East Lincoln High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Denver, NC)

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to finish 3rd in New Conference The climax of the season had to come in the final week when the Lincolnton game was postponed until the fol- lowing Monday. In a steady rain, a few devoted fans watched East Lincoln end seven years of frustration. East shut-out their bitter rival Lincolnton 21 to 0, making East the County Champions. The following Friday, in the seniors' last game, a group of determined players left their mark on the football program by setting several impressive records in a win over St. Ste- phens. This is one of the bet- ter groups we have had here, Coach Bolick stated. Their teamwork and togetherness have been outstanding. I feel really bad that we didn't ac- complish what we set out to do, which was to make the playoffs. East Dominates Lincolnton and West Lincoln for County Title!! A surprised Harvey Tarlton scrambles on a broken play. U3-r '5 ENDS Kneelzn RobRank1n jerr Woodb PatrzckBa1le r X V ll I! Standing Steve Hager Mark Mayo ., V x QLIARTERBACKS: jeff Warren, Keith Rendleman, Harvey Tarlton. j COACHES: Kneeling: Bruce Bolick, Nicky Baz- zle, Gary Fingen Derrick johnson. Standing: Mike Harrill, Gary Baldwin, james Herndon, Dusty - Xxx' . x . xx ig W eg' f'Q ki ' in isfiti 'lv Q far Gardner. i 1' 7 3' Jig v ' :,J 'W' ' fi ini v-Y, xi--W J' . , y gygy Z S. k 5163 9 2 i,i,32-e69if.,,e'i ae, i s--1 eif M zu ., 'wx N it .. i i f-Q is 1 .s-.s F ,ttst 1 A - . . T j.Vf FOOTBALL: First Row: Mark jackson, Doug Hancock, Sammy Beam, Steven Spivey, jay Barkley, Mike Nixon, Dale Parsons, Scott McClain, johnny Helms, Melvin Newman. Second Row: Chris Tins- ley, john David Bumgardnerg Mar- cus Burton, Brent Reel, Lee Beard, Mark Sherrill, Gary Readen Keith Rollins, Mike Griffin. Coaches: Der- rick johnson, Nicky Bazzle, Mike Harrill, james Herndon, Bruce Bo- lick, Gary Finger 97 X

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Coach of the Year Bolick resigns Good Luck, Coach we .i CENTERS: jason Heller and Todd Cleveland kai-4 m E553 si After 14 years of leading the Mustang football team into action, Coach Bruce Bolick decided to resign at the end of the 1985 season. Coach Bolick will be remembered by his players not because of the games won or lost, but for the influence he had on their lives. He taught his players about life using football as his classroom. The players would like to thank Coach Bolick and wish him the best in the future. TACKLES: Scott Hancock, Gary Stephens, jeff Wood, Rob Davis. SENIOR MLISTANGS Todd Cleveland, Ieff Warren, Steve Hagen Gary Stephens, Bobby Blanton, Iason Hellen Mark Mayo, Steve Melby, Stacey Ballard, Robert Burton, Harvey Tarlton, Rob Davis, Steve Cribb. ,ml gxt -. 1 me M. J 1 x 1' W Steve Hager takes a well-deserve break.