Cambria Heights High School - Highlander Yearbook (Patton, PA)

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Mike Bene Dean Gittings Jim Gray .. ...... t , Weakland. Dan Pompa. Second Darin Thomas Jim Whileford Row; Bi„ A|brighl jvan Mulli- gan. Bob Schirf

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A GREAT, GREAT SEASON pre-season scrimmage then the loam filing beaten in the opening game by Bishop team to qualify for District VI play offs in AAA The lt?am s su css nine etsy. and Darin Thomas, the defense consistently stuffed its opponents ----------------- — » ' - 1 n Holts who After a bleak beginning which saw quarterback Brian Kelly breaking his hand in a pre-seas Giiilfoyln. the Highlander football players stormed back to become the first CH football from its rugged defensive play, l-ed by Bob Schirf. Sean Noel. Dean (sittings, Andy G —,, —•— —■■■■ ------------------------------- , ■ . Offensively Celly quickly recovered from the broken bone to provide leadership, he threw for three TDs. The main offensive weapon though was Lv bulled his way for 89b yards and eight TDs One of the real weapons was kicker )im Gray who booted three field goals and consistently pinned opponents deep with his punts. Reflet ting back on the season coach William Crowell observed that the winning streak that began after the loss to Hollidaysburgh was extremely exciting; the momentum oi wininiig kept building The highlight of the year was beating Northern Cambria, shutting them out again before a huge crowd 1 he team badly wanted to play and win, and they did. The 1987 football team is so special because Ihe seniors as ninth and tenth «radere never won a football game Bui they developed, matured, and learned huw lo win They exceeded everyone's expectations because of hard work and concentration on football What the football players will uniquely remember is: Brian Kelly knocking over a cheerleader (Lisa Blair) while going out of bounds during Portage game. Cigars in the field house after the N.C. game. Darin Thomas’ (Bald) facemask filling with snow during Ihe snow practice. Brian Kelly bringing in pickles before the Portage game. . .. Dean Giltingss getting a little loo vocal (!« a ) at the opposing player during the Glendale scrimmage. Cetsy's Date at the beach and his Smoky room. I.a Bam ha every day at practice. Sliding on their stomachs after a rainy day at practice Running after practice because of |im C.ray’s vocabulary during the previous game Nick Caretti lined up behind Ihe guard instead of the center (Nick was the quarterbac Mr. (enkins MTV sweatshirt every day. Plays called Shelly” and Cheeks. Red’s (Red Chernisky) Colorful commentating on our football videos. Having pop-sicles during breaks at practice during football camp. The great coaches. All the food the cheerleaders and majorettes made M. First Row. I.efl to Right: Brian Owens. Darren Dubyak. |oe Marana. |ohn Fees. Scott Eckenrode. |ason Ctcero. Brian Duclos Paul Yeckley. Scol ,M ller,Ron Charney. Dan Pompa Second Row: Ivan Mulligan. )oe Moyer. Brent Bassett. Ron Weakland. Gary Thomas. Bob Schirf. Chris Chernisky Dave Mulhollen Mika Behe. Alan HesslecSean Noel. Tom Davis. Cla.r Weakland. Third Row: Mall Bilko. Kyle Senko. Dirk Link, lay Weakland. Nick CaretU. Dave Fees. RsndalBdk Brian Krug. |oe Thibedoux. Doug Thomas. Rick Uke. Clint Terza. |ohn Abrams. Fourth Row: Bill Dow. Lyn Holtz. Dennis Link. |im Whiteford. |im Gray. Andy Getsy. Dean Giffings. Brian Kelly. Tom Bearer. Darin Thomas. Larry McKernan. Bill Wholaver. Sean Miller. Dan Bilko. Coaches: First Row: Dean Baker. Ron Jenkins. Harry Murphy. Second Row: Rick Bishop. Bill Crowell. Denny Pawlikowski. Mike Horvath. Captains: Lyn Holtz, Bob Schirf

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Right: Alan Messier and Dean Gittings earn con- gratulations. 8