Henrico High School - Totem Pole Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Thursday Night Thrills After a first game loss, the ninth grade football team exploded into a successful season. With the excellent leadership of Coaches Elam, Svor, and Criswell, the team finished with a 6-2 record. Hen- rico’s strong defense helped accomplish this by four spec- tacular shutouts. Coach Cris- well was quoted as saying, ‘‘It was the first time since the early 70’s that a ninth grade team has won six games. We finished as strong as any team in the league.”’ Henrico High will be seeing a lot more of these future varsity greats in the next three years. Upper: Front row: Charles Alexander, Eddie Gorman, Mike Smith, Mike Burke, Chris Shefelton, Jack Knight, Toney Benford, Jim Medlin, Harvey Franklin, Kenny Fleece. Second row: Randy Epps, John Hadra, Chris Baze- more, Mark Carter, Jeff Thompson, Preston Roy, Michael Richardson, Ted Leeson, Kevin Cason. Third row: Mr. Svor, John Delano, Nat Robinson, Charles Taylor, Courtnie Blain, Mr. Elam, lvan Kidd, Joe Franklin, Neal Wil- cox, Keith Latney, Dan Denmark, Mr. Criswell. Center left: The Henrico defense struggles to bring their oppo- nents to their knees. Center right: The ninth grade offense stretches for extra yardage. Lower: The team members anxiously await an opportunity to par- ticipate in the game. 171

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The Morning After The powerful B-Team of Var- sity football played success- fully on Saturday mornings. The B-Team consists of any varsity player who did not get a chance to participate on Friday night. They finished their sea- son with an excellent record of five wins and only one loss. Upper: Team members wait in anticipa- tion for their chance to enter the game. Lower: The offense and defense quickly change positions to keep the game going. 170

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i 72 The Cross Country team this year proved to be champions, with the aid of tri-captains Bill Hudson, Matt Rich and Bruce Sherrod. Coach Wagner led the team to an excellent record of 7-1. The team won first place in the District with the help of the number one runner, Matt Rich. The season was a SUuUC- cessful one for Henrico. Upper Right: Front Row Bruce Sher- rod, Bill Hudson, Matt Rich. Back Row Kahn Duong, Steve Gray, Bruce Elliot, Eric Frederickson, Brian Little, Dick McCracken, Timmy White, Tom Gar- rett, Coach Wagner. Center Left: Tom Garrett makes his way through the countryside. Center right: Timmy White goes toward the finish line. Eleven Is Enough!