals in 1985 and winning the state championship in
1986. Rodney
was a stalwart both those years and had the ability to be
a game
changer and come up with the big play when it was needed.
He
scored twenty-five touchdowns his senior season, scoring
by running,
pass receiving, pass interception returns, kick returns
and punt
returns. His pass reception and run at Lamar County in the
semi-final
game is known as "The Play". With time running out and the
Lions
trailing 6-0, White caught a quick-slant pass, avoided a
trio of
defenders, and 59 yards later was brought down when the
seventh
defender got him from behind at the one-yard line. The
Lions scored on
the following play, kicked the PAT, and earned the right
to host the
championship game. The win over Elba in the championship
game was
almost anti-climactic. White was All Conference in college
as a free
safety and was being scouted by pro teams for a
professional career;
however, he injured his knee which ended his hopes of
playing
professionally. |
