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Georgia peeps, what's with Valdosta and this "Title town" stuff?
Posted on 8/14/17 at 4:04 am
Posted on 8/14/17 at 4:04 am
Was watching that Home beach buying show with the wife and the couple were from Valdosta.
They give their names and he says from Valdosta, and he chimes in with "Title Town"
What the f is she talking about?
They give their names and he says from Valdosta, and he chimes in with "Title Town"
What the f is she talking about?
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 4:11 am to SeeeeK
High school has won multiple state titles in football.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 4:12 am to SeeeeK
Scroll down a while and you'll see a bit on why it's called Title Town. I never knew why either. Much deserved for them it seems.
ESPN Title Town
ESPN Title Town
Posted on 8/14/17 at 4:19 am to SeeeeK
valdosta high school has won multiple state and national titles, Lowndes has won multiple state titles, Valwood high has won multiple state titles, and the college, Valdosta State University, has won 3 recent division 2 championships. All 3 high schools, along with the college, are in Valdosta.
Too lazy to look up the actual numbers on how many they have each won.
Hope that helped.
edit: OK, I looked it up.
High school football
Valdosta has a strong high school football tradition. The Valdosta High School Wildcats have one of the most successful high school football programs in the country with 913 wins, six national championships (1962, 1969, 1971, 1984, 1986, 1992,), 24 Georgia state championships between 1920 and 2016, and 41 region titles.[57]
Cross-town rival Lowndes High School have also built a strong program, winning five state titles since 1980 (including 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2007).[58]
Local private school, Valwood School has won five GISA state football titles in Class A (1985, 1986, 1999), Class AA (2012) and Class AAA (2015).[59]
The annual matchup between the two public high schools, Lowndes and Valdosta High, is known as the Winnersville Classic.[60] Valdosta leads the overall series 34-16 and 19-12 since 1981 when the annual match was named the Winnersville Classic.
Valdosta State University
Main article: Valdosta State Blazers
Football
Main article: Valdosta State Blazers football
The Valdosta State University Blazers have won a total of three Division II National Championship titles (2004,2007 and 2012) and have also have won 6 Gulf South Conference football championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010).
Tennis
Valdosta State University's Men's Tennis team won the 2006 and 2011 NCAA Division II national championships.[61] The team has also appeared in the national title game in 2004, 2007, and 2010.
Valdosta State's Men's Tennis team leads the Gulf South Conference with nine conference championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).[62] In 2011 the men's team became the first to win five consecutive GSC Championships in tennis.[63]
Baseball
The first baseball team at Valdosta State was formed in 1954 and had its first official season of intercollegiate competition in 1955. Tommy Thomas, became coach in 1967 and served as coach until 2007. Under Thomas, the Blazers saw 34 winning seasons, two conference titles, three Divisional titles, eight trips to the national tournament, and a Division II national championship in 1979. Thomas is the all-time wins leader in NCAA Division II baseball with 1302 wins. Greg Guilliams became VSU's head baseball coach in 2008 and won a Gulf South Conference East Division title in his first year and led Valdosta State to its first postseason appearance in seven years.[64]
In 1915 the Newark Peppers of the now defunct Federal League held spring training in Valdosta.[65]
Copied from the link in the above post.
Too lazy to look up the actual numbers on how many they have each won.
Hope that helped.
edit: OK, I looked it up.
High school football
Valdosta has a strong high school football tradition. The Valdosta High School Wildcats have one of the most successful high school football programs in the country with 913 wins, six national championships (1962, 1969, 1971, 1984, 1986, 1992,), 24 Georgia state championships between 1920 and 2016, and 41 region titles.[57]
Cross-town rival Lowndes High School have also built a strong program, winning five state titles since 1980 (including 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2007).[58]
Local private school, Valwood School has won five GISA state football titles in Class A (1985, 1986, 1999), Class AA (2012) and Class AAA (2015).[59]
The annual matchup between the two public high schools, Lowndes and Valdosta High, is known as the Winnersville Classic.[60] Valdosta leads the overall series 34-16 and 19-12 since 1981 when the annual match was named the Winnersville Classic.
