Chaparral High School - Golden Embers Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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llllIll'0VG SGRSUII The varsity football team again was predicted to be underdogs, but this time they proved themselves to the newspaper writers and to their fans who finally got to sit in our new stadium. Underdogs don't always stay down in the dumps and our team proved it with a 3-7 season, the best ever in CHS history, and with a couple of close games against Arcadia, Tempe, and Mesa, two of those being lost in the final minutes of the game. With each game the team improved and got their plays straight and played together as a team trying hard to win. Like the other football teams the varsity was no different in not having enough players come out for the team. Almost the whole team then had to play both offense and defense so that by the end of the game they were too tired to play up to their ability, All the players managed to suffer through the season while some stood out among the others receiving special awards at the annual banquet. The Firebird Award went to Dan Gardiner offensive back Erik Johnson defensive back leff Piltz offensive lineman Gary Kirk defensive lineman Dave Kottler and Most Valuable Player lohn Harper. Varsity Football Coronado 32-0 Dellaa 23-12 Westwood 85-0 Arcadia I0-14 Gan Grande 0-20 Saguaro 21-0 lesa 81-20 Tempe 22-14 Scottsdale I4-20 Yuma 0 38 won 8 lost 7 ,Q has 'SQ 3 are 16 l lt all starts out with the huddle to plan the play 2 and then they put it to work Mike Vldulich it 11 gets this call a long pass for a G9 yard reception and a touchdown 3 Ron Iacobsen if 77 Pat Sullivan it 66 and Micole Matyas it 73 form a wall around two Arcadia opponents to prevent them from headlng towards the goal line 4 A common slogan on game days the varsity cheerlme holds up a Good Luck sign forthe team 5 lohn Harper if 40 receives the hand off and is on his way to pick up 4 more yards 6 Tom Metzger 1? 85 and Gary Kirk if 86 sack the Yuma quarterback for a 5 yard loss 7 Rex Wager if 53 confurms the play wuth head coach Les Unruh and other coach Mr Stincic before heading to the field again 8 A losing score depresses coaches Unruh Dougall .ff ,klk L , I rl A 1 . , k ,,,k grew' ,, ' A T ssrs - , , , ' gfg, . if '. ' . . T ysss l . . ' ' M rr,s ff? 4 .K ' ' . .. ',Xt - , . . , l . r - A, M' ' and Stincic. ' as T g ' '- ' 7 5 wee -,e.t,f,r,l ' Varsity Football It

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.. an M .Maumee . - . 'tw A JV Football Coronado 8-0 Ilelliza 0-I8 Westwood Ili-0 Arcadia 8-I4 Casa Grande 26-38 Saguaro 6-7 Mesa 26-I2 Tempo 20-6 Scottsdale 0-21 won 8 lost 4 1. Frank Piper if 86 stops a Saguaro opponent from gaining an extra 3 yards. 2. The iv team heads out towards the field before the first game against Coronado. 3. Ted Plotts if 88 takes a breather from play. 4. In the victory game against Saguaro, Dave Eichenberg it 32 and lohn Liske if 75 stop an opponent from going anywhere. 5. Ready-26,41 Hut, hut. The Firebird offense gets ready to move the ball the 5 yards needed for the first down. 6. Chris Leininger if 85 assists on the tackling of a Westwood opponent. 7. lt takes Ted Plotts it 88, Matt Haney if 77, lohn Liske at 75, Frank Piper if 86 and Eric Cedarstrom at 60 to stop a' Westwood opponent behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of 2 yards. 8. Top runner Mike Brown if 23 picks up 7 yards during Coronado game. 141V Football ' L , .. 15 if t . l X t -'- get 8 'F ' T ia S7 s g f' -fe of ,VS ,WAA K , gl , v . .-...i if I A , 'af bitt? TREE!! A .ff S! 8 , xg . 42 53 at .ji of ot , . 4 li 1' .-t . ' f 1 . F. 0 be '98 . sse f f 8 -team lf practice was really hard and the coach didn't have any pity on you, you sure felt like quitting, stated Ted Plotts, but he didn't quit. Practice had to be hard, though, because, like any other sport, practice makes perfect-even if it meant staying until 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. some nights. Yet it all paid off better for the iv team than for any other CHS football team as they ended the season with a 5-4 record and the glory of being the first football team in ChaparraI's history' to beat our biggest rival-Saguaro. The victory against Saguaro was a total team effort, but by the end of the season a few players stood out. Mike Brown had gathered a total of 1,100 yards in 8 out of 9 games. Ted Plotts had caught 36 passes from quarterback Karl Johnson who had completed 5081 of all his passes, and Frank Piper, who led the team in tackles, commented that We had more talent than our record stated. Agreeing with Frank Piper, Karl Johnson thought the team should have done better. l was disappointed in some of our games and wished more of the guys had gone out to play and win as a team instead of as individuals.