Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Though a victory over Hastings would have given the Rams the district championship, the game was lost, 9-7. Seniors George Craig and Don Ballard sit, waiting for Just one more score to clinch the title, as the third quarter of play begins. Photo by L. Catos Senior Steve Hoffman, center, recovers after a hard blow during the Memorial Sonlor Gary Porter runs clear of a Houston Lee player, as game. The Rams defeated the Mustangs, 27-7. Photo by B. Mitchell the Rams win the game 13-12. Photo by L. Cates The Houston Lee game start- ed the road to victory. The varsity boys recorded their first win of the season, and Mike Sciba, his first win as Head Coach. Photo by L. Cates Varsity Football 57

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'Elsik to the Dome, Hastings Stays at Home!’ Win, lose, or draw, the Rams were going to the play-offs at the Astrodome. And on Friday, November 16th. thousands of fans flocked to the Dome to see the Rams clash with the Madison Marlins. It’s more like community pride. I'm proud of our boys (Hastings' football players) for coming out to the dome tonight.” exclaimed Mr. Larry Gallagher, President of the Bearbackers. Though Elsik lost 35-0. the boys still had a lot to be proud of. We came out of what we call death row - Spring Woods. Stratford, Memorial, and Northbrook - with a 3-1 record in district; things kind of fell into place after that, remarked Coach Sciba. After a short string of wins, the players did not expect to lose the Homecoming game to Spring Woods. Senior Doug Schaumburg said. the score will probably be very close, but hopefully we can win as we did last year. As the game progressed, the teams kept the score tied until the final quarter. Just minutes into the fourth period. Spring Woods got its three points on a 34-yard field goal. The Rams didn’t capture their two points until there were merely seconds left to play. For the first time in Elsik's history. Elsik beat Stratford. In the first half, the Spartans held a lead of 3-0. but midway through the third quarter. Junior Curtis Larry, the district’s leading rusher, made a 5-yard scoring run. Then in the fourth, Larry capped the longest drive of the night with a one-yard dive over the center. But Stratford scored, and added the extra point with 1:14 left in the game. The Rams ran out the clock and won. 12-10. “We think you have a fine ball club and you proved it by beating Stratford rather impressively, said Memorial Mustangs’ Coach Wayne Hooks about Elsik's potential. We have to stop Curtis Larry. Larry scored three touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 27-7 - a first time victory over the Mustangs. Memorial' only score was on a 9-yard scramble during the fourth period. For Elsik's third wi of district competitic Carril Cooks intercepted a Northbrook pass anc returned it 40 yards for a touchdown witf 1:30 left in the first half. The Rams held the Raiders' scoring one early touchdowr It came during Northbrook’s first possession of the game. Juniors Curtis Larry and Daryl Orsc accounted for the Ram’s first score. Continued on Page i Varsity Co-District Champs Opp. Score Houston Lee 13-12 McCullough 15-23 Katy 28-23 Spring Woods 2- 3 Stratford 12-10 Momorlal 27- 7 Northbrook 14- 7 Westchester 14- 6 Spring Branch 41-14 Hastings 7- 9 Injured Senior Greg Carlcton, fullback. expresses the ovorall feeling of Ram fans and players. Bouncing back from a 7th place (out of 8) in district last year, the Mighty Rams, after a 14-6 victory ovor the Wildcats, landed a tie for the 1st place title. Photo by K. Groves mmm 56 Varsity Football

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‘We’ve All Got Madison On Our Minds.’ The Rams edged the Raiders 14-7 as the Rams pulled ahead in a four way tie for the second place title. As Elsik tied up two more victories, one over Westchester and one over Spring Branch, they moved into that last week of district competition. “It's a lot better feeling when you go into the last game of the season looking for your first district championship than yourfirst touchdown as in 1979.” stated Coach Sciba. Spring Woods and Elsik were tied for the district championship with 5-1-0 records. The night before the Bear game, the Spartans faced off with the Tigers and held them to a 5-2-0 record. That meant that an Elsik tie or victory over Hastings would make us 1. but no matter how the game ended, the Rams were still in the Dome. Senior Rusty Skinner announced. “We've all got Madison on our minds. We're worried about beating Hastings, but we can’t let it get in the way of the play-offs. Elsik scored only once against Hastings, in the 2nd quarter on a 36-yard pass to Darren Bell from Rusty Skinner, with a kick by Al Fuller. Hastings took the ball and scored to make it 7-6, Elsik's favor. But with 4 seconds left until the half the Bears kicked a 54-yard field goal to win the game 9-7. Trainer Scott Woodle described Sciba's technique. “He teaches 'em the plays, tells ’em how to win. and lets them make the choice.” Our guys chose to win. By L. Baroski, Sports Editor Ram's offensive team, in- cluding Senior Steve Hoffman, 63. and Junior Mike Jordan, 74, retain the ball after a scramble at the homecoming game against the Spring Woods Tigers. Photo by C. Teet Front: C. Melchor. B. Rogers, M. Perlman, D. Wells, D. Dougherty. M. Porter, M. Willman, G. Porter, A. Harris. 2nd: Trainer S. Woodle, C. Cooks, G. Carlcton, M. McMIchael. K. Hood. R. Kopps. T. Smith, C. Larry, R. Skinner, T. Terasas, Trainer T. Adamchick. 3rd: M. Ker- sey, S. Hoffman, D. Bell, S. Scruggs, B. Sandefur, G. Craig. M. Tufts. P. Ramirez. C. Broussard. D. Santana. 4th: G. Ott, S. Forestall. D. Schaumburg, C. Owens. M. Jordan, M. Ober, G. Neal, D. Ballard, L. Reid. Back: Managers J. Pohla. B. Wllsor B. Shirley, K. Johnson, D Sheffield, J. Attcberry. Phot by C. Teet 58 Varsity Football