20202020----2121 DeKalb County Basketball Media Guide 400 CAREER VICTORIES Kathy Walton (SWD) James Hartry (Tucker) THE HOME OF STATE CHAMPIONS www.dekalbschoolsga.org/athletics $2.00 DEKALB COUNTY BASKETBALL GUIDE 2020 -21 DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 5829 Memorial Drive Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 (678) 676 -1821 www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/athletics Directory SUPERINTENDENT Cheryl Watson -Harris EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS James Jackson Basketball Coordinator Dr. Tekshia Ward -Smith ATHLETIC SPECIALIST Chris Chilton ATHLETIC SPECIALIST Mark Brock 2 DEKALB COUNTY’S LONG HISTORY OF STATE CHAMPIONS DeKalb County’s proud basketball history began and continues with a championship pedigree. The Clarkston boys brought home the first state trophy in 1940, and 41 other teams have since realized the big prize in the ensuing 76 years. From legendary coach Elmer Morrow ’s dominating boys teams at Druid Hills in the 1950s to the current boys powerhouses at Miller Grove and Columbia, the list of win- ners is an impressive one. Druid Hills knocked off Avondale (50 -44), Tifton (47 -44) and Jeff Davis (55 -42) in state finals in 1953, 1954 and 1957 respectively. Stone Mountain and Clarkston on the boys side, and Druid Hills and Stone Mountain among the girls served as the other early local powers. E.L. Rainey , another of DeKalb County’s original hoop coaching giants, led Stone Mountain to the Class B crown in 1957. Tom Church guided Clarkston to its second boys state championship with a victo- rious effort in the class B final in 1964. The girls matched the boys for the first time at Druid Hill in 1960, with Virginia Canady coaching that squad to the Class AAA title. Stone Mountain brought home the second state crown for girls in 1966, as coach Neil Wooten skippered the Lady Pirates to the top of the field on the class B level. Sequoyah ended a glorious 19 -year run for local schools, romping to a girls champion- ship in the AAA bracket in 1971. The victory by coach Vivian Kendrick ’s Lady Braves proved to be the last one for near- ly a quarter of a century, as several local teams came close but fell just short. Lakeside’s boys twice lost in state finals in 1973 and 1989, while coach Eric Mance ’s Lithonia boys also fell in the championship game in 1994. Dunwoody brought an end to DeKalb County’s state title drought in 1995, as coach Rick Townsend ’s Wildcats finished a perfect 30 -0 season by defeating Shareef Abdur - Rahim and the Wheeler Wildcats (67 -65) in the AAAA final in Albany. Tucker in 1996 and Cedar Grove in 1997 added two more boys trophies, while coach Dave Labarrie ’s Stone Mountain team claimed the next local girls state crown in 1997. Coach David Boyd utilized the talents of Shenard Long , Darryl Labarrie and future Olympic track gold medalist Dwight Phillips in Tucker’s victorious season. Eventual Atlanta Hawk Dion Glover helped the powerhouse Cedar Grove team that finished 32 -1 under the leadership of coach James Dill . The rest of the way has been history, with DeKalb County soaring to new heights on the way to capturing 32 state team titles in the 15 -year period from 2002 to 2016. Columbia (2006; 2008; 2010; 2011, 2012) won five state titles on the boys side under coach Phil McCrary , while Miller Grove owns seven titles and Dunwoody has won twice. Sharman White coached Miller Grove to the last six state triumphs. Southwest DeKalb captured five state crowns under Kathy Walton (2008 -10; 2013, 2016), while Dennis Watkins led Stephenson to three crowns in 2004, 2008 and 2015 and Chantay Frost took Columbia’s girls to titles in 2010, 2012 and 2013. 3 CONTENTS Basketball Guide REGION ALIGNMENTS .................................................................................... 6 ARABIA MOUNTAIN ........................................................................................ 8 CEDAR GROVE ................................................................................................ 10 CHAMBLEE ...................................................................................................... 12 CLARKSTON .................................................................................................... 14 COLUMBIA. ...................................................................................................... 16 CROSS KEYS. ................................................................................................... 18 DRUID HILLS ................................................................................................... 20 DUNWOODY .................................................................................................... 22 LAKESIDE ......................................................................................................... 24 LITHONIA ......................................................................................................... 