Grover Cleveland High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Reseda, CA)

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[»••••» Above: Tim Brown battles for loush yardage. « ' SCORES 28 Birmingham 6 Carson 18 Kennedy 55 Van Nuys 7 Taft 7 El Camino 15 Canoga 28 Reseda 12 Chats worth STANDINGS Won Lost Tied 3 Canoga Park 2 3 Taft 1 1 3 El Camino 2 2 Chatsworth 2 1 1 Cleveland 4 1 Reseda 4 JjKV ■

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€ w ?ii53.ai3?1»4 ' « ;- ' 4.84 ' 4n Lt ivsiol? else,!? 1 iizi L- v m: %. 42A8 3 lsii ' » « A:? T 465 i 4-4, .24, Row I - J.Noland, B.. Jones. T. Rector, M.Arnistrong. D.Hallam, C.King, B.Cartwright, B.Pucci, T.Bell. T.Smith, C.Tosches. Row II - R.Langosh, M.Goodall, S.McArthur, S.Sterling, J.Castro, J.Liggera, D. Bounds. R.McCarthy, B.Cascione, K.Siebrecht, D.Erickson. Row III ■ R.Wisdom, D. Swisher, M.Yerkes, D.Jorgens, T.Porter, A. Hooks, P.Romero, L.Spellman. T.Brown, D.Smith. Row IV - C.Schmitt, W.Nye. T.Bolewski B. Denton, G.Galstaun, R.Shiffman, D.Veralrud, G. Spear. Varsity Football BIRMINGHAM: To poen up the 1975 football season, Cleveland traveled to Birmingham and defeated the Braves with a score of 28 - 14. It was a great passing game with quarterback, John Noland successfully passing six out of seven attempts for 111 yards. The Cavaliers finished their first game with a balanced offense, with only a two yard difference between rushing and passing totals. Cleveland scored first with Noland throwing 1.3 yards to Don Jorgens. Ken Siebrecht booted the first of four extra points. In the second quarter, Birmingham scored, but Noland struck again, along with Dave Smith for a 50 yard scoring play. After the kickoff, Cleveland recovered a fumble which took them to the 10 yard line. One more play and Alvin Hooks raced around left end and eluded two tacklers into the end zone to score. Before the second quarter ended, the Braves got on the board again, but for the final time. Cleve- lands ' last touchdown came when Danny Bounds Tallied from 13 yards out with only three seconds left in the third quarter. CARSON: For the 2nd game of the season, Cleveland was downed by the Carson Colts, 34-6. The game was a rough one which was statistically closer than the scoreboard indicated. The Cavaliers gained twice as many passing yards as the Colts, and finished the game with 126 total yards compared to Carson ' s 187. Unfortunately, Carson scored in each quarter except for the last, and it was here in the fourth quarter where Cleveland scored on a trick play which surprised Carsons ' defense. Quarterback John Noland hit Don Jorgens for eight yards on a hook pattern. The Colts secondary collapsed on Jorgens who then flipped a lateral to Dave Smith who hauled untouched to score from eight yards out. The Cavaliers had two other drives to score but Carson turned theni back. Clevelands defense played a very strong, game although the score didn ' t indicate their force. Cleveland ' s defensive line sacked the Colt quarter- back three times, intercepted a pass and forced a fumble. KENNEDY: With fullback Steve Sterling running for 124 yards and two touch- downs, Cleveland was lead to victory over the Kennedy ' Cougars, 18-7. The Cavalier offense played a good game with center Rick Langosh, guards Tim Rector and Mark Armstrong, tackles Larry Spellman and Bob Denton opening big holes for the backs all night. To start Clevelands ' drive, Steve Sterling burst up the middle for II yards. Cleveland went 98 yards in 18 plays gobbling up the clock and yardage in big pieces. Another touchdown came when John No- land got together with Alvin Hooks on a 37-yard pass plav to take the Cavaliers to the Kennedy 10. Noland then fed the ball to Hooks on a reverse to score! VAN NUYS: For the last non-league game, the Cavaliers traveled to Van Nuys only to whip the Wolves 55-6. Things started in the first quarter when Alvin Hooks took a handoff on a wingback reverse and raced up the side- line for 76 yards and the score. The Wolves were troubled by seven turnovers, four interceptions, three lost fumbles, and had a pass intercepted at its ' 45 to set up the second touchdown for Cleveland. After Dave Smith gained five yards to the 40, John Noland passed to Hooks at the 10 yard line and Hooks scored again uncapable of being touched. Midway through the second period the Wolves came out in a shotgun formation which failed on the first play with Paul Romero