Joseph Burns (Volunteer): Joe Burns may not have graduated from Cary High, but his dedication to the school was unmistakable. From 1980 till 2004, Burns gave up his fall Friday night plans and operated the clock at Cary home football games.

Burns did not miss a Friday night for 14 years straight before stepping down after volunteering for 25 years.

Marque Carrington (Class of '96): As a three-year starter in basketball, Marque Carrington was an integral part of two Cary boys basketball teams that made it to the state championship game. As a junior, he was the leading scorer on the 1995 state ctitle winners, named co-most outstanding player of the GlaxoSmithKline Holdiay Invitational - which Cary won - and MVP of the eastern regional finals.

Carrington was also on the track and field team and led the football team in receptions his senior year.

Carrington played basketball for six years at North Carolina A&T, missing most of two seasons due to injury. He is now the varsity boys basketball coach at Cardinal Gibbons.

Barbara "Bonnie" Johnson Rose (Class of '88): Bonnie Johnson played three years of high school tennis - and she never once lost a regular-season singles match. Once ranked the No. 1 junior in the state, Johnson advanced to the state tournament as a freshman, junior and senior, finishing as high as fourth in the state in singles. She was also a conference champion in singles and doubles each year.

Johnson was not allowed to play as a sophomore due to a rule that has since changed. She had accepted a free trip to New York to play in the USTA Open's Equitable Family Tennis Challenge with her brother and was thus ineligible for the year.

She was the all-metro girls tennis player of the year in her final two season with the Imps.

Bonnie received academic and athletic scholarships to continue playing tennis at Peace College, where she was twice an All-American.

Roger Lorince Jr. (Class of 2000): Roger Lorince's passing records at Cary have not been touched since he graduated in 2000. Lorince was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Imps football team, throwing for more than 5,400 yards in his career.

At the time of his graduation, Lorince was also the leader in several Wake County passing records, such as career and single-season passing yardage and touchdowns. He was conference player of the year in 1999.

Lorince also played for the boys basketball team while at Cary. He went on to graduate from East Carolina University and currently lives in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Gary Nobles (Class of '78): Over his final two years at Cary High, Gary Nobles was a standout in basketball. He averaged 19 points and nine rebounds per game his senior season, ending his career with 1,062 points as a three-year starter.

Nobles averaged more than 20 points per game in the 1977 Holiday Times tournament, making the all-tournament team in 1977 and 1978 (no MVPs were given in those years). He was twice named to the all-metro team and was also an all-state performer.

Nobles was also the conference high jump champion in 1978 for track and field. He went on to play basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne College and currently works with Nationwide Insurance in Raleigh.

James Ramsey (Class of '76): Jim Ramsey was ranked as one of the top 100 boys basketball players in the country during his senior year at Cary High. As a senior, he was named to the all-state team, as well as Wake County player of the year.

Ramsey's 39 points against Garner in the 1975 Holiday Times Invitational was a single-game record that has only been surpassed nine times in the 36 years since. He went on to play at East Carolina, where he still holds the single-game record for free throw percentage (10 of 10) and was named to the conference's all-freshman team.