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Lonnie Thomas (LT) was a letter-winner in baseball and football at Mayville State.
He started as a safety on the junior varsity football team and qualified as a varsity player in 1974. In 1975, he pitched for the junior varsity baseball team and notched a record of 2-0. Starting on varsity in 1976, his record was 4-0. His pitching record in 1977 was 8-1 and in 1978 was 8-5. Thomas was voted Mayville State’s co-most valuable player and was named to the all-conference team as well as the all-District 12 team in 1977. He was the team’s co-captain in 1978. LT’s overall record was 22-6. Legendary Comets head baseball coach Al Meyer was Lonnie’s coach for all four years in which he played. Coach Meyer handed him the ball 28 times and Thomas finished all but one game. He and his Comets teammates kept Coach Meyer over the 500% mark with lots of hard practice and good teamwork.
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