Cobre High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Bayard, NM)

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Big Red Takes AAA Football Crown Eric Lenike, Genaro Chanez, and Gabriel Chanez contributed to the success of Big Red. Displaving the travelhng trophy afte . na Hunter. This is Cobre ' s fifth ve the Cohre-Silver anie, ir with the trophv to Silv To begin the season the Indians, hav- ing 23 returning lettermen, were rated as 3- AAA ' s best. In addition to experience, the Tribe also had size, hsting several players at 200 poimds and over. On Sept. 3, the Indians battled with A. AA powerhouse Los Alamos to a 12-12 deadlock. On Sept. 10, the Indians went to T or C to beat the Tigers 66-6. On Sept. 17, the team battled Belen, last year ' s 1-AAA champs, at Belen for 27-20 win. In the game against Jesuit, Sept. 24, the team fought one of the top independ- ents in the El Paso area to a 28-1.5 win. Tlie Tribe knocked over the lx rdsbiu ' g Mavericks, on Oct. 1, .57-8 after a 22-20 win over them last year. On Oct. 8, the Indians hit the Gad- sden Panthers with a 21-14 victory. Oct. 15 was the day the Indians ran over the Socorro Warriors 43-8. Af- ter beating the top ranked team of New Mexico last year 22-14, Big Red came back on Oct. 22 to break the Fighting Colts 28-14. Big Red has now had the traveling trophy for five years to Silver ' s one. On Oct. 29, Cobre overcame the Deming Wild- cats 34-12. The Tribe then beat last vear ' s district title holder, Tularosa, .35-13 on Nov. 5. jAfter a 9-0-1 season the Tribe trav- eled to Belen for the AAA semi-final plavoff game on Nov. 20. During the first half Cobre ran ahead for a 26-0 lead in the first 12 minutes of the game. At halftime Big Red had a 40- 6 lead against the Belen Eagles. Cobre had them buried at the end of the game under a 54-18 victory. ' ic- tor - against the Eagles gave the Tribe the right to play Portales for the AAA crown. On Nov. 27, Big Red hosted the Portales Rams and held them back for a 16-14 victory wluch won the first state football championship in Cobre ' s history.

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■?s -1 ' Vi- ' ;A-xs?«s •We ' re number one! was the main yell used by Big Red when the time came and Cobre won the 1971 AAA State Championship.

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FRONT ROW: Ralph Delgado, All ert Perez, Robert Perez, Brad Niblett, Mike Puentes, Bobby Muniz, Andy Hunter, Jack Smith, Carney Foy, Robert Domingiiez. Tomniv Chavez, Eric Lemke, Tommv Silva, Jesus Villegas, Sal Espinosa BACK ROW: Ron Darnell, Abe Armendariz, Dwavne Beck. Hector Madrid, Booth Fowler. Carroll Tucker, Henry Canillo, Lee Wilson, Gabriel Chanez, Robbie Pedroza, Dickie Bates, Chris Moreland, Edward Rivera, Bill Copped e, Fernando Padilla, Genaro Chanez, Teddy Martinez, Albert Ernest Bustillos, Franklin Smith, Rov Jimenez, Marco Barraza, Rick ' V Enriquez. Gilbert Ortiz, Craig Byrd, Butter Jimenez, Ray Sedillos, Ned Francisco, David Misquez Varsity Holds 9-0-1 Season Record OBRE SCORES OPPONENT 12 Los Alamos 12 66 Hot Springs 6 27 Belen 20 28 Jesuit 15 57 Lordsbiirg 8 21 Gadsden 14 43 Socorro 8 28 Silver 14 34 Deming 12 35 Tiilarosa 13 .54 Belen 18 16 Portales 14 Big Red lirings down Portales in exciting AAA crown meet.