Grant Union High School - Prospector Yearbook (John Day, OR)

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STATE SEMI-FINAL PLAY-OFF Coach Ralph Burton, Head Football Coach SPECIAL FOOTBALL AWARDS The following boys received special awards: Bob Griffith - Most Inspirational and Defensive award; Ken Mills and Steve Denney - Most Outstanding Back awards; Bill Shanley - Most Outstanding Lines- man, State Honorable Mention as a guard and selection for the Shrine game; Ken Catron - State Honorable Mention as a quarterback; The Most Valuable Football Player award went to the ENTIRE SQUAD.

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PROSPECTORS REACH GRANT UNION HAS SUCCESSFUL SEASON The 1970 football season saw the Prospectors winning their second straight District 7-AA Cham- pionship. Grant Union went on to record a 33-8 up- set victory over Stay ton in the State Quarter-final game. The season finally ended when Grant Union lost to the number one team in the State, Junction City, 28-6. The Prospectors clinched the District title with big wins over Vale, Burns, Wahtonka, and Madras. The latter was the annual Homecoming game. By reaching the Semi-Finals in the State Play- offs, Grant Union had a very successful season. This is especially true when the team lost two of its first three games, and things did not look very bright. But by pulling together and displaying an usual spirit of team unity, Grant Union reversed things. In the last news poll before the play-offs, the team was rated seventh in the State and by winning the Quarter-final game, Grant Union was placed among the top four teams in the State of Oregon for AA schools. The Prospectors will certainly miss this year's senior football players. They were indeed a Championship group. Their three-year varsity record saw them on two District Championship teams and one second place team. Grant 24 Prairie City 0 Grant 0 Heppner 14 Grant 6 Sherman 8 Grant 26 Pilot Rock 8 Grant 16 Burns 12 Grant 26 Vale 18 Grant 28 Madras 0 Grant 44 Wahtonka 20 Grant 18 State Nyssa Quarter-final 22 Grant 33 State Stay ton Semi-final 8 Grant 6 Junction City 28

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THIS TEAM CARRIES PROSPECTORS TO TOP FOUR IN % PROSPECTOR VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD First row: Mgrs. Kim Dannen, Steve James, Danny Wallenmeyer. Second row: Dick Baucum, Jim Officer, Pete Walker, Steve Dalgliesh, Chuck Willey, Dale Conlee, John Williams, Ken Catron, Bruce Campbell, Kenny Mills, Steve Denney, Gregg Heyn, Greg Jones, Javier Goirigolzarri. Third row: Coach Don Jones, Coach Gene Winnett, Darrel Holliday, John Ray, Mike Mannell, Kelly Olp, Jack Seebart, Zane Lindley, Jim Boethin, Gordon Beil, Gale Speakmen, Mark Secord, Kim Conlee, Bob Griffith, Larry Hensley, Coach Toni Kosydar, Coach Ralph Burton. Fourth row: Bruce Springmeyer, Don Maxwell, Greg Eddy, Greg Sprouffske, Bill Shanley, Ron Lundbom, Jon Teague, Dennis Elmer, Tim Behrens, Mark Tillotson, Ron Pearson, Mike Martin, Dewey Warner. Coach Toni Kosydar, Coach Don Jones, Defensive coach Backfield coach