Conference Championships

How has Cabarrus County fared against the WONDERS?
   1968-2009  NW Cabarrus 3-34-1(last win by NW was in 1976)
   1981-2009  Central Cabarrus 0-21(didn't play each other in '85-'88 and '01-'04)
   1931-2009  Concord 39-36-4
   2005-2009  Mt. Pleasant 0-3
   2004-2009  JM Robinson 0-5
   2007-2009  Hickory Ridge 0-3
   2009-2009  Cox Mill 0-1

How has Rowan County fared against the WONDERS?
   1961-2009   S. Rowan  8-39-2
   1981-2004   E. Rowan  4-16
   1965-2005  W. Rowan  1-14
   1962-2004  N. Rowan   5-16
   1930-1992  Salisbury/Boyden  15-15-3

Statesville/Kannapolis series
WONDERS lead the series with the Greyhounds 37-12-1 through 2009.

Kannapolis/Mooresville series
WONDERS hold a 15-8 total lead from 1952- 2008. They played every year from 1952(when Brown opened) through 1967(K-town won 10 games to 6). They again played from 2001-2004(K-town won 3 games to 1) when they were both in the NPC. They met in the 1st round of the 2006 playoffs with Kannapolis winning. K-town won the 2007 non-conference game 29-26.

How has Union and Anson Counties fared against the WONDERS? 
2005-2008 Anson County 3-6  (0-5  '81-'84, and '03 playoff game) 
2005-2008 Sun Valley  1-18  (0-15  '81-'84, '86, '89-'94, '97-'00)
2005-2008 Parkwood  0-6   (0-2  '93, '94)
2005-2008 Piedmont  0-8   (0-4 '97-'00)
2005-2008 Porter Ridge 0-4 
2007-2008 Marvin Ridge 0-3 (2008 playoff loss 21-13)

                                      LUG LEAZER AWARD 

                                                                         
The Award is presented in memory of one of the most outstanding football players in Kannapolis gridiron history. Lug Leazer received the praise of his teamates, coaches, and rival players for his outstanding sportsmanship and ability. He was also a leader at school, serving as president of his Junior and Senior classes.

While playing for the Little WONDERS, Leazer served as captain in 1935 and was named to the All-South Piedmont Conference at a tackle post. He also made the all-conference squad during the 1934 campaign.

Among the other laurels to be gained by the hard-hitting tackle were selections to the all-state team in 1935 and being named a member of the North Carolina team for the 1935 Shrine Bowl football game in Charlotte.

After graduation from Kannapolis High, Leazer enrolled at Duke University and starred in football until he entered the Army Air Force during World War II. He served as a B-24 pilot. He was shot down while on a mission over Austria on June 26, 1944 and was declared dead one year later.

A group of his classmates and teamates then decided to give the Harold "Lug" Leazer Memorial Trophy each year to a Kannapolis football player in an effort to promote better sportsmanship.

The Leazer Award is the highest honor that can be paid to an athlete at Kannapolis. The winner is selected by his teamates for his outstanding leadership both on and off the field. There is a list of rules regarding the selection of the trophy winner. The list of rules are read to the members of the football team each year before they make their selection. The rules call for the player to be selected on the basis of his leadership, sportsmanship, and outstanding Christian virtues. The members of the football team vote by secret ballot and the winner is not named until the special assembly program each year.

Thanks to Keith Baker(class of 1957) for this information!

1946 Lowell Lovin	1969 Haskel Stanback	1992
1947 John Ray Chambers	1970 Steve Hart	1993
1948 Dennis Day	1971 Richard Combs	1994
1949 Bill McGinnis	1972 Danny Hamrick	1995
1950 Buzzy Yarborough	1973 Chip Sigmon	1996
1951 Benny Wright	1974 Chuck Rodgers	1997
1952 Clark Drake	1975 Ken Staley	1998
1953 Howard Hall	1976 Bill Norris	1999
1954 Howard "Buck" Little	1977 Kenny Patterson	2000
1955 Leroy Scercy	1978 Bryant Black	2001 Chris Carter
1956 Keith Baker	1979 Steve Litaker	2002 Josh Reeves
1957 Don Goodnight	1980	2003 Brandon Franklin
1958 Danny Little	1981	2004 Travis Howie
1959 Alvin Moore	1982	2005 Sean Fortson
1960 James Hilton	1983	2006 Alex Edwards
1961 Johnny Gulledge	1984	2007 Jonathan Efird
1962 Benny Hinson	1985	2008 Jamill Lott
1963 Phil Ashworth	1986	2009
1964 Gerald Hilton	1987	2010
1965 Theron Keith Honeycutt	1988	2011
1966 William J. Beard, II	1989	2012
1967 Mike Freeman	1990	2013
1968 Freddie Nelson	1991	2014

