Editor’s Note: Each week, the Republican-Times will review a specific position on the all-time THS Football Team that was included as part of the 2006 fall sports special section. Readers are asked to nominate individuals they think should also be included on that list. Readers will also be able to vote on those nominees in a poll appearing on the Republican-Times website (www.republican-times.com). A review of the suggestions will be published as part of the THS weekly football preview on Thursdays.
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The votes were down this week as we had 71 votes for the all-time linebackers. Finishing the week with one vote each were Marvin White and Mark Pettegrew. Larry Lawson finished with a pair of votes. Scott Lewis, 1986, finished with three total votes. Eric Sharp just missed the cut with five votes.
Tying with eight votes each and placing fourth were Carroll Baugher, ‘62, and Bob Brown, ‘66. Third place went to Kenny Robbins with 12 votes. Gary Ferguson had a strong showing for the 1950’s, earning 17 total votes and coming in second overall. The Readers Choice all-time best linebacker is Mike Prindle. A two-time all-state selection, Prindle anchored a 1984 MEC championship team.
It is now time to shift gears. Instead of looking at individual positions, this week we are going to debate the best all-time offensive line, inspired by our current group of solid players. So let’s take a look at some of the better units we have had at Trenton over the years.
1940: The Bulldogs went 8-0 under fourth-year coach C.F. Russell. Charles Hoffman played a big role in that team’s success.
1946: Again the Black & Gold were unbeaten, 8-0, and featured Tom Pickett and Donald Coil up front.
1962: Featured another unbeaten THS football team. This time the Bulldogs were lead by Dewey Combs, who was in his fourth-season as head coach. Trenton was, 8-0-1. Robert Noe and Carroll Baugher were both big parts of this unit.
1966: Terry Andereck, Bob Brown and Mike Costello were part of Trenton’s last unbeaten team, 10-0. The Bulldogs rolled through the competition and won the M-S State Championship.
1978: Under Dan Kratzer, the Bulldogs put together their most prolific season through the air. Steve Marlay anchored that unit.
1979: THS turned in it’s best season since 1966 with an 8-2 record. Marlay again played a big role for the Bulldogs.
1984: With a 7-3 record and a MEC championship, the big boys up front were Jeff Bryant and Scott Serr.
1986: Terry Lynch and Rodney Roberts helped the Bulldogs finish with a 6-3 record.
1990: Chris Sharp, Craig Sterling and Kenny Robbins blocked their way to an 8-3 record. That season Brian Grimes rolled up nearly 3,000 yards rushing.
2000: Jared Herrin and his fellow offensive line members helped the Bulldogs have three players gain 1,000 yards in total offense.
2002: The Bulldogs got off to a great start behind David Sager and Seth Cox, but stumbled down the stretch by losing two of their final three games and finishing with a 7-3 overall record.
2004: The Bulldogs finished with an 8-2 record. Adam McClure helped the Bulldogs average over 300 yards of offense per game.
There we are folks. Good luck to all those units. Next week we will move back to position players as we will look at receivers and tight ends. As always, feel free to send me suggestions commenting to this story on the website, www.republican-times.com.
