Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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Football Camp Helps Teams Win With a Battlefield district rec¬ ord of 5-2-1, the Blue devils end¬ ed the ’81 season in second place. According to Coach Bulheller the team had a season full of highlights, with one of them being the 12-0 victory over Orange. This was the first time Culpeper had beaten Orange since 1975. Coach Bulheller thought this was the team’s best game of the season. Another highlight of the sea¬ son was a surprising victory over the favored James Monroe team with a score of 16-1 5. The score¬ less battle with Courtland, the number one team of the Battle¬ field District, was a high point for the team. A come-from-behind win over Caroline with a score of 12-7 was an outstanding game, according to Coach Bulheller. Coach Bulheller believes one of the reasons that the team was successful was that they had “better talent then in past years.’’ He said, “However low on ex¬ perience this past season, talent made up for the lack of experi¬ ence.” He felt that going to camp at Virginia Tech was a big advan¬ tage for the team that other teams in the district did not have. Senior football player, Ken Halvorsen, said of camp, “Foot¬ ball camp helped unite the play¬ ers into a team. Through their ex¬ periences they learned to work together as friends and through the many practices they became a good team.” J.V. Coach Thornhill thought going to camp was an asset to his team also. Coach Thornhill said the nucleus of the team went to camp and was able to practice with the varsity squad. According to Thornhill the play¬ ers who went to camp at Virginia Tech were able to pick up experi¬ ence from practicing three times a day. He believed that camp put the team ahead of other teams in the district and was one of the reasons for the team winning. Ending the season undefeated with a 6-0 record the team’s peak was the game with Caro¬ line. Caroline, usually a good team, was “shut out” by the De¬ vils. The best game for the J.V. Devils, according to Coach Thornhill, was their last game, against Courtland. Both teams were undefeated and with win¬ ning Culpeper became unoffi¬ cially the Battlefield District champion. ABOVE LEFT: Behind the blocking of his teammates, Doug Pennington hands off to |eff Wlndbush. Pennington was named as all-District quarterback for the first team. ABOVE: Punting at the Courtland game is John Osborne, captain of the football team. He was hurt in the Orange game. Larry Ken¬ nedy was there to step in and take over the responsibilities of punting. RIGHT: The pass was incomplete but Nathan Robinson is striving to catch the ball during the Courtland game. The game was a defensive battle with the score tied at the end 0-0. Football 1 7

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■ A defensive pile up at the 15 yard line gives Caroline an opportunity to score. Caroline scored, but the raging Devils go on and win it 12-7. 9 it fiBi With Culpeper up 12-7, a play in the last minute of the game Doug Pennington carries the ball about 12 - M ' . ' V— M; A run by lames Starkes at Courtland, he gaines yardage as Wesley mmw? ' p . tL, a. JP ' p«v Grayson throws a block. 16 Sports

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TOP RIGHT: While Wesley Grayson blocks an opponent, Jeff Windbush runs with the ball. ABOVE: During the 46-8 victory over King George, Bruce Hundley takes a break while the second string gets a chance to play. MIDDLE RIGHT: In the King George game, Wesley Greyson runs the ball 40 yards up the sidelines for a touchdown; but the touchdown was called back because Greyson stepped out of bounds. RIGHT: Winning many honors in football this season, Pat Slaughter played both offensive and de¬ fensive positions. Pat won the Johnny Deane Award and was named to the first team all-District for offensive and de¬ fense, and first all-region. 18