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kannapolisfootball.com: Football 1952-1999
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50's
Kwonders

A.L. Brown opened in 1952!
1952 Team
1952
Conference Champions
Coaches Albert Harlen “Tuck” Gudger, and Asst. coach Ed Edmiston
Record….10-0
Players….Jerry Drye, Bill Strawn, Pete Athanaelos, and Gremsley Seamon
Pete made the N.C. All-State team as a junior.

K 12 Spencer Railroaders 0
K 19 Albemarle 14
K 6 Statesville 0
K 19 Asheboro 12
K 32 Tech. H.S., Charlotte 6
K 7 Mooresville 0
K 27 Concord 13
K 40 Monroe 0
K 34 Winecoff 0
K 21 Wilkes Central 7
1952 scores
Comments..K-town and Mooresville played for the Victory Towel in these days. South Piedmont Conference Champions.

1953
Coaches…Ed Edmiston and Dan Hamrick (1953-1958)
Record….9-1
Players….Don Argo and Howard Hall
Comments..Only loss this year was to Albemarle. Don Argo played in Shrine Bowl.
You talk about great defensive teams, just look at the games below: 7 shut-outs, gave up 6 to Spencer and 13 to Winecoff. That’s an avg. of 2.1 pts. a game given up in 9 games . The lone loss to Albemarle by the score of 26-0 has to make you Wonder just how good a team Albemarle was.

Sept. 4. 1953 Kannapolis opened its season at Spencer, and 3,000 fans (biggest crowd in Spencer history) turned out to watch. One of the biggest plays in this game was when Ken argo recovered a fumble in mid-air and made a great return. K-town scored on the next play.
1953 scores
1953 scores

I don't know why the next 3 games('54, '55, '56) didn't show a 10 game season each.  I photographed the records out of the yearbooks for those years..

1954
Record….6-3
Players….Bobby Waller and Buck Little
Comments..Leroy Scercy was the leading scorer and ground gainer. Leroy ran back the opening kickoff back for a TD in a 20-6 win over Statesville. In the game with China Grove which K-town won 26-6, Leroy had an 88 yd TD run plus a 60 yd punt return for a TD. He added 2 conversion runs and had a 5 yd TD run He also recovered a fumble on defense.
1954 scores
1954 scores

1955
1955 scores
1955 scores
Record…8-1
Players….Larry Hamby, Freddie Whitaker, Conrad Sloop, and Leroy Scercy Comments..Scercy was All-State this year.
Sloop went on to have a solid career at UNC. Only loss to Albemarle by 1 point.

BIG NEWS this year was the drowning death of Mr. A.L. Brown. The date was Dec. 19th, 1955, just three years after the new high school was named after him. His car went through the fence and into the lake in from of the mill. Police speculated that he must have accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. Several people tried to save him, but the water was so cold that some of them had to be taken to the hospital after their attempts, due to exposure. He was vice-president and general manager of Cannon Mills at the time of his death.
1955 Mr. A.L. Brown
1955 Mr A.L. Brown


1956
Record…. 6-0-1
 Players….Keith Baker, Conrad Sloop,  Eugene Massey, and Kenneth Duncan
Comments…Had a tie in 1st game with Albemarle (13-13). Heard from boxman that they wore ORANGE jerseys this year. Heard from another fan that the orange jerseys were used to better hide the football.
1956 scores
1956 scores

1956 Lug Leazer award Keith Baker

1956 Lug Leazer Trophy
1957
Record….6-2-2
Players….Jerry Moss, Larry Neal, Marvin Query, and Don Goodnight

Marvin Query rushed for 2 TDs against Statesville. Don Goodnight returned a fumble 27 yds. for the game winning TD.

K 6 Salisbury 6
K 0 Albemarle 24
K 19 Statesville 13
K 27 Thomasville 7
K 38 China Grove 0
K 13 Mooresville 7
K 0 Landis 0
K 33 Monroe 6
K 25 Winecoff 12
K 0 Concord 7
1957 scores

1958
Record….6-3-1
Players….Ronnie Glosson #37, Ronnie Hampton #22, and Marvin Query #26
Hampton went on to star as a running back at Presbyterian College.

Many thanks to a devoted fan for this information. I assumed that the Stadium was opened around the same time the school opened in 1952. I have never bothered to check it out, though. Some friends and I got in a discussion about this at one of the football games this past season. No one actually knew for sure. One said he knew someone in the stands that would probably know. He came back and said around 1957. Now thanks to this fan, I have the exact date. The Stadium was actually dedicated on Sept. 12, 1958 prior to the Albemarle game. But the first game was played the week before, Sept. 5, 1958 against Salisbury. Don't know the reason why this game was played a week before the dedication.
1958 scores

1959
Coaches…Ed Edmiston and Bill “YOGI” Watts (1959-1963)
Record….4-4-2
Players….Lavon Benton, Alvin Moore, Ronnie Barlow, and Jeff Safrit.
Ronnie Barlow scored 3TDs as K-town beat Winecoff 40-0. QB Jeff Safrit threw a TD pass and ran for another score.
1959 scores
1959 scores

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60's

 

1960

1960team
1960 team

         


                                     *CO-CHAMPIONS WNCHSAA *
                                          Conference Champions
Record….10-0-2
Players….Ronnie Barlow, Wesley Grant, and Lanny Teague
Comments…Tied Asheboro in reg. season and tied Hickory in Championship game.
1960 Record
1960 scores


1961
 

Record….1-5-3
Players….Grey Clarke, Jimmy Roseman, and Wayne Wilson
Comments..

