Conroe High School - Flare Yearbook (Conroe, TX)

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FOOTBALL Jay Vee ' s Jolt Opposition The Conroe Tiger Junior Varsity was led by coaches Ron Wellborn, Mike Crowl, and Ron Eikenberg. They started off the season with an opening loss to Aldine, but they work- ed hard and came back to finish the season with a 5-5 record. Although the team did give up a few close games, they always hung tough and gave a strong fight. The team was equipped with a lot of talent. Some key offensive players were Larrick French and Anthony Placide, while the defense was led by Jamie Roughneck Cambell. Many of the Jay-Vee ' s proposed starting players were recruited to play on the varsity, but the team went on playing. Trying new people at new positions, they came up with a strong club. 1983-84 Conroe Tiger Junior Varsity Football Team. STACI CLARK pushes for extra yarda . ' t ANTHONY HENRY making the ca . 2S8 ' JV Football

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)ANIEL McWASHINGTON shows the hrill of victory. Tiger Pride Never Dies Tigers Fall Short In Bi-District The season was going great for th; Tigers, they had just won district and were now facing a sup- posedly weaker Cy-Creek team. But like all good things, their luck came to an end. The game started out good enough with kicker Forrest Sealy booting the opening kick-off into the end zone. Then, the defense held their ground and forced Cy-Creek to punt. The offense then drove the ball downfield but had to settle for a fieldgoal. Then the tides began to turn. On their next possession, Cy-Creek drove downfield for the game ' s first touchdown and took a 7-3 lead. As time ran out in the first half, Conroe once again took the ball downfield but fell short on a last second attempt for a touchdown. The sec- ond half was a stalemate until there were about three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Cy-Creek was forced to punt from their own endzone, but after a bad snap, gave up a safety. After the kickoff, and an excellent Meeks return, the Tigers drove to the Cy-Creek 31 yard line and faced a third and short. Forrest Sealy, the Tiger kicker took the field and prepared to win the game for Conroe. But then fate struck and a Cy-Creek lineman found his way through the trenches and blocked the attempt, and Con- roe ' s chances of advancing in the play-offs. The opponents then took the ball with under two minutes left and stalled until the clock ticked down. Even though this ended a long season, the Tigers were not desolate for long. One tends to look back on a season and remember not their losses and mistakes, but their victories and their contribu- tions. This was the case of the Tigers. The Seniors reminisced of past seasons and the underclassmen readied for the next year. But most of all, everyone realized that by going 9-2 on the season, winning district, and walking away with their heads up, that they had kept up the tradition and followed the pattern that Tigers of the past had set for years and years before them. SENIOR KELVIN YATES finds a hole behind some excellent blocking. FORREST SEALY racks up another score for the Tigers. TIGERS join together after a victory over McCoUough to sing the school song. FOOTBALL Football • 287

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I Sophomores 3 See the Light As the Tiger Sophomores began their season under the coaching of Mike Fer- rell and Tommy Johnson, they were confident and ready to get their season underway. After suffering an early season setback, an opening game loss to Aldine, they bounced back with new vigor. The young Tigers went on to win a 9-1 record for the season, undefeateed in District and clinching the District Crown. Behind the superlative efforts of tailback Steve Westergren, and lineman Colby Thames, Jay Jenkins, and Matt Whitney, the Sophomore offense rolled to several easy victories, in- cluding a 38-0 victory over MacArthur. Also, defensive standouts, such as Darrell Sherer and Dumond Johnson, helped lead the team to many shutout triumphs. With the success shown by the Sophomores this year, outcomes such as a promising future seem well within reach. TODD SHELTON cuts back against the grain. 1983-84 Conroe Tiger Sophomore Football Team. FOOTBALL Sophomore. Football. • 289