San Miguel School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (National City, CA)

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JS I Q .. mx xl - . , 6 f. V td ,, 4 I I ' .-.. im-' L R IU-Cllllfll Luslcy, H. Exurlms, C. Higgs, D. Tlzonzsin, F. Fletcher, C. lluflson, j. llllllflllgtllll Dalzlberg, Asst. Coach White. Fr mt Row-F. Merhar, D. Harrison, G. Buikousky, S. Angus, P. Ames, B. Burgener, D. Vaughn, S Coutts Captzlins-R. Lynds and C. Tyson. Football The Knights opened their gridiron schedule for 1957 hy journeying to Mountain Empire. Friday, Septemher 28, was the date, and for the Maroon and Cold squad it proved to he a dark one. Hampercd hy penalties and lack of depth, they could not manage to move the hall offensively, The Knights held the ground attack of the opposition, hut couldn't contain their air attack. The game ended with Mountain Empire the victor, 26-0. The second engagement on the calendar was with our cross-town rivals, Brown Military, The Knights took the hall on the opening kickoff and drove down to the enemy twenty yard stripe, only to he stalled hy penalties. The next San Miguel drive was cnt short hy an intercepted pass, which Brown turned into a quick touchdown. Ames hroke through to hlock the P.A.T. attempt, and the score stood Brown 6, San Miguel 0. Early in the second half Tyson recovered a fumhle in the Brown hackfield, hut the Knights were unahle to capitalize on their hreak. Brown continued to move the hall well, and the ground game domi- nation that had helonged to San Miguel in the first half was now Brown's. Despite a pass interception hy Coutts, and persistent running hy Lynds and Fletcher, the Knights were unahle to tally. The game ended with San Miguel on the short end of a 25-0 score. The following Friday the Knights were visited hy Twin Pines School, from Los Angeles, The green and white jersied team employed a single wing offense, and it took the whole first half for the Maroon and Cold defense to adapt to it. Behind the running of their tailhack, Twin Pines held a 19-0 edge at the half. With a light rain falling, the Knights aerial offense come to life in the third and fourth periods. Having driven deep into Twin Pines' territory, Fletcher passed to Miller for eleven yards and six points. The conversion attempt was un-

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successful. In the opening minutes of the fourth quarter Fletcher again took to the air, and, on a swing pass to his right, hit Coutts at the mid-field stripe. Reversing his field, Coutts raced fifty yards for the second San Miguel touchdown. Fletcher then took the ball from the spread formation and ran for the conversion. After the next kickoff, the Knights pushed the Twin Pines' team back into their own territory. Then Tyson broke through the opposing line and dropped the enemy quarterback in the end zone for a safety Q2 pts.j. With the score 19-15, the Maroon and Gold drove hard for the needed score. However, in the closing minutes of play, the wet ball slipped from Fletcheris hand into the arms of a waiting green and white lineman, who ran, unopposed, for a touchdown. With the successful conversion, the ball game came to an end, Twin Pines winning it, 26-15. Weakened by the flu and numerous injuries, San Miguel was not up to par as they journeyed to Ramona on the 25th of October. Early in the second period Coutts hurt his leg, and was forced to leavenfhe field, soon to be followed by Exarhos, with an ankle injury. Midway in the third period Thomson was forced to retire with a wrenched knee. Tyson and Ames turned in fine performances on the line, as did Merhar and Lynds in the backfield, but the Ramona team was too much to handle. The final score was Ramona 64, San Miguel 0. For the final game of the season, the Knights traveled to Harvard School in Los Angeles. The boys hurt the Week before at Ramona had not yet recovered, and as a result the squad totaled only eleven men. It was obvious from the start that the two teams were evenly matched. During the first quarter they exchanged downs on the rain-soaked field. However, midway in the second period the Knights penetrated to the Harvard 18 yard line. Then, on fourth down, Fletcher passed to Tyson for a touchdown. The conversion failing, the first half came to an end, the score being 6-0. On the open- ing kickoff of the second half, tackle Vaughn hurt his hip and had to be carried fom the field. With but ten men left to play, the Maroon and Cold prepared for the worst. Taking Miller out of the back field and putting him on the line in Vaughnis place, the Knights withstood Harvard's third quarter attack. Time and time again Harvard's black and red backs were stopped by players such as Burgener, Angus and Merhar. Regaining con- fidence, early in the fourth quarter, San Miguel pene- trated to the Harvard 35 yards line. In a third down situation, Fletcher faded back in the spread formation and passed to Tyson in the end zone. Following Tysonis spectacular catch was a successful conversion attempt, and the score stood 13-0. But the game was far from over. Harvard took the next kickoff and raced 88 yards up the near sideline for a touchdown. Their conversion was good and the score stood 13-7. Then, late in the fourth quarter, Harvard started another drive that seemed destined for pay dirt. But the Maroon and Cold line rallied, and, digging in at their own 15 yard line, refused to be moved. When the final gun sounded, the score was Harvard 7, the Fighting Ten 13.