This and the next several years were rough ones for the “Little” Wonders.
K 0 Salisbury 0
K 14 E. Mecklenburg 6
K 7 Statesville 7
K 0 Albemarle 19
K 6 South Rowan 6
K 0 Thomasville 20
K 6 Asheboro 31
K 0 Mooresville 7
K 6 Concord 14

1962


Record….3-5-2
Players….Harry Greene, Gene Stancil, and Benny Hinson

Harry Greene scored a 33 yd. TD, but the North Rowan Cavaliers came back to win the game 12-6, in the first meeting of these two schools.

K 12 Salisbury Boyden 0
K 6 E. Meck. 33
K 6 N. Rowan 12
K 13 Statesville 7
K 0 Albemarle 6
K 7 S. Rowan 7
K 26 Thomasville 0
K 20 Asheboro 20
K 0 Mooresville 28
K 0 Concord 6

In the Kannapolis/South Rowan game dated Oct. 12, 1962, was the 2nd straight year the Raiders and WONDERS battled to a tie. Harry Greene scored the WONDER TD and scored what would have the winning TD on a 51yd. run with just over 3 min. remaining, but it was nullified by a penalty.

1962 Harry Greene
Harry Greene


1963


Record….5-5
Players….Gerald Hilton, Rocky Fisher, Kenneth Gibson, Phil Ashworth, David Perkins, and Robert Little
Comments…Last year for Ed Edmiston as Head Coach, finished at 64-30-12

K 6 Boyden 0
K 0 E.Meck. 26
K 6 N. Rowan 0
K 13 Statesville 0
K 27 Albemarle 0
K 22 S. Rowan 0
K 6 Thomasville 25
K 0 Asheboro 53
K 6 Mooresville 20
K 19 Concord 20

Sept. 6, 1963 Brown Head Coach Ed Edmiston used this occasion to put his T-formation on the field for the first time. He talked about passing the ball all week, but the WONDERS never attempted a single pass. QB Rocky Fisher ran 47 yrds. on a busted pass play and scored the only TD of the game. The WONDER defense held Salisbury Boyden to 8 first downs, four of those came on penalities.

1964


Coaches Roy Boyles, Bill Watts (1964-1967)
Record….5-5
Players….Keith Honeycutt, Wesley Edison, Gerald Hilton,  and Lonnie Steele.

Lonnie Steele scored form 1 yd. out to beat Satatesville 6-0. The game was played on a slick field in Statesville.
 
K 12 Salisbury 0
K 3 E. Meck. 7
K 27 N. Rowan 7
K 6 Statesville 0
K 13 Albemarle 7
K 14 S. Rowan 7
K 7 Thomasville 40
K 6 Asheboro 31
K 6 Mooresville 12 
K 12 Concord 13

1965


Record….4-6
Players….Keith Honeycutt, Mike Ward, Billy Beard, Dennis Marks, Mike Ward, Randy Steele, Danny Black, and Dan Dayvault

K 12 Salisbury 6
K 14 S. Rowan 13
K 6 E.Meck. 0
K 0 Thomasville 26
K 18 W. Rowan 6
K 12 Asheboro 21
K 7 Statesville 27
K 13 Mooresville 21
K 0 Albemarle 14
K 0 Concord 12

I remember in this year, we had a monsoon rain storm down at Concord’s Webb Field. My wife and I were dating at that time. We got there a little late and had to sit in the bleachers behind the endzone. Concord had a couple of big backs and they just plowed straight ahead. Concord won 12-0. It was raining so hard that you couldn’t see the players until they where right in front of you.

1966
Record….8-2
Players…Billy Beard, Doug Bonds, and Frankie Alley

Sept. 30, 1966 Kannapolis/Statesville...The one thing I remember most about this game was Statesville RB Eddie Gamble just running wild. Also helping out for the Greyhounds were Lynn Davenport and Danny Oswalt in a 54-0 Statesville rout. Just a terrible thing to watch if you were a WONDER fan. Regardless, the WONDERS still had a great season at 8-2.

1966 scores
1966 scores


1967
Coaches...Roy Boyles, Bill Watts, and Bob Mauldin
Record….7-3
Players….Haskel Stanback, Dan Dayvault, Slate Tuttle, Benny Russell, Mike Freeman, Mike Morton, Steve Rowell, Steve Lambert, Billy Erwin, Bob Rodgers, Broderick Caldwell, Benny Russell, Terry Helms, Steve Litaker, Roy Russell, Willie Tate, Randy Waller, Tommy Williams, and Phil Yorke.  

Both teams were undefeated as Lexington came to town. The game was played in front of 7,000 fans. Haskell Stanback left the game early with an injury, but QB Dan Dayvault and FB Mike Freeman took up the slack as the WONDERS won 14-9. Slate Tuttle recovered a fumble that set up Mike Freeman's TD run. Benny Russell also had a fumble recovery that killed Lexington last threat.

1967 scores
1967 scores



1968
Coaches….Bills Watts and Benjamin Dupree (1968-1970)
Record….5-3-2
Players….Freddie Query, Mike Trott, Daniel Williamson, Phil Yorke, Benny Russell, Robert Ollis, Tony Davis, Randall Perkins, and Stanback

Sept. 20, 1968 In 1967, the Lexington Yellow Jackets won the WNCHSAA championship. They had only one loss, and that was to Kannapolis. They were determined to get revenge in 1968, but the game ended in a tie(14-14) at Lexington. Haskell Stanback had a TD run of 85 yrds., while Tony Davis scored on a 58 yrd. sprint. Randall Perkins added the very important PATs. K-town actually won the game in OT, but in those days the tiebreacker was used only to break deadlocks.
1968 scores
1968 scores


1969
Record….6-4
Players….B. Plummer and Stanback
Comments… My greatest memory of Haskell Stanback was when K-town was backed up inside the five yard line, he came through the line, made a few moves, and was gone.

