Welcome to the Online Home of
Hawkinsville Red Devil Athletics!!
Andy Hill -Dwight Gatlin -
Shelly Berryhill
This site has been created to bring information about Red Devil
athletics to you, the fans and alumni of Hawkinsville High School, and to
sports fans in general. You will find information on football as well
as other sports, former coaches, records, championships and much more that
makes our program special.
This site began as a dream. I strongly felt that the rich history
of our program needed a designated historian to pull the information
together in a format suitable for public consumption. Once together, this
information can be handed down to the next generation and continue so that
in the years to come the performance of our athletic teams could be studied.
After thinking about it for several months and studying other outstanding
high school web sites, I decided to move ahead with the implementation.
Knowing that it would be a daunting task, I asked my good friend and sports
writer Dwight Gatlin if he would be interested in helping. Being a
long-time supporter of the Red Devil athletic program he immediately said
yes. We first began gathering information in December 2004. The
first task was to assemble all the football records and games from 1947 to
the present day. That date was chosen due to the fact that the Georgia
High School Association first sanctioned state championship playoffs in that
very year. Eventually, we will include the pre-1947 history of
Hawkinsville football which started in approximately 1924. We currently have the date, location, and outcome of every
game chronicled with the exception of one game in 1947 that we are working
on. Also, we have started the task of collecting statistics so that we can
establish school records for a number of statistical categories. As
you can probably imagine, statistics in years gone by were not always kept
by the media. We are relying on print media microfilm, mainly the
Hawkinsville Dispatch & News, the Macon Telegraph & News, and the Atlanta
Constitution to help provide this information. Using the Football
Record Book link at the top of the page you can view the football
information we have gathered to date. Please keep in mind this is an
ongoing process and the statistics will most likely change as information
becomes available. If you know of any errors and have information you
could provide we would appreciate you sharing it with us. From the
link above you can also view all the games by opponent to see the series
records against the many teams we have competed against. Other links to additional information
are located in the Football Record Book section of the site.
We also will collect information on baseball, basketball,
softball, track, tennis, golf, and cheerleading to publish on this site in
their own sections. These records will be published on the web site along with outstanding performances of the past and other
noteworthy information.
With this official launching of the site, we will use this home page section
to bring news, schedules, and outcomes of Red Devil teams to the readers as
well as any other news concerning Hawkinsville High School events. We
will also have pictures and other information on our teams. We want
this site to become Red Devil Athletic headquarters!
Thank you for visiting and do not hesitate to
contact Dwight, Shelly or myself with any feedback you may have. The site is
far from complete and some of the links may not much information as of yet.
Andy Hill
Dwight Gatlin
Shelly Berryhill
