Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Sophomores I8 wins. 2 Iossesl SWH5 Opponenfs LcPor1e 8 40 Soufh Houslon 34 O Clear Creelc I4 O Weslchesler 26 I4 Slrallord I3 I2 Elgik O 7 Memorial 7 6 Hcslinqs I7 I4 Sprmq Branch I4 I3 Norlhbroolc 28 I2 Head down, running low To the ground sophomore Chris Dodd MOI liqhls lor an exlrg yard as sophomores Jell Williams Ib7I Kevin Overlon I75I and Bill Bloomer ISOI help in the ellorr by block' -ng. Ready To lurn iiplield sophomore Chris Dodd I4Ol makes his was around a Wesrr qhesler defender with fhe help ol sophof more James De La Cru: s IZOI blocking. T'.i T in Pro Wrap is applied fo sophomore Henry Roe's elbow by fellow fem. male sophomore Reel: Barren before The sfarf of The second hall of fhe Weslchesler game. Over 'lhe 'l'op, sophomore Todd Howey dives across 'rhe slaunch Weslchesler defensive line lo gain a Iirsl down. . .4 .fn IQ4 33 ,1

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hrees company ATTer an exciTing nine weeks oT TooTball The iunior varsiTy had one opporTuniTy leTT To help decide The ouTcome OT a very compeTiTive season. The Tigers Taced The NorThbrook Raiders on NorThbrook's home Tield and soundly deTeaTed Them 20-O and capTured a share in The disTricT championship. We were real exciTed, iunior ScoTT Schanen said Talking abouT The NorThbrook win. The Tigers compleTely dominaTed The Raiders wiTh quarTerback Bob l-laThorn compleTing nine of TourTeen passes Tor I 82 yards. The Tigers rolled up 357 yards oTTense behind The blocking oTJeTT Heard. Ken Minnick. JeTT Elder. Troy Thompson. Bob SchlaTer. and Bobby Lye. While Spring Woods was Taking care oT NorThbrook. The Memorial MusTangs squeaked pasT Spring Branch 20-I9 To aid The Tigers and share The TiTle oT I 7-AAAA champion wiTh Spring Branch and Memorial. The JV exhibiTed Tine TalenT in many oT Their weekly conTesTs. Games againsT Clear Creek. WesTchesTer. STraTTord. Memorial. and NorThbrook all proved The junior Tigers To be worThy oT sharing The disTricT TiTle. In The Clear Creek bouT The JV Tound Their TirsT season vicTory I9-3. AlThough The Tigers goT oTT To a slow sTarT by Tumbling The kickoTT The deTense held The Creek and wenT on To score Three ouT oT The Tour quarTers. Spring Woods Qi ?lllfff'N rr If y, X 1' 186. .'-- it ,- . ' if 'i .14 i V 114 ' 1 5' A ii rf f an: A ' MH? , Mfgf-..u'A I . ! 'M A imz. 1 I , -' - - ,','. i '.'.i ,U i Low To The ground. iunior Mark Bear T421 makes a necessary Tackle and saves a La PorTe TirsT down. Taking a handoTf Trom iunior quar- Terback Bob HaThorn lI2l. iunior running back ScoTT Schanen l22l Tol- lows a block by iuniors Bob Schlafer T771 and Troy Thompson l6Ol To gain a TirsT down. accumulaTed Twelve TirsT downs and T69 yards ToTal oTTense. Finally, disTricT compeTiTion began and Woods whipped pasT WesTchesTer I9-O. The Tigers sTarTed on The righT TooT when Sal Elizando recovered a Tumble aT The WesTchesTer TwenTy-Tour yard line on The TirsT play oT The game. Schanen scored on The very nexT play Trom scrimmage and Kyle McAdams kicked The PAT To give The Tigers a 7-O lead. ATTer deTeaTing Elsik The JV played possibly Their TinesT disTricT game edging pasT Memorial 7-3. The Two undeTeaTed. uniTed Teams squared oTT aT Grob sTadium To decide who would be on Top oT The I7- AAAA ladder. The MusTangs scored TirsT. l-lowever, The Tiger deTense held Them on Three consecuTive plays and The MusTangs had To seTTle Tor a Tield goal iusT beTore The halT. ln The second halT The Tigers came ouT and Took The kick-oTT and a 75 yard drive on I4 plays on key runs by Sheppard and l'laThorn and a I2 yard pass To Schanen To score on a seven yard Touchdown play and a good PAT. J unior Varsihy FooTball TO3

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I -.. ophs outshlne 'em all To climax an explosive season The sophomore Tigers ended Their Tour monThs oT play wiTh a record oT 8-2. This proved To be The besT Tinish ouT oT all Tive oT The Tiger Teams and earned The Team The disTricT championship. The sophomores won Two OT Their Three pre-disTricT conTesTs. ATTer losing The TirsT game To a Tough LaPorTe Team, The Woodsmen came back sTomping SouTh HousTon 34- O. The Tiger deTense led by Bill Gardner, John Yard. and Bobby Nichols held The Trojans To only 27 ToTal yards. The Tiger oTTense however, rolled up 305 yards rushing. Winning Their second sTraighT game The sophomores edged a powerTul Clear Creek Team I4-O. The TirsT Three games oT disTricT wenT by quickly wiTh . . H yww- sq. F V , 'S' 3' The sophomore Team passing up WesTchesTer 26-I4, slipping pasT STraTTord I3- I2, and losing To Elsik O-7. ATTer ThaT game we vowed we were going To win The resT oT Them, Peska said, and win Them They did. Memorial became Their TirsT vicTim in whaT Coach KurT Poole reTerred To as a good, sound Tinish oT a greaT season. AT Grob STadium The sophomores goT cranked up The second halT and came Trom behind To sneak by The l-lasTings Team I7-I4, Miller said. The Tigers goT on The scoreboard by way oT a sixTy yard bomb Trom Mike Koehn To Todd Howey, buT T-lasTings came back and led aT The halT I4-6. DeTermined To do The iob in The second halT, The disTricT champs proved whaT They were made oT when Chris Dodd scored on a Ten yard run and Bryan Peska made a Two poinT conversion. Then on a key play, Bill Bloomer recovered a l'lasTings Tumble. The Tigers uTilized Their break and aTTer driving To The Bear 22 yard line, Dodd kicked a Tield goal To win The game. To TurTher secure The disTricT championship, The noT To be denied Tigers came Trom behind in The lasT quarTer To beaT The Spring Branch Bears I4-I3. lneviTably The Woodsmen Taced The lasT game oT The season and Their chance To capTure The disTricT crown. The Team clinched The disTricT TiTle on Nov, I5 wiTh an impressive 28- I 2 vicTory over The NorThbrook Raiders. Sophomore FooTball IOS