Haskell also had a great game against South Rowan on Oct. 31, 1969 in a 32-14 Wonder's win. He had 156 yds. on 18 rushes, and 4 TDs. That 4 TDs gave him 21 for the season. He went on to play at Tennessee and the Atlanta Falcons.

1969 scores
1969 scores


1969 H. Stanback

1969 Haskell Stanback

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'60's Photos

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70s
1970's style helmet
1970's style helmet


1970
                                    
Record….4-6
Players…Billy “the Toe” Krimminger, Danny Hamrick

1970 scores
1970 scores

1971
Coaches…. Will Campagna and Bill Watts (1971-1973) Record….7-3-1 Players….Bobby Trott, Richard Combs,Darrell Dilliard, and John Tuttle (Hello, Doc), Lacy Brumley, Randy Raper, Billy Krimminger.

Bobby Trott ran back two punts for TDs as Kannapolis rolled to a 37-0 win over S. Rowan. Richard Combs also added 129 yds. rushing.   

Biggest win had to be against Concord. The Spiders had won 10 straight. 


 Comments…Playoff loss to Salisbury
1971 scores
1971 scores

1971 Billy
Billy " The Toe" Krimminger
1971 Billy "The Toe" Krimminger
Billy kicked this field goal midway of the 4th quarter to beat the Spiders.

1972
Record...5-5
Players..Danny Hamrick, John Tuttle, Terry Cunningham, Ronald Grier, Billy Krimminger, and Rick Basinger

Lexington was undefeated, but the WONDERS, led by QB Terry Cunningham scored a 4th quarter TD by Ronald Grier to win 10-7. Billy "The Toe" Krimminger kicked a field goal in this game.


1972 scores
1972 scores


1973
Record….7-2-1
Players….Lacy Brumley and Terry Cunningham
Comments… Remember Lacy as being a huge player(around 6’7” and 275 lbs.) and Terry as being a QB with great broken field talent.

Sept. 7, 1973
Kannapolis opened the season with a 33-0 win over South Rowan. 270 lb. Lacy Brumley was the kicker. One of the highlights of the game was when he had a bad snap on an extra point, and rumbled down the field only to be stopped short. He did, however, add two field goals. QB Terry Cunningham had a huge game, including a 58 yrd. pass to Larry Anthony.
1973 scores
1973 scores



1974
Coaches…Lope Linder and Bill Watts (1974-1975)
Record…..7-2-1                           
Players….Danny Ketner, Tim Davis, Ronnie Springs, Terry Cunningham, and Donald Fortson.

K-town entered the game at 5-0, while Asheboro was 2-3. Cunningham had a 74 yd. run for a TD, and Fortson had an 80 yd. score. But the Blue Comets rallied to tie it up.

Kannapolis pounded Trinity 42-0 in SPC play. Don Fortson, Andy Trott, Terry Cunningham, Vernon Grier, and Larry Anthony each found the endzone for the WONDERS.
   
K 29 NW. Cabarrus 13
K 20 S. Rowan 0
K 20 Statesville 6
K 14 Lexington 12
K 27 Albemarle 6
K 14 Asheboro 14
K 7 Salisbury 6
K 0 Thomasville 16
K 42 Trinity 0
K 6 Concord 14
   1974 scores



1975
1975 scores
1975 scores
Record….4-6
Danny Jenkins, Greg Lambert, Casey Litaker, and Darrell Grier

1975 Gene Sloop
1975 Gene Sloop

1976
Coaches…Bob Boswell and Staff (1976-1988)
Record….2-8
Players….Ken Speir, Casey Litaker, and Fred Martin

1976 scores
1976 scores

1977(4A)
These were the years Brown played 4A in the Central Piedmont Conference
Record…..3-7
Players…. Freddie Martin, Carlos Cunningham, Eric Rose, Steve Litaker, Casey Litaker, and Derrick Cunningham

In the South Rowan game, K-town only threw 5 passes, but 2 of those went for scores. One to Carlos Cunningham for 60 yds., and an 86 yarder to Eric Rose.

1977 scores
1977 scores

1978(4A)
Record….7-3
Players….Ethan Horton, Terry Baxter, Lance Smith, Steve Litaker, Derrick Cunningham, Angelo Chapman, Keith Thompson, and Ron Bost
Comments.. This was the start of what I consider the best overall team Brown has ever had.

Brown 14 Northwest 0
Brown 7 South Rowan 0
Brown 15 R.J. Reynolds 20
Brown 7 Parkland 26
brown 7 Grimsley 6
Brown 19 West Forsyth 22
Brown 21 H.P. Andrews 20
Brown 14 Dudley 13
Brown 42 Ragsdale 14
Brown 33 Concord 0

Sept. 8, 1978
An estimated crowd of 9,000 turned out to watch the WONDERS take on South Rowan. Kannapolis gave South their only regular season defeat in 1977. South lost their QB Alby Stamey on the third play of the game. K-town's Angelo Chapman and Keith Thompson forced a fumle, with Ron Bost recovering. Carlos Cunningham scored from the 2 yrd. line. The WONDER defense held South's all time leading rusher Greg Poole to 34 yrds. on 12 carries.


1979(4A)
         4A Central Piedmont Conference Champions
Record….11-1
Players….Ethan Horton, Lance Smith, Terry Baxter, Derrick Cunningham, Steve Litaker, and Larry Hamilton.
Terry was held to 91 yds. by R.J. Reynolds, but Derrick Cunningham rushed for 171 yds, and 3 Tds. Ethan threw a 73 yd. TD pass to Larry Hamilton in a 35-6 win.

Comments… Lost to East Burke 7-6 in playoffs.

