Centennial High School - Centurian Yearbook (Champaign, IL)

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CHARGERS — CO-CAPITOL CONFERENCE CHAMPS After ripping through twin-city foes. Chargers traveled to Normal only to be upended by the Ironmen. The effects of this setback, seemed to take the edge off of the Charger attack the following week against Springfield Southeast. After two straight losses, our future looked dim. But we came back. We rolled past hopeless Jacksonville 40 6, and decisively defeated Griffin in Springfield 21 to 18. Chargers upheld the Centennial tradition by winning their homecoming game against league leading Mai Arthur. The Generals had previously been averaging 31 points per game, but the staunch Champaign defense shut them down. The Chargers continued their streak by traveling down to Decatur and flashing past Eisenhower. Midway through the first quarter it started to drizzle and continued to build into a ferocious thunderstorm. The next week under better conditions. Centennial whipped Lanphier to conclude a conference winning season. BOTTOM LEFT Jeff Morrow scrambles for another Charger touchdown. MIDDLE Leading Charger reserves await their opportunity for varsity action. BOTTOM Capitol Conference leading rusher Quentin Hillsman turns it up the field. 23

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ABOVE Mike Althaus grimaces in pain as Greg Warmoch Mares with concern. RIGHT Charger offensive line gives quarterback Jeff Marrow ample time to execute the play. 22

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THE THRILL OF VICTORY When the season ended, the Charger squad was in limbo. They had swept their last five games against the toughest of league competition and ended up in a three way deadlock for first place. All three of the conference champions had 1-1 records against each other. The Chargers had defeated Springfield Griffin by a narrow three point margin. Griffin had squeezed by Normal Community by two points. The Normal Iron men had previously beaten Centennial by one point in Normal. The conference representative to the state football tournament would have to be determined by a vote of the league’s coaches. The case for Centennial looked strong. The Chargers had outpointed their opponents by a greater margin than any other team in the Conference. Quentin Hillsman led the conference in rushing, and Jeff Morrow teamed up with receivers Ken Davis and Steve Justus to form one of the most explosive passing attacks in the area. After the two early upsets, the Charger Machine seemed to be gathering momentum as the season went on. Despite all these factors in our favor, Griffin was voted the Conference representative. ABOVE Jeff Morrow hands off to Quentin Hillsman RIGHT Quenun Hillsman fights hard for the first down. 24