Francis Joseph Reitz High School - Reflections Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Senior captain Marc Schnarr grimaces in pain after dislocating his shoulder. Seniors Darrin Nolte and Brad Toone both shared responsibilities for kicking PAT's this year. Assistant coach Nau gives Mike Gossman a piece of advice. Senior tailback Terry Fleming 10016 downfield for help against Vincennes. Football 79

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captured the City and SIAC Senior Greg Ashby is tackled by a North de- Senior Jeff Neisz sticks his headint championship and succeeded to be fender after hauling down a jump pass. Gary Kitchens looks on, one of the few Reitz teams to go undefeated during the regular season in many years. With such state contenders as Jasper, Boonville, and Harrison in their sectional, the team knew they had their work cut out for them to even win the sectional. After recording an impressive win over Vincennes Lincoln i40-0i in the first round, Reitz was faced with battling 9W Jasper. Jasper was definitely hungry for revenge after losing 21-2 to Reitz last year in the sectional championship. After almost 3V2 quarters of a heated defensive battle, Jasper was able to kick a 36 yard field goal with 43 seconds left to win 10-7. For the second year in a row, Reitz had been beaten on the last second play in the playoffs. 0 a pileup as Coach Bill Hape: I feel the 4H ranking this year was a tribute to the kids for all their hard work; we had a great season and had nothing to be ashamed of. Eterrgfftgailbeck Ken Hansen shows his Some Reitz defenders show the importance of downg as It takes 4 tacklers to bring him gang tackling on a ball-carrier. Senior tailback Terry Fleming shows his break-away speed in a game against Memorial. Football 78

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Reserves, Frosh Follow Footsteps Following in the footsteps of the varsity, the Reitz reserve football team captured the City title. In fact, it was the second year in a row the Reserves have won City. Both years the Panthers were coached by former Reitz all-state player Mike Horn. Coach Horn has lost but two games since he took the job as reserve football coach. The only loss this year came from Castle. The City champions finished their season with a 6-1 record, The team worked hard tOgether and had good leadership. If the Panthers keep playing as they did this year they will develop into a good varsity team. The Panthers leading scorer on the team was Scott Johnston. Johnston finished the year with 16 touchdowns, while Phil Niemeier added by kicking 24 more points. Team captains for the Panthers were Nick Schnarr and Brian Hape. Even with three losses, the Front: Tommy Anderson, Steve Minor, Jason Spain, Nick Schnarr, Chad Toone, Jason Scott, John Haller, 301! M: Scott Fenwick, Jerry Loeffler, Dirk Euler, Scott Johnston, Robby Grubbs, Gene Henderson, Doug Boylls, Eddie Dietz, Jeff Allega; Row three: Klay Heise, Mike Montgomery, Matt Henry, Chris Cummings, Danny Keller, Robert Graves, Brian Deem; Row four: Kevin Effinger, Paul Niemeier, Bryan Walker, Layne Foote, Jeff Mills, Chris Kelley, Toby Riney, Brian Hape, John Schneider; Row five: Jim Wimpelberg, Kraig Kolb, Jeff Stucke, Jeff Brummitt, Jeff Helfert, Rodney Boeke, Coach Mike Horn. Front: Kevin Isaac, Flint McCullough, Eric Sanders, Billy Beach, Dan Dennison, Ronnie Lindauer, Danny McFarland, Keith Moorhead, Cary Knight; Row two: Brent Green, Cameron Boling, Jonathon Spencer, Mike Boylls, Raymond Heaton, Doug Beckner, Rick Utley, Scott Jones; Row three: Rick Torress, Kevin Moore, Wade Helmer, Kevin Damm, Dustin Moore, Scott Orth, Brian Bailey, Casey Kelley; Row four: Chris Sales, Adam Hape, Eddie Vogel, Scott Strieter, Gary Snodgrass, Chris Payne, Mitch Head, John Tucker; Row five: Coach Gene Backes, Eric Word, Jim Loeffler, Rodney Baehl, Eric Eickhoff, Dale Moody, Greg Hill, Asst Coach Lloyd Owen. Football 80 freshman football team proved they could play with any team in the city according to Head Coach Gene Backes. Losing two of their three games by a narrow margin, the freshman footballers could have been 7-1 just as easy as 4-3. The intelligent and versatile panthers worked hard to prepare for vasity action in future years. Playing at least 30 or more players a game, the freshman team will also be an experienced sophomore class next year. Co-Captains of the team John Tucker of the defense and Chris Payne who led the Panthers in all offensive categories plan to carry their leadership in years to come. Coach Backes said, This year's team was a very enjoyable group of young men, very intelligent team, with a lot of promise for the future. Head Coach Mike Horn looks on in d concentration. eep