I was at Enfield High School (1972-1976) when Mr. Claude “Clutch” Cooper won some of those basketball championships. The gym was packed out every night, especially when we played Eastman. I remember Bernard Vaughan and Robert Knight who could jump out the gym. Robert was compared to David Thompson at NCSU.

I was the starting quarterback on the 1975 football team. We were 5-1 in the conference loosing only to Gaston. 1975 was the first time Enfield High beat the Weldon Chargers who were the defending conference champions. Jesse Hilton was a the starting tailback as a sophomore (all conference), Joseph Boone (senior) was the starting wide receiver (all conference), Michael Johnson (senior) was the starting slotback and middle linebacker (all conference), Larry McDaniel (junior) was the starting fullback and nose guard (all conference), and Ronald Pittman (senior) was the starting tight end (all conference). I was offered a scholarship to play football at Davidson but I instead went to NCCU in Durham. Joseph Boone went to Cornell University. Ronald Pittman went to Shaw University.

The 1973 football team went 8-2 for the season and was at one time ranked in the top 5 in the state for 2A teams. That team featured starting quarterback Kenny Demery, All-East tackle Jerome McDaniel, All-East fullback Johnny Mitchell, Ricky Clark – all conference linebacker, Richard Spann – all conference linebacker & guard, Carl Battle – middle linebacker, “Big Charlie” Whitaker – tackle, Donald Richardson – tailback (the fastest thing on two feet), and slotback Curtis Battle. I had to play second string quarterback against these guys in practice. I was glad to see Friday night come when they could hit the opposing team players instead of me!