Escambia High School - Escambian Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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Escambia Highis weightlifting team, in it,s third year of competi- tion, finished with a 2-3 record, and also placed second in the county lev- el and fourth in state level. We are getting better each year, last year We placed fifth in the state, and this year fourth in the state, commented Coach Phil Lanfurd. Escambia had six participants that qualified for the state meet. L 2 Weightlifting team places in district, state Lammar Williams placed first, Pat Moore placed second, Tim Lewis placed twelfth, Shawn Cross placed thirteenth, and Barry Melvin placed twenty first. I really enjoyed Working with the weightlifting team this past year, explained Mike Bainter. The Weightlifting team has really im- proved after last year, not just in strength but in unityi' 'U 2. Hi' N I ,,. 'i!'?f v -1. 1 opposite page: 1. Rhonda guides ball. 2. Nicole attacks ball. 3. We are number 1. 4. When will the game begin? 5. Who wants it? 6. Upsy daisy. 7. Kristi practices being goalie. 8. left to right: kneeling: Sabrina Abney, Tami Nichols, Michelle Horton, Kristi Lastinger, Shelley Ball, Carol Small, Tammy Jones, standing: Coach Bill Christofferson, Robin Bar- rows, Kelly Taylor, Tina Bragen, Dawn Barrows, Ami Stewart, Lonzelle Johnson, Nicole Elizondo, Dawn Audifferd, Alesha Justiss, Rhonda Owens, Team manager, Elizabeth Thomas, Coach Jane Ellen Bennet. this page: 1. Lyter keeps her bar up. 2. Williams gets ready. 3. Gator holds weights steady. 4. Sewell, wake up! 5. Weightlifters watch Wil- liams lift. 6. Williams thinks about match, 7. Lyter prepares for lift. 101

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For the first time in Escambia High Schoolls history there was a girls soccer team. The team finished the season with a 0-1-3 recrod. This team has improved greatly over the past year, explained Mr. William Christofferson, head coach. We went from five exper- ienced and eleven unexperienced players to a team that can compete in the district. The team consisted of 17 mem- bers including: one junior, 15 sopho- mores, and one freshman. The team members were:,,Sabrina Albney, Dawn Audiffred', Shelly Ball, Dawn wwmN , Nicole-E12 gangg, Michelle Harton, IQnzell9 - Y Girls soccer is new sport at Escambia .lah-nson..aVTamm ones Algsa Jus- -tiss. -Kristi Lasungq, Tam-my Nr. -1hoE,Klp , Carol Small Ami Stewart, Kelly Taylor. Even though we are a first year team, we got in there and showed them that We have Gator spirit! ex- plained Robin Barrow, sophomore. The team played in matches against: Washington fthree timesjg Gulf Breeze Qfive timesjg Woodham fthree times? and Foley High ftwicej. Sixteen girls lettered. UI know that we didn't win a game, but we still have team spirit and that great Gator pride, ex- plained Kristi Lastinger, sopho- more. 4 --- ,ty e 100

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The Gators made history this year. They were ranked No. 1 in the state and at the same time were ranked No. 1 in the nation. Reaching the No. 1 position in the U.S.A. out of 14,900 high school teams, commented Coach Dwight Thomas. That was the big thing to accomplish this year. Besides the national ranking, the Gators were featured by the sports channel ESPN. The channel inter- viewed Joey Frederick, linebacker, and Emmitt Smith, running back on the football team and its anti-drug program. ESPN aired the interviews nation-wide in the fall of '86. The team finished the year with a 10-1 record. The only loss was with Pensacola High, 17-10. The loss at PHS cost the Gators the district ti- tle and a chance at a third consecu- tive state championship. I have enjoyed playing football here at Escambia for the past four years, stated Smith. There are no key players and we all played to- gether as a team. 1: 'ww ' rlfffllgf -.,, ,., 1 Li' W ' ,M V , raw History is Made With Top National Ranking The Gators, however, did go on to compete in the First Annual Florida Classic held at the University ofV Florida in Gainesville. The team de- feated Cardinal Newman. Emmitt Smith was presented the Most Valu- able Player award at the end of the game. Though the Gators did not clench a third state title, the team 's other accomplishments proved 1986 to be the Year of the Gator. This year has been both exciting and disappointing, stated Mark White, offensive lineman, I wish it could have been better, but all-and- all, it was great. '-x 102 , 44, - I I I , ' 1 7 L elf- ' 'W' 4.5, , , Kam S , , 5 r , - :pa e ' 'f ' f -fslgdsl f