Bay County all-time sports greats: Who did fans vote for to join schools' 'Mount Rushmore'?

With the News-Herald "Mount Rushmore" series coming to a close, the people have decided who should be the fifth face on the respective athletic programs. With a project like this, it proved it isn't easy to only have four names to define programs that span decades.

We have scoured the comment sections of social media posts and emails, which led to the creation of a section called the "Must-Haves", which includes names who did not make the initial four but a list without them would be an absolute disservice to the community if we did not include.

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Arnold

Mount Rushmore: Coach James Hale, Jeremy Hester, Coach Joshua and Donka Flaig, Coach Jonathan Hammond.

Poll Winner: Carson Dorsey

Must-Have: Coach Bill Thomas, Coach Jeff Skipper, Braden Masker, Ashley Troutman, Coach Candice Edmundson.

Bay

Mount Rushmore: Coach John Cobb, Kelly Landry Mehrtens, Tashia Morehead, Coach Misti Wonders

Poll Winner: Janarius Robinson

Must-Have: Coach Jim Scoggins, Mack Pittman, Anwar Stewart, Jimmy Barr.

Bozeman

Mount Rushmore: Chandler Burkett, Coach Jeff Patton, Coach Jason Griffin, Coach Courtney Russ.

Poll winner: Trey Power

Must-Have: Joe Carpenter, Peyton Gay, Gracie Richmond, Jacob Martinez.

Mosley

Mount Rushmore: Coach Bob Hunt, Coach Doug Lee, Gene McGuire, TJ Rush.

Poll Winner: Coach Bill Graff

Must-Have: Coach Clint McCrory, Nick Hejke, Coach Jim Redfern, Coach Harry Frank.

North Bay Haven

Mount Rushmore: Coach Butch Bernard, Margaret Bartlow, Chris Bibbs, Coach Zane Turnipseed.

Poll winner: David Mercado

Must-Have: Justin Witt, Declan Houchins, Coach Bennie Sanders, Coach Aaron Paille.

Rutherford

Mount Rushmore: Shakirah Edwards, Coach Rhondie Ross, Javien Elliott, Will Witherspoon.

Poll Winner: Alonzo Johnson

Must-Have: Coach Steve Hardin, Jatavious Wilson, Doug Nettles, Robert Flemming.

Banji Bamidele is a sports reporter for the Panama City News Herald. He can be reached at abamidele@gannett.com or through X, formerly known as Twitter, @AdebanjiBamide1.