Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Bobby Harvey does squats during the off-season. Harvey is on a weight program for jocks To help them get off the line quicker, IV players are often seen hopping around during off-sea- son. is - - Iunior Varsity , . .. x X' V I 5 Nimitz Opponent Q ' pl J XM . 'Wy ' 8 Southwest 14 fi- A I 'vxfsag 5 f' ,i y 0 Richardson 15 ' ,fi . , gl S ' S c 0 . '1' '-r:- .vs Q 'Q' 24 Arlington 6 eg M 6 S S 1 ' S 'Z 5 ey t 36 Duncanville 8 s l Q A .... 18 L. D. Bell 0 S ' . WA A. c, ,, . 1 h A- . 1 .. - .K fggvlsgxg v ' e 6 Irving 0 t by ' My y t , P ti 8 Gran Prairie 24 Y xv. x XX? V. . -ii.s l!X:w it 3 , -N .Q . . as we-I I . kv K 12 S. Grand Prairie 18 5 y Zbp y 8 pypv 21 MacArthur 14 Ti . iiwqpjfgglyy . .wig R , Q1 X X ft wN?wwiYt'f'QgiwwwiQm?s5M!v tt.t 3 aRaf'f'l'g- M i - - -we 1. --e+-sss.f4--fi:- fw'F1' ,tt :sign save Nwwiliilg gif i.fe TV players line up to run sprints to Sa.. , A xsQQ:sMw '-Q ' . 1 . . . .N v. -, 4. . , . k'1,1'-ei,-. agp - -1'-S Neff- oui d up endurance during their :g y ' yt fgt,g5g5,,, N off-season training program: bi eV' wgg,?S pkQ,1g gd in, H,f, -gtg fhtvfwgkuf S. 1u13,.,,, MN,4aewxmA6 L gaggggpfghgagqyg H rise,-+1-4'1 f . sf,. 1- -y, . .ff c 'gas p'v.5gug,41',.::i,,, 2. Q Lt. gs- ...Q ,s wizlf J ' I L--Q '-ft ' SPORTS

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Injuries - while waiting on the sidelines, recalled Bingham after his kick. When they called me onto the field, I got scared. As I saw the ball sail through the posts I could have jumped over the stadium lights, he laughed. Not only did Bingham - who later transferred to Breckenridge High School- win the game with his boot, he also set a school field goal record. This proved to be the only vic- tory for varsity squad. The Vikes had two obstacles to overcome - injuries and resignations. Either could have caused a lesser team to quit long before the sea- son ended, but the Vikes stayed ...and fought. Several of the two-way starters. such as lack McDaniels, Don Drake, Buzzy Murphy and Way- lon Hargrove were hurt, and inex- perienced players were forced to man the offensive and defensive trenches. Quarterback Kevin Trigg checks the line to see how the defense is stacked as he barks signals. In a mad scramble for the ball, Terry Ussery leaps over the top of several players. Varsity Nimitz 0PP0U9nt 7 Southwest 28 14 Richardson 40 6 Arlington 30 0 Duncanville 20 0 L. D. Bell 43 12 Grand Prairie 21 13 Irving 35 0 Trinity 36 30 S. Grand Prairie 27 6 MacArthur 20 SPORTS

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it row: Iackie Frederick, Scott ?land, Max Cunningham, Greg ez, Barry Maternowski, Ray ns, Iohn Roger, Dewey Vau- Li, Iaun Vasquez. Second row: .ance Sandford, Robert iey, Robert Cooper, Benny Franco, Mark Furgeson, Derek Davis, Bill Hillebrenner, Greg Smith. Third row: Mike Elston, Bill Clark, Ioey Arias, Tony McGee, David Vernon, Bobby Harvey, Barry Carter. Not pic- tured are Scotty Iohnson, Danny Archie, Bruce DeGrato, Mike Fritz, Steve King, Steve Briggs, Iohn Toney, Bill Yakel, Chris Thomas, Robbie Ward, Kenneth Kelly, Steve Cothran, Kevin Duke, Sammy Lopez. ,, n Q.. .1 fa, ,,,, Q - Resignations start long season You can teach a player every- ig, but you can't give him game erience, observed coach King. arlier in the year, a week are the grid campaign began, three top coaches resigned. chool superintendent Dr. Iohn vnley, athletic coordinator Ice Fox and principal Roy Curry nointed Don King as interim d coach. ing had retired from coaching the spring of 1979, but had ,ying that he makes it through ast squats, Iohn Reger puts all has into it. agreed to take over the ninth grade team when he learned the ninth grade coach had resigned. It was but a short time later he was offered the head coaching spot. It was the greatest thing that every happened to me, and I am honored to share the year with this great group of boys, King reflected. Our boys should be com- mended for they came from boys to men in a few short months King stated. He added that, The coach- ing staff was very professional. There was also a coaching change on the junior varsity and freshman squads. Ioe Bell was in charge of the ninth grade squad, moved to varsity, then to the posi- tion of junior varsity coach. One of the bright spots of the season was the Viking running game. But while the names of Kevin Trigg, Ronnie Kemp and David Peiser rang in our minds, it should be remembered that there would be no backfield heroes without the offensive line, the unsung heroes. You got to give credit to me, Waylon Hargrove and the offen- sive line, commented McDaniels. We fthe offensive linel don't get credit for anything, and many of us are two-way starters and play- ing on the specialty teams. Most people say, 'look at the running backs', McDaniels added, but they couldn't do anything without us. SPORTS