Grandview High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Grandview, MO)

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Workin' har , runnin' strong, movin Text by Kathy Snider . Wednesday, September 5, 1979. The Kansas City Times screamed 'Grandview is Great and football sea- son was just around the corner. And with it came Grandview placed high in the ratings. Only this year the Bulldogs were a new team and a young team. It all began with a win against Oak Park, 6-O. lt was Sam Browns' first game and Park McClungs' last. Park McClung, varsity running back, walked to the sidelines and then col- lapsed. He was taken from the stadium in an ambulance, suffering a lower back injury which kept him out the re- mainder of the season. Coach Sam Brown premiered as the new head football coach and he led ,fastlll the team of only five returning lettermen to their first win. Brown showed Grandview what en- thusiasm he and the team had. He showed them a team of spirit and a team out to win. The team with the superstar names was gone. Grandview was in the build- ing stages now. Building new names and new faces and putting forth all their effort according to Brown. And they worked hard to get their revenge on Hickman Mills. And that they did. They had waited a year since their one and only loss to that school which cost them a trip to the state playoffs. They were ready to come back and they did just that winning the game 16-1. continued. FootbaIl!KS Ripping through the banner, David Cummings, junior, starts off the Oak Park game to the roar of the crowd and encouragement from Pep Club. ' It was tough to bring down Mike Arbanas, senior, during this offensive drive against Park Hill.

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Worki n The game wasn't the same, howev- er. Both teams were comprised of new players and both teams were headed by a new head coach. And the stands weren't quite as full. Nevertheless, one thing remained, the game was full of ri- valry and this time Grandview won. Warren Neaves, slot back, ran a re- verse for 35 yards bringing the ball to the six-yard line. Mark Perry, running back, then took it in the rest of the way to score the first touchdown. Fred Fayne, defensive end, also scored when he picked up a fumble on Hickman's 16 yard line and ran it into the end zone. The sweetest victory of the season was followed by what was later re- ferred to as the worst game of the sea- son. The Park Hill Trojans made it impos- sible for Grandview to get everything together Harvey Martin defensive tackle scored the only touchdown of the game when he stole a pitch and ran 37 yards for the touchdown Perhaps it was because it was a Sat 1 cont. urday game and a break in schedule tradition. It was also the first game since the come back against Hickman. 'We all fthe players and coachesj just got complacent. l hadn't realized how important it was for them to beat Hickman Mills and after that, they felt like that was the end of their season, Brown said. The Trojans may have chalked up a loss for the varsity team but for the j.V. players their game was a win, 18- 0. Their season record was 5-3. Roy Carlock, flanker, had three inter- ceptions, one of which he carried 50 'yards and scored on. ' And then . . . the Homecoming game. Grandview fell to Raytown 38-19. ' The game started off right with Perry taking a hand off and rushing for 65 yards and a score giving Grandview the lead 6 0 The crowd went wild Raytown however quleted them on their next drive when they came back and took the lead 7 6 Perry scored two more times Varsity and lumor Varsity Front Row David Minard Dennis Abbott Ed Valentine Randy Frrley Park McClung Steve Freeman Harvey Martin Tim Miller Greg Vandergnft Leonard Marks Sam Brown Mike Arbanas Kyle Gillespie Howard Walker lim Clark Larry Alderman Webb Durrett David Smith Mike Todd Row 2 Rick Lee Steve Crosby jerry Partridge jeff Padgett Mark Perry Tom Goe Dan Doane Stanley Walker Pete Fullerton Tim Adams Fred Fayne Warren Neaves Todd Lawson Chris Grantham, Fred Hammontree, Kerry Tarr, Randy McLain, Luther Champion, Kevin Storm, james Tate Back Row: Willie Wilson, Dan Ricehouse, Vince Tempel, Matt Simpson, lohn Stephens, David Salavitch, Doug Provance, Doug Longley, Keith Holland, Allen Reed, Vince Evans, Roy Carlock, Chris Simmons, Darrel Clark, Dave Eidson, David johnson, David Cummings, Scott Still, Brent Ewert Rex Brock, Karl Tracy N ' FootbalI!KS . , . . I I . . - . . . . . . a ' ' G D . 1 1 1 1 1 I I I . 1 . 1 1 1 1 A I D 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . ' ' I ' I 1 1 1 1 ' I I 1 1 1 1