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Not So Long Ago...Youth Football Team Remembered

    It wasn’t so long ago, was it?  We thank Chris Merrill of Umatilla’s A&M Auto Parts for letting us share this photo of the 1984 Eustis/Umatilla Wildcats youth football team and cheerleaders.  This photo was taken at the Eustis community baseball complex, which is located on Kurt Street near Lake Tech, and includes many familiar names to longtime area residents. 
    We see the team posted a successful season, finishing in second place in the conference, with included games against Apopka, Winter Park, Altamonte, and another Eustis team, among others.  The team was sponsored by the likes of the Umatilla Bulldog Boosters, the Umatilla Kiwanis and Lions Clubs, and Umatilla State Bank, which is still a few years out from becoming United Southern Bank.
    Good memories!