September 23, 2010
Star Staff Report
WINCHESTER- Four athletes, the school’s first football coach, and the original “voice of the Colonels” will be inducted Friday into the P. Wendell Dick Athletic Hall of Fame at James Wood High School.
Ceremonies begin with a reception at 5 p.m., followed by the 5:45 p.m. induction ceremony at Donald H. Shirley Gymnasium.
The inductees also will be recognized at halftime of the Colonels’ home football game against Warren County, which kicks off at 7 p.m. at Jerry L. Kelican Stadium. Following is a bio on each inductee:
Wayne G. “Ted” Reed
A member of the Class of 1962, Reed was selected to the Hall of Fame for his excellence in football, basketball and baseball.
He was the Colonels’ quarterback from 1959-61 – leading the team to a district championship in 1959 – and also excelled at cornerback for three years.
He also earned three varsity letters in baseball and one in basketball. In 1961 he helped lead the Colonels to a second-place finish in the district baseball playoffs.
After high school, Reed earned degrees from D.S. Lancaster Community College and Shenandoah University. He was named to the Who’s Who in government in 1990, Outstanding Young Men of America in 1971, and Outstanding Men of the South in 1975. He was named Outstanding Community Leader of the Year by the Chester County, Pa., Transportation Management Association in 2009.
Richard “Lee” Woolf
A member of the Class of 1969, Woolf excelled in cross country and track in the late 1960s and later won numerous awards as sports writer and sports editor for the Fredericksburg Freelance-Star, where he worked for 33 years.
Woolf earned three varsity letters in cross country and track. In 1967 he led the James Wood cross country team to a second place finish in the Northwestern District, and in 1968 he helped the Colonels win their first state championship in any sport.
He was also a key distance runner on the Colonels’ 1968 track team that won the Northwestern District title and finished second in the state. Woolf set a school record in the 440-yard dash (51.1), a mark that now ranks sixth on the school’s all-time list for the event.
He also ran on the mile relay team that won the district and placed third in the state in both ’68 and ’69. His indoor mile relay team won the state title in ’69.
After high school, Woolf lettered in track at Virginia Tech, where he ran the 880-yard dash in 1:58. An injury ended his collegiate running career, but he continues to run an average of three miles per day.
Kenneth Thomas Sine
A member of the Class of 1984, Sine excelled in football, basketball and baseball.
He earned two letters in football, and in basketball he was a four-year letterman with 482 career rebounds and 983 career points. He received the James Wood Athletic Association Basketball Award in 1983.
Sine received James Wood’s baseball award in both 1983 and ’84. He finished his high school career with a .355 batting average, 34 RBIs, seven home runs, and five triples. His best single-season batting average was .407, which currently ranks 15th on the school’s all-time list.
After high school, Sine played basketball for three years at Roanoke College.
Ana Lane Litton
A member of the Class of 1990, Litton is being inducted for her excellence in basketball, volleyball and softball, and for her distinguished achievements both as a player and coach at the collegiate level.
In basketball, she helped lead the Colonels to perfect 20-0 seasons her sophomore and senior years. She was named The Winchester Star Player of the Year in 1989 and still ranks in the Colonels’ top 10 all-time in career points (736), single-season points (368), and single-season scoring average (18.4).
In softball she was named all-area, all-district, and all-region in 1990 and played in the state’s East-West All-Star Game.
After high school, Litton had a distinguished career in basketball and softball at Longwood College from 1990-94. Her many collegiate achievements include being named Kodak Honorable Mention All-American in basketball, National Weekly Basketball Gazette Division II Honorable Mention All-American, and first-team VaSID College All-State.
She ended her collegiate career as Longwood’s all-time leading scorer in basketball (1,615 points) and was named Female Athlete of the Year three consecutive years. In softball, she also was named the team’s most valuable player in 1991 and was named a GTE Academic All-American in 1994.
After college, she coached numerous sports at Shenandoah University, Washington & Lee University, Randolph-Macon College, and Dominican University in Illinois.
In 2005, she was the assistant coach of the Randolph-Macon women’s basketball team that finished as the Division III national runner-up.
Harry W. “Red” Caughron
Caughron, who is being inducted posthumously, was the first 11-man football coach at James Wood High School (1950-51).
His team lost its first four games but then turned the season around by winning four of its last five.
While at James Wood, Caughron also coached basketball, baseball and track, and he served as athletic director.
Caughron went on to coach five years at George Washington High School, one year at Hammond High School, and then 31 years at Woodberry Forest, where his prep teams amassed a record of 217-56-7. He was honored eight times as Virginia Prep League Coach of the Year.
Prior to coaching, Caughron played freshman football at William & Mary before joining the Army in 1943. He later returned to William & Mary and co-captained the team that defeated Oklahoma State in the 1948 Delta Bowl.
Caughron was inducted into the William & Mary Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
He died in May at the age of 88.
Godfrey V. Prelip
Prelip was the voice of the Colonels for more than 20 years.
He co-founded the James Wood Touchdown Club in 1954, along with Principal Paul Beable and Athletic Director Archie Manuel. Prelip served as the first president of the Touchdown Club, and he remained active with Colonels sports as public address announcer.
Prelip died in 1980.