Cove High School - Leopard Yearbook (Cove, OR)

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On November 28, 1987, a bright, sunny day, the Leopards set out for La Grande to play in one of the most crucial games of their lives. The seniors knew that this would be their last foot- ball game. Tensions were high and butterflies were in everyone's stomach. Once game time arrived, the team was pumped up and ready to risk it all all for each other. After kickoff, the nerves of the team were more relaxed. On Cove's first possession, they lost the ball on the 3rd down, only to have the St. Paul team slowly move down the field to score. On Cove's second possession, they ran a pass from Kenny to Will and scored, tying the game 8 to 8. The whole game was an uphill battle for the Leopards. The Buckaroos would score, then the Leopards would play catch-up ball. At half time, the coaches had a long talk with the team, encouraging them to do their best. The score was 21-14 in favor of the Bucks. The Leopards came out ready for action. They stopped the Bucks from scoring, which gave the Leopards the chance to tie the game. With the score 28 to 28 and 3:45 remaining in the game, the Leopards drove for the last score. They scored with 33 seconds left in the game. The Bucks tried to score, throwing a couple of desperation passes, but as the final seconds ran out. they knew it was no use. After the big celebration, the team knew they had broken the state record with 4 wins out of 6 times of playing in the state game, the most ever by any school in Oregon history. Top-Will on the prowl for a state victory. Middle-A well deserved sight for Cove. Bottom-Thc thrill of victory 12 Bronson Lumber Co.

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Who lost the contact? The dominating force! 38 Cove vs. Mt. Vernon 0 62 Cove vs. Huntington 16 46 Cove vs. Crane 0 20 Cove vs. Prairie City 18 62 Cove vs. Powder Vally 20 50 Cove vs. Adrian 8 16 Cove vs. Burnt River 8 36 Cove vs. Jordan Vally 0 14 Cove vs. Wallowa 34 Districts 50 Cove vs. Adrian 14 Quarter finals 46 Cove vs. Condon 0 Semi-finals 62 Cove vs. Echo 12 State 34 Cove vs. St. Paul 28 Making the first move. “How sweet it is“, “Thriller ', “Cove re- mains perfect , “Unbeaten”, “The Machine”, Rampaging Leopards”, these were a few titles given along with “State Champs”, this year in football. The season opener was against Mt. Vernon. After going through two weeks of hot, sweaty, painful, double sessions, it was all about to be put through the test. The last week had been a little slow, and the Seniors noticed it. Our main objective was to keep the team high in spirit this year, and it paid off. When game time came, you could see the emotion in all of the eyes of the players. After the Leopards 73-yard drive the Mt. Vernon Bears held the Leopards on fourth down, on the three yard line with 2:20 to play in the first quarter. At the start of the second Quarter the Leopards let loose a rampage on the Bears. In nine plays the Leopards were on the board with 7:46 to play in the half. From there on. the Leopards unlcached what it had. and when the final horn blew, the Leopards were the victors, 38-0 over the Bears. Over the course of the season, the Leopards faced many formidable, old Oregon league, op- ponets but always came out on top. Prairie City was a close game, the Leopards winning only by two points, after falling behind by six, late in the fourth quarter with 3 minutes left in the game. On an 11 play, 80 yard drive, the Leopards pulled ahead with only a few sec- onds left in the game. Burnt River was to close to let out a breath of relief. With 3:35 left to play, the Leopards took the lead and held on to it for keeps. The 8 points were the main factor in the game. The Leop- ards only recorded one loss this season, against the Wallowa Cougars, an A-School from the Wapiti league. In the regular season the Leop- ards out scored their foe's, 344 points to 95 points. Hair Shack 11

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Mr. Pereira congratulates Tod. Girls' JV receive their awards. Athletes honored at Fall Awards Banquet Having two teams finish in the top three in state in the same year doesn’t happen very often. It did this year to the Cove Leopard’s football and vol- leyball teams. On Tuesday, December 14, the Fall Awards Banquet was held to honor the athletes of both of these great teams. Awards were given to both JV and Varsity players. The coaches also gave out special individ- ual awards. These awards were: VOLLEYBALL Most Hustle- Anji Weissenfluh and Cheri Botham; Coach’s Award-Jennie Thew; Most Improved-Dani Folsom; Most Valu- able Player-Pam Endicott. FOOTBALL Coach's Award-Ray Sutton; Most Improved-Tod Coxen; Most Inspirational-Cody Hamann; Most Outstanding Offensive Line- man-Jack Springer; Most Outstand- ing Defensive Lineman-James Nie- mitalo; Most Valuable Players- Chuck Rager, lan Hurley, Russ Hafcr, Will Ryan, and Kevin McBride. Football players enjoy the banquet. Pay attention, Chris and Sharman. Canned Food Warehouse 13