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Tradition haunts Bazemore-Hyder Stadium

By Matt Winkeljohn
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Monday, October 20, 2008

VALDOSTA, Ga. -- As best as anyone knows, Jimmy Hoffa is not buried underneath the stands in Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, nor anywhere else near here. But someone or something may be under its Cleveland Field. The locals want it dug up. Since 1913, the Valdosta Wildcats are 842-194-34. They've won 23 state championships and six mythical national titles, with Wright Bazemore (1941-42, '46 to '71) and Nick Hyder ('74 to '95) as head coach for 21 of the state crowns and all of the national champi ...

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