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

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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

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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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Spirit: The word for freshmen Winning one game and losing six, the Fresh- man football team should have been down, But that was not the case with this year's team. Spirit was the main word for the Fresh- men. By chanting offense or defense throughout the games, they tried to boost each other's morale. This, along with the sup, port of the team captains, Dan Stalie and Dan Pickens, kept the players in the games. Freshman football was new this year with the addition of Oth grade students to South. New, also was the players' familiarity with the plays South ran. The Freshmen players had to learn the basic plays that the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams had learned in previous years. keeping their team healrhy was one of the problems the coaches had to deal with. 'll-lav- ing people our with injuries was a large contri- bution to our losses, stated Scott Cross, defen- sive coach. Throughout the season, key people on defense and offense were hurt. Two of the team's quarterbacks, Dan Pickens and Todd Mitchell, were iniuried, which kept them from playing the remainder of the season, Both Coach Cross and offensive coordinator Chuck Chamberlain said that the Freshmen team had improved from the first day to the last, I had fun. lr was my first year coaching Freshmen. They were a good bunch of kids, said Coach Chamberlain of his experiences with the team, FV ls 1713 Tom Bailey a defensive cornerback for the Freshmen team had these com ments We played pretty well but in crucial moments we didn t take advan rage when we should have We made mistakes you cant make to win The coaches they taught us a lot They let most everyone play They start both ways A. After a long day at practice the Freshman team gave this team picture, first row ChrisLink, Eric Newsom, Dan Stalie, Steve Mattson, Harley Wldmer, Matt MacCollin, Greg Johnson, Darin Bybee, Tom Bailey, Jason Bader, Bob Albirch, Jeff Sherwin Second row, Shawn McCloud, Tom Stalie, Par Sarver, Todd Mitchell, Todd Seger, Anthony Manning, Murray O'Neal, Steve Valach, Mike Boeder, Darren Young, Gregg Johnson, Tim Marshall, Manager Steve Carson Third row: Coach Chuck Chamberlain, John Grimm, Dan Green, Don Pickens, Boy Waite, Brad l-lartone, Terry Chubb, Joe, Brad Cox, Scott Olson, Coach Scott Cross. B. South's defense lines up with Cresent Valley's offense, ZQN5 , Ili!!! J A y ,,,, W' 'f'Q ' f 5, v Q 5 JD I A U I S A A ed 22 players instead of starring some 18 FRESHMEN FOOTBALL B 4 S ,,,, T msi,e11mlrw1m9fla Em gs? fl gf :Ni