Bella Vista High School - Remuda Yearbook (Fair Oaks, CA)

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BRONCO SOPH ll KH-,LII ff' fin! ' X an tailback Ron Lansdon was a big boost for sophs. Here he drives for extra yarda against San Juan. X, xx I s Q3 f-A N X BQ Wingback Barry Haxton makes 9. long gain against San XX Juan. xx! X X End john Cook turns and runs for a first down af- ter making catch . 87

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E 1 JURIES CRIPPLE This year will certainly have to go on record as the most frustrating season ever faced by a Bella Vista football team. The Bronco Sophs, after compiling an almost perfect season last year as Freshmen, which won them the championship, wound up with a dismal 3-4 record in conference play, Q5-4 overallj . What was the reason for this sudden drop? Football's oldest plague, the injury. The Sophs also lost four outstanding players to the championship varsity team. This is enough to slow any team down, but not Bella Vista as they walked over their first two opponents, McClatchy and Sacramento. Then the bomb fell as suddenly the entire Bronco backfield were freshmen. Angus Maxwell, Sharm Smith, and Gregg jackson, were out with injuries. Taking over for Smith was Ron Lansdon, a freshman, who continued to astonish fans . with his tremendous ability to break loose. Mike Hall, also a freshman, took over the jackson at fullback until an injury forced him out also, Dick Kersten took over for Maxwell at quarterback. For the final game with La Sierra, the first string was healthy again as they defeated La Sierra 26-O. XX Coach Gordon Pistochini S SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL - BOTTOM ROW: Richard Mendoth, Pete La Rue, Bruce Baltzley, Ron Lansdon, jim Houghton, Dennis Burmaster, Dave Donnelly, Wayne Barber, Ken Salva. ROW 2: Mike Gnallion, Mike Pylican, Tom Camozzi, Dick Kersten, Brent Bonner, Barry Morey, Ken Weste, Angus Maxwell, Mike Ha1l,'M1ke McClusky, ROW 3: Pat Brewer, mgr,, Sharm Smith, Dave Post, John Cook, Barry Haxton, Doug Hewitt, Chris Bock, Gregg jackson, Dave Schrader, Coaches Gordon Pistochini and Bruce Summers 86

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Tosh Strong De ense ' f ' 'f ' -.v..,..i.-.. A wM,,,,,, ,M ,M an -1 If the Freshman football team is any indication of the years to come, Bella Vista should remain a strong football power until at least the year 1970. This year under Coach Roy Erickson, the Bronco frosh compiled a 7-1 record. Their only defeat was to undefeated San juan by a score of 19-13. The Broncos remained in contention for the title up to the very last game. The strong point of the Bronco Frosh was their defense, which is almost becom- ing a tradition at Bella Vista. They performed the remarkable task of holding five of their opponents to minus net yardage. The de- fense gave up an average of only 6.5 points per game while scoring an average of 24 points per game. Randy Cantrell led the team in rushing and jlilnlligc was voted the Most Valuable Player. 88 Quarterback and Most Valuable Player jim Knox rolls right end for long yardage. J