Centennial High School - Centhiscan Yearbook (Gresham, OR)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL 25-27 comeback victory over Wilson earns the Eagles state glory. An undefeated season and a state title were the highlights of the 7972 football season. The team matured more with each game and had great team unity and morale. Scott McCord guided the offensive unit and passed for over 7,000 yards. His fa- orite targets were joe Kern and Gregg Rognle. Running backs Raye Williams, Rick Boothman, Mike Smith. and Russ Watts proved to be an unstoppable force. Cliff Harrison anchored the line. The offense averaged 37.3 points per game. All-State middle guard Dan O'Donnell, tackle jerry Hanson, and linebacker Greg Hopkins spearheaded the defense. joe Kern, Scott McCord, Brian Barlow, and Mark Porterfield kept opposing quarter- backs rattled, while holding down their job in the secondary. The defense was stingy and stubborn in giving up points, as they held their op- ponents to 9.9 points per game. Togetherness, poise, confidence and great coaching were the reasons for suc- cess in this, long to-be-remembered football season. Coach McCarty confers with Scott during a timeout. Mike Smith tucks ball away and glances for hole behind the powerful blocking of Russ Watts and Rick Boothman. Z4 I' Greg Hopkins, with a little help from his friend, wrap Scott McCord sets up in the pocket and threads-the-needle to Rick Boothman circling 0 up Bill Claunch of Lake Oswego. 46 SPORTS backfield. ut of

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CENT CENT CENT CENT CENT CENT CENT CENT CENT CENT FROSH SCORES Lake Oswego Reynolds Putnam Barlow Clackamas West Linn Gresham Hood River Tigard Milwaukre Barlow Invitational Grant Invitational Centennial Invitational Wilco District Meet nc No Team No Team No Team No Team 2nd 2n Zn rosh end a traditionally successful year with a second in district Centenmals freshman cross country program had another sucessful year de spite the fact they lost their first dual With easy victories over six league rivals in their first three meets the fresh men traveled to Lakeridge to face a tough West Linn Lion team Matt Soots the No 1 man was moved up to the junior Varsity level This weak ened the Eagles and allowed West Linn to capture the first four spots Centen- nial then moved through the remainder action Their final meet was the Wilco district meet held at Pier Park The freshmen Came up with a fine overall team performance in placing second behmd a strong Clackamas team . 21 l . . 15 . 25 32 ' ' . 27 40 I , 26 31 ' ' ' D . 30 ' 27 . 24 37 l ' . 15 ' , - ' . g 15 , . . . . . CENT. 20 The Dalles Inc. meet in three years. of the season undefeated in league . 15 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . d . . . . . 1st . . . . . - . d I . 0 BOTTOM ROW: T.Kurutz, M.EofL M.Boettcher, R.Frazier, j.Hull, L.Mattox, S.Ciaffoni, D.Lippold. ROW UNO: L.Settle, R.Popma, K.Goin, C.Hand, D.Stoddard, A.Wright, L.Rosen. .,, .- .Cap-1 X 4 T 1 '2 ,-55: g5? The rookie Eagles start off on a 7.35 route in their first meet against Lake Oswego. Y Q . Once off the line, the freshmen quickly begin to outdistance all foes. SPORTS 45

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. 1 W .FF BOTTOM ROW D Bonitz R Watts 5 McCord B Thomas D Helm K Konkle Mlones ROW 2 C Harrison, G.Rognle, D.Horn, D.Golden, B.Ke- eney M Smith D Mestrovlch D Fehrenbacher B Hope ROW 3 Coach Don McCarty B Perletti I Gildow, B.Barlow, M.Porterfield, D. Werner, G. Fournier R Boothman G Hopkins Coach Bob Holt ROW 4 Larry Newman R Gilmore I Slemp I Hansen, D.Schiele, D.O'Donnell, D.Daniel5on, C Carlson ROW 5 Coach Dean Pade Raye Williams D Heacock T Keller D Havely I Montgomery D.Hachiya, L.Hovgaard,I.LaMain. Cent. Cent. Cent Cent Cent Cent Cent Cent Cent Cent Cent Cent VARSITY FOOTBALL SCORES Oregon City 6 Clackamas 8 Barlow 0 Reynolds 78 The Dalles 6 Lake Oswego 6 Hood River 6 Gresham 74 WILCO CHAMPIONSHIP Oregon City 0 STA TE PLA YOFFS Bend 6 Hillsboro 28 Wilson 27 -Q-B... Final Record: 77-0-7 WILCO LEAGUE STANDINGS COLUMBIA DIVISION CENTENNIAL 6-0 8-0-7 Reynolds 4-2 6-2-1 Lake-Oswego 4-2 5-4 The Dalles 2-3-7 4-4-7 Barlow 2-3-7 3-5-7 Gresham 2-4 3-6 Hood River 0-6 0-9 WILLAMETTE DIVISION Oregon City 5-7 7-7-7 Milwaukee 5-7 7-2 West Linn 4-2 6-3 Lakeridge 4-2 6-3 Putnam 2-4 4-4-7 Clackamas 7-5 2-7 Ti ga rd O- 6 0- 9