Northwest Cabarrus High School - Dynamis Yearbook (Concord, NC)

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events. Lady Traoksters Enjoy Sanner Season coached by David lvlills, swept the sen the SRC Championship with an overall score of 'lDD points Nlichelle Rhyne the number one scorer of the year, led the Trojans this year by blowing all others Dverall this is probably the youngest track team I have ever had and the duality is tremendous. I am looking forward to coaching this group next year because they are true winners. Coach lvlills lvlost Valuable Field Rerformer which is a great honor When Coach lVlills was asked what was his most memorable moment in girls' track this year, he replied, The County lvleet, in The 'l SS7 Girls' Track Team, cus throw. lvlichelle Rhyne was cho- away in the field which the Lady Tro- jans beat Concord The Lady Trojans had a regular sea- son of five and two in the County Championship. They were also fourth at Conference lvleet which was held at East Rowan l-ligh School. lvlichelle Rhyne and Roxanne Davis were the only two All-Conference performers. Nlichelle Rhyne and Roxanne Davis continued to the State lvleet which was held at N.C. State Llniversity on lVlay SS, 'I SS7. lvlichelle Rhyne won the State shotput and Roxanne Davis broke the sectional record in the dis- l-ligh by two points and also when lvlichelle Rhyne received the honor of 'State Champ.' lVlark Forester Depth provided this year's Trojan Tracksters with an undefeated regular season as well as a County and Conference championship. Also, talent and desire provided the Trojans with sec- ond place in the State Sectionals, fourth place in the Albemarle Invitational, and fourth place in the State Regionals. The Track Team finished C31 st in the State IVleet. The year started off with a bang as the Trojans won over arch rival Concord by a mar- gin of SSVE points. The Trojans scored a victory in both the 'l SDD-meter run and SEDC-meter wan-if Af Front Flow: Silisa Caldwell, Angie l-lopper, Nesha Fleming, Alisha Dixon, Bebe Rucker. End Flow: Debbie Deal - scorekeeper, Angie Gillespie, Becky l-lunter, .Julie lvlurr, Annette Duke, Dawn Shepherd, Kristy Parker, Karen Holloway. 3rd Flow: Angie Spears, Jennifer Furr, Crystal Spears, Lavonne Gates, Coach David lVlills, Roxanne Davis, .Jennifer Cox, Karen l-lolleman. Not pictured - Michelle Rhyne. 'l 42 X Sports Angie Gillespie, a member of the cross countr team, runs the SDD-, 'l SDD-, and SEDD-mete runs. yn Secky Hunter, who did well in the 'l SDD-met run, also participated in the SCD-and C3220 meter runs.

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Take SRC and County I ,inior Frank Cunningnam, snown nere brforming tne triple jump, also participated in ie SCC-meter run, long lump, and tne 'I SCC- eter relay team. V 11 -'N fag: 1, I Soonomore Aaron Jordan, a first year oerformer in tne 'I IC nign nurdles, finished second in tne Conference lVleet. Tne Boys' Track Team celebrates a Victory af- ter winning the County fvleet at Kannapolis. The team also won the SRC Conference Nleet. Junior Anthony Carrington ran the 'ICC-and EOC-meters and anchored the AOC-and SCO- meter relays. l-le finished sixth in the State in the 'I CC meters. STATS I I :Q 'm--'mm , 1 ,un-al-, , f I I ! 4 I Rowan BSVQ West Rowan 'I 7 I 1 I NVV S4 Sun Valley 417 NVV S13 Sun Valley 513 East , Rowan 32 I NVV 'I 27 West Rowan E7 Central Cabarrus 21 NVV 'I EE! Central Cabarrus 'I S NVV 'I SS Forest Hills AC I NW 'I 134 Concord S716 East Eaet Rowan SS Central E1 ' Nw 1 1 e East Rowan 4C I Central Cabarrus 'I S ' Albemarle Invitational - NVV S5 U , Harding 'I 'I4 Salisbury IC7 S Sun Valley 'I C'l Sarringer S4 A.L. Brown EIS lvlount Rleasant i 213 Albemarle 'l E Soutn i I Stanly 5 Anson County 2 I County lV1eet - NVV S3162 A.L, Srown SS lVlount Rleasant SSVE Concord E54 Central 'I 7 I g Conference lvleet Y NVV 'I SC Sun I Valley 'I ES Concord SSVQ E I Forest Hills sa East If Rowan CBSVE West Rowan ES i Central Cabarrus EC . E C. mu.. dj- ,S , c-,e: Track X 'I 41