                                     Kannapolis Shrine Bowl players
2008   Jamill Lott
2005   Quantres Grant
2001   Aundrae Allison
2001   Chris Carter
2000   Lee Basinger
1999   Desmond Williams
1998   Nick Maddox
1998   Nick Gill
1997   Desmond Miller
1996   Michael Jolley
1992   Scott Belcher
1990   Maurice Blakeney
1990   Billy Elder
1987   Pat Moore
1987   Lester Smith
1983   Terry Williams
1981   Mark Mullinax
1980   Ethan Horton
1980   Lance Smith
1979   Steve Litaker
1973   Lacy Brumley
1972   Dan Hamrick
1969   Haskell Stanback
1960   Wesley Grant
1958   Ronnie Glossom
1957   Jerry Moss
1955   Leroy Scercy
1953   Don Argo
1952   Gary Sherrill
1941   Louis Barts
1939   Cliff Fowler 
1935   Harold "Lug" Leazer

Coaches...
Coach Ron Massey was an assistant in 2001.
Coach Bruce Hardin was Head Coach in 1996 and an assistant in 1990.

                       Kannapolis East/West All-Star Players
2008 Jonathan Efird
2007 Scott Stallings
2005 Josh Russell
2005 Travis Howie
2004 Brandon Franklin(MVP)
2002 Dustin Abercrombie
2001 Josh Lee
2001 Duran Lipscombe
2000 Justin Hardin
1997 Joey Teal
1997 Michael Jolley
1996 AJ Lott
1994 Tarus Johnson
1993 Scott Belcher
1992 Barry Lipscombe
1990 Reggie Wells
1989 David Wilhelm
1989 Ruben Wells
1987 Paul Raitz
1985 James Lott
1985 Tracy Johnson
1981 Terry Baxter
1981 Ethan Horton
1980 Steve Litaker
1979 Gary Barringer
1972 Dwight Efird
1970 Haskel Stanback
1968 Dan Dayvault
1961 Wesley Grant
1959 Ronnie Glosson
1954 Don Argo
1952 Ken Argo

Coaches...
Coach Bob Boswell coached in 1979
Coach Ed Edmiston coached in 1959

Coach Bruce Hardin coached in 1988 while @ West Charlotte
Coach Will Campagna coached in 1981 while @ North Meck.

Other local Coaches...
From South Rowan
Lope Linder...1964
Reid Bradshaw...1980
Larry Deal...1993
Rick Vanhoy...2005

Players appearing in both the Shrine Bowl and East/West All-Star Game:
1953 Shrine Bowl & 1954 East/West...Don Argo
1958 Shrine Bowl & 1959 East/West...Ronnie Glosson
1960 Shrine Bowl & 1961 East/West...Wesley Grant
1969 Shrine Bowl & 1970 East/West...Haskel Stanback
1979 Shrine Bowl & 1980 East/West...Steve Litaker
1980 Shrine Bowl & 1981 East/West...Ethan Horton
1992 Shrine Bowl & 1993 East/West...Scott Belcher
1996 Shrine Bowl & 1997 East/West...Michael Jolley

                                                SENIOR BOWL
1993...Lester Smith
2007...Aundrae Allison

Official All-State Team(1952-1981)* Thanks to Mike London of the Salisbury Post for sending this along*...
Greensboro News and Record published the official All-State team for many years.
Wonders on the team from 1952-1981 were.
1952: Tackle Gary Sherrill
1953 Tackle Don Argo
1955: Back Leroy Searcy
1960: Tackle Wesley Grant
1969: Haskel Stanback
1972: Danny Hamrick
1979: Terry Baxter
1980: Terry Baxter
1980: Lance Smith
1980: Ethan Horton

Again, Thanks to Salisbury Post's Mike London for this information!!!
All-conference Wonders, SPC finishes, and the conference champs for a lot of years.

1965 All-SPC
G Billy Beard
B Danny Black

1966 All-SPC Wonders
E Douglas Bonds
T Richard Brandon
G Billy Beard
G Frank Alley
B Dan Dayvault

1967 All-SPC
T Broderick Caldwell
G Mike Morton
C Terry Stirewalt
B Dan Dayvault
B Mike Freeman

1968 All-SPC
E Freddie Nelson
G Benny Russell
G Frank Thomas
RB Haskel Stanback

1969 All-SPC
G Johnny Brown
RB Haskel Stanback

1970
No All-SPC Wonders

1971 All-SPC
OT Sonny Yow
OG Steve Little
DB Bobby Trott
DB Terry Smith
Coach of the Year Will Campagna

1972 All-SPC
OT — Danny Hamrick
 
1973 All-SPC
HB — Ronald Grier
DT — Lacy Brumley
LB — Bobby Query

1974 All-SPC
OT Tim Davis
HB Donald Fortson
DE Chuck Rodgers
LB Ricky Grier
DB Terry Cunningham
Lope Linder, 2nd in coach of the year voting

