2 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

 

Look at that coaching staff. Some great coaches there, including Cooper high school's namesake Randy Cooper.

2 minutes ago, Honey Badger said:

Mullins had a good run at Beechwood. Always remembered him associated with baseball didn't realize he started on that 76' team. Great athlete. He lived on Lloyd Avenue forever now I'm pretty sure he is retired in Florida.

I knew Molitor didn't play QB at Morehead so I assumed he played defense on the football team but you are totally correct he didn't play football at all at Morehead it was baseball. Thanks for clearing my mind up, it gets pretty foggy in there sometimes.

Mullins family owned and operated Jimmy's Roller Dome in Erlanger.

10 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Mullins family owned and operated Jimmy's Roller Dome in Erlanger.

Pretty positive they still do. Every so often I will drive past it and the same guy is manning the front door that has been doing it for 30+ years.

I knew some of these players and coaches from various Erlanger Lions teams in the way back, when Tichenor Middle School was simply known as Erlanger Elementary. 

Mid '60s to late '70s was the first "Golden Age" of high school sports in Erlanger-Elsmere in my opinion. Superintendent John Miles, who was an assistant football coach at Dixie for a bit, really supported all sports. Two championship football teams, really good basketball, baseball, and track teams in this era too, plus three state titles in cross country.

• 1976 Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts 

1st Row (L-R): Mika Lockard, Dave Smith, Doug Berkemeier, Mitch Marksberry, Curt Wright, Ken Kostas, Mark Evans, Tim Wheeler, Gary Eades, Mark Molitor, Steve Hahlen.

2nd Row: Joe Roszman, Matt Carey, Bill Webb, Keith Bodenbender, Tony Sievers, Brad Smith, Matt Kordenbrock, J. Eades, Mike Stiene, Kevin Ashley, Bob Mullins. 

3rd Row: Steve Naugle, B. Rash, Kevin Brinkman, Mike Wagner, Tom Goodhew, Charlie Sluder, Dave Gaskins, Jim Ludwick (Ludwig?), Bob Nicholas, Marc Otto.

4th Row: Randy Eades, Dan Marshall, Tim Zeis, Craig Mullen, Clarke Wilson, Joe Kinman, Chris Marksberry, Tim Pumphery, Tracy Exeler, Steve Botts. 

5th Row: Randy Tomlinson, Todd Schutter, P. Kennedy, Dana Condit, D. Lambert, Mike Dishon, R. Brown - Team Manager. 

Players not pictured: Bill Botts, Jeff Estes, and Jon Hopkins. 

6th Row (Coaches): Dan Kraemer, Rudy Tassini, Randy Cooper, Dick Wilmhoff, HC Jim Dougherty, Mike Burns, Oliver "Buddy" Dittus, Jeff Frisch. Coach not pictured: Rusty Kordenbrock.

Credit ~ December 1976 cover of the KHSAA's "The Kentucky High School Athlete" magazine.

• Undefeated with a record of 14-0.

Lloyd 29 Ludlow 0

Lloyd 12 Boone County 6

Lloyd 41 Dixie Heights 0

Lloyd 21 Newport 8

Lloyd 20 Holmes 13

Lloyd 27 Highlands 14

Lloyd 22 Newport Catholic 16

Lloyd 39 Simon Kenton 13

Lloyd 35 Conner 7

Lloyd 41 Campbell County 0 

Lloyd 54 Covington Catholic 0

Playoffs ~ 

Lloyd 43 Whitley County 6

Lloyd 26 Belfry 6

? Lloyd 24 Shelby County 0

The aforementioned cover ~

 

3 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Look at that coaching staff. Some great coaches there, including Cooper high school's namesake Randy Cooper.

Could you explain a little bit about how Cooper ended up being named after Randy Cooper? I know he was the first principal at Ryle and passed away unexpectedly, did they name Cooper after him in honor of his service to the Boone County School District? 

