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Contents 1 Born and raised 2 Football 2004 3 J.D. Drew 4 Past population

[edit] Born and raised

This is where I was born and raised. Ortolan88

[edit] Football 2004

Does anybody outside of Valdosta with half a brain really care about this silly football team. Get a life.

• i grew up in central florida, another hotbed of high school football and valdosta's football program was very well known throughout the southeast.in most cases i think mentioning a hs football team in a city article would be vanity, not the case with valdosta. Jcam 14:37, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

".500 winning percentage five out of the 86 years." "5 out of 86 must be an error". Bubba73 18:04, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

Anybody with half a brain outside Valdosta? That's a very unfair generalization of football and sports fans in general. High School football is very important in Valdosta just as it is in MANY cities across the United States. I'm sure there are many in parts of Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California among others who would be quick to agree.

As New York City is known as "the Big Apple" and The "Windy City" is Chicago Valdosta is known as "Winnersville" BECAUSE of the football programs of Valdosta High and Lowndes High to not mention them in an article about Valdosta would be akin to NOT mentioning the beaches in an article about Miami. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.212.213.40 (talk) 03:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] J.D. Drew

He is actually from Hahira, his mention on the Valdosta page should be moved to the Hahira page. Others agree? --Mjrmtg 15:57, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't agree, the article really discusses the greater Valdosta area. --Stang281 07:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

My first reaction was that he should stay, however, if he is from Hahira, he should be moved to the Hahira page. The page is titled Valdosta, not the greater Valdosta area, if Hahira has it's own page, that is where he should go. That's cool though, i didn't know that. Marky1991 23:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

My father and daughter were born in Hahira. My Father would never say he was from Valdosta. Since J.D. played his High School Baseball with Lowndes High School, and his MLB.com mini-bio referes to "his hometown of Hahira, GA", I say take him off. Samatva 22:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree, he should only be listed on Hahira's website. --Mjrmtg 23:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree, he went to Hahira Elementary. - Presidentman 22:29, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

All 3 of the Drew brothers Tim Drew, Stephen Drew and J.D. Drew must all be from Hahira. Two of their pages say Valdosta. Anybody know what city all 3 of them are from? Can anyone provide "citations"? --Mjrmtg (talk) 11:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Past population

That is not organized. Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 19:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Is there another small table that would go better there? Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 19:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)