Davis High School - Olympian Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

Page 47 text:

1, Junior receiver Doug Tackeff in mofion. 2, Tariback Ray Lankford is on fhe run againsr Downey, 3. Doug Tackeff makes fhe caich no maifer whaf. 4. The Sparfan Hawgs in the trenches. 5. Quarferback Dan Sfarck Leis one go, 6. Varsifyx KFRONT ROWQ manager Roy Contreras, Curr David, John Ca- dreff, Brian Jarman, Scofi Jackson, Bre if Waii, Greg Baroni, Gabriel Suarez, Sian Siiverra, Mark Yosf, manager Sie ve Rash, CSECOND RO Wj Pau! Alves, Richard Sfepanovich, Chris Bunch, Todd Tuggie, Darrin Abby, Louie Trio, Mike Hussey, Kenny Newman, Scoff Thomsen, Raymond Lankford, John Whaia, Mike Schnieder, CTHLRD RO Wj coach Harry Guaico, Randy King, Jon Raffazzi, Mark Cordre y, Louie Padriia, Mike Pifcock, Frank S rice, Larry Baker. Bob Pickeff, Troy Javaher, Jose Pinto, George Green, Troy Boufeiie, Gar- neff Founfarn, coach Larry Johnson, CBACK ROWQ coach Dan Gonsaives, Rob Taro, Roberr Price, Dan Starck, John Lacey, Jeff Luna, Craig Lyons, Scoff Weiss, Jerry Saunders, Jamie Noir, Chris Cariilo, Dan Souza, Pepe Becerra, Doug Tackeif, Mike Lawson. head coach Don Lanphear, Varsify Football 413

Page 46 text:

T l r rfr -A parians Take ' To The semis againsT 'racy by Jamie Noff The 83 SparTan varsiTy fooTball Team was going afTer a fourTh sTraighT CenTral Cali- fornia Conference TiTle, buf came up Two wins shy of The crown. When asked how he feIT abouT The season, head coach Don Lanphear said iT was 'Ta very good learning experience for boTh sTaff and players. In non-league play SparTans posfed a 41- 4 record wiTh wins againsf PiTTsburgh, Cen- Tral, ModesTo, and Oakdale: The only loss came againsf Lincoln in The season opener aT Downey. The firsT league game wiTh ATwaTer was supposed To weigh heavily in The deciding of a new champion. BoTh offense and de- fense showed flashes of excellence, buT soon died ouT Tp posT a 26-0 loss and whaT seemed To be The end of The Sparfans. Things looked dim, coming off a big loss. The auesfion was could Davis regroup and make a comeback To salvage whaT ap- peared To be a disasTrous season. The an- swer was yes. Regrouped The Team Took on Beyer and ripped Them 28-0. Coach Lanphear was pleased wiTh The way his Team performed and said, IT would have been easy To fold up, buT we came ouT here and had an ouTsTanding perfor- mance. IT appeared The Sparfans were sTarTing To geT going once again and ThaT They jusT mighT have a chance for The TiTle, buT The nexf week proved Them wrong. Merced came in wiTh a deceiving 3-3 record To play Davis. Bofh Teams unleashed Their of- fensive fireworks To combine close To 600 yards and 52 poinTs. WiTh less Than Two minufes lefT, The Sparfan offensive uniT rambled for 80 yards Trying desperafely To puT iT in for six and Take The vicTory home. The Sparfans were held back wiTh an en- croachmenf penalTy and had To seTTle for a score of 28-241 in favor of Merced. Affer a hard foughf win agoinsf Turlock, The game many players had waiTed for was To come. The opposiTion, Downey, had beafen The SparTans The previous sea- son knocking Them ouT of The playoffs. For The Sparfans This meanf gaining Downey's respecf and geTTing revenge. Downey, headed by ex-Davis assisTanT coach Nick Chip Cipponerri, came inTo The game sporTing a 'l-8 record, buf once again Their record was very deceiving. The Knighfs jumped To a 6-0 lead on a screen pass ThaT wenT for 415 yards. Davis answered righT back wiTh a 77 yard drive ThaT led To a Two yard plunge for six. The PAT was successful and ThaT puT The SparTans up 7-6. Downey Took The ball To The Davis five yard line only To be Turned back wiTh a defermined goal lined sfand, and had To go for Three buT The aTTempT was blocked. Quarferback Dan STarck's Two Touchdown passes To Jeff Luna and George C-reen made iT 24-6. Lafe in The half, kicker Todd Tuggle puT one Through The uprighTs for Three and ThaT made iT 211-6, Davis. The Davis Sparfans received a berTh in The playoffs afTer a coin flip ThaT decided a Three way Tie for second. The Sparfan flip resulTed in a game wiTh Tracy, played aT Tracy's own Pefer B. Kyne field. The game ThaT so many people had waiTed for had finally come. lT was The very firsT meefing befween The Two Teams and. hopefully. noT The lasT. Tracy scored in The firsT auarfe by capping off a 59 yard drive for 6 an The conversion was good which made iT 7 0 Tracy. Midway Through The second auar Ter a blocked punT was Turned inTo Touchdown ThaT made iT 'lA-0. An inTer cepfed screen pass ThaT was run back 6 yards for a Touchdown in The Third auarfe puT The game ouT of reach for The Spar Tons. Despife a 24-0 loss The SparTan played one of Their besT games offensivel and defensively. Defensively The Sparfan held Tracy To more Than 'l00 yards unde Their usual performance, and offensivel had many plays called back ThaT woul have made The game closer or mighT hav even changed The oufcome. Compared To oTher offenses, The Spar Tans as a whole came ouT average, sTaTis QConTinued on page 41

