Lanier High School - Largus Yearbook (Bessemer, AL)

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Trophies Awarded of Football Banquet Some of Lanier's talent was rewarded at the y - l , annual football banquet sponsored by the 3 i 6 J L M E Boosters Club. The most valuable defensive if Mike Dennis. Cedric Stevens, half-back, won the award for most valuable offensive player. Head Coach Bill Andrews and Wayne Chapman, president of the Lanier Boosters Club made speeches bringing out the highlights of the season and rating it as the best Lanier has yet had . The letters were given out to all players who had ranked highly enough during the season. Everyone should be proud of this year's team . player trophy was given to defensive tackle, 'f C C' iii A ii E R S o lssl :rn-il 24

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Team Barely Missed State Playoffs! Had Best Record Ever at Lanier! gg, it xx Eff Nm a With late season losses to Vestavia and Hueytown, the closest shot Lanier footballers had to state playoffs fell inches short. The last pep rally was an emotional one for the seniors, remembering that it was their last . . . ever. After the end of the season six Lanier players were honored by the Birmingham News for their ability: Frank Manzells, Cedric Stevens, Mike Dennis, Charlie Williams, Greg Watkins and David Lawley were ranked on the All-Independent team . Also Mike Dennis was on the All-State honorable mention team. The year's team was definitely one to remember. v rl' , .hh .5 5' jx 4 f ff : sum. AF

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Students Abandon Classrooms for Additional Information The Humanities I classes journeyed to a piece of the old South preserved at B1r mingham's Arlington Antebellum Home and used their observations along with reading Gone With The Wind to enliven their studies of the South before during and after the Civil War. Also going off campus, selected Biology students attended a Regional Energy Conservation Seminar and presented to their classes the rnforma tion they received . 1 Q I if A W 25