Chocolate Thunder Classic pays tribute to Evans High greats | Varsity Weekly
Evans High athletic director Greg Thompson remembers the 1970s day when he and his middle school age friends stayed after school and hid in the gym at what was then a grades 7-12 Apopka Memorial School to see Darryl Dawkins play a basketball game. Dawkins was a 6-10, 245-pound man-child who made Evans almost unbeatable in the Trojans 1974-75 state …