Putnam City North High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

Competition: It's Not All Glor i In - ' -0--0 ' I --ur -M I ,. A- - ""O-'B'a1' A, ,, f 1 .3354 ii t W- , , yi '- J f I 9 ' 1. i r , p X if . 4,3 S, as 7' ,Y Q W ff if X Practicing on an unmarked field, the football team prepares for the next game. Carefully following the game, Coach Pitt and Coach Wilson crowd with the players along the sidelines. Feelings of anxiety, tension, and hope could be sensed penetrating James Harris Bicentennial Field as the first points in Putnam City North histo- ry were about to be scored. lt was purely a team effort on Sep- tember 8 that connected plays to set up the field goal that Curtis Cain ex- ecuted to score the school's first three points of the season against the Carl Albert Titans. One-hundred percent dedication by all team members was the Panthers' goal for this first game. Carl Albert, district 3A-5 favorite, towered over the Panthers, 46-3. Contrary to some newspaper pre- dictions, the Panthers refused to be shut out. They scored first in the bat- tle, but then slipped behind a giant lead by the Yellowjackets. Defensive coordinator, Coach Lew- is Clary, stated that one of the reasons we lost was that we made too many mental mistakes. "I think we can be a good football team if we eliminate mis- takes," he explained. The Panthers started off the year by beating McGuiness in a scrimmage with ease. After this, the Panthers went full force into the game with Carl Albert. With butterflies in their stom- achs and a desire to win, they were sadly upset by the 3-46 loss. The next game put the spectators into a spin by North's first half lead of 3-0. The wavering score continued from 17-14 when we were in the lead until the waning moment when Choc- taw pulled the game out with a 17-28 win. In our game against El Reno we were confident. The Indians were tied with us until they succeeded in kicking a field goal to win 7-9. Football 35