1979 scores
1979 scores

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80s
1ders logo

1980(4A)
1980 Big Four
4A Central Piedmont Conference Champions
Record… 9-1-1
Players…Ethan Horton, Terry Baxter, Lance Smith
Comments…Lost to Greensboro Page 21-19 in playoffs. This team was ranked as high as 17th in the nation at one time. Along with those three players, Winston Johnson, Brent Holbrooks, Homer Gregory. Just an awesome amount of talent. Ethan stood 6’4” and around 220lbs. Lance was 6’3” and 275 lbs., and Terry was 5’10” and 195 lbs. What a team! Offensive line, defensive line, special teams, were all very good. I can see them even now, with that wishbone clicking on all cylinders. Just dominated about everyone in the reg. season except RJ Reynolds, which ended in a tie. Then we ran into Greensboro Page, but that game even went down to the wire, with Page winning 21-19.

Ethan went to Carolina, then to Kansas City Chiefs and finished with the Oakland Raiders. Terry and Lance went to LSU, where Terry had to drop out, but Lance finished and went to the St. Louis Cardinals , which became the Arizona Cardinals. He had a long NFL career(around 14 years);  finishing with the Giants, I think.
1980 scores
1980 scores

Oakland Raider Ethan Horton
Oakland Raider Ethan Horton

 1981
Record….7-3
Players….Greg Bost, Eugene Barnette

Oct. 2, 1981... Gene Barnette ran for Tds of 67, 56, and 19 yds. to lead Kannapolis to a 26-0 win over NW Cabarrus. Kerry Wilson scored the other TD.
1981 scores
1981 scores

1982
Conference Champions
Record…9-2
Players…Mark Smith, Kerry Wilson, Ken Hill, and Terry Williams

In the 7-0 win over South Mecklenburg, Mark Smith had a 12 yd. run with 9 seconds left to beat the Sabres. The TD was set up by Ken Hill's interception. South entered the game with a 17 game win streak. The WONDERS got revenge for the 55-21 loss in 1981.

   1982 Scores
K 7 S. Mecklenburg 0
K 58 E. Rowan 0
K 37 Monroe 0
K 14 Sun Valley 6
K 41 N.W. Cabarrus 0
K 25 Central Cabarrus 7
K 7 Lexington 21
K 40 Wadesboro Bowman 0
K 19 S.Rowan 6
K 14 Concord 10

Playoffs
K 0 N. Rowan 6

1983
Record…8-2
Players….Shelwyn Klutz, Willie Graham, and Barry Rice, Greg Bost, and Lee Kiser.
1983 scores
1983 scores

1984 3A State Runner-up
1984 Team Picture
1984 Team Picture
                * STATE RUNNER-UP *

Conference Champions Record…13-1
Players…Tracy Johnson, James Lott, and Benji Bayne, Willie Graham, and Tony Smith.
Comments…When I think of Tracy Johnson, I remember when he layed a lick on Statesville’s star running back in the end zone and put him out at the start of the game. Tremendous player!

Mr. Lott was unstoppable in the open field. Tracy Johnson and James Lott were All-State this year.

Tracy scored 2 Tds and Tony Smith had one, as the WONDERS defeated Northwest Cabarrus 18-0 and improved to 6-0. Northwest(2-4) stopped K-town 4 times inside the 10 yd. line. Kannapolis routed Davie County 25-0 in the 1st round of the state playoffs. It was their 7th shutout in 11 games. Tony Smith rushed for 178 yds.

Lost to Tarboro in the state championship game played in Kannapolis 22-0. Probably the worst game I’ve seen a WONDER team play. Complete domination by Tarboro. I remember it also being one of the coldest nights I’ve sat out in. I even brought my camping heater and people were coming up to me to warm their hands.

BTW….the Junior class had won 32 straight games before the loss to Tarboro.

1984 scores
K 36 Lexington 0
K 27 Statesville 6
K 33 E. Rowan 0
K 78 Monroe 14
K 56 Sun Valley 6
K 18 N. W. Cabarrus 0
K 37 Central Cabarrus 0
K 28 Anson 7
K 24 S. Rowan 17
K 26 Concord 8

Playoffs
K 25 Davie County 0
K 9 W. Caldwell 6
K 35 W. Henderson 17
K 0 Tarboro 22
1984 South Rowan Game
1984 K-town/S. Rowan

1985(4A)
Record…7-4
Players…John Rape, Lester Smith, Pat Moore, William Barlow, and Geno McCree
Comments…The Wonders won a triple overtime game with South Rowan 27-20. It marked the third year in a row the Wonder –Raider rivalry had gone into overtime. In 1983 the Wonders lost on a controversial call 33-32, and in 1984, won 24-17. Tracy Johnson accounted for all 3 touchdowns , with none of them being any bigger than his recovered blocked punt by Brian Kennerly.

I remember in the Page playoff game, how accurate Jeff Dunn was. He pick us apart. He ended up with 3TDs passing and 2TDs running.

1985 scores
K 27 N.W. Cabarrus 0
K 7 Statesville 0
K 6 Concord 7
K 11 Mt. Tabor 8
K 29 WS Reynolds 15
K 27 W. Forsyth 14
K 27 S. Rowan 20
K 24 N. Davidson 28
K 14 WS Parkland 26
K 28 Davie County 13

   Playoffs
K 14 Greensboro Page 41

1986(4A)
Record….8-3
Players….William Barlow, Wayne Martin, Pat Moore, Darren Knox, Lester Smith, and Jonathan Banks
Comments… Andre White was the QB for Concord and scored both TDs in a 14-0 win for the Spiders. Lost in first round of the playoffs to the No. 1 team in the world, the Greensboro Page Pirates…37-0.

A little side note, the J.V. program had either won or tied for the championship 8 years in a row.                     

