Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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1. Senior Mike Sugar embraces tight end Robert Kent after the Aztecs scored another touch- down. The Aztecs won the Empire League title. z. Head Coach Pete Yoder confers with team members Dean Honaker, Chris Eaves, Mike Miller, Herb Smith and Robert Kent. The team's plays set new trends in Aztec offense and defense. Morford inundated by choices Senior Steve lVlorford had, at the end of the football season, many options open to him. After being named All League, All County and All CIF and breaking the school record for the most number of yards rushing 418403 breaking the 1979 record set by Mike Keele, he had more than his share of univer- sities trying to recruit him. He had been offered full ride scholarships from Brigham Young, Harvard, Stanford 46 - football and Cal State Fullerton. Two military acade- mies, the Air Force and Army, also offered him appointments. With a 3.8 grade point average the school's academic program is just as important as its athletic program to Mor- ford, who plans to major in business manage- ment. Morford will not take sole credit for his season, The team was good, the defense even helped the offense by giving us back the ball. T couldn't have scored without the of- fense,'i said Nlorford. 5, Q Steve Morford eludes an opponent.

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Aztecs again go to CIF finals at Big A Once again the Aztec Varsity gridders entered CIF finals. Last year they were defeated in the semi-finals by El Modena and the year prior to that they went to the Big A only to lose to Capistrano Valley. Again the Aztecs lost in the CIF finals to Los Altos High School with a score of 31-14. Los Altos dominated the game from the beginning and it was clear that the Aztecs were not prepared on that particular day for that particular game. If it had been a different day we probably could have beaten them, said senior Steve Morford. Members of the team do not believe that Los Altos had a better team, just that the timing was wrong for this particular game. That loss in the finals came after Coach Pete Yoder's team had bested Rowland High School 4o-6, Lynwood High School 21-14, Hacienda Heights Wilson High School 28-8 in CIF playoffs. The only other team they lost to was Loara C7-IO, in the Empire League season. The team earned the title of Empire League Champions after defeating nine of the ten schools in the league including cross town rival El Dorado 2I-O. They shut out four schools, La Quinta I4-O, Cypress 35-o, Pacifica 35-o and El Dorado. Four team members were selected to be all CIF players, Mike Knutson, Steve Morford, Dean Honaker and Kevin Clson. 1. Senior Herb Smith hikes to fill-in quarterback Mike Sugar. Sugar, filling in for injured quarterback Pat Wren, is one of the most versatile players on the team. 2. Senior Steve Morford maneuvers around the El Dorado Golden Hawlc's defense. Morford earned all honors from local newspapers and was selected all CIF. Varsity Football EHS 33 Sunny Hills 7 29 Capo Valley 7 I4 La Quinta o 21 El Dorado o 35 Katella I0 49 Kennedy 18 7 Loara IO 35 Cypress o 42 Los Alamitos 7 35 Pacifica o CIF 40 Rowland 6 21 Lynwood I4 28 Hacienda Hts 8 14 Los Altos 31 2 football - 45

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J i K, Ai., I Sophomores end season in Empire 2nd place Surprising skeptics, the Sophomore Football Team ended the season in second place. Coach Mike Curran commented that he was surprised that his team had done so well. The team had been plagued with a rash of injuries and some of the key team members had moved away. Curran said that it was a constant problem to know who he would be able to play in each game. Curran said that the 7-2-1 record was earned by every team member. The players all made a great contribution to the team . . . they are all good ball playersf' said Curran. Almost 90727 of the sophomore squad will make the transition to the varsity team next year. 1. Senior Kevin Olson runs for an important first down. Olson, along with Dean Honaker, Steve Morford and Mike Knutson, was selected all CIF. 2. Sopho- more football - front, R. Foley, Branson, AM. Rockwell, Hoffman, T. Gresham, B. Bechtol, A. Cohick, M. Wright, B. Torres, M. Curran. Row 2, R. Mc Millan, B. Chandler, Bludworth, B. Chambers, B. Thompson, S. Smith, R. Smith, K. Pontiflect, B. Lydic, M. Ferraro, Row 3, M. Rossi, M. Sims, K. Miller, E. Seabold, S. Fluor, T. Collins, T. Lambert, Farrell, G. Yarber, R. Schriever. Sophomore Football EHS 22 Sunny Hills o R -' as f 28 Capo Valley o o La Quinta 21 28 Karella o 6 Kennedy 6 I4 Loara I7 IQ Cypress 6 49 Los Alamitos o 28 Pacifica 21 football - 47