Byron Area High School - By Hi Yearbook (Byron, IL)

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FROSH —SOPH FOOTBALL FRONT ROW L TO R: G. Anderson, B. Man- ley, T. Schultz, T. Hess, M. Streff, D. Hammond, F. Reagan. SECOND ROW: F. Johnson, C. Palmer, C. Johnson, D. Wilmarth, R. Riss- man, M. Tudor, Mgr. THIRD ROW: Coach Drake, D. Zoet, D. Mor- rison, B. Hoglund, V. Adams, D. Jackson, C. Anderson, Coach Carl- son. FOURTH ROW: R. Roberts, M. Becker, A. Smith, J. Pearson, J. Tilbury, D. Reber, J. Johnson, B. Henson. The Fresh-Soph team gave the Byron fans an excit- ing season this year with a fine performance from fresh- man back Doug Reber, who gained 556 yards, and split end Jim Tilbury, who caught 25 passes for 479 yeards. Randy Roberts led the defense with 99 tackles. The backfield consisted of three enthusiastic freshmen- -Doug Reber, Jeff Johnson, and Brain Hoglund; also sophomore running back Chuck Anderson and quarter- back Dave Zoet, who completed 50 of 126 passes for 880 yards. We They Lena-Winslow 12 6 Rockridge 0 18 Mt. Morris 14 13 Polo 12 50 Oregon 18 14 Forreston 14 26 Stillman Valley 24 39 Pecatonica 28 6 Winnebago 26 14 7

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VARSITY FOOTBALL FRONT ROW L to R: P. Marinho G. Mead, F. Carter, D. Isham. SECOND ROW: M. Brantner, J. Pender- grass, B. Ashelford, T. Zilliox, B. Kufalk, J. Landis, M. Tudor, Mgr THIRD ROW: Coach Liggett, T. Tallman, C. Millard, D. Brown, B. Tilbury, D. Hughes, Coach Stine. FOURTH ROW: R. Brown, S. Molnar, D. Carter, R. Boyer, D. Flohr, R. Toops, T. Meeker, B. Johnson. A good defense and no offense is the best way to describe the 1974 Byron Tigers' Football Season. The final record for the Tigers ended up a disappointing 1-9 overall mark and 1-8 last place finish in the con- ference standings. Co-captains this year were Terry Zilliox and Marty Brantner. Bob Ashelford was chosen most valuable player and Rick Toops the most improved. Ashelford was also chosen to the all-conference team along with Ron Brown. Lena-Winslow We 3 They 8 Rockridge 0 26 Mt. Morris 0 7 Polo 0 9 Oregon 0 14 Stillman Valley 12 23 Pecatonica 8 14 Forreston 7 0 Winnebago 0 26 6

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CROSS COUNTRY FRONT ROW L TO R: M. Hagemann, J. Sugden B. Hagemann, C. Spink, B. Sugden. SECOND ROW: D. High, P. Hogan, R. Pederdon, M. Manley, G. Bennett, L. Mead, Coach Hoffmeister. THIRD ROW: K. Herbig, J. Me- line, S. Spencer, J. Cun- ningham, J. Aronson, B. Haye. This year's cross country team, made up entirely of underclassmen, had 3 firsts and 4 seconds out of 11 meets; placed 7th out of 14 teams at the Polo Invitational and 4th out of 10 at the Oregon Frosh Invitational. Brad Haye was awarded MVP and was chosen captain of the team. Meet Place Polo 2nd Mt. Morris 3rd Rockford Luthern 1st Forreston Open 2nd Ashton 1st Pecatonica 1st Polo Invitational 7th Pecatonica 2nd Shabbona 2nd Conference Varsity 4th Conference Frosh 5th Oregon Frosh Invitational 4th