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

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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

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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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UNLIMITED POTENTIAL: Quarterback Todd Haglan eludes a Glenn Bobcat in a 22-8 win. Todd also played defensive back and was honored because of his versatility by being moved up to the varsity. HEAD UP: The defense settles in for an onrush of Bobcats in an early season win over Glenn. The unit recorded two shutouts on the season against South Rowan and Reynolds. 21322 sf-Ttfifgrr 3285 5 5 ii: wg 30 33? iss? ,.,,,,-tt.. mt 55? 555 --5242543222 ts..,,f., .. U-..s:ei...sr.....:s-m,::-..4,t....f+-.:....5,,g- . .- A - . :sf-lizrzeiifizfsltiriffiifiiiirfis- Yi,--..x:wL'.--I-..segfftfp-g....f3,--:bfi,-sifw-isgfgssifsi..fm. -z.5:g.sf:as-s.f7f :tr 'ftiill' --:mer-f-f'g 2 f'fs---t5:-A-'firmf-sir--climb-Msze-Mass xanga, Argfgfsr:55,zf:3,.--:ggig:,.g,-ggssmzggiii-HS:-tggggJ..:,f5p sigi- sin. ity' if- 1 - - L .. -- - n:::::ri'?53-Yf..v:gQv t t -...Q-. , - t..--...fp--M,-1--fs:f,g-stef'-ang---,s:f-taste-ttcfA-..:::3-L.,ggi-.::f.--ts 1' : 4 21, V M-iw.-tciss---2f:f...sstfe-52:--Q.: f- --t. w..,,-f-...W-t.s..5-mt. was-M1..:.,...-sms:--....--s.. - Y ts .-.. 5---t,--fo.-.if-at .. . swf-'Q-seriffats:-fst::Gsmf?f1?aW2-222552152s+-H3.'fs-t::::- fiiftfwif my Yes. was ---rg 2 iw: -t ::. -- flft Q52 2 sfiwzfgtfsffff. sims? Rob Harr' F RUSTRATIG is The J.V. Gridiron Proved Disappointing As The Team Struggled Through The Season By Mark Cartner For most people frustrate means to bring to nothing, make useless or worth- less, or to defeat. However, to head J.V. football coach Tom Henson, his staff and his players, it was simply defined as a 4-4-2 final season record. Oddly enough, the ex- act same mark set by last yearls squad. It sort of leaves a bittersweet taste in your mouth, commented Sean Kelly, I mean you look at the final record and you canlt say we had a losing season but then you also can't say we had a winning season either. I really thought we would do better. I thought we deserved better, but that's the way it goes. Trying to figure out what went wrong or what did not go right is not easily done. However, if a reason need be given it would be inconsistency. The scoreboard is indicative of this. Twice the team won by two touchdowns or more. Four times they scored more than twenty points. And twice the defense recorded a shutout. Then there are the two wins that came by a touch- down or less. Andjust as the team won two contests by two touchdowns, they likewise lost two by the same margin. Finally there is the matter of the two stalemates. For less informed people, a tie in football is moderately rare. Most teams can count on averaging less than one a year. These J.Vfs have averaged two. Someone once l82fJV Football described a tie as being like kissing your sister. If that is so, not only did this year's team kiss its sister, but they hugged her too. Quarterback Todd Haglan responded, I really don't know quite what our prob- lem was this year. I thought after last year we would have gotten things together. We worked hard in practice, but it just seemed like we didn't get enough breaks. Even though we had a tough season I still feel good about our team and what we accomplished. Following the season's finale against Mt. Tabor, Coach Henson felt the pains of a what might have been campaign. Words like frustrating,' and disappoint- ingl' seemed to be his way of describing the season. But just before the last game he had this to say, I did not set goals as such. Although our basic objective is to teach our younger people our offensive and defensive system, I was hoping for a winning season. However, if this is not pos- sible I would like to feel that our kids have played well all year. The winning season lost and a losing one avoided, this yearis J.V. football team can be proud. They did all that was asked of them to the best of their ability and re- gardless of the final record, this dedication makes them winners.