East Rowan High School - Eastonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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the greatest grid season ever with cz 9-I record With ll returning lettermen, 4 transfers, 2 highly- rated sophomores, and a host of eager J.V. play- ers, Coach Clinels 1968 football team opens the gridiron season September 6 against county rival outh Rowan. Captained by ohn Morgan and Randy Misenheimer, the Mustan s initiate the season by bouncirgzg South 27-14. Igollowing the first encounter, oach Cline,s crew rolls over live North Piedmont Conference foes - West and North Rowan, Davie County, North Davidson, and Mooresville. The gridders' line of wins is halted when a rugged South Iredell team hands them the lone defeat of the regular season. After the dias pointing loss, East storms back, rollin over Nortg Iredell, North Stanley, and Central Davidson. With these impressive wins, the Mustangs capture East Rowan's iirst North Piedmont Con erence football cham4 plionship. On November l5th, East's stampeding ustangs tackle Thomasville in a quest for the North-South Piedmont crown. The Mustangs, able to score onl once, find themselves down 19-7 at halftime. Tn the second half, a revitalized team of Mustangs fights back valiantly, racking up 14 points while al owing Thomasville only one score. However, time runs out on the Mustangs as the final score stands, Bulldogs 25 - East 21. After another great victory, the players head joyfully toward the showers while accepting congratulations from Mr. Corriher. 137 'Q t ,N-W As the Mustang victories mount up, the crowds grow larger as loyal fans come out and support the Mighty Mustangs. We're number one, cries the crowd as the Mustangs march onward to victory at North Davidson. v get 'E Symbolic of an of'ficia1's bad call, Coach Cline's rage usually leaves his hat in this vulnerable position.

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Mighty Mustangs capture NPC championship 11 FIRST ROW Johnny Brown, Danny Shepherd, Ray Shinn, Carl Smith, Gene Ligon, Steve Barger, Wayne Wells, Jerry Sifford, Joey Ciaramello, C. M. Yates. SECOND ROW Coach Gilbert Sprinkle, Johnny Yarbrough, Leonard Lowman, David Bean, Terry Misenheimer, Randy Misenheimer, Chris Stiller, Perry Bernhardt, Larry Ketchie, Terry Deal, John Morgan, Jerry Holshouser, Vernon Bernhardt, Mike Cooke, Coach Phil Harbinson. THIRD ROW Coach Albert Neely, Harold Stirewalt, David Wood, June Sifford, Willie Lowe, Richard Baker, Rick McCulloh, Donald Basinger, Steve Statton, Donnie Bassinger, Dan Lesley, Robert Cecil, .lake Cauble, Steve Hinson, Keith Brown, Coach W. A. Cline. Yates boots an extra point which brings East a point closer to Coaches Cline, Harbinson, and Neely watch triumphantly as the Thomasville. The Bulldogs edge East 25-21. Mustangs chalk up another victory. East compiles a 9-I record. , ...M ff Jive, i WN.. 1

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Championshzp team boasts four ,K .g,,,,A 2 W K , A I rf4f,f-4iM1 ' Touchdown East is the crowd's cry as Halfback Jerry Sifford looks for an opening behind co-captain Randy Misenheimer East downs North Davidson 13412. against Central Davidson. East thoroughly trounces the Spartans 47-O. 1968 Schedule East 27 ..,..,,. South Rowan 14 East 7 , , ..., West Rowan 2 East 7 , , . Davie County 6 East I3 A , . , , North Davidson I2 East l2 , , . . North Rowan 7 East l3 . . . . .Mooresville 7 East 0 . . . . .South Iredell I9 East 55 . , . . .North Iredell 0 East 8 , . ,... North Stanley 7 East 47 . , . . Central Davidson O East 21 ,......, Thomasville 25 Portrayed in the surrounding pictures are action shots of ten of East's games. Sifford sweeps wide and outruns two North Iredell defenders as he heads for his third score of the night. The Mustangs completely mutilate the Raiders 5543. Sifford breaks away from a West lineman and looks for Danny Shepherd eludes the Davie defense as he races for the goal line. daylight. East slips by the Falcons 742. The Mustangs edge the Rebels 7-6 in a cliffhanger.