Although the Bruins fell to Northwestern, it was a season to remember and full of historic wins. It was the first time Lancaster High had appeared in the championship game in 30 years.
(The Lancaster News via The Lancaster Archive)
The "Bruins Dawg Pound" (as seen on sign) comes alive as the Lancaster High football team enters the field in Columbia at Williams Brice Stadium in Dec. of 1989.
The Bruins played Northwestern in the state championship game. It was LHS's first state championship appearance since 1959.
(The Lancaster News via The Lancaster Archive)
Students, football players, faculty, news media, and family members gather at a pep rally in the former Lancaster High School gym in December of 1989.
Sitting on the floor is the 1989 football team led by Johnny Roscoe with the 1959 players behind them. It was the team's first trip to the state championship game since the 1959 team won the title under Wade Corn.
The '89 team played Northwestern at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. The 1990 team made it back to the state championship in Columbia to battle Union High School.
Both teams attended the same school building as students. This building was located near where the current building is today on Woodland Drive.
Members of the 1959 team were quoted in stories saying it was the loudest and most energetic pep rally they had ever heard or seen. (Photo by Bobby Bell/ Bell Studio/The Lancaster Archive)
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A rare, color photograph of Lancaster High athletes in Sept. 1962. From left are _______, Andy Dickert, Vicki Porter, ________, Margaret Bell, Edward Knight, Bucky Hardin and Suzanne Wylie.
(Photo by Lavoy Studio/The Lancaster Archive)
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The Lancaster Post 31 baseball team poses for a group portrait in June of 1959. See anyone you know?
(Photo by Lavoy Studio/The Lancaster Archive)
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LHS head coach Johnny Roscoe talks with his team during a 1993 practice. Roscoe, who was the Bruins' coach and athletic director for 21 seasons, took LHS to two state championship appearances in Columbia in 1989 and 1990.
He left Lancaster in 2005 and two years later became the head coach at Northern Guilford High School in North Carolina.
While at NGHS, he won four state championships.
Roscoe won over 300 games during his career.
After retiring from coaching, he and his wife, Jane, moved back to Lancaster county, were they live now.
(Photo by Travis Bell/The Lancaster Archive)
The Lancaster Springs Plant baseball team poses for a group photo in 1924.
The textile leagues were a big part of Southern culture in the early to mid 20th century. Most games were played on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Some of the men present in this classic photograph are:
Manager Turner Morton, M.L. Beckham, Grady Bolin, Chiny McDonald, Harvey Barfield, future U.S. Rep. Dick Richards, Tom Stewart and Thurlow Pittman
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(Dick Richards Archive Collection via The Lancaster Archive)
Brice also played for the St. Louis Rams.
He played college ball for The University of Virginia.
In 2010, the Cavaliers retired his jersey. In 1995, Brice became the first specialist from UVa to be named a first-team All-American.
He was named all-ACC four times. His punts that pinned Florida State inside their own 10-yard line four times in 1995 were part of a team effort that dealt the Seminoles their first-ever, ACC loss.
(Photo by Travis Bell/SIDELINE CAROLINA)
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In December of 2021, NASCAR used the speedway to test its Next Gen car for the dirt race at Bristol.
Here, in Sept. of 1954, turn four is seen in the foreground as workers level out the hill that will become the stands on the front stretch.
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(Photo by Lavoy Studio/The Lancaster Archive)
WIS-TV's Rick Henry interviews Lancaster High School head football coach Johnny Roscoe before the Bruins' game against Spring Valley in Nov. of 1989. LHS would play in the state championship game in Columbia in December. (Photo by The Lancaster News via The Lancaster Archive)
The new football practice facilities, softball field and the upper decks on the football stadium aren't even built yet. This classic photograph shows 42,800 fans taking in the Georgia game in Death Valley on Oct. 5, 1974.
What else do you see in this image?
Lake Hartwell can be seen at the top of the photo.
Many Lancaster fans have made the drive to Clemson over the years.
(The Lancaster Archive/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)
The Lancaster Post 31 American Legion baseball team poses for a
group photo on June 10, 1953.
Pictured in no order are Donald Adams, Paul Smith, “Bucy” Baker, Graham Bennett, Bobby Powers, Bennie Hough, Jessie Smith and Joe Parrish.
(Photo by Lavoy Studio/The Lancaster Archive/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)
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Facemasks were not regulation back in 1948 when this portrait of the Lancaster High midget football team was made. See anyone you know?
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(Photo by Lavoy Studio/The Lancaster Archive/Image on File with Travis Bell Photography)
The Red Roses baseball team poses for a group portrait in 1949. The team was a part of the Central Catawba League, a textiles league with teams in Lancaster, Chester, Fort Mill, Kershaw and Great Falls.
Their games were played at Roach Stewart Field, where the Wylie St. pool is present day and at a field near Springs Cotton Mills.
Several of these players were World War ll veterans.The mill leagues in South Carolina became popular around 1908 and continued through the late 1950s.
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First row left to right:
Bill Moore, Martin Roberts, T. A. Berry, Curt Beasley, J. D. Thomas
2nd row:
Tommy Roebuck, Joe Blackston, Robert Avant, “Bull” Rushing, Doug Angley
Back row:
A. Z. F. Wood, jr. , Glenn Reynolds, Bill Camp, Cy Havird,
(Johnny Sykes, Richard Motsinger, and Clyde Walker not present when picture was made)
(Photo by Lavoy Baukniight/The Lancaster Archive)
Thanks to Al Berry for help with IDs.
