South Salem High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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Saxon Supremacy Saxon Supremacy wasn't just a slogan for the Junior Varsity football team. Coaches Terry Haugen and Terry Fischer led the Saxons to nine consecutive victories and the league championshi- p. Attaining the number one spot in the league wasn't easy, it took a special type of team. ln the words of Coach Fischer, defensively, we were able to adjust to meet whatever challenge the offense gave us, offensively we were well balanced between running and passing. Another quality that helped the team was the fact that they never gave up. In six of the nine games the team came from behind to win. That shows a lot of character, said Coach Haugen. There were many outstanding personal accomplishments along with the accomplishmenrs of the team as a whole. Quarterback isn't just a slogan Aaron Thomas had a total of 1,019 yards passing with ten touchdown passes. One of Aoron's favorite receivers, Jon Dallantyne, topped the statistics on yards per catch with a 19.36 yard average. Greg Gossack was the leading rusher with 650 yards and an average of 8,26 yards per carry. The total offense for the season was 2,718 yards. Nat Goforth was singled out by his team mates as most inspirational player of the year. Coach Fischer summed up the spirit ofthe team, its season and the upcoming years when he said, There is o winning tradition here at South, winning can be infectious, once you discover what ir's like to consistently win, you work hard to keep the good feeling. B C A. Team picture, Back row. Todd Withers, Brian Heater, Drew Smetana, Alex McToggart, Derrick Suydam, Eric Miller, William Chrisemer, Buck Williams, Jon Dallantyne, Jay Kendrick, Darryl Hart, Mitch Cox. Second row, Coach Haugen, Aaron Thomas, Dale Luoma, Mike Sloop, Jae, Pietrok, Troy Schaffner, John Morgan, Chris Johnson, Richard Lewellyn, John Wesely, Blake Gage, Greg Gossack, Dan Huntley, Coach Fischer. First row, Terry Neal, Jeff Armas, Tom Decker, Lance Griesen, Nat Goforrh, Gary Huggins, William White, Jeff Kelly, Paul Cary, Oliver Santos, Brad French, Scott Edmiston. D. Look, mom, no hands! C. It's the unbeatable Saxon action! 16.l V FOOTBALL

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4ND Marching Band Srepping our for foorball One of rhe mqor supporrers of rhe Varsiry Foorball Team was the Marching or Concerr Band, The Marching Band played or all rhe home foorboll games, helped rhe rally wirh cheers, and played rhe alma marer ar rhe end of each game. They were nor able ro play ar rwo of rhe games because of rain. Many hours of practice were spenr learning rhe parrerns and formarions. They spenr fifrh period class pracricing wirh rhe Saxonerrs. Richard Plorhweiler was rhe drum major and one of rhe sevenry members of rhe Marching Band. We fools up half a foorball field, srared Fairh Campbell. We felr we added a lor ro half-rime and boosred school spirit. l moves inro formarion. A. Glenn Kosrur pauses berween drum bears. D. Richard Rorhweiler leads rhe band onro rhe foorboll field. C. The bond MARCHING BAND-15

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A. Greg Gossocl-2 concenrrores on the gome, B. Cooch Fischer gives rhe reom some iosr minute insrrucrions. C. J.V. Soxons brushing up on some pioys dur- ing ci procrice, ,WM 4, WNY I eryoy competing ogoinsr people my oge ond older I olso eryoy my pos: rion ir s 0 posirion of Ieodership This wos rhe response of Sophomore quorrer bocis Aoron Thomos when osised why he enjoyed pioying foorboii He felr his mosr imporronr gool in reiorionship ro high school foorboll wos helping South ger ro the srore ploy offs during his vorsi ry yeors Aoron cured winning ond con rriburing ro o win os one of his fovorire porrs of foorboll W tl' x in? in :kg ' 4 h 5 . V! ' 5 M1 rii iflzn .lc r ,s., Q s f .-., 3 ,. .,,s b ' isq J V FOOTBALL 17