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

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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

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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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I 'IEW we ur S ' x rf, .1 Gold Team I5 wnns. 5 lossesl SWHS Oppononfs I4 Smiley 7 Soufh Housfon 22 I4 Clear Creek 0 I2 Wesfchesier 0 6 Stratford 6 O Elsnl: I4 6 Memorial I9 O Hashnqs I7 I6 Sprung Branch O I4 Northbrook O 35 In an all our effort fo sfop Ihe ball Carrier freshman Rodney Wheel- wriqhl I4Ol grabs Ihe waisf of his opponenf and brnnqs him down, Ball up under his arrn freshman Ben Wagner 4IOl susfawns a face mask Irom an eager Memorial defensive lmeman, IHA nmnm.. cmnrsun