Parkland High School - Arena Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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Playin' for pride! Varsity finishes with 3-6 season VARSITY FOOTBALL IN ACTION: Above: Running back, Raye Smith, picks up some needed yardage against the Bel Air Highlanders. Upper right: Vince Pride, Robert Valadez and Robert Caskins pounce on an Eastwood fumble. Center: Chartie Contreras, Dexter Gainer, and Raul Soltero meet with defensive Coach Erwin Bloxdorf to plan their attack. Bottom left: Matador defenders stif- fen at their goal line, trying to prevent a Las Cruces Mayfield touchdown inthe opening game of the 1986-87 football season. Bot- tom right: Dexter Gainer makes a big play against the Socorro offense as he stops the Bulldog 'dead' PTIOIOS by Robbie Narvaez we fuzz, iw. 'I x ' If . I W, I li it ii x ,, ,, ,, , , ,,tt t t M a a,,,r,,Ia,, ,I ----- M, ,,,, I ,,,,, I ae 3, ,,,k W 154lVarsity Football

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Looking ahead Junior varsity players work for 1987-88 varsity squad membership ii! 1986 JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL: Row 1: Luis Matos and Danny Boisselier. Row 2: Bobby Ramirez, John Shumate, Marcus Shoemaker, Eddie Rigsby, Alex Green, Gustavo Arenas, Brian Youngblood, Damian Masson, and Steve Penoyer. Row 3: David Embertson ltrainerl, Charlie Keller, Ralph Hlnojos, Miguel Caraballo, Kiser Ford, Jason Damain, Richard Chavez, Carla Miller ttrainerl, and Coach Russ Banister. Row 4: Coach Vic Smith, Richard Soto, Billy Kneeskern, Michael Pathae, Virgilio Zarate, Joe Gainer, Michael Mitchell, Richard Tame, Jesse Martin, Leland Robinson, and Coach Rene Barreras. Row 5: Steve Cooper, Fer- nando Carillo, Juan Elizondo, James Barkley, David Cox, George Bnseno, and John Goode. Not Shown: Joe Torres, Ceasar Torres, Jason Bradley, Jose Gallegos, Jason Bel- mont, Junior Diaz, Joe Maloney, Wayne Pina, and Carlos Andrade. COACHES: Row 1: Vlc Smith lJVJ, Rene Bar- reras lJVJ, Davld Kelley Narsltyl. Row 2: Russ Banlster QJVJ, Dan Ferguson Narsltyl, Ronnie Hemandez lHead Varsity Coachl, and Enwln Bloxdorf Narsltyl. Footballl1 53

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Although the Matador varsity football team finished its season with three wins and six losses, that final win over one of the district favorites, Riverside put the icing on the cake. Everything seemed to come together as the Mats shocked the Rangers 22-20 on THEIR home field. The defense intercepted Gabriel Herrera four times during the game, resulting in three touchdowns. Chris Ortiz ran for forty yards after intercepting a pass. Robert Boyd got big yardage Q57 yardsl running back a kick off, and Rafael Vargas notched a 27-yard field goal. As a result of this win, in the final game of the season, the Rangers were knocked out of district con- tention, and the entire Matador squad was named to the El Paso HERALD-POST Player of the Week Honors. PEERPOINT: Kym Shumate, trainer: This year's season was disappointing in many respects, but our great win over the Rangers proved that our team was outstanding. lf they could have played like that all season, l think a lot of people would have paid at- tention to the Matadors. MATADORS 'HANG iN' AGAINST LARGER SOUADS: Left: Defensive linemen, Raul Meraz and Chris Ortiz get ready to key on the Eastwood backfield during a district 2-5A contest. Center: Head varsity football coach, Ronnie Hernandez, watches a play in pro- gress while Dexter Gainer 1103 and student trainer, Rhonda Russ shout encouragement to the Matador offense. Bottom left: Bernard Mean provides plenty of motion for the photographer as he crunches a Socorro Bulldog to the ground. Bottom right: Coach Hernandez talks over the next play with Steven Boyd and Alex Hinojos, Photos by Robbie Narvaez Varsity Footballl1 55