26 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ............................................................................ 28 MCNAIR ............................................................................................................ 30 MILLER GROVE ............................................................................................... 32 REDAN .............................................................................................................. 34 SOUTHWEST DEKALB ................................................................................... 36 STEPHENSON ................................................................................................... 38 STONE MOUNTAIN ......................................................................................... 40 TOWERS ............................................................................................................ 42 TUCKER ............................................................................................................ 44 2019 -20 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS ................................................................... 46 TEAM SEASON RECORDS ............................................................................. 52 SCHOOL YEARLY WON -LOSS RECORDS .................................................. 55 ABOUT THE COVER The cover for the DeKalb County Basketball Media Guide is a tribute to Tucker head boys basketball coach James Hartry and Southwest DeKalb head girls basketball coach Kathy Walton . Both claimed their 400th victory as a head coach at their respective schools in DeKalb County a year ago. Special thanks to Mark Brock , Athletic Specialist for the DeKalb County Athletic Department, for shooting the front cover photos. 4 DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT The DeKalb County School District has 19 high schools that field teams in interscholastic sports. DeKalb schools compete in six of the classifications of the Geor- gia High School Association: one is AAAAAAA, two are in AAAAAA, seven are AAAAA, four are AAAA, two are AAA and three are AA. The 2020 -2021 region align- ments are on page 6. GAME TIMES DeKalb County teams play home varsity games on Tuesday, Friday and Satur- day nights. First games of the doubleheader begin at 5:30 p.m. BROCHURE The Basketball Brochure is prepared by the Athletic Department. The book was written and edited by Phil Schaefer from 1981 to 2000 and is currently being pro- duced by Chris Chilton. CAREER COACHING WINS Active DeKalb Boys Coaches with 100 wins Phil McCrary, Columbia 619 -226 James Hartry, Tucker 407 -180 Eugene Brown, Stone Mountain, Southwest DeKalb 237 -133 Caesar Burgess, Chamblee 230 -240 Dwayne McKinney, Southwest DeKalb, Stephenson 131 -68 CAREER COACHING WINS Active DeKalb Girls Coaches with 100 wins Dennis Watkins, Stephenson 483 -168 Kathleen Walton, Southwest DeKalb 413 -131 Angela Nash, Dunwoody, Druid Hills 320 -307 Jerry Jackson, Redan, Arabia Mountain 257 -54 5 HOME OF THE STATE CHAMPIONS DEKALB COUNTY BOYS SCHOOLS WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BASKETBALL 1940 - Clarkston (Boys) Class B Coach Robert Bell 1953 - Druid Hills (Boys) Class A Coach Elmer Morrow 1954 - Druid Hills (Boys) Class A Coach Elmer Morrow 1957 - Druid Hills (Boys) Class AA Coach Elmer Morrow 1957 - Stone Mountain (Boys) Class B Coach E.L. Rainey 1964 - Clarkston (Boys) Class B Coach Tom Church 1995 - Dunwoody (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Rick Townsend 1996 - Tucker (Boys) Class AAA Coach David Boyd 1997 - Cedar Grove (Boys) Class AA Coach James Dill 2002 - Cross Keys (Boys) Class AAA Coach Bennie Gibbs 2005 - Dunwoody (Boys) Class AAA Coach Scott Bracco 2006 - Columbia (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Phil McCrary 2006 - Dunwoody (Boys) Class AAA Coach Scott Bracco 2007 - Tucker (Boys) Class AAAA Coach James Hartry 2008 - Columbia (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Phil McCrary 2009 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Eddie Johnson 2010 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Sharman White 2010 - Columbia (Boys) Class AAA Coach Phil McCrary 2011 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Sharman White 2011 - Columbia (Boys) Class AAA Coach Phil McCrary 2012 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAA Coach Sharman White 2012 - Columbia (Boys) Class AAA Coach Phil McCrary 2013 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAAA Coach Sharman White 2014 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAAA Coach Sharman White 2016 - Miller Grove (Boys) Class AAAAA Coach Sharman White DEKALB COUNTY GIRLS SCHOOLS WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BASKETBALL 1960 - Druid Hills (Girls) Class AAA Coach Virginia Canady 1966 - Stone Mountain (Girls) Class B Coach Neil Wooten 1971 - Sequoyah (Girls) Class AAA Coach Vivian Kendrick 1997 - Stone