THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, December 16, 1994 TAG: 9412140194
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 22 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY JULIE GOODRICH, CLIPPER SPORTS EDITOR
LENGTH: Short : 46 lines
For 13 games, the Deep Creek football team always managed to find a way to come out on top.
Sometimes it was easy - like a 35-0 win over Churchland. In other games the Hornets faced more of a challenge - a narrow 13-12 victory over Booker T. Washington in the season opener, a 48-42 last-second win over Hampton in the Eastern Region finals.
For 2 1/2 months, the Deep Creek players and coaches rode the wave of a dream season, pulling family, friends, and the community as a whole into the excitement along the way.
Although the Hornets' run at an undefeated season ended with a 21-7 loss to Patrick Henry-Ashland in the Group AAA-Division 5 state final last Saturday, coach Jerry Carter's team put together the school's finest year on the football field and gave Chesapeake its first shot at a state championship.
It's not likely that anyone associated with Deep Creek football will forget the 1994 season. But for the seniors - Lorenzo Artis, Vernon Boone, Lawrence Claiborne, Wes Cochran, Dee Harrell, Dumeka Haskett, Marquis Hicks, Tiernan Hughes, Chris Little, Floyd Logan, Kenny Manning, Brian Marshall, Dontrel Parker, Tommy Rapier, Keith Reese, Kevin Reese, Zollie Russell, Jason Waters, Junathan Watson, Cedrec Williams and Torrey Wilson - it was an especially memorable year. ILLUSTRATION: Staff photos by PAUL AIKEN
Lorenzo Artis rests after after Deep Creek's dream season ends in a
loss to Patrick Henry-Ashland in the state finals.
Thomas Rapier, center, is comforted by his parents after Deep Creek
loses the state finals.
Patrick Henry's Corey Rivers, right, tackles Deep Creek's Arnie
Powell.
Deep Creek's Wes Cochran, left, lunges but misses.
by CNB