Valdosta State University
Main article: Valdosta State Blazers
Football
Main article: Valdosta State Blazers football
The Valdosta State University Blazers have won a total of three Division II National Championship titles (2004,2007 and 2012) and have also have won 6 Gulf South Conference football championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010).
Tennis
Valdosta State University's Men's Tennis team won the 2006 and 2011 NCAA Division II national championships.[61] The team has also appeared in the national title game in 2004, 2007, and 2010.
Valdosta State's Men's Tennis team leads the Gulf South Conference with nine conference championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).[62] In 2011 the men's team became the first to win five consecutive GSC Championships in tennis.[63]
Baseball
The first baseball team at Valdosta State was formed in 1954 and had its first official season of intercollegiate competition in 1955. Tommy Thomas, became coach in 1967 and served as coach until 2007. Under Thomas, the Blazers saw 34 winning seasons, two conference titles, three Divisional titles, eight trips to the national tournament, and a Division II national championship in 1979. Thomas is the all-time wins leader in NCAA Division II baseball with 1302 wins. Greg Guilliams became VSU's head baseball coach in 2008 and won a Gulf South Conference East Division title in his first year and led Valdosta State to its first postseason appearance in seven years.[64]
In 1915 the Newark Peppers of the now defunct Federal League held spring training in Valdosta.[65]
Copied from the link in the above post.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 4:59 am
Posted on 8/14/17 at 4:50 am to SeeeeK
Valdosta HS has 24 State titles in football and has or had the highest winning % of a HS in the nation.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 4:52 am
Posted on 8/14/17 at 6:06 am to OptimusDawg
Win percentage? I thought it was just wins total?
Posted on 8/14/17 at 6:21 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Either way, frick this place
Posted on 8/14/17 at 6:29 am to UGADawg912
So that's where all of the luck in Georgia sports goes 
Posted on 8/14/17 at 6:31 am to SeeeeK
It also comes from the ESPN thing they did back in 07. We were a semifinalist because it was right after we won both major titles.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 8:13 am to SeeeeK
My last assignment in the Air Force was Moody AFB in Valdosta. When Valdosta High & Lowndes High played you couldn't buy a ticket if you offered someone $5K......seriously.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:27 am to SeeeeK
It's a Well Deserved High School and D II football reference.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:49 am to DuncanIdaho
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High school has won multiple state titles in football.
Both high schools have, actually.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:50 am to OptimusDawg
quote:John Bond was from Valdosta. Seems like we had another guy from there but transferred out.
Valdosta HS has 24 State titles in football and has or had the highest winning % of a HS in the nation.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:58 am to SeeeeK
Malcolm Mitchell played at Valdosta HS, among others.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:45 pm to SeeeeK
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They give their names and he says from Valdosta, and he chimes in with "Title Town"
What the f is she talking about?
What do you know, a Missouri fan that is ignorant of common Southern knowledge. Just pack it up and go to the MAC Mizzou
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:48 pm to BagMan69
Perhaps its just because Hal Mumme came from Valdosta but the OP really never heard of Valdosta State before?
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:48 pm to BagMan69
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What do you know, a Missouri fan that is ignorant of common Southern knowledge. Just pack it up and go to the MAC Mizzou
I agree with this.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:52 pm to deeprig9
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What do you know, a Missouri fan that is ignorant of common Southern knowledge. Just pack it up and go to the MAC Mizzou
LOL
see, in Missouri, we don't dick ride HS sports or College sports, we actually have successful Pro teams.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:55 pm to UGADawg912
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Cross-town rival Lowndes High School have also built a strong program, winning five state titles since 1980 (including 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2007).[58]
Damn Lowndes! They beat my high school in 1999 in the 2nd or 3rd round to go to the finals.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:57 pm to SeeeeK
Valdosta High is the Bama of HS football. They use to recruit players from all over, get their parents jobs, etc. There's not much else to live for there. Now they have one of the highest crime rates in the state, and don't win that many titles anymore. But they still call the town "Winnersville". It's all they've got.
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