Page 48 text:

QConTinued from page -4125 Tics wise, buT had players who led The con ference and even The disTricT. ln The rushing area Davis' Raymond Lankford had 483 aT TempTs and Q08 yards. Passing for The Spar- Tans was Dan STarck who Threw for 4,545 yards and 'lo Touchdowns. His favoriTe re- ceiver, junior Doug TackeTT, caughT AQ passes for 7112 yards To lead The disTricT ir receiving. Linemen who gave STarck The Time To Throw and helped Lankford geT his 908 yards were Jamie NoTT, Pepe Becerra, Larry Baker, John Lacey, ScoTT Thomsen, Mark Cordrey, Rob Taro, and Craig Lyons. OTher Top receivers who had recepTions were Jeff Luna, Darrin Abby, George Green, and STan Silverra. Richard STepano- vich, Mike Schneider, Jose PinTo, and Mark YosT came in and goT some Tough yards when The SparTans needed Them. Troy Ja- vaher did a good job backing up Dan STarck during The course of The season, and junior Todd Tuggle was second in dis- TrlcT kicking field goals. The Sparfan defense held opposing Teams To an average of 4417 yards rushing and 403 yards in The air. Sfand ouT linemen for Davis were ScoTT Weiss, Jerry Saunders, Mike Hussey, Jamie NOTT, Pepe Becerra, ScoTT Thomsen, Mike PiTcock, and Floyd SlaughTer. The Iinebacking corp was excel- lenT This season wiTh players like GarneTT Founfaln, Jose PinTo, John Lacey, CurT Da- vid, BreTT Wall, and Darrin Abby. Defensive backs ThaT were around The ball a loT were Jeff Luna, Louie Padilla, and Doug TackeTT. Two major sTaff changes This season were due To Cipponeri going To Downey. Coach Larry Johnson was moved up from The sophomore Team To coach running backs and corner backs, and Dan Gon- salves came ouT of reTiremenT To coach auarTerbacks and linebackers. Coach Lynn Zwahlen coached receivers and deep backs in his spare Time, and regular varsiTy coach Harry Gualco Took The receivers and deep backs when he could. Head Coach Don Lanphear coached boTh offen- sive and defensive lines. Coach Lanphear sTaTed, We finished The season wiTh a much improved Team. This group Turned ouT To be much more dedicaTed Than I anTicipaTed. When asked abouT playoffs he commenTed, I Thoughf we made a posiTive showing in playoffs.