BERRYVILLE, Va. — Four athletes who competed on state championship teams and
graduated in 2007, a championship coach and two long-time contributors will be
inducted into the Clarke County Athletic Hall of Fame at the induction ceremony
Friday during the Eagles’ football game against Manassas Park at Wilbur M.
Feltner Stadium.
The Hall, started in 1990, has 163 members. A pre-game reception, sponsored
by the Bank of Clarke County, will be held before the game and the inductees
will be recognized at halftime.
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| Simon Biddle-Snead Photo Moe Murphy/CCS |
Simon Biddle-Snead
No track and cross country athlete at Clarke County can equal Biddle-Snead’s
career as he captured six individual golds and three silvers in helping the
Eagles win five team titles.
In cross country, he won a pair of state titles and was runner-up once.
As a sophomore, he was undefeated in district, regional and state
competition as he led the Eagles to the state team title. He followed that up
with another stellar year as a junior, again claiming district, regional and
state titles as Clarke defended its team title. In his senior year,
Biddle-Snead was injured and could not compete at districts, but won regionals
and placed second at states. He helped the Eagles win their third straight team
crown.
He was The Winchester Star’s Cross County Runner of the Year in his final
three seasons.
Biddle-Snead was also a standout during the track season.
As a freshman, he won both the 1,600 and 3,200 at districts. He won the
3,200 at states and was fourth in the 1,600.
As a sophomore he was again Bull Run district champion in both the 1,600 and
3,200 as the Eagles won the district title. He defended his title in the 3,200
and placed second in the state meet as the Eagles placed second.
He led the Eagles to their first state track & field title as a junior,
winning the 3,200 for the third straight time and placing second in the 1,600.
He won both of those events at the district meet.
He captured his fourth consecutive 3,200 gold and took bronze in the 1,600
as the Eagles defended their state title in 2007. He won both events at
districts.
He attended the University of Virginia and competed on its track and cross
country teams his freshman and sophomore years.
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| Leslie Hardesty-Kerr Photo by Moe Murphy / CCS |
Leslie Hardesty Kerr
Leslie Hardesty Kerr was a four-sport athlete, participating in volleyball,
basketball, track, and soccer.
She was a four-year varsity starter and two-time team captain in basketball,
a four-time all-state pick in soccer, a two-year letterman in volleyball and
lettered her only season as a freshman in track.
In basketball, she helped lead the Eagles to a state runner-up finish in
2006. Despite missing part of her senior season after a soccer injury the
previous spring, Hardesty Kerr helped the Eagles capture their first state basketball
crown in 2007.
In soccer, Hardesty Kerr was part of two state champion teams as a sophomore
and junior and part of a runner-up team as a senior. She was Bull Run Player of
the Year and State Player of the Year and Winchester Star Player of the Year as
a junior. She was selected for the VHSL All-Star game and was the Virginia
Wendy’s High School Heisman winner.
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| Taylor Warner-Whitworth Photo by Moe Murphy/CCS |
Taylor Warner Whitworth
Warner Whitworth lettered in volleyball, basketball, track and field and
soccer. In her four years, she competed in seven state championships and her
teams won four state titles.
She lettered three years in basketball. As a junior, she was Bull Run
District MVP and first team All-State as she helped the Eagles to a state
runner-up finish.
As a senior, she repeated as Bull Run District MVP, was VHSCA Co-Player of
the Year for Group A and The Winchester Star’s Player of the Year as the she
led the Eagles to the state title. She was the area leader in steals and was
selected to the VHSCA All-Star game.
She was a varsity starter in soccer all four seasons as Clarke won four
straight district titles. She helped the Eagles win a pair of state titles
(2005, 2006) and place second (2007).
She competed in track in her sophomore and senior seasons. As a sophomore
she set a school record in the triple jump. As a senior, she won district
titles in the high jump and triple jump and was part of the winning 4x400 relay
team. Individually, she placed sixth in the high jump (tying a school mark) and
eighth in the triple jump at states. The 4x400 team won the state title,
breaking a school mark.
In volleyball, she was a three-year varsity starter.
She went on to play basketball for one year at University of Mary
Washington.
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| Christian Waters Photo by Moe Murphy |
Christian Waters
Waters participated in both track and basketball, helping the Eagles net a
pair of state titles.
In basketball, he lettered his junior and senior years for the Class A
champs. His steal with 20 seconds left led to the Chandler Rhoads’s
game-winning basket with 12.6 seconds left in the 2006 title game.
As a senior, Waters was Bull Run District Player of the Year and first team
All-State. He led the area in assists, blocks, and shooting percentage. He set
a state tournament record with 24 blocks over the three-game tourney and set a
school mark with 294 blocks in just two seasons.
He competed in the shot put in track as a senior.
He went on to play basketball at Ferrum College.
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| Tim Lawrence Photo Moe Murphy/CCS |
Tim Lawrence
Lawrence coached three sports at Clarke, but was outstanding as girls’
basketball coach from 2004 to 2013, leading the program to three Finals Fours,
one runner-up finish and a state title in 2007.
His second season he led the team to a school record for victories and a
state runner-up finish with a 29-1 record. He was honored as Bull Run District
and Winchester Star Coach of the Year. The following year, he led the team to
the district, regional and state titles. He received district, regional, state
and Winchester Star Coach of the Year honors.
In 2012-13, the team advanced to the Final Four and he was again The
Winchester Star Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year. In nine seasons, he had a
159-74 record. Seven of his players went on to play at the college level.
He also coached boys’ tennis for three seasons and boys’ JV basketball from
1997 to 2004.
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| Moe Murphy Photo by Doug Aylestock |
Michael “Moe” Murphy
Murphy founded Clarke County Sports in 2003 and the website has run
continuously since 2003. It has covered virtually every sport at one time with
continuous coverage of the football program since 2003. Murphy also covered the
high school for several years as a reporter/photographer for the Northern
Virginia Daily and as a reporter, photographer, and eventual sports editor of
the Clarke Courier. The school created the Moe Murphy Journalism Scholarship in
2007 in his honor, annually awarding a deserving Clarke County journalism
student with a scholarship.
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| Barry Deuel Photo via Twitter |
Barry Deuel
Originally serving on football sidelines beginning in 1983 while regularly
treating injured athletes at his Winchester Physical Therapy and Sports
Medicine facility, Deuel has delivered hands-on treatment of Clarke County and
local team athletes. Besides his support and assistance at Clarke County
sporting events, his membership, training, and participation literally all over
the world has made Deuel invaluable with his knowledge and management of sports
injuries.
