Andover High School - Archer Yearbook (Linthicum, MD)

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Andover shuts BELOW: Ouarferback Paf Griffi+I1 barks off offen- sive signals. RIGHT: CI1uckTI'1omas reaches for Hue pass 'rI1a+ is aImos+ on +arge+. BELOW RIGHT: Rick Huguley makes a diving infercepfion pasf a Nor+I1- easf defensive back. FAR RIGHT: JUNIOR VAR- SITY FOOTBALL - FRONT ROW: E. Cross, R. From, J. Cummings. C. Scnaal, C. Brogunier, J. out Glen Burnie SoweIIs. J. Beazell, M. Griffifh, Mr. AppeI+ IcoacI1I. SECOND ROW: D. Gurny, R. Riggin. G. Pember- Ion, D. Cecil, F. Brafa. THIRD ROW: K. Edmonds, B. Scheffel, P. Gofrleib, J. Janson, T. Pearmon, C. Smi+I'1, R. Beck. BACK ROW: G. Gabler, G. Smifh, C. KeIIner, O. Lacy, M. Smi+I1, B. Cvoe+z, G. Regis- Ier. E R X X P Na . fx 5 ...www Www..-z. f w-Q4-'-as --1 -: V: f. 5. 1 fi: C9931 5v ., . .1 1 sg., I YQ f .LN .. F 1 , snr, , .K ' 'N' fJ,'g.gp,:ggiggf:i . ,..-Q-wifi? ' , A .f2.,gg1:f.EL,,y .f , 4 Q. 4.

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Gridders finish 6-4, best since '65 SIX AND FOUR - ThaT was The sTory oT The 'I 973 Archer TooTball season. The year was very saTisTying and we accom- plished some oT our goals ThaT we seT Tor ourselves, said head coach Jim Dillon oT The season. Finishing wiTh The besT record since l965, Archer TooTball was characTerized by a grueling deTense, and a Treewheel- ing, passing oTTense. The Archer deTense, spearheaded by middle-guard Chuck Allers and Tackle Jack Powell, Turned in Two parTicularly ,ouTsTanding perTormances. ln The open- ing loss To Howard, The Archer deTense, in a Tine Team eTTorT, held The explosive Lions scoreless unTil a Tield goal, wiTh six seconds remaining, proved To be The margin oT deTeaT. However in Andover's Tinal game oT The year, The deTense shuT ouT Glen Bur- nie To provide The season's highlighT, The TirsT vicTory ever over The Gophers. OTTensively, Andover possessed a poTenT passing aTTack. QuarTerback PaT GriTTiTh, who led The counTy in passing wiTh IOI7 yards, wenT primarily To spliT end Mike Hoey who ended The year wiTh 26 caTches and 5 T.D.'s. GriTTiTh and Hoey hooked up Tor a 76 yard T.D. pass againsT Glen Burnie which seT an Archer record. For his eTTorTs Hoey was named Andover's TirsT FooTball All-American. A balanced running aTTack was also a TeaTure OT The Archer oTTense. Gary ATkinson led Archer runners wiTh 385 yards gained. Andover gridders received a number oT individual honors wiTh Mike Hoey, Jack Powell, and Brian Clevenger being named To The All-CounTy Team. Fran DuTTy received honorable menTion All- STaTe Tor his eTTorTs aT deTensive end. Coach Dillon accrediTed The winning season To The players who wanTed To play and weren'T aTraid To work To do iT. MA, y 'V 2 ,iz ., .4 .. z Q ,fir f e ' J ..,., y f .1 nl.. J ,.., 1M Wig f 5 , , ' w I win X .Vs 1 , , ' 5, f waz l

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