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I en Tre-icrzksstnrss Go llnilefc-za-atc-ad Pont: Row: Jeff Drye, Kevin Gilmore, Duane lVIiller, lVlark Forester, Eric French, Joe Cauble, Richard Smith. End Row: Kevin Edwards, Aaron gickson, Frank Cunningham, l.ee Ballard, Ricky Earnhardt, lvlichael Chubirko, Earl Rough, Carlos Nurse. 3rd Flow: Brian Scott, Ivlike lvloss, James Lireton, Srian Puckett, Todd Beaver, Derrick Wingler. Jimmy lvlisenheimer, Rodney Walker, Bob Burris - Ivlanager. 4th Flow: Terry Elakeney, Will i 'eshman John West became the first fresh- en to score over 1 CC points in a season. I-le :ored 1 OS points. run. Northwest doubled Sun Valley S4 to 47 in the season's second meet. John West, Anthony Carrington, and Duane IVlilIer won the third and fourth meets as they overwhelmed West Rowan and Central Cabarrus in the lvlontgomery, Randy Rayfield, Bryan Dill, lvlike Saucom, Allen Easley, John West, Srian Pilking- ton, Aaron Jordan, Sryan Kindley. Sophomore Sryan Dill, who advanced to the State Regionals, performed well in both the 1 SCC- and SECC-meter runs. The Conference lvieet was easily won as Northwest outdistanced Sun Valley by 131 points. Individual winners were lviark Forester in the high jump, Alexander in the discus, and fourth meet beating each by over 1CJCJ points. We also won our fifth meet. The sixth meet was incredible as Northwest scored 15S points against runner-up For- est I-lills, who had 4D points: East Rowan had 138 points and Central had 21. Freshman John West won three events, the high jump, 1 1C high hurdles, and BOO inter- mediate hurdles. The first regular season meet was a blowout as Northwest scored 'IOS points, East Rowan scored 4CJ. and Central scored They have pulled together There are a lot of friendships on the team I don t know of anybody who pulls for each other quite as well as not supposed to its like the Fourth of July Coach Shinn they do. If someone scores who is Carrington in the 10C- and EDCI-meters. Also winning were the 40C- meter team of Carring- ton, Gilmore, Nliller, and Chubirko. The winning SDC-meter team consis- ted of Carrington. Chubirko, Gilmore, and Eric French. All of these men were named All- Conference. Everyone made a contribution to the team effort. Alexan- der finished second in the triple. Jordan fin- ished second in the 'I 1C high hurdles, and French second in the 4OCJ-meter. All-Conference in- 1 S. Sryan Dill was a two-event winner in the 1 SOO-meter run and EEOC-meter run. When the Albemarle Invitational rolled around, the Trojans were ready. We were im- pressive but were only able to manage fourth place. Salisbury scored 'IO7 points, Harding scored 1 14, and Sun Valley scored 1C1 as Northwest scored S5 points, just outdistanc- ing Garringer. who had S4 points, Individually, there were several outstanding perfor- mances. Alexander finished second in the dis- cus and West finished second in the high jump, Third place finishers were Alexander in the shotput, Aaron Jackson in the 4CCJ-meter run, Cunningham in the SCO-meter run and finally the 4OC-meter relay team, The County Nleet was a breeze for North- west as they Won by a 24Va margin. Alexander, the IVIVF' of the field, won both the discus and shotput. Todd Beaver, the IVIVF' of distance, won both the 'I SCC-meters and EIECIC-meters. Aaron Jackson won the 40C and Carrington cluded Forester, Carrington, Chubirko. Gilmore, French, lVIiller, and Alexander. A tremendous number of the team made it to the sectionals. The top six people in each event ad- vanced to the regionals. Carrington won the 1OC and Forester won the high jump as the only individual winners. The SCC-meter relay team also won. Ivlany people made it to the regionals. The top four in the regionals went on to the State lvleet at Chapel I-lill. As the day progressed. only Forester, Alexander, French, Jackson. and Carrington were still in competition. On Saturday, lVlay 30, 1 SS7,the State Nleet was held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel I-lill. Cn this day a pair of iuniors emerged as top performers on their team. Carrington finished sixth in the 'ICC-meter dash and Forester finished sixth in the high jump. French finished seventh in the 40C- meter dash. Also Jackson finished eighth in the 4CC-meter dash and Alexander finished eighth in the shotput. Track X 1 413