Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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120 SPORTS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY Veteran harriers place second in State I ABOVE: One ofthe best running duos in the state, Jerry Halfmann and Doug Heaberlin streak to a first and second place finish in the Cougars meet against Pueblo. I TOP CENTER: His face reflectingthe pain of long distance running, Jim Ware shows what it takes to bethe winner ofthe Stotan Award. l TOP RIGHT: Snakingthrough the desert, a rocky trail leads the pack of runners to the finish. l BOTTOM RIGHT: Passing a Catalina runner, Scott Rummel strides over the rough terrain toward the tape. l BOTTOM LEFT: A mass of legs and arms, runners in the state meet race for the standings on the scoreboard.

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l FOOTBALL: Top Row: Dave Vogel qtrainerj. Dan Vol- fmanagerb, Gary Burgess. Bob Hale. Richard Amr- 1. Mark Coyle, Jim Jones. John Longtine. and- Larry , Fifth Row: Doug Brewington. Albert Robles. David n. Keith Newlon. Sam Hario. John Delair. Dan Ryan. Verrel. and Berry Dember. Fourth Row: Brad Opdyke. Aylsworth. Perry Anastopoulos. Dave Grezler. Dan aa. Dan Stevens. Andy Byrne. and Mark Schmuker. Thid Row: Neil Marshall fmanagerl. Ken Ryan. Frank Wolf. Bob Eberle. Dave Rice. Brian Lundberg. Wnce Smithart. Dave Holmes. Bob Williams. and Dave Price. Second Row: Ken ln- sley. Wade Leitch, Bob Shafferf Dan Jeffries. Mark Elsner. David Scheerens. Coach William Acosta Conejo Lopez, and Coach John G. Knox. Bottom Row: Mike Phenicie, Randy Pennington. Curt Sather. John Keeler, Tom Earnest. and Wil- son Begaye. Coach Lopez kept them highly inspired. ln 1970, the J.V. Cougars got revenge for their only defeat last year, but lost the final game to ruin an undefeated season. After avenging a loss to Pueblo last year, the J.V.'s dropped their final game to Tucson High. Many new plays and formations were used in an offense that averaged 36 points a game. This offense helped the J.V.'s capture the mythical city crown for the first time in Sahuaro's football history. We accomplished the purpose of pre- paring players for next year's varsity, noted Ray Comstock, the J.V. coach. We weren't that far from an 8-1 sea- son, Coach Billy Lopez reflected. We lost only one game badly. The other two losses were extremely close. We had a good defense but our offense had trouble getting started. In the Salpointe and Douglas games, the frosh had to come from behind in the second half to tie the score. In the Pueblo game, failure to make the extra points spelled an 8-6 defeat. The final record was four wins, three llosses, and two ties. It was the second year in a row the freshmen had man- aged a winning record. SPORTS 119

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5lTY: Top Row: Scott Rumel. Dan Gaul, Marc Fisher, Roy Rath, Paul Delligatti. Jerry Halfmann. Mark Douglas. Schrader, Chris DeMars. Randy Collyer. Kay Moore Doug Davis. Bottom: Tom Smith, Bob Snellstrom, Jim Ware. J. Carmen Snyder rmgrg, coach Coleman. second Row: Gary Cary. Marc Ferrer- Doug Heaberlin- WF I . . 2 .. ti . vt k A 4 We x ' ,HN ' .1 xwxyw xwubgq I rs ' . ...M-ff - I..-' ef' -if 1 Cross Country is running until you fall and then getting up to run again. This is the definition of Cross Country given to Jerry Halfmann by a counselor when Jerry was told he was too small for football. I didn't know what it was like to be a long-distance runner. I tried out for football but everyone told me I was too small so I turned to running. Randy Collyer was another aspiring football player who turned to Cross Country. Randy summed up the year matter-of-factly, Everyone tried hard- that's why we did so well. Finishing the season with a 9-0 record. Sahuaro's varsity harriers stretched their winning streak to seventeen con- secutive meets. Breaking six out ,of seven course rec- ords, Jerry Halfmann and Doug Heaber- lin placed first and second in every meet duringtheregularseason. Doug's family, expecting to move be- fore the season ended, waited as Doug completed the season and advanced to the state finals. Chosen by his teammates, Jim Ware was the winner of the Stotan Award. This award is a combination of stoic and Spartan and is given to the year's most consistent and hard-working runner. Placing second in divisionals and third in interdivisionals, the Cougars earn- .ed the right to compete at East High in Phoenix. With Jerry Halfmann placing third and Doug Heaberlin placing seventh, the Cougar harriers brought home a run- nerup trophy, Sahuaro's second state , trophy in its history. SPORTS 121