1975 All-SPC
E Joey Roseman

1976
No All-SPC Wonders

1981 All-SPC Wonders
T Mark Mullinax
C Billy Honeycutt
RB Gene Barnette
QB Mark Smith
DE Carl Nesbit
DL Kerry Wilson
LB Mike Wilhelm
DB Robin Rice

1984 All-SPC
WR James Lott (POY)
OL Scott Carter
OL Randy Sweatt
RB Tracy Johnson
DL Benji Bayne
DL Darrell Steele
LB Chuck Elliott
DB James Lott
Def specialist Tracy Johnson
K Dean Mullinax
Coach of the Year: Bob Boswell

Conference finishes
1954 — SPC “South group” tied for second at 5-2, Albemarle was 7-0
1955 — SPC finished second at 6-1, Albemarle was 7-0
1956 — SPC tied for first with Albemarle at 6-1 (Albemarle won 39-0 in a playoff meeting)
1957 — SPC third at 4-2-1, Albemarle was 7-0
1958 — SPC second at 5-1-1, Albemarle was 7-0
1959 — SPC fourth, Albemarle was 5-0-2 lot of ties that year, Brown had two in the league
1960 — SPC, 1st at 6-1
1961 — SPC, 6th at 0-4-2, Asheboro was 6-0
1962 — SPC, fourth at 2-2-2, Asheboro and Albemarle were 4-1-1, lots of ties that year
1963 — SPC, tied third at 3-3, Asheboro was 5-0-1
1964 — SPC, fourth at 3-3, Thomasville and Concord were 5-1
1965 — SPC, tied for fifth at 1-5 with Concord and South Rowan, Asheboro was 6-0
1966 — SPC, tied for second at 4-2, Statesville was 6-0
1967 — SPC, tied third at 5-3, Lexington was 7-1
1968 — SPC, fifth at 3-3-2, Lexington and Thomasville were 6-1-1
1969 — SPC, Second in Division II at 5-3, Lexington was 6-2
1970 — SPC, Tied for third in Division II at 3-5, Lexington was 5-2-1
1971 — SPC, tie 1st with Salisbury at 6-2 (Salisbury won playoff meeting 13-10)
1972 — SPC, tie 5th at 3-5, Statesville was 7-1
1973 — SPC, third at 5-2-1, Thomasville was 7-1
1974 — SPC, tied for third at 5-2-1, Salisbury and Thomasville were 6-2
1975 — SPC, tie 4th at 4-4, Concord was 7-0-1
1976 — SPC, tie 8th at 2-6, Lexington was 8-0

HOMER THOMPSON SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS FROM NCHSAA
8 "coaches who make a difference"
4/13/2007...Head Football Coach Ron Massey

2008 NC Principal of the Year 
A.L. Brown Principal...Dr. Debra Morris

                        iHigh.com/U.S. Marine Corps 
Great American Rivalry Series Hall of Fame

Nick Maddox, the state player of the year in 1997 and 1998, was inducted into the iHigh.com/U.S. Marine Corps Great American Rivalry Series Hall of Fame during the 2007 Bell Game halftime ceremonies.

Mike Morton, the captain of the 1989 Wonders, was inducted into the Great American Rivalry Series Hall of Fame during  Brown's win over Concord in 2008.

                                      NFL & CFL players:
1969..Haskell Stanback..Tennessee..Atlanta Falcons (1974-1979)

1973...Lacy Brumley...Clemson(1974-1977)...Drafted by Denver Broncos 1978(11 round)

1980..Ethan Horton..North Carolina..Kansas City, Oakland, Washington(1985-1994)
 
1980..Lance Smith..LSU.. Lance played for a long time as an offensive guard with  St. Louis,  Arizona, and (I think finishing with the Giants.)  
  
1984..James Lott..Clemson..Chicago (1 season)

1984..Tracy Johnson..Clemson..Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, and Tampa Bay(1989-1996)

1987...Lester Smith..The Citadel...CFL-Baltimore Stallions, Toronto Argonauts, and Montreal Alouettes ('92-'01?)
 
1989..Mike Morton..North Carolina..Oakland, St. Louis, and Green Bay, Indiannapolis (8 total seasons)

1998..Nick Maddox..Florida State..San Diego, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, and Carolina Panthers  

2001...Aundrae Allison...East Carolina...Minnesota Vikings(drafted in 5th round), New York Jets

                                State Title games:
1960 Co-Champions of the WNCHSAA  Kannapolis 0 Hickory 0
1984 State Runner-up    Kannapolis 0 Tarboro 22
1989 State Champions   Kannapolis 24 Burlington Cummings 0
1991 State Runner-up    Kannapolis 14 High Point Andrews 24
1997 State Champions   Kannapolis 34 Northeast Guilford 12
2008 State Runner-up    Kannapolis 18 Dudley 34