West Forsyth High School - Cronus Yearbook (Clemmons, NC)

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- continued from page 178 Friday, November 21, 1986: the dream ended. What transpired was the second and most painful of the season's setbacks. The week was filled with talk of another win and a showdown with number one ranked and undefeated Greensboro Page the following week. However, none of this was to be, as on a rainsoaked field in Char- lotte, the Titans saw their magical season come to a heart-breaking conclusion, 7-6. Afterwards, Coach Zeiters made this comment, The loss to Harding was ex- tremely disappointing. McKinnie getting hurt didn't help, but we all felt we still should have won the game. Everyone wanted to play Page. When Harding beat them the loss became even more disap- pointing. We were one of the four best teams in the statef' Nevertheless, this year's team will al- ways be remembered as one of, if not the greatest ever produced by the school. The people of this school and community will SlcphcnsmStudios LETTING OFF STEAM: Co-captain Phil Truiett cools off with a cup of water during the Davie game. West won in a close one, 24-17. l80fVarsity Football long remember the fluid speed of Herman McKinnie, and the versatility of Bobby Paige. They will recall the spirit and dedi- cation of Doug Sakowski and Jeff Ebert and the powerful leadership of Phil Truiett. And they will remember the thirty other seniors and the rest of the team that made this year so special. Obviously, no one will ever forget what this team stood for and what they accom- plished. They captured the hearts of their school and community. Perhaps Coach Zeiters summed it up best when he said, I've never seen a group of athletes come together the way this team did. The chemistry between the play- ers and the coaches was incredible. Every- one worked toward that common goal of a victory on Friday night. Everyone contrib- uted and nobody cared who got the credit. But that's the way it should be. And that's the way it was at West For- syth in the fall of 1986. 'FQ , ,Q gp .... ..

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1986 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM, FIRST ROW: Derrick Byers, Darrell Woods, Touron Gilreath, Ronald Scales, Jeff Beitel, Wade Dixon, Dennis Warren, Jimmy Ruark, Mark Wylam, Bobby Paige, Jeff Ebert, Herman McKinnie, Tony Archie, Mark Perry, Jeff Doty, Doug Sakowski, Jon Cornatzer, Kevin Wendelboe, Don Raines, Mark Cartner. SECOND ROW: Danny Vestal, Tony Taylor, Mark Phelps, Tony Walker, Kent Rothrock, Craig Bethel, Greg Hawkins, Greg Ruminski, Donald Carter, Mark Marzano, William Commodore, Michael Manning, Kevin Brown, Grant Halverson, Jay Stewart, John Crawford, Mark Bodford, David Stevenson, Brad Champaign. THIRD ROW: Butch Blackwell, Zegaro Aldrige, Jeff Patton, Greg Hill, Chris Wachter, Phillip Truiett, Wesley Moore, Steve Schmidlin, Cory Hart, Marty Bowen, Robert Marshall, Chris Legette, Renard Watson, Shannon Sapp, Roosevelt Williams, Matt Jones, Keith Pierce, Trey Parham, Dave McConnell. KNEELING: Mgr. Cheryl Allen, Mel Schroyer, Ed Doc Sugg, T.R. Richards, Del Long, Tom Henson, Gary Leach, Denny Zeiters, Ray Bell, Mgr. Kelli Owens. ' Holyncld studios lsbaau. .7 gg,,-gy-.,fg-hz,-u,,,5g.153myAs:yg4g?.,53:,,:5:,g:5,,W,,,,5g,,,,5,,,,5i.,,,:.mnfm.,,,,,:, H. .. V. ,. . ., -, N, - , . NV, Wm., , ' , .,.'w,fmw.w.:w,::Js,wm.,:'w,ew,ffwfmsfhisfmsem:m.m::w1 ,XM SCOUT O: In a preseason practice, Head Coach Denny Zeiters runs some plays to give the starting defense a look at what the opponent will do. The Scout O team was rewarded throughout the season when the opposition was held scoreless. FIRED UP: Brad Champaign, Corey Hart and Tony Taylor lead the rest of the underclassmen onto the field. The seniors went first as it was their final regu- lar season game at West Forsyth. The game was a good one with the Titans prevailing over the War Eagles of Davie by 7. SA X H P1 iz , Vyg K 1 .y W ig wi Q . 2rWHf:::f:'::Sf:fQfzvrieffffseasgfesruifrfKiefferDiffsffsgiizwrgwrznfiszysgiffggf riff.: g. , A .M V . M M , ., ,W .. M., e,,,,5s,w,,, ,,,w.3h,, ,,,,3s,,,M,, ., -,,r,,n, WDM, sw, , 0 ,,,,,,,v,,, 353,-gg,pggigfiiwgjgi Varsity Footballf 181