K   5 N.W. Cabarrus 0
K   7 Statesville 6
K   0 Concord 14
K 16 Sun Valley 0
K 23 WS Reynolds 0
K   0 W. Forsyth 14
K 18 S. Rowan 8
K 33 N.Davidson 6
K 40 WS Parkland 0
K 35 Davie County 7
    1986 scores

          Playoffs
K 0 Greensboro Page 37




1987(4A)
             4A Central Piedmont Conference Champions                                    
Record….10-1
Players….Reuben Wells, Shane Berryman, Lamont Johnson, Lester Smith, and Pat Moore. Lester Smith went on to have a great college career at The Citadel, then went on to play in the CFL. Wonder fans will also remember the name of Rico Anderson who was on the JV team last year. Had great potential, but dropped out of school , I heard. Comments….The defense had 4 shutouts and only gave up 33 points in the other six for an average of 3.3 games a contest. Lost to Gastonia Ashbrook 18-14 in the first round.

Lester Smith.....
Holds Citadel record for most games played (48)
Associated Press All-American First Team 1992
Associated Press All-American First Team 1991
Played for: Baltimore Stallions, Toronto Argonaunts, Montreal Alouettes
Jersey Retired from Citadel (#15)
1987 Lester Smith

K 14 Northwest 0
K 16 Statesville 0
K 19 Concord 0
K 20 Mt.Tabor 3
K 35 R.J. Reynolds 7
K 24 West Forsyth 6
K 9 South Rowan 0
K 49 N. Davidson 3
K 17 WS Parkland 7
K 28 Davie County 7

    Playoffs
K 14 Ashbrook 18


1988(4A)
        4A Central Piedmont Conference Co-Champions(4 way tie)
Record….8-2
Players…. Reuben Wells, Wayne Martin, and Charles Alexander, Lamont Johnson.
Comments… Beat Davie County to set up a four-way tie for the playoffs. A drawing was held on Sat. and K-town lost out. I remember waiting by the radio for them to announce the results of the drawing.

This was Bob Boswell’s last year for the Wonders. Bob Boswell’s total record: 102-38-1 in 13 seasons.
               
K 47   N.W. Cabarrus 0
K 16   Statesville 7
K   9   Concord 7
K 24   Mt. Tabor 7
K 20   R. J. Reynolds 29
K 14   W. Forsyth 10
K 12   S. Rowan 0
K 43   N. Davidson 0
K 15   WS Parkland 32
K 31   Davie County 13

Sept. 2, 1988
In the game with Statesville, Wayne Martin scored a TD and Scott Wall kicked a field goal, while Ruben Wells had an interception that he returned for a TD.




1989 3A STATE CHAMPIONS
Fireworks



1989 Team photo
1989 State Champions


1989 Roster_1


1989 state champs
Bruce accepting championship plaque

1989 Bruce carried by players
Bruce and his Players

3A State Champions Dec. 10, 1989
Coaches Bruce Hardin and Staff (1989-1999)
Record….14-1 (Lost to Statesville in reg. season but came back in the playoffs to defeat them. Beat Burlington Cummings 24-0 for State 3A Title.

Players…Maurice Blakeney, Reggie Wells, Mike Morton, and Greg Jones.

Comments… Burlington Cummings was defending champs with a winning streak of 27 games. They were just rolling over everybody, led by future Georgia Tech QB Donnie Davis. Coming into the title game, Cummings was averaging 31.4 pt. per outing. Davis had rewritten the NCHSAA record book with 3,612 passing yards and 32 TDs. Virtually no one gave the Wonders much of a chance. But with MVP Reggie Wells(who played receiver and defensive back) @ 5'7" and only weighed 138lbs., and had a 1000 lb. heart, and QB "Mo" Blakeney, the WONDERS got the job done. Reggie had an 18 yd. run and a 53 yd. pass from Blakeney for TDs. He also had one interception and tipped another to a team mate. The WONDERS had a great defensive scheme by 1st year Coach Bruce Hardin and Co., and led by LB Mike Morton (K-town only rushed 3 and sometimes 4 players, everyone else was basically a defensive back), they shut out the Cavaliers. The front 3 or 4 WONDERS had 2 sacks, and had pressure on Davis all night. The Cummings Cavaliers had not been shutout since 1983. The Wonders outrushed Cummings 206-18.

Mike Morton played in the '95 Senior Bowl.
2008 Mike Morton
2008 Bell Game

Maurice Blakeney was selected to be in the Elon University Hall of Fame Sept. 8, 2007.

The WONDERS' Senior class went 55-4-2, starting with their 7th grade season.

One thing that also sticks out about this game was the weather. Kannapolis left for Chapel Hill on Thursday, but because of a snowstorm, the game was not played until Sunday night.

A lot of folks rate this game as the best football performance ever by a WONDER team.

What a WONDERful night in Chapel Hill!!!!

K 20 S. Rowan 0
K 13 Statesville 29
K 40 Salisbury 14
K 54 E. Rowan 12
K 24 W. Rowan 8
K 40 N. Rowan 0
K 24 C. Cabarrus 20
K 40 Sun Valley 12
K 35 N. W. Cabarrus 12
K 16 Concord 14

         Playoffs
K 21 S. Iredell 12
K 44 Lexington 28
K 31 Statesville 7
K 21 Shelby 14
K 24 Burl. Cummings 0


