Del City High School - Eagle Yearbook (Del City, OK)

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Ovflill new Soph Suooeeols He is a good athlete and is smart enough to be put in a position we needed him and did his job well, said Coach Sikes when asked about sophomore, Ricky Rollin. Ricky plays on the l .V. team as middle safety and has played football since 4th grade. Ricky plans on attending CSU atter he graduates. He really enjoyed the team he played on this year, the teammates and play- ers alike. Coming up to Del City from Kerr lr. High, Ricky enjoys the high school team a lot better than the smaller junior high team, however, Mr. Watkins, his ninth grade coach, was his favorite in giving good methods and en- couragement. l. lf football The chain gang Coach Manning watches anxiously as the ofhcials measure the Crucial hrsi down. Photo by B. Horn All the right moves Vernon Brown, 4124, zig-zags his way around lohn Marshalls defense, while heading for the goal-line. Photo by B. Horn

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ouchdown span ot two weeks the team was beaten twice in a row by Moore and Ed- mond. By deteating Ponca City, the Eagles came up against their archrivals, the Midwest City Bombers. Tailback Vernon Brown said, We were all really up tor the game. The Eagles were soon brought down though as the Bombers Wa ter-break g Heading for the water bottle that Waits him on the sidelines, Senior Vlhllie Oliver, guenches his thirst. Photo by Bill Horn. United We stand Showing their spirit as a team and unity as one, the Eagles huddle in V514 Sf ty 1fOOlLbdU prayer for a safe and victorious game. Photo by Bill Horn. Starting out the season by crushing the lohn Marshall Bears 42-l8, the Del City Eagles Football Team looked unbeatable. Then in a beat them 28-l7. From then on it was a string ot wins up until they met Midwest City again in the tirst round of the state playotts. But Del City was not to have a state cham- pionship this year as they were deteated by the Bombers 3-O. The success ot the sea- son was the Eagles star tailback Vernon Brown. fs. l Varsity Football 85-86 lohn Marshall l8 42 Edmond lO 7 Moore 23 l4 Ponca City 7 l4 Midwest City 28 l7 Enid 6 7 Putnam City 7 42 Putnam North l4 28 Lawton 7 l4 Yukon l4 28 Midwest City 3 O Vernon had a string ot awards including High School Prep Player ot the Year Award. Senior Chad Treadwell said this about Brown, l-le's the best tailback Del City has even seen or will ever see. i'They were the kind ot young men who make coaching a very enjoyable job. -Coach Coker

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F ull-back charge Struggling tor extra yardage against the Bomber defense, 99915 Doug Watson shows his power. Photo by B. Horn l.V. Football 85-86 lohn Marshall 26 Edmond 28 Moore l6 Edmond l9 Midwest City l9 Putnam City 6 Putnam North l2 Choctaw 6 Record 3-5 Sreenhom quarterback 20 Everyone got a lot ot ex- 27 periencef' -Kevin 0 Wright. 7 8 22 22 20 umble crowd. Injuries killed us, said Coach Critten- den. At one time, we had only one starter on the offensive line. Lack ot confidence was evi- dent as the players didn't know who would be playing beside them in the line or it they them- selves would be on the sidelines. Injuries played a big part be- cause new guys were in every week, Lack ot As one ol the tew sophomores on the varsity tea arm before a game. Photo by B. Horn m, Kevin Wright warms up hi S Plagued by injuries, the l.V. football Team struggled through its season trying to at the very least make a good showing tor the confidence also showed in that the players had to suddenly change posi- tions in the middle ot a game because ot injur- ies. They were strang- ers, said Coach Sikes. Another problem ot the team was the lack of trust the players had in their teammates and themselves. Guys who came in from Kerr and Del Crest had been taught to be rivals,tor so I long, and then all of a sudden, they had to learn to play together, explained Coach Crit- tenden. When asked it he saw any room tor improve- ments, Coach Crittenden replied, There's always room tor improvement, think when you stop im- proving, lt's time to get out ot the game. X f. ll football