LAKE CITY HIGH RECOGNIZES STUDENT-ATHLETES

MAY 14, 2013
LAKE CITY, SC -- Lake City High School recognized its outstanding athletes Thursday, May 14, during the school’s annual athletic banquet.

The guest speaker for the banquet was former Lake City High wrestling coach Mark Tillotson. Coach Tillotson was the architect of Lake City High’s wrestling program, which is the school’s most successful sport with a state championship, eight individual state championships, one lower state championship and 12 region championships.

The school also used the banquet to recognize members of the 2002 state championship wrestling team. Those who attended included Jonathan Jackson, Todd Steward, Ashley Powell, Andrew Miles, Brian McFadden, Watch Brockington and Richard Brockington.

Tillotson stressed the importance of loyalty among student-athletes, coaches, parents and the school. “Loyalty has to be from the heart. You cannot fake it,” he said to the student-athletes. “Walk the walk of loyalty. Do not just talk the talk. Be accountable so that our young people can see the true way to live and show loyalty to others,” Tillotson said to the coaches and parents.

Coach Tillotson invited former Lake City High School student-athletes to provide comments on “loyalty,” the topic of his remarks. Some former Lake City High student-athletes who were unable to attend sent their written thoughts on theimportance of loyalty.

All photos courtesy of Dakota Hanna.

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