1989 state champs k-town celebration
K-town celebration

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80's Photos
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90s
Player running
1990 
       Conference Chanpions
Record….11-2
Players….Mo Blakeney, Hut Smith, and Michael Barnes
Comments..Couldn.t get past Statesville in Playoffs, also lost to the “Hounds” in the reg. season. Who can forget the Concord game when Mo threw the ball up with no time left on the clock and Scott Jordan caught it in the endzone as it bounced of a Concord player hands into his. Everthing was out of bounds except his feet, to give Kannapolis the win. Biggest thriller of the series. This defense has to rank right up there with the best…averaged giving up 5.8 pts. a game for the 10 game reg. season, and recorded 5 shutouts.
                                     Playoffs
K 42 S. Rowan 0               K 27 Burns 26(3 OT’s)
K 17 Statesville 20          K 35 Lexington 19
K 33 Salisbury 0             K 14 Statesville 21
K 40 E, Rowan 0
K 35 W. Rowan 0
K 42 N. Rowan 7
K 13 C. Cabarrus 9
K 39 Sun Valley 0
K 21 N.W. Cab. 3
K 20 Concord 19

1990 the catch
the catch

1991 STATE TITLE RUNNER-UPS
                                                
                                 
Record….13-2
Players….Andy Smith, Scott Belcher, Kenan Lott, and Michael Barnes
Comments…State Title game loss to High Point Andrews 24-14. Andrew’s Darius Brewington (state sprint champion) did most of the damage along with Red Raider QB Seng Yu, who had a very solid game. One of the people I remember most on the K-town team this season was #77 Scott Belcher. He was most always the first one downfield on the kickoffs and punts to really lay a lick on someone. Great hustle all the time!

K 19 S. Rowan 17                  Playoffs
K 22 Statesville 19          K 35 Lincolnton 21
K 21 Salisbury 7             K 21 S. Iredell 12
K 24 E. Rowan 6             K 49 E. Henderson 10
K 48 W. Rowan 7             K 21 Concord 7
K 34 N. Rowan 9             K 14 H.P. Andrews 24
K 35 Central Cab. 7
K 49 Sun Valley 0
K 48 N.W. Cab. 3
K 20 Concord 30



1991 Team picture
1991 Team Picture
1991 Team photo

1991 Roster
1991 Roster
1991 roster

1992
          Conference Champions
Record….12-1
Players…. Taurus Johnson, Andy Smith, and Kenan Lott

K 35 S. Rowan 6
K 39 Statesville 34
K 35 Salisbury 0
K 35 E. Rowan 7
K 42 W. Rowan 21
K 25 N. Rowan 0
K 20 C.Cabarrus 0   
K 27 Sun Valley 7
K 41 N.W. Cabarrus 0
K 27 Concord 19

       Playoffs
K 48 E. Lincoln 0
K 24 S. Point 16
K 12 N. Rowan 14

   K-town had won 27 straight at home, but the combination of North Rowan's Carvie Kepley, 225 lb. Nathaniel Hyde, and mud, did the WONDERS in.   




1993
          Conference Champions                                 
Record….9-2
Players….Kenny Orbison, Ben Teal, Taurus Johnson, Bobby Lawson, and Tyrone Washington

K 14 N.Rowan 13
K 50 Statesville 13
K 17 S. Rowan 7   
K   7 Forest Hills 14
K 40 Parkwood 6
K 42 E. Rowan 0
K 13 C. Cabarrus 3
K 56 Sun Valley 0
K 55 NW Cabarrus 13
K 28 Concord 6

          Playoffs
K 34 WS Glenn 35



1994
Record….7-5
Players….Shaun Allen, Bobby Lawson, Ben Teal, and Dwayne Eury.
Comments… Bobby Lawson ran as hard as anyone I’ve seen for his size. I especially remember the wins over Forest Hills(the only time we beat them) and H.P. Andrews. Andrews was rated #1 in the state and undefeated at the time, and the WONDERS shut them out 14-0 @ Simeon Stadium in High Point. That was extremely satisfying because we weren't given a chance to beat them and lots of people already had them crowned state champions.

In the 10th meeting with East Rowan, K-town came in having won all previous 9 and had outscored the Mustangs 363-40. East came into this game in WONDERland with a record 0f 1-5. David Arey of East made a circus catch in the endzone for the only TD. K-town had a 4th and 1 at the East 10 yd. line in the closing moments, but Bobby Lawson was stacked up for no gain and the Mustangs took over.

K 17 North Rowan 20
K 14 Statesville 0
K   6 South Rowan 14
K 15 Forest Hills 13
K 42 Parkwood 0
K   0 East Rowan 7
K   7 Central Cabarrus 6
K 42 Sun Valley 0
K 28 N. W. Cabarrus 13
K 14 Concord 35

         Playoffs
K 14 H. P. Andrews 0
K   7 Forest Hills 18




1995
         Conference Champions
Record….9-3
Players….A.J. Lott, Gene Rivers, Quentarus Brown, and James Williams
Comments… Quentarus Brown was Mr. Intense!

K 24 N.Rowan 12
K   0 Statesville 13
K 31 S. Rowan 23
K 14 Forest Hills 35
K 17 Burl. Williams 13
K 20 E. Rowan 0
K 21 C. Cabarrus 6
K 14 W. Charlotte 13
K 29 NW Cabarrus 13
K   5 Concord 0

       Playoffs
K 28 N. Iredell 15
K 17 HP Central 45




1995 Players and Roster
1995 roster
1995 Team photo

1996
Record….6-5
Players….Shaun Allen, Joey Teal, Phillip Johnson, Willie Pore
Comments… Hard Luck year. Had 20+ pt. leads over Burlington Williams and East Rowan at the half and lost both games.

In the N. Surry game,WONDERS Traun Brown and sophmore Nick Maddox combined for 190 yds.



1996 scores
1996 scores

Fireworks
1997 3A STATE CHAMPIONS

1997 State Champions

1997 Roster
                                             
       Conference Champions(3 way tie)
Beat N.E. Guilford by 34-12(Dec. 12th, 1997)
Record….15-1(only loss to East Rowan in reg. season)
Players….Nick Maddox, William Craft, Jeff Sheets, Phillip Johnson, Danny Jenkins, Traun Brown, Desmond Miller, Willie Pore, and John Garver
Comments… One of the things that has to be listed was the 2nd round game with Burns. John Garver kicked a 20 yd. field goal with 37 secs. on the clock in a very dense fog to win the game for K-town 17-16 and to enable the WONDERS to continue on to the state title.

