Air Academy High School - Vapor Trails Yearbook (USAF Academy, CO)

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Quick Kids Stun Critics With the regular season over, the Kadets had one objective: a state championship. Again as at the start of the season, many doubted the young team's chances of even making it past districts, much less to the state playoffs. Again the critics were wrong. Crushing the Ieague's southern division champs Pueblo South 17-6, the Kadets qualified for the preliminaries of the state play-offs, where they were pitted against giant Jeffco League champs Arvada West. A 20-10 vic- tory there propelled them to the quarterfinals against the Boulder Fairview Knights. Up to this point people had been saying Air Academy was lucky to have come this far, and now they contended that there was no way the quick little rich kids could possibly beat Fairview, but again the Kadet brawlers beat the odds. Before a large crowd at Falcom Stadium a stalwart defense again rose to the occasion, and the Kadets rode a first-quarter field goal to a 0-0 win. Crosstown rival Mitchell, still carrying the 41 ranking in the state, was the semi-final oppo- nent for the Kadets, and the two teams squared off for what be- came the most exciting 48 min- utes of high school football in southern Colorado history. After a tug-of-war of scores and emo- tions, the game was finally tied 29-29. Finally, an overtime Ma- rauder field goal settled what es- sentially was the Colorado high school state championship. During a scrimmage held at the K-Dome field, Bruce Lockwood prepares to hike the ball to Pat Rice Ctopj. The tension of being a head coach shows on the face of Gary Barnett as he prepares to send in the defense Cmiddle leftb. Defensive line- man Mike Ager prepares to sack Boulder Fairview's quarterback. Cmiddle rightj. Escaping the tackle of the opponent, Tad Wood crosses the endzone for a touch- down Kbottomj. 182lSports

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as Xb: Row 1: Sidney Nicholson, Doug Smith, Ralph Rodriguez, managers Jill McLean, Todd Kopas, Tami Kirazes, Don Wood, Tad Wood, Brandon Rowe. Row 2: John Zavarelli, coaches Bart Stevens, Norm Fleischauer, Dom Luppino: head coach Gary Barnett: coaches Rick Unks, Bob Atkinson, and Rod Dobbs: Lee DePalo. Row 8: Steve Turner, Andy Johnson, Scott Jackson, David Mediavilla, Tyler Walters, Mike Doyle, Ed Glaza, Mike Lee, Jim Vetack. Row 4: Doug Edwards, John Mitchell, Anthony Nicholson, Grant Smith, Jeff Ziegler, Mike Ager, Steve Wallisch, Dave Grines, Don Walsh, John Williams. Row 5: Curt Sanders, Mike Armstrong, Todd Walters, Craig Koepping, Danny Cubero, Dave Egan, Jim Haring, John Colvard, Jeff Haring. Row 6: Jeff Runnfeldt, Tim Daniels, Bill Evans, J.R. Black, Brian Bullard, Pat Rice, Pat Forde, Bill Butler, Bruce Lockwood, Richard Jackson. All-Area wide receiver David Mediavilla surges into the end zone, where he spent most of the season Cbelowj. Scoreboard AA vs. OPP. 16 Alamosa O 10 Widefield 6 12 Central 28 35 Centennial 14 12 Mitchell 34 34 Coronado 8 16 Doherty O 38 Palmer 13 7 Wasson 26 PLA YOFF5 17 South 6 20 Arvada West 10 3 Fairview 0 29 Mitchell 32 9-4 Sports I 181

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get Y, 'P fs., J 5 Row 1: Tomi Kirazes, Todd Kopas, Jill McLean, managers. Row 2: Todd Lauxman, Daniel Torbet, coaches Rod Dobbs, Dom Luppino: head coach Gary Barnett: coaches Rick Unks, Bart Stevens, and Robert Atkinson: Nick Volpe, Doug Busby. Row 3: Bobby Formanek, Don Marx, Carl Loos, John Davis, Shaun Turner, Gary Archuleta, Peter Obernesser, Carl Jordon, Brad Shaw, Steve Miller. Row 4: Ken Huard, Mike Thigpen, Ted Harvey, Kurt Sullivan, Glen Leites, Darren Evans, George Walker, Steve Abel, Eric Grundmann, Ted Spencer. Row 5: Kevin Ellis, John Skalla, Rob Maclntosh, .lohn Mitchell, Chris Snyder, Todd Rice, Dan Walsh, Mike Tompkins, Ryan Pring. Row 6: Sean Buckingham, Blake Schwank, Paul Peterson, Chip Alger, Bryson Ware, Craig Gienty. Punting the ball is Tad Wood, a member of both the varsity andthe junior varsity teams Cleftb. At the point in the game where every play must be executed perfectly, Pat Forde does his part by making a leaping catch Crightj. l Scoreboard AA vs. OPP. 14 Mitchell 13 7 Widefield 18 17 Central 42 19 Centennial 7 25 Mitchell 23 19 Coronado 9 28 Doherty 12 42 Palmer 36 14 Wasson 7 7-2 Sports I 183