Conroe High School - Flare Yearbook (Conroe, TX)

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FOOTBALL: A CONROE TRADITION: ?fikk »i mlli 1983 CONROE TIGERS Greg Burks 1 Daniel McWashington 5 Dennis Stewart 7 Mark Kelm 8 Bubba Jacques 10 David White 11 Bruce Williams 12 Daryl Austin 14 Bruce Arrington 15 Ricky Ybarra 16 Gary Meador 20 Keith Sneed 21 Mace Meeks 22 Jeff Davis 23 Kelvin Yates 24 Forrest Sealy 25 Tommy Broussard 30 Ed Freeny 31 Lance Reynolds 32 EdThorton 33 Chip Driscoll 34 Bobby Lentz 35 Ricky Boaz 40 John Wingate 41 Walter Stephens 42 John Ullrich 44 Steve Westergren 45 OdellBenskin 50 ' CONROE TEAM OPPONENT 30. ■ Aldine 7 22 Lufkin ■ 10 14 Mac Arthur 21 24 Humble 10 Waco Univ. 7 29 Spring 14 9 Kingwood 8 21 McCullough 13 ■16 New Canev 20 Westfield Cy-Creek 51 Corey Anderson 52 Kelly Holmes 53 Kevin Carter 54 Chad Clinkscales 55 Tom Richardson 56 Jake Haden 60 Donnie Engleby 61 Bo Alexander 62 Todd Raabe 64 Phil West 65 Chris Nelson 66 Mark Gills 67 Ryan Alworth 71 Kelvin Friedel 72 Russell Moore 74 Buddy Daniel 75 Scott McShan 76 Chris Hoffman 77 Donald Campbell 80 Eric Krolczyk 81 Leon Foots 82 Brandt Dozier 84 Paul Pritchett 85 Mark Whitworth 86 Jason Ward 88 James Scaffe 91 Steve Morrow 282 ' Football

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A CONROE TRADITION PRE-DISTRICT PROVIDES TOUGH COMPETITION — EXPERIENCE As the summer of ' 83 came to a close, a questionmark stood over the C.H.S. campus as to how the always highly favored Conroe Tigers would fair in the upcoming season. With a new head coach, defensive co-ordinator Mike Barber, after the tragic death of former Tiger boss Buddy Moorhead, the outlook was not clear. But nevertheless, despite the adversity, the Varsity made their way onto the practice field and began to drill. On September 2 at about 7:15p.m., Coach Barber called everyone into the dressing room and gave each player a solitary black star to wear on their helmet. This was to represent the late Coach Moorhead, but it also wiped that questionmark out of everyone ' s mind, they were now going to win for a cause. Forty-five minutes later the Tigers took the field against an exceptional Aldine team. Four quarters later, the scoreboard read 30-7 in favor of the Tigers. Help came from two touchdowns and a % yard effort by Mark Kelm, two touchdown passes by Quarter- back Bruce Williams, and an excellend defensive effort. Next, the Tigers were to face another tough team, the Lufkin Panthers. But, behind two touchdowns via Ed Thorton, the Varsity beat the Panthers for the third straight year, 22-10. In their final game before beginning district, which would prove to not be as easy as the first two games, they had to face the MacArthur Generals. After a very physical game, which resulted in the loss of Sophomore runningback Keith Sneed, the Tigers were to fall short 21-14. Coach Barber commented that, This will be the most physical game we ' ll play this year. Despite their first loss, the Varsity ran up some impressive statistics; they outscored their opponents 66-38, and totaled 825 yards total offense, a 275 yard a game average. Ready to go into district play, the outlook seemed bright for the Tigers and their confidence was high. Another district title seemed within reach. ED FREENY puts a move on a unsuspecting player. MEEKS and SEALY in for the kill. SENIOR Phil West takes the ball away from a helpless Lufkin Panther. ED THORTON is up and over for the score. 2S4 « Football