intercepting a pass and returning it to the Van Nuys six. Steve Sterling then gained five yards and on the following plav, Tim Brown burst over for a touchdown, leaving the halftime score 21-0. At the end of the third quarter, the Wolves scored their single touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Dave Smith carried for one yard and the touchdown which started the 35 point spree which put the Cavaliers out of reach. In the last period, each time Cleveland got the ball, Cleveland scored! TAFT: To open up the 1975 football season, the Cavaliers traveled to Taft for the first league game. This game was said to be a hard game and with 21-7 being the conclusive score, indeed it was a tough game. Cleveland got on the scoreboard first with quarterback John Noland throwing an eleven yard pass to Don Jorgens. The drive covered 96 yards, and 18 plays with two key runs from John Noland and Alvin Hooks. The Toreadors scored in the second quarter and twice in the 3rd quarter. During the second quarter, there were two major reasons why Cleveland couldn ' t score. The Cavaliers were lacking the seri-ices of runningbacks Tim Brown and Dave Smith. Brown pulled leg muscles while warming up. Smith got into a fight with a Toreador and was thrown out of the game. EL CAMINO: The Cavaliers were downed by the El Camino Conquistadores with the final score being 20-7. Late in the first quarter, Cleveland was the first to score with Alvin Hooks ripping around right end and up the side- line to score. Ken Siebrecht booted the PAT which wrapped up Clevelands scoring for the evening. Probably the factors which contributed most to Cleve- lands ' loss were two injuries during this game. Starting tailback, Steve Sterling suffered a rib injury in the first quarter. Tackle Tom Smith also seriously injured his back in the fourth quarter, while holding El Caminos ' last offensive drive. CANOGA: The Cavaliers were fired up and ready to go, after their loss to El Camino and were aiming to Can Canoga. This was the situation for the first half of the game, with the score of 15-0. Dave Smith takes credit for scoring both of Clevelands ' touchdowns. The first was scored on a two yard run to cap, a 13- play, 71- yard drive. The second score took place shortly before half- time on a 42 yard drive which came after Smiths ' interception of a Corpodian pass. John Noland ran for the two point conversion to make the intermission score 15-0. It definitely looked like a victory for varsity until the Hunters came back after half time ready to fight. Canoga fought successfully leaving the score 32-15, to keep the Hunters unbeaten. RESEDA: After Clevelands ' varsity football team started their new image with their permed hair, the Cavaliers ignored their losing streak by whipping Reseda 28-14. With only 33 seconds into the game, runningback Dave Smith raced 37 yards to tally the first score. Wingback, Alvin Hooks scored twice, picking up big yardage throughout the game. On a wingback reverse, Alvin zipped 47 yards to score and again from 14 yards out. Clevelands ' offense totaled 300yards with 247 on the ground. Guards, Rob Mc Carthy and Tim Rector are praised for making the wingback reverses successful and Gerald Galstaun re- ceives credit for his defensive effort. In the third quarter, Clevelands ' final touchdown was made by Dave Smith on a 47 yard run. The Cavaliers really curled Reseda permanently! ! ! CHATSWORTH: The Chatsworth Chancellors took over the game for the first three quarters with a scoring of 13 points, but in the last quarter, Cleveland was right back in the game. The momentum turned in Clevelands direction when quarterback, Darin Erickson quickly got the ball rolling with Ken Sie- brecht barrelling to the Chatsworth 11, after bouncing off a linebacker. This 21 yard pass - run set up Clevelands ' first score, which took place two plays later when Alvin Hooks accelerated six yards on an end-around. After the extra point was kicked wide, the Cavaliers regained possession on the kick off. Bob Denton recovered on the Chatsworth 40, and with the next chance, tailback Dave Smith ripped loose for a 19 yard push forward. On the next play, Charlie King plowed the remaining 21 yards to score! It was the Cavaliers ' second touch- down in a span of 50 seconds. The score of 13-12 remained after a two point conversion failed. Not only was it Clevelands ' Homecoming game, it was the closing game of the football season, 1975.