In the Sun Valley game, Nick Maddox returned 2 punts(74 and 64 yds.) for TDs in the first 5 minutes. Traun Brown added 132 yds. rushing and 2 TDs. K-town won 35-7.

In the Kings Mtn. game,  lineman Phillip "Fluff" Johnson returned an interception 72 yards for a TD on the last play of the first half in K-town's 40-27 3A semifinal playoff win over Kings Mountain. Nick Maddox scored 3 long TDs, and QB William Craft threw a TD pass to Maddox and ran for a score.

In the title game, Nick put on an incredible show. He set 4 state records….most TDs ..4, rushing yardage ..205, longest run from scrimmage..78yds, and longest pass reception..98yds, and most of it was done in the first quarter. He was sick and didn’t play the 2nd and some of the 3rd quarter. Most amazing first quarter by an individual I will ever see. He amassed 332 All-purpose yds.,and most of this was done in 1 quarter. I believe that if he hadn’t got sick, he could have set some records that would have stood for quite some time. He was also back to back player of the year in ’97 and ’98 in North Carolina. He was recuited by many D1 schols and made his decision to go to Florida State.

1997 scores


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Game stats
1997 State Title game stats
1997 Title Game Stats

1997 Nick Maddox MVP
1997 Nick Maddox2
Nick Maddox MVP


1998

1998 Team Picture
            Conference Champions
Record….13-1( lost to Kings Mtn. 26-21 in 4th round)
Players…. Nick Maddox,Paul Allen, Justin and Blair Hardin, Chad Tuttle, and John Garver
Comments.. Kings Mtn. came in with one of the biggest offensive lines I’ve ever seen. Several 300+lbers. opened up holes for Anthony Hilemen. The Mountaineers made a last minute drive to win the game. Nick played his last game and I consider him to be the best player to ever put on a Wonder uniform.

Nick was named the NCHSAA Male Athlete of the Year for 1999.

Nick is a three-sport star in football, basketball and track, headed to Florida State University on a football scholarship. The six-foot, 190-pounder was a Parade All-American in '97 and twice earned Associated Press Football State Player of the Year honors in '97 and '98. He scored 114 touchdowns and a state record 686 points during his football career and rushed for an incredible 6,654 yards. That includes 2,574 yards and an average of 9.6 yards per carry as a senior, during which he scored 45 touchdowns.

He was a three-year starter in basketball, although he didn't play this year due to the time commitment involved with his recruiting in football. An all-conference player in basketball with a 37-inch vertical leap, he averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds as a junior. And in track he has qualified for the NCHSAA state championships three consecutive years, running in the 100 and 200 and on a couple of relay teams

Nick is also a fine student and is a member of the National Honor Society, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Spanish Club, and heattended Boys State of North Carolina.

More on Nick.....One of the most sought after running backs in the country...totaled 2,536 yards and 33 touchdowns on 267 carries as a senior (9.5 yards per carry)...had 20 catches for 268 yards and eight scores...added four punt returns for touchdowns of 50 yards or more...finished his career with 6,624 rushing yards and 114 touchdowns (a state record at the time)...a Parade All-American and first-team USA Today All-USA selection...the USA Today Player of the Year for the state of North Carolina ...Tom Lemming's No. 1 prospect in the Mid-Atlantic and No. 2 prospect nationally...SuperPrep's No. 4 running back (No. 14 player overall) nationally...No.1 running back in the country by PrepStar and offensive MVP of the ACC region… regarded as the No. 8 prospect in the country by The Sporting News...listed at No. 22 overall by the NRA...named the 1998 Gatorade Circle of Champions high school player of the year for the Southern region and state of North Carolina (athletic/academic achievement)...the No. 1 player in the state according to Bill Buchalter...also ran track and played basketball at Brown...led football team to 13-1 season as a senior...carried 10 times for 102 yards and two scores (12 and 60-yard runs) in the North Carolina/South Carolina Shrine Bowl...reported 40-yard dash of 4.5...chose FSU over Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Notre Dame.

Sept.4, 1998
Nick had 3 TDs in the South Rowan game, but Justin Hardin, in just his second varsity start, completed 10-of 12 passes for 205 yrds., and 3 TDs. Two of the TDs went to his twin brother, Blair.
            
K-town 24 Statesville 0                                       
K-town 48 South Rowan 0            
K-town 44 Sun Valley 12               
K-town 28 North Rowan 14         
K-town 55 Central Cabarrus 14
K-town 75 Piedmont 0      
K-town 54 West Rowan 6            
K-town 42 Harding 0                     
K-town 35 East Rowan 0               
K-town 97 Northwest Cabarrus 0
K-town 28 Concord 10                     

       Playoff Scores
K-town 42 Fred T. Foard 18         
K-town 45 East Rutherford 20      
K-town 21 Kings Mountain 26      



1998 Nick 8
Nick's last time leaving the field

I put this article in here because so many people want to know what happened in this game. You had to have been there to understand how it happened.

Here is the article from the Kannapolis vs. NW Cabarrus game in 1998.From the Independent Tribune
Wonder wipe out Northwest

Kannapolis scores 97; Maddox sets state record
By Steve Winzenread
Assistant Sports Editor

KANNAPOLIS - Has there ever been a Kannapolis football team like this one?  The take no prisoners Wonders rolled to a 97-0 South Piedmont Conference victory over Northwest Cabarrus Friday night.  The state's top ranked 3A team improved to 10-0, clinching at least a co-championship in the SPC, plus a playoff spot as they defend their state title.

