Oregon City High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Oregon City, OR)

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Ss, -nz H 1. Sophomore split receiver Craig Harris battles a West Linn defensive back for the ball. 2. Ten yards from the goal line, Sophomore fullback Bob Blackford is finally brought down in a crucial loss to Rex Putnam. 3. Sophomore Rich Blanchett 1440 leadsjeff Blakely on a sweep against West Linn. 4. ,IV Football, front: Darrell Hayne, Ron Shannon, Tom Kirby, Ron Smith, Roy Husk. 2nd row: Don Gustovitch, Matt Vestuto, Terry Cravens,jeff Blakely, Brian Renhard, Kevin Peterson. 3rd row: Coach Tracy jackson, Steve Phillips, Mike Taylor, Coach Tom Lovell, Dane Copeland, Craig Harris, Coach Brian Bean. 4th row: Mark Dye, Cletus Case, Rich Blanchett, Fred Herrle, Brian Adams, Vince jorgen- son, Frank Brown,john Herzog. Back:jeff Stewart, Dave Lubbers, Rob Bullfinch, Brian Rice, Rob Holmes, Brent Hoffman,-jeff Hough, Chris Bennedict, Marty Hough, Bobby Blackford. 3. In I3

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PIO EERS STALLI K-PLA People wondered how we would do this year in the new league, Pioneer Head Football Coach Don McCarty explained People thought we would get blown away It was a lot more competttlve, but after everyone in the league A big win over rival West Lmn started the league season off for the Pioneers After the Lake Oswego and Lakerldge games however, the Pioneers were 1 3 Other teams, and some of our own fans, thought this IS tt, they re gonna fold ex planned McCarty But the Pioneers didn t, winning the rest of their league games, as well as the season final over Canby in a wild overttme finish The season came to an end after two losses in the Kansas Plan Playoffs to Lake Os wego and Rex Putnam A second place finish in the league proved most of the preseason skeptics wrong and left a good feeling for the possibilities of next season OCI-IS OCHS OCHS OCHS OCI-IS OCHS OCHS OCHS 21 14 7 35 42 7 7 7 Sunset Columbia River West Linn Lake Oswego Lake Ridge Clackamas Rex Putnam Milwaukie OCHS 14 1 5 Canby League Season C! ' QI ' Q! ct - ' it finishing second, we gained the respect of ' ii W . . . . ll K ' ' ' I PD! - 7 1 l. A key Block by Senior Gary Smith 65, opens up nmning room for junior QB Ron Higginbotham 1105 and Senior Dave Reynolds 1423 on an option right. 2. Senior Howard Hornbeck turns on the jets and a accelerates toward the goal line in route to running a kickoff back against Lake Oswego. Senior Mike McCarty signals the touchdown.

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V S GAI FROM SACRIFICES Sacrifice was a big word for the junior Varsity football team throughout their up and down season. For a team that kept struggling for a win, it was extremely difficult for them to come to practice on Monday and get geared up to play again, Coach Brian Bean said. The amount of extra time the players put in says something about how much they were willing to sacrifice. Without a doubt, the game against unde- feated Milwaukie was one of the high points of the season. Oregon City led 22-18 with five seconds left to play. Milwaukie needed 25 yards to score. A bomb to the corner of the endzone, a questionable touchdown catch, and the high point crashed to the low point. Togetherness was very important and we were like a family, praised Coach Tracy jackson. He was proud of the team and exclaimed, They were the best team I had ever worked with Co Captain Craig Harris said I enjoyed being on the team and it was a lot of fun There werent any losers on this team OCHS OCHS OCHS OCHS OCHS OCHS OCHS OCHS OCHS Sunset Columbia River West Linn Lake Oswego Lakeridge Clackamas Rex Putnam Milwaukie Canby League 06 Season 09 ' 3! 7 0 35 6 58 ' ' 0 7 ' 0 22 12 46 ' 0 6 18 22 22 24 i ' 0 28 1 Scrambling from a Lakeridge defender, Sophomore quarterback ohn Herzog unleashes a bomb while under heavy pressure. 2. Arms Outstrelched, a Beaverton defender tries in vain to block Sophomore Brent Hoffman's punt.