Actis Junior High School - Americana Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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(1) Seventh grade football team members are (Row 1) K. Shah, J. Lauria, T. Bore!, E. Oxford, B. Patrick, G. Witcher, J. Edmunds. (Row 2) A. Prado, B. Eggers, D. McGinty, S. Fisher, D. Dod- der, J. Kuss, R. Moore, T. Douglas. (Row 3) J. Alexander, S. Velvick, T. Welch, R. Powell, J. DeLaurie, S. Fleischer, J. Trickey, Coach McMul- len. (2) Jarret Jamieson uses foot power. (3) Actis breaks out of the huddle. (4) Russell Heas- ley and Lonnie Freeman pick out who they ' re going to hit. Page Sponsored by f ike and Mary Poeike Football-73

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Actis Goes 6-0 The ' 82- ' 83 Actis football season was one of much excitennent. The eighth grade team coached by Mr. Turk, went 6- defeating Thompson twice in close and dramatic games. The first game against Thompson was the closest game all sea- son and was decided on one play. The whole game was a defensive battle until the fourth quarter when Eric Proffitt caught a bomb thrown by Steve Black- wood which set up an Eric Proffitt touch- down, and Actis won 6-0. The depressing part of the season was that Actis wasn ' t in a league. Coach Turk said, I don ' t like having to arrange all our games, because it was hard to get teams to play us. Coach Turk felt Tony Josue and Eric Proffitt were the best players on offense. Russell Heasley and Brandon Walker con- tributed much effort on defense. The seventh grade team went 2-1-2 with Mr. McMullen as coach. Coach McMullen commented, Greenfield was our toughest opponent because they are bigger than us. He also added, We played like a team all season, always hav- ing a good attitude. Scott Fisher and Jerry De Laurie were the team leaders. Next year Coach McMullen and Coach Turk hope to be in a league. (1) Eighth grade football team mem- bers are (Row 1) P. Ritchie, J. Wyatt, J. Jamieson, T. Josue, T. Brown, Q. Huyhn, E. Proffitt, (Row 2) S. Ruiz, J. Thompson, J. Walker, L. Freeman, S. Blackwood, S. Pitoni, E. Lee, (Row 3) C. Rudnick, B. Hibbard, L. Molinas, B. Walker. R. Heasley. B. McKnight. M. Chiuppi. K. Davis, S. Jones. (2) Lonnie Freeman gets ready to block. (3) Eric Proffitt eludes an opponent. (4) Steve Blackwood takes the ball on a blast up the middle. Agjj L -■ r j% J a Wb m L-E? 7 W ' Pw. ..jJflB fi m 72-Football

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Boys Have Balanced Year Mr. Turk, coach of the eighth grade boys ' basketball team, pinpointed Russell Heasley and Eric Proffitt as his star play- ers because they nnade all-tournament. He added, We are a well-balanced team and use all of our players. At mid-sea- son, the eighth grade team had played ten games and won seven of those. Russell Heasley, the first-string center, said, Our sole play is the fast break. I would rebound the ball and feed it out to Quan or Tony. They would then give it to Jarret or Eric who would shoot. At mid-season, the seventh grade team was 4-0. Coach Sacchini ' s favorite play is the overload on the zone. We drive up the middle and shoot, or we pass it out to the baseline and shoot. 74-Boys ' Basketball