While we're pondering greatness, how many teams ever have a Nick Maddox?  The senior running back scored five of the Wonders' 14 touchdowns against Northwest, giving him 104 TDs in his high school career, a state record.

Maddox, already established as the career rushing leader in Cabarrus County and last year's N.C. player of the year, said the scoring record meant more than the rushing mark."It took a team efford to make that scoiring record," Maddox said.  "Anytime a team breaks a scoring redord, that'a a big highlight."

Just like Maddox, the Wonders are piling up incredible numbers.  They've outscored seven SPC opponents 402-32, and average beating of 57 to 4.5.  That's dominance.

"This team is better than last year's team," said senior Evar Johnson, who plays fullback and defensive end.

Bruce Hardin, the Wonders' eminently successful veteran head coach, said he's never coached a team that overwhelms the way this year's team does.

"I just keep waiting for someone to hit me over the head," Hardin said.  "The kids work hard.  The coaches prepare.  We're just not very big.  They're quick.  They come to practice and have a lot of enthusiasm.  As soon as they walk in the locker room every day, it's a new adventure.

"Hardin thought the Wonders might be due for a letdown against Northwest.  But this team doesn't seem to know what a letdown is.

They scored 63 points in the first half Friday Night.  Justin Hardin started the parade to the endzone with a 17-yard run, capping an 80-yard drive as one more time the Wonders received the opening kickoff and drove the ball the length of the field.

Paul Allen kept it going with a 62-yard interception return of a halfback pass for a 13-0 lead.

Still in the first quarter, Maddox broke TD runs of 75 and 23 yards.  He also ran for a two-point conversion.

Maddox added a nine-yard run in the second quarter to put the Wonders ahead 35-0.

The Wonders intercepted seven Northwest passes (and recovered two Trojan fumbles).  One of those interceptions resulted in a 100-yard return by Marcus Rivens for the Wonders' sixth TD of the night.

On the ensuing kickoff, Northwest fumbled, and Blair Hardin returned the ball 37 yards for a touchdown.

Maddox then tied the previous state record of 103 career touchdowns, set by Anthony Saunders of Western Guilford in 1996, on a 39-yard run with 4:20 left in the first half.

It was a Maddox special.  He stopped at the 15, cut all the way across the field to his left, then eluded two Northwest defenders inside the five.

And still the first-half scoring wasn't finished.

The Wonders followed a Trojan punt by moving 40 yards in 4 plays, the final one on a 16-yard pass from Justin Hardin to his twin brother Blair with 1:39 left in the half.

John Garver kicked seven PATs in that remarkable first half.  Tramaine Robinson made three interceptions, each of which was followed by a Kannapolis TD.  Robinson also had three interceptions in the Harding game two weeks earlier.

Nate Jones and Duran Lipscomb added interceptions in the second half and Matt Crosby recovered a Trojan fumble, as the Wonders scored 34 more points, including the record-breaker for Maddox.

Taht came on a nine-yard run with 7:12 left in the third quarter.  Maddox knelt in the left corner of the endzone, then was congratulated by a stream of teammates, coaches and his mother as he made his way across the field to the Kannapolis sideline.

"This team loves him to death" Bruce Hardin said.  "There's great chemistry.  He'll take (the record) and share it with everybody.

""They're the ones who got me here," Maddox said.  "They got me that touchdown.  They've ben here through thick and thin.

"Maddox who has 35 touchdowns this season, carried 16 times for 276 yards, putting him over 2,000 yards for the season and over 6,000 yards for his career.

Correy Maxwell had 134 yards rushing on 12 carries, with TD runs of nine and 50 yards.

Robinson scored twice, on runs of 80 and two yards.  He totaled 79 yards rushing on three carries.

Justin Hardin added 66 yards on four carries.  The Wonders ran for 587 yards and passed for 29 for 616 total yards.

When the game ended, the Northwest coaching staff and almost all of the Trojan players headed for their bus, avoiding shaking hands after the lopsided defeat.

"I can't apologize for our kids playing hard," Bruce Hardin said.  "They didn't come out here to do anyting to humilate anyone. They just play football hard.

""We played everybody.  The first team started the second half because I asked Nick if he wanted to get the record tonight and he said, "Coach, I'd like to get it tonight."

You can see a photo of Nick Maddox in this game, plus the game stats by going to Photo Albums and clicking on the '90's. Then scroll down.

1999
       Conference Champions                                    
Record….12-1
Players….Justin and Blair Hardin, Josh Lee (at LB), Marcello Stanback, Kurjuan Kirkpatrick, and Justin Chambers.
Comments…Lost to Concord in second round of playoffs. Beat Concord in regular season with a field goal with ten seconds left and won 10-7. Bruce’s last season with the Wonders. Bruce was 121-24 in 11 years, 2 state championships,10 playoff appearances, and won 11 games 7 times. The WONDERS were 40-3 from 1997 to 1999.

K 39 Statesville 18            
K 53 S.Rowan 31               
K 63…. Sun Valley..13      
K 42…North Rowan 6         
K 34…C. Cabarrus. 31         
K 70 Piedmont 0            
K 21 West Rowan 7         
K 62 Harding 0            
K 20 E. Rowan 0            
K 21 N.W. Cab. 7            
K 10 Concord 7            

   Playoffs
K 50 South Iredell 6
K 7 Concord 20

Interesting side notes to the (2) Concord games....In the first,which K-town won 10-7, Rush Rollins kicked a 32yd. field goal with 4.8 secs. left, to win the game. In the 2nd game, won by Concord 20-7, Concord QB Jamel Jackson led the way for the Spiders. Kannapolis was heavily favored with a record of 12-0, but the Spiders, with a record of 8-4, prevailed.

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