Warner Robins football players, cheerleaders plan second Demons reunion

Warner Robins High School will be holding its second Demons Through the Decades reunion to celebrate the legacy of the school’s football and cheerleading programs.

The first reunion was held in summer 2014. Price said the idea started as a way to reconnect football team members. The event also is a fundraiser for the Touchdown Club.

“At your class reunion you see the people you graduated with, but a football player interacts with other players on a team who are older and younger, so this is a chance to come back and see each other,” Price said.

Price emphasized that while the reunion is for football players, cheerleaders and coaches, anyone is welcome to attend.

The Demons Through the Decades Reunion will be held on July 30 starting at 3 p.m. at Warner Robins High School. There will be time to socialize and tour the school’s facilities. A silent auction is planned and the auction items will be available for viewing.

About 5 p.m., the group will gather in the gym to listen to former coaches Robert Davis, Richard Fendley and Stan Gann reminisce about the 1976 national championship team. WMAZ’s Marvin James, a Warner Robins High School graduate who played football for the Demons, will emcee.

The Demons went 13-0 in 1976 and won the state championship by beating Griffin 34-0. Warner Robins outscored its opponents that year 614-86. The team would go on to be named the National High School Football Champion.

“We knew that we were going to have a good football team that year,” said Fendley. “We had a lot of injuries early on, and in the first couple of games we struggled. We had to use some players that had not played up until that year. But they got better every game and we improved as a team as we went along in the season. We got in the playoffs and we really played well, and that’s what you need to do to win a championship. We didn’t have a bad game in the playoffs.”

Fendley said the then-Macon Telegraph notified the school of its selection as national champions.

Dinner will be served at the reunion followed by remarks from Mike Chastain, head football coach at Warner Robins High School. The evening will conclude with another opportunity to socialize and group photos of players by decade.

The Demons Through the Decades reunion is open to anyone who has supported the Demon football program, with an emphasis on former players, coaches and cheerleaders. For more information, call 478-396-2467. Tickets are for sale at www.robinsfootball.com.

This story was originally published April 19, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Warner Robins football players, cheerleaders plan second Demons reunion."