Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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ro c ( ) V o JB ) E .22 vc •w' ■D ( ) “ CJ £ I o 2, 05 ° - - £ CO J £ 5 e 194 LACK MACHINE ack in black! The re- turning state cham- pion Hawks tried to defend their title, but came up short. They start- ed off against Granite in perfect championship form; the whole team placed well. The game be- longed to us the entire way, as the final score reflected, 43-0. The next state game, the quar- ter-finals, was also ours all 48 minutes of the game. We drowned the Bonneville Lakers Surrounded by fierocious Bengals, Mark Frkovich gets clawed by Brighton's defense. 38-21. The Cottonwood Colts, however, provided more com- petition, but were still no match for the awesome Big Black. The final score of our semi final game was 28-14. Ev- erything was looking good. The Hawks were on a roll with only one team, the Olympus Titans, standing in their way to their second consecutive state championship. There was only one problem; the Titans were standing so rigid that we couldn't roll them over. As a matter of fact, it looked more like Oly was doing the rolling. Despite the fact that we gained nearly twice as many yards of- fense than the Titans (312-174), our eleven turnovers killed us. We didn't hold on to the ball long enough to put it in the end- zone on most drives. There were a few moments of hope, however, like the 54 yard op- tion pass from Troy Long to Steve Hardy for a touchdown, and our only other score, a Chad Ogden run from the 3. Preparing for a powerful punt. Dave McQ himself to push back the opponents. The final score of our second consecutive trip to the state fin- als was 13-39. Even though the state finals were somewhat disappointing, the team had their best season ever. All through the school this year you could always hear something like: Hey, did you see that diving catch Troy Long made for the fourth touchdown the other day?! . . . Yea, but did you see Steve Hardy's interception right be- fore halftime?! or, Oh my heck, that Darren Handley guy is HUGE!! . . . Yea, and Pat McGinnis sure seems a lot big- ger this year too!” The fact of the matter was that this year's team combined good talent and (continues on page 198)

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Reaching for a slammer. Tony Wallin hits it hard. With pain and hard work the track things. team accomplished many Moving swiftly. Pat Brady returns his op ponent's serve. Boys Tennis And Track O 193

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Oops! The Diggers plant Darren. oieauy unyas and iron concentration in the face of adversity. Paul Barker holds the ball for a kick. VARSITY FOOTBALL: Row I: Chuck Godfrey, Darren Hand ley. Steve Hardy. Mark Frko- vich. Troy Walker. Troy Long. Russ Perry. Eric Knowles. Roger Taylor, Ron Harrison. Tyler Pet- tit Row 2: John Worthen. Jeff Davis. Roger Torres. Tony Elg gren, Brian Barnhill. Todd Hutch. John Wilkenson. Ray Le vitre. Doug Warr, John Tenney. Jeff Farmer. Row 3: Mike Maires. Mike Smith. Rick Absher. John Lambert. Steve Cockrell. Tim Lakey. Tait Eyre. Troy Chicos, Courtney Curtis. Neil Wardle. Trent Ogden. Row 4: Steve Nellman, Chad Ofden. Ricky Roberts. Bill Jones. Troy Lodder. Shawn Shields. Grant Lunberg. Brad Renfro, Pete Ross. Lowell Richards. Bruce Gibbons ?ow5:Kevin Bouwan. Ryan Walker. Darren Knowles. Darren Dirkson, Phil Nofi, Ron Ricks. Dave McQuivey. Ryan Nichols. Mike Gines, Jay Hole- man. Row 6: Shane Thomas, (manager). Coach Gary Garcia. Coach Doug Berry. Quinn Fra zier, Todd Rodriguez. Pat McGinnis. Sam Mismash. Brett Bott. Coach Mitch Lunak, Coach Phil Jensen. Stretching with Superman abili- ty. Troy Long snatches the ball out of the sky. Football O 195