OCDavis, my friend, you can count on it that anytime I discuss the great Thomasville program I will do it with the utmost respect.
Lincolnton lost to Kings Mountain 18-6, in 1964. I remember thinking how Pat Murphy was the best quarterback I'd ever seen and trying to imagine what a great team it would take to beat the Mountaineers but they would lose the next week to Hickory. Then Hickory would lose the next week to Thomasville. I asked my Father where Thomasville was and he said, "It's that way" and pointed towards Boger City.
In 1983, we beat Crest and went up to Buncombe County the next week and got drubbed by AC Reynolds. I thought, "nobody is going to handle Carey Metts and the Rockets, Notre Dame box", but the very next week Reynolds would go down to the Bulldogs, and I could tell of other reasons why my hat is off to T'ville. These things may not mean much to others but they do to me.
They may have had a couple of lean yeas but they're still Thomasville. We too, have experienced hard times but like us, they will bounce back.
OC, if you come down for the game and decide to have a pre-game meal, I would surely like to join you, and if you decide to go on to the game I hope you'll get in touch so II can walk over and say hello. It would be good to see you again. If you no longer have my phone number I'll post it on here.
