Blair High School - Saga Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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Dedicated Team Never Gives Up The season was very disap- pointing for Blair students and faculty, but the coaching staff was pleased with every game. The kids never gave up- they always tried. This statement, made by new head football coach Frank Matuszak, gives an overall view of the 1976-77 football season. The Vikings, finishing the sea- son with a 1-9 record, 1-7 in league, placed 7th in the Foothill League. The main problem for this year's team was the size of the players. On the offensive team, Blair averaged 168.5 pounds while the smallest defensive team that faced Blair averaged 200 pounds. The first two games were preseason games and they set the tone for the remainder of the season. Against their arch rivals, the Muir Mustangs, Blair was held motionless. Costly mistakes were prevalent for the Vikings as they fell to a 43-0 loss. Against Monrovia, the Vikings began to jell but time ran out and Blair was handed another loss, 38-20. Starting league against a strong Canyon team, the Vikings' defensive unit was unable to contain the Cowboys' offense and Blair fell to a 21-0 defeat. Again, against the Hart indians, the Vikings were unable to generate much offense and the game ended in a 24-8 loss. Determined to show their talents, a fired-up Blair team won their first game of the season against Glendale, 20-13. Excell Younger ran for 93 yards and quarterback Brian Johnson threw 6 passes for 97 yards to account for two of the fine individual efforts shown during the game. Blair came back to play a tough Burbank team, which result- ed in a 20-0 loss for the Vikes. Hoping to muster up another league win, Blair played a hard- fought game against Burroughs but was edged by one point, scoring 28 points to Burroughs 29. The Vikes final two games of the season were against Hoover and Crescenta Valley. Blair did not give up but they were defeated in both in- stances. K x K 7 ... 9 tfsxsa, X .- , ,sw f' UPPER: Kent Valley and Kee Young Lee OPPOSITE UPPER2 Wifh his ODDOUBFUS team up for another extra point. LOWER: Coach Beran relays information about the next play to Terry Triplett and Mike Owens. converging on him, Brian Johnson releases a pass to receiver, Todd Mclntyre

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.fl N AWP .v 6 , ,, , ... 'gf 9,-Y in auf -suvv vw-' ABOVE: FRONT ROW: Artis Bulliner, Todd Davis, Calvin Adams, Ken Luckey, Pat Green, Excell Younger, Brian Johnson, Greg Washington, Mike Owens, Bruce George, Robert Simons, Todd Mclntyre, Kee Young Lee, Coach Castro, Coach Matuszak. SECOND ROW: Keith Torrance, Terry Bush, Tony Anderson, Sam Brown, Bill Shirley, Terry Triplett, Kent Valley, Alan Goto, Kevin Auguste, Tony DeStefano, Michael Taylor, Coach Beran. BACK ROW: Forcye Bussey, Greg Preston, Brian Hutcherson, Raymond Haywood, Derek Bowman, Dominic Whittles, David Nack, David Muse, Robert Tosaya, Scott Hudson, Reggie Nelson, Ed Nix iManagerl, Greg Chamberlain lManagerl, Coach Steelhead.