Steve Barnes

Coach Boone: Lastik, what's the matter?

Louie Lastik: I'm eligible.

[walks over to Boone and embraces him]

Coach Boone: [talking awkwardly, while still being embraced by Lastik] Well, um, I'm glad to hear that, son, but I'm already married.

Louie Lastik: I got a C-plus average, Coach. I'm going to college.

Coach Boone: [talking while hugging] Lastik, that's fantastic.

Title Card: [CUTTING ROOM-FLOOR VERSION OF EPILOGUE: early drafts of the screenplay found the real-life T.C. Williams Titans joining the actors who portrayed them, a la SCHINDLER'S LIST, at Gerry Bertier's grave... starting with Herman Boone and actor Denzel Washington, followed by Boone's wife and daughters, and by the actresses who played them in the movie] Herman Boone coached the Titans' football team for five more years. He is now retired and living in Alexandria.

Title Card: [as the Boones and their movie counterparts each lay a rose on Gerry's grave, they are joined by Bill Yoast and Will Patton, who also place roses on the grave] Bill Yoast assisted Herman Boone for another four years. He retired from coaching in 1990.

Title Card: [Yoast, the Boone family, and their actor-counterparts walk off together] Herman Boone and Bill Yoast became good friends. They continue that friendship today.

Title Card: [Actor Ryan Hurst approaches the grave and places a rose on it] Gerry Bertier was a two-time all-American. He became a leader, and an inspiration, to the handicapped community in Virginia... He was killed when a drunk driver ran his car off the road in 1981. The gym at T.C. Williams High School was renamed after him.

[Hurst turns from the grave and fades away while walking off]

Title Card: 'Big Julius' Campbell was named to the 1971 all-American team. After his football career was over, he began working for the city of Alexandria.

[Actor Wood Harris, along with Julius Campbell, approaches the grave. Both lay roses on it]

Title Card: Julius Campbell and Gerry Bertier remained close friends until the latter's death.

Title Card: [Harris and Campbell walk off. Actor Kip Pardue, along with Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass, approaches the grave; both place roses on it] Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass became the starting quarterback at the University of South Carolina at Greenville. He still lives there, and now works for ABC.

Title Card: [Pardue and Bass walk off. Actor Donald Faison, along with 'Petey' Jones, approaches the grave; both lay roses on it] Peter 'Petey' Jones ended his football career shortly after graduating from TC Williams High School. Since then, he has worked for the Alexandria school system.

Title Card: [Faison and Jones walk off. Actor Craig Kirkwood, along with Jerry 'the Rev' Harris, approaches the grave. Both place roses on it] Jerry 'the Rev' Harris retired from football after the 1971 season. He attended Federal City College and currently works for US Air.

Title Card: [Kirkwood and Harris walk off. Actor Ethan Suplee, along with Louie Lastik, approaches the grave; each places a rose on it] Lewis Lastik played four years of varsity football at Austin Peay State University. He graduated with honors, and is now a successful businessman in Tennessee.

Title Card: [Suplee and Lastik walk off. Actresses Hayden Panettiere and Tess Panzer approach the grave; they are carrying a large and beautiful wreath along with a stand, both of which they set up beside the grave] Sheryl Yoast continued to help her father on the field until his retirement in 1990. She married Ike Matthews in 1992. They welcomed a daughter, Elizabeth, the following year.

[Panettiere and Panzer turn from the grave. As they walk off, both fade away]

Title Card: In 1996, Sheryl died of a heart inflammation. She was 34 years old... Julius Campbell, Ronnie Bass, Peter Jones, Jerry Harris, and Lewis Lastik served as pallbearers at her funeral.

[photo of the real Sheryl Yoast]

Title Card: This film is dedicated to Sheryl's memory.