Six greats set for induction to VWSD Athletic Hall of Fame
Published 7:15 pm Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Six more Warren County sports legends will take their place among the best of the best on Thursday.
Michael Carter, Dale Erves, Larry Erves, Reginald Harris, Mark Smith and Emma Lee Wilson will be inducted into the Vicksburg Warren School District Athletic Hall of Fame.
The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. at the Ardis T. Williams City Auditorium. Tickets are $25 at the door.
Carter, and Dale and Larry Erves, will represent Warren Central. Carter starred in baseball, basketball and football; Larry Erves in basketball; and Dale Erves was a football and track standout.
Harris and Smith both excelled in football at Vicksburg High School. Harris also played baseball and Smith played basketball.
Wilson was a girls’ basketball star at Culkin Academy, which was open until 1964 when it was folded into Warren Central along with fellow county schools Redwood and Jett.
VWSD Hall of Fame inductees
c-Coach
Class of 2016
Tony Smith (Warren Central football)
Carl Blue (Warren Central football)
Sean Brewer (Warren Central football)
Cynthia Hall (Vicksburg basketball)
Barry Hassell (Vicksburg tennis)
Class of 2017
Michael Phelps (Vicksburg basketball)
Taylor Tankersley (Warren Central baseball)
c-Robert Morgan (Warren Central football)
Eddie Burns (Vicksburg football)
George Nasif (Vicksburg foootball)
Mary Logue (Warren Central basketball)
Jackie Pettway (Warren Central softball)
Class of 2018
c-Lucy Young (Warren Central softball, soccer)
c-Houston Markham, Jr. (Vicksburg football)
Michael Dottorey (Vicksburg football)
Sylvester Stamps (Vicksburg football)
Monique Varnado (Vicksburg track and field)
Class of 2019
Jay Hopson (Warren Central football)
James Jones (Vicksburg football)
Michael Sweet (Vicksburg football)
Justin Henry (Vicksburg baseball)
Jackie Martin-Glass (Warren Central basketball)
Gates Weaver (vicksburg soccer)
Class of 2020
Brian Darden (Warren Central football)
c-Cardell Jones (Vicksburg football)
Jamie Greer
c-Bobby Huell (Vicksburg football)
Kenneth Johnson (Warren Central football)
Makitta Wynn
Richard Blackmore (Vicksburg football)
Leo Cage (Warren Central football)
Class of 2021
Lum Wright Jr. (Warren Central football)
Keith Wright (Warren Central football)
Larry Carter (Warren Central football)
Marvin Flowers (Vicksburg football)
Casey Younger (Vicksburg football)
c-James W. Knox (Vicksburg football)
Jordan Henry (Vicksburg baseball)
Class of 2022
c-Robert Lee Erves, Jr. (Vicksburg football/powerlifting)
Arthur “Bobo” Harris (Vicksburg football)
Kelvin Reed (Warren Central basketball)
c-Dellie C. Robinson (Vicksburg basketball)
Jimmy Sweet (Temple/North Vicksburg football
Bowen Woodson (Vicksburg baseball/soccer)
Donna Brown-Wynn (Vicksburg basketball/track/softball)
Class of 2023
Kelli Campbell (Warren Central basketball/tennis/softball/soccer)
Joseph Johnson Sr. (Vicksburg football)
Michael Myers (Vicksburg football)
Harold Pickett (Warren Central football)
Alisa Scott (Warren Central basketball)
Kristin Chapman (Vicksburg soccer)
Roosevelt “Kip” Smith (Vicksburg football)
c-Alonzo Stevens (Vicksburg football)
Larry Warner (Warren Central football)
Class of 2024
Michael Carter (Warren Central baseball/basketball/football)
Dale Erves (Warren Central football/track)
Larry Erves (Warren Central basketball)
Reginald Harris (Vicksburg baseball/football)
Mark Smith (Vicksburg basketball/football)
Emma Lee Wilson (Culkin basketball)