Del Campo High School - Decamhian Yearbook (Fair Oaks, CA)

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I Hn-- ff--- I. ' AA A in 525325 E1ffj 1Q -:age gg E Taking time out, Coach Caval- laro stresses the importance of the next play to the offensive starters during a game at Mac Arthur Field. N QURY ABOUNDS as a large number of hurt players as well as a lack of ability to Win produces a frustrating season We were always ready to play, but we were never able to play our best game, said Dave Araldi. Al- though the IV Football team had a disap- pointing season, they were able to stick to- gether and experience many highlights during their games. The Cougars were vic- torious early in their season against Placer. It was fourth down after a long drive down the field with no time left, but the team went for it. The Cougars won with leading defensive player David Roth's winning field goal. Another extraordinary play occurred during the homecoming game a- gainst Bella Vista. The winning touchdown was made in the fourth quar- ter. Quarterback and lead- ing scorer Farid Senzai ex- ecuted the 33 option. A good fake fooled everyone on defense so they all went for Scott Schavey. The opponents didn't know I had the ball, so I broke through the line for a 55 yard touchdown, said Senzai. One major factor which contributed to the team's unsuccessful season was the many injuries its players suffered. By the end of the season nearly all of the defensive start- ers were out due to in- juries. We never had the same team out on the field, said leading tack- ler Chris Olivas. According to Coach Ioe Cavallaro and most of the players, their losses were not only due to in- juries. We never played to the best of our ability, and I feel that we just didn't know how to win, said Cavallaro. ,Y-fa Q-, .S 1 4 Q. I -im. as-'awaits aj iff ' if ilu? Ji lg 4 . '11 ,yi E ms-el m . if . ' L gf! 'hcl' 5 Q E 1 ii sew Ag i 5-V. E l

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N AERIAL DISPLAY is shown by quarterback Kris King and the Cougars en route to a 4-6 record and a fourth place finish in the CAL Quarterback Kris King just threw his fiftieth pass of the game. That's amazing for a kid of this age, said Nevada Union's radio commentator. These were the sentiments of most who were aware of the aerial feats that King performed. Throughout the season, the Cougars' offense was dominated by the passing game. Having a fifty- pass game was in no way uncommon for King. HaVing a dominating passing game is pretty much unavoidable when you have a great passer and four great receivers like we did, said Head Coach jim Waldman. The receivers he was speaking of were wide receivers Dave Zan- canaro and Chris Har- nage, tight end Chris Reighn, and running back Dave Knieriem. The four together accounted for over 1800 of King's 2300 passing yards. I After finding that opponents knew of their tendency to pass, the Cougars turned to a shotgun offense. The shotgun helped us because other teams knew we weren't going to run so we didn't waste crucial time with play fakes, said Zancanaro. The passing game may not have dominated the season if it had not been for the injury to pre- season standout running back Eddie Anderson. It would have been nice to have had a stronger running game to accent our passing, said Reighn. The team started the season on a poor note by losing five of its first six games. In those first games we just weren't playing with the inten- sity we needed to win games, said King. After our loss to Casa, the coaches asked us if we wanted just to have fun of if we wanted to win games. As a team we agreed to win the remaining games, said Reighn. A tough loss to Nevada Union was all that kept the Cougars from going to the playoffs. In the last game we felt we played the best we could. I guess you have to say it just wasn't in the cards, said Waldman. Coachly concern. Coach Jim Waldman checks with safety jeff Lockhart after Lockhart was shaken up on a play against Iesuit. Varsity Football vp ' :b - .gg qi, 'r A Li'r A' 'hif i 21 5'f:,,'.'l.'1J..iI'.32??iELsll,l'::li.::'12:2I- or ff- fm -f. ,, . -- . at A .

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Affef the hflfld-Off, SCOU Runningfrom the Mustang SCTIQIVGY H1115 for the first CIOWI1 freshman Trevor Collins evades during the day game aga1I1S1 a tackler in the game against Jesuit. Foothill. OSS TEACHES the Freshman Football team to learn from its mistakes and realize its potential The expressions on their faces were somber after the loss of the game. At the end of many games, the Freshman Football team was faced with the fact that too many errors had been made. Freshman Foot- ball has been a game of mistakes, said Coach Iohn Davis. We just didn't have it together this year. We would have been stronger if we had run more plays, said Darren Searching for a hole, freshman Brian Prehoda runs toward the sideline in the game against Placer. Friedel, free safety. In spite of their losses, the team showed that it had potential. Our best game was the one We won against Casa. We worked as a team and we didn't let down, said Chris Huffman, guard. They won the game by a close one point. Several players also showed their potential when they were promoted to fill empty spots on the IV team for the last few games of the season. Iason Montero scored the only touch- down in the IV game against Folsom. Although the freshman team ended the season with a feeling of dis- appointment, they re- alized their potential to win. JV X Frosh Football