Pine Forest High School - Pifonoca Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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e Cjsgat 'tt Claiming the Conference Championship, Sonni Dyer crosses the tinish line first as Channel 40's sports reporter films the action. Determined to finish with another perfect score, Tracy Hunt, Tripp Culbreth, and Gregg lfarnifvr push it to the max at tlie Sectional liflcrct. STATE CHAMPS! Cross Country . . . most people cringe at the letters that spell out such agony, but there are others whose taces light up with remembering a season which resulted in 122 victories without a single defeat. 'From the tirst day we all met at practice in August, I knew something was difter- ent, recalls senior Tracy Hunt. The first meet proved this to be true as the Trojans placed lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th to score a pertect l5. Little did they realize that this would happen eight more times during the seasoni As they won each regular sea- son and invitational meet, the harriers never lost sight of that linat goal, the State Championship. Filling the tall months were interval training, LSD runs, and the sense of the team becoming a family. t'We kept our feet on the ground and our sights set high, said senior captain Sonni Dyer, ln the Conference Meet, they ran over all opponents by once more scoring a per- tect l5, the first ever in a conference meet. Second year coach Mickey Stoker's main objective was keeping the already finely tuned team healthy and injury tree. ln the Sectional the Troians once again thoroughly disposed oi an assembly of 35 teams from the eastern part ot the state by dominating with another perfect 15, Sophomore Tripp Culbreth remarked, It was a rude awakening for some teams, a pleasant surprise for us. Not only was it a pleasant surprise, but also a new school, sectional, and state record. ln Charlotte at the State Meet, the Golden Express scored 59 points, win- ning the tirst State Championship in school history, Coach Stoker summed it up, its a dream come true. V

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e Qsflfiksrl. REBUILDING Ist Row: Tawanda Whitehead, Stacia Acker, Linda Bowers, Coach Mickey Stoker, lenny Vickie Shielcls, Tonya lones, Ienny New, Deionq, Lorx Thomas, Pam Vance, Manager Matlockp 2nd Row: Darlene Grindel, Running to rebuild, the girls cross country learn placed 4th in the conference this year, despite the graduation of so many exper- ienced runners from last years' championship season. With only one senior the team lacked the experience and leadership need- ed to place them above other Mid-South contenders. They should be competitive in 86-87 as all but one runner returns. Running in the conference meet is Tawanda l Wh1lcehead. l 160 Sports