Always thought it was wierd Mullins was never the head coach for Lloyd's baseball team and it took a whole lot longer than it should have to get Meyerhoff to be the head man. Mullins would be seen walking all over Erlanger and out cutting his grass proud as could be in that red and white Beechwood gear. You would see him all the time before and after games in gas stations and in Dixie Chili wearing his Beechwood coaching uniform and everyone respected him so much they didn't give him any bologna over it.

Mark and his brother Steve still ride their mountain bikes all over. I see them on their bikes at separate times, never together throughout Crescent Springs, Ft. Mitchell and Erlanger. Steve has lived down the street from Tichenor for ages and was the first coach for Tichenor's middle school football team and Mark has continued to live in Erlanger as well. I have in the past several years seen Mark cutting grass at multiple different residences randomly around Erlanger.

2 hours ago, Honey Badger said:

Could you explain a little bit about how Cooper ended up being named after Randy Cooper? I know he was the first principal at Ryle and passed away unexpectedly, did they name Cooper after him in honor of his service to the Boone County School District? 

Yes, your comments sum it up as to why they named the school after him. High energy, infectious personality. Fun, strong, discipline at the same time. Ryle's only principal till he passed away in 2006. His wife was Lloyd Superintendent John Miles (mentioned above) daughter.

Fun fact for our Raceand friends on the site, Cooper was a Raceland native and he loved his hometown. My dad is from that area and he and Randy had a kinship because of that - they enjoyed sharing stories from down home.

56 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Yes, your comments sum it up as to why they named the school after him. High energy, infectious personality. Fun, strong, discipline at the same time. Ryle's only principal till he passed away in 2006. His wife was Lloyd Superintendent John Miles (mentioned above) daughter.

Fun fact for our Raceand friends on the site, Cooper was a Raceland native and he loved his hometown. My dad is from that area and he and Randy had a kinship because of that - they enjoyed sharing stories from down home.

It's pretty cool to see ties to the area trace all over the state.

You can now catch Lockhard at the Dixie games he has a soph grandson that plays football for the Colonels.

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

His wife was Lloyd Superintendent John Miles (mentioned above) daughter.

I imagine Miles Elementary is named after John Miles?

Lockhard also had a granddaughter that attended Dixie and was a very good basketball player, in the 1k point club.

Randy Tomlinson on that 76' roster has to be related to John Tomlinson the D line coach at Lloyd right now and his son Lincoln who started linebacker last year for Lloyd as a freshman and led them in tackles for majority of the year. John was a stud, he has another son that graduated from Lloyd some years back that was a freight train.

26 minutes ago, Honey Badger said:

Randy Tomlinson on that 76' roster has to be related to John Tomlinson the D line coach at Lloyd right now and his son Lincoln who started linebacker last year for Lloyd as a freshman and led them in tackles for majority of the year. John was a stud, he has another son that graduated from Lloyd some years back that was a freight train.

Not sure about the relationship to John, et al. Randy coached at Beechwood for most of the Rash years.

Also, Lockard has been to a lot of Beechwood games in recent years as two granddaughters have been cheerleaders at Beechwood.

11 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Not sure about the relationship to John, et al. Randy coached at Beechwood for most of the Rash years.

Also, Lockard has been to a lot of Beechwood games in recent years as two granddaughters have been cheerleaders at Beechwood.

Yeah Lockard has quite a few grandchildren to keep him busy now days.

Sounds like Rash knew what he was doing locking in that good pedigree with Randy Tomlinson. 

The Botts' were always good athletes that were all blessed differently with either size, speed or power. Over the years there were quite a few of them that attended Lloyd, along with the Luke's and Ewell's in some different years.

4 hours ago, Honey Badger said:

Yeah Lockard has quite a few grandchildren to keep him busy now days.

Sounds like Rash knew what he was doing locking in that good pedigree with Randy Tomlinson. 

The Botts' were always good athletes that were all blessed differently with either size, speed or power. Over the years there were quite a few of them that attended Lloyd, along with the Luke's and Ewell's in some different years.

I believe Bill Botts played small college football. His younger brother Mike was an even better athlete, got a scholarship and played at Louisville. Their sister Jackie Botts was an excellent basketball player for Lloyd in the early 80's.