Tucker County High School - Tu Endi Wei Yearbook (Hambleton, WV)

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In Tucker County High Sports History: 1981 Regional Baseball Champs 01983 Girl's Basketball Team finished 21-1 01985 Varsity Football Team takes first trip to State AA Championship 1986 Varsity Football Team becomes State Runner-Up Victory is sweet! claims the Varsity Foot- ball squad after winning another one. The team finished with a record of 11-2 and another trip to Charleston to be in another championship game. Anxiously waiting to box out and pull down a rebound. Senior Dee Dee Lester shows what the correct defensive position is. Dee Dee was the leading rebounder for the Lady Lions and helped them finish the sea- son 18-6. Sports Divider 7

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Ekb l Viat Ei e ujoM i TaflcUta Abou fyou were to stop and ask some students what kind of year Tucker County had in sports, you would get tales of an exceptional year with major letdowns. After all, it's not every year we send a team to Charleston to compete in the Class AA Football Championship, although the team had gone two years in a row and this year fell short of being champs by losing to top rated Winfield. And it's not often you’ll find a girls basketball team that finishes 18-6 after winning their sectional and finishing with a heart breaking loss in Regionals to Berkley Springs. Only in Tucker County does a boy spend every spare moment trying to rebuild his basketball skills to help the team get to states after being shot in the side in a hunting accident last season as Eric Poling did. And how about the Girls Volley- ball Team? Although young and inexperienced, they had a terrific season. But oh, when students remember Tucker Sports, Jed Drenning’s name is sure to be mentioned. Jed was the quarterback for the Mt. Lions and earned the high honor of being named the best football player in the state of West Virgin- ia by claiming the Kennedy Award. To many, the sports are what make our school so proud and even though we have come up on the short end of the stick, we have NEVER TUCKERED OUT! A first for Tucker County High. Junior Tammy Long claimed a state champ title at the state track meet in Charleston in the 800 meter run. Charleston was like a second home to TCH Athletes. 6 Sports Divider

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For an encore When looking back on the past year's football season it seems to have closely resembled the season of the previous year. But little did most people know that that year was a very significant one in the football records of Tucker County High School. When looking at the season record most people saw 9 wins and one loss, but under the surface there was much more to consider. The season was an 8 and 0 opener, the best start ever of a season in the football records at TCHS. Counting the 7 games in a row at the end of the 1986 football season, and the 8 games won at the beginning of the 1987's season, our team had a 15 game winning streak. Adding up the points of the 1987's regular season, we finally broke the 300 point marker by scoring 301 points total. Our guys came back for an encore from 1986's show, but it seemed that the encore just wasnt enough but, to the senior players of 1988: Jim Ambrose (SE), Carmen DelSignore (FL), Jed Drenning (QB), Chop- per Evans (G), John Grafton (TE), Jeff Hardy (G), John Harper (G), Kevin Hebb (TE), Shawn Long (T), Allen Loughry (G), B.J. Maxwell (SE), Eddie Parsons (G), Scott Ramsey (T), John Rapp (C), and Del ton Rhoades (FB), a special thanks for your wonderful encore. Grafton 19-13 Musselman 28-14 Frankfort 18-7 Pocahontas Co. A Central Preston Elkins Cy 24-14 42-8 30-6 South Harris - Petersburg Southern Ma 42-14 38-6 26-33 Beall Md. 34-14 9 wins 1 loss 9-1 is the best season in the history of the school and though the boys are not completely sat- isfied. in the coming years they will realize how well they’ve really done. Coach Haddox 8 Varsity Football