Grover Cleveland High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Reseda, CA)

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Hal tiranl trips up Tall, i Below i LcU (lalago head on Willi a Carson Coll. I Riglu i 4 SB T ' The agon of deleat. 85

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Chris Gomez heads for the goal line IBelowl. while quar- terback Cardona flings one against Canoga. Rick Maddox eludes a Torreador. Finkbinerand Patterson taking a breather.

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V iK br- ' ■r , r 4 N L , ; Row I - D.Margo, D.Bemley. R.Stephens, G.Bowden, R.Veralrud, G.Galstaun. B.Bressel, M.Cruze, M. Darling, R.Maddox, J.Marr, D.Burdick, K. Lincoln, D.Gamboa, D.Landress. M.Yerkes. D.Milligan. M. Peterson. Row II - Coach Leckman, T.Bruneau, M.Doering, S.Stark, B.Ward, C.Catlett, B.Walz, J.Aquilla, H.Grant, A. Hooks, L.Spellman, D. Havens, J.Stotler, GCIark, C.Tindell, M.Kebeisy, E.Arroyo. J.Gretto. Row III - Coach Han- sen, B.Creamer, J.Guttman, T. Hanks, E.Cardona, D.Marbell, L.Galago, D.Redlin, T.Neilson, R.Jarvis, C.Gomez, D.Fry, D.Chadwick, M. Patterson, R.Finkbiner, N.Drell, R.Cunningham. Varsity Football- 1974 Birmingham: Varsity Football 1974 began for Cleveland when the Cava- liers met the Braves at Birmingham. The Cavaliers received the opening kickoff, driving to the three-yard line, where they were stopped by the Braves. .- few plays later, Chris Tindell sacked Birmingham ' s quarterback in the endzone for a safety. The Braves got on the board in the second quar- ter with a touchdown and led 8-2 at half time. Cleveland burst out in the third quarter with a sustained drive by Maddox and Finkbiner alternating carries down to the four, where Maddox took a pitch-out and scored. The Braves came back, however, with a 22-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to upset the Cavaliers 15-8. Chatsworth: The Cavaliers got off to a great start in the West Valley League opener by scoring an impressive victory over Chatsworth, 21-8. Cleveland scored on their first possession with a 14-yard run by Ricky Maddox, giving the Cavaliers the lead, 7-0. Chatsworth ' s offense was frus- trated by a powerful Cleveland defense led by Greg Clark, who sacked Chatsworth ' s quarterback six times throughout the game. With six minutes left in the half Cleveland scored again to bring their lead to 14-0. Chats- worth recovered a fumble on Cleveland ' s 18-yard line but was unable to score, due to the stubborn Cleveland defense. The second half was closer with each team scoring once but the Cavaliers came away with a needed victory. Carson: The Cavaliers came through to hand the Colts a stunning 13-6 up- set. This was, perhaps, one of the finest moments in Cleveland ' s history considering the loss to Birmingham the week before. Carson scored on the second play of the game and it looked like a rout, but that was it for the Colls. The Cavalier ' s defense blunted Carson ' s offense the remainder of the night. In the second quarter, Carson ' s punter was tackled after a bad snap on the Colt ' s 1 1 -yard line. Maddox crossed the line for the score five plays later. Early in the fourth quarter Carson was caught with fourth and one. The Colts gambled and lost, turning the ball over to the Cavaliers on Car- son ' s 33-yard line. From there Jay Marr went in for the winning score. Kennedy: In this 36-6 rout of Kennedy, Cleveland proved that their win over Carson was no fluke. The offense finally got untracked and shredded the Cougar ' s defense with a total of 218 yards gained. Cleveland ' s defense caused the first of Kennedy ' s numerous fumbles in the .second quarter and then recovered it. Three plays later Cardona threw a thirty yard bomb lo Brian Ward for the score. Minutes later the tough Cavalier defense forced Kennedy to cough up the ball again. It look only five plays for the Cavaliers, led by Maddox, to score. In the second half the defense really put it lo the Cougars, allowing only 59 yards rushing in the game. Maddox added two more scores in the second half. Defensive stars were Scott Slark and Rick Jarvis, both getting interceptions, and Clark and Grant, playing tough games. Van Nuys: Cleveland ended Van Nuys ' winning streak at three wins by Ihe score of 21-13. The game was not as close as the score indicates. The Cava- liers scored the first two limes they had the ball. They marched 76 yards in the first series which resulted in a 15-yard touchdown run by Brian Ward. Later in the quarter Cleveland gained possession on the Wolves ' 17-yard line and six plays late r Terry Hanks raced into Ihe end zone from sixteen yards out. The drive was highlighted by a 56-yard run by Jay Marr. Late in the second quarter Maddox ran through the Wolves for a 32-yard touch- down run. The second half was a stand-off until late in the game. Van Nuys scored twice on Cleveland reserves. Cleveland netted 301 yards rushing. Taft: After iheir victory over Chatsworth, the Cavaliers next had to face the highly ranked, undefeated Taft Toreadores. In this hard fought battle, which later proved to be the decider for the league championship, the Cavaliers came through again to gain a much deserved 19-14 victory. Taft came out hot and scored after only 37 seconds. That was all the Cavaliers needed to get moving, as Bill Creamer recovered a fumbled punt on the Taft 12-yard line to set up Cleveland ' s first touchdown. Later, Brian Ward carried a wing- back rever se to the two, and when Jay Marr drove in for six Cleveland was on top to stay. Both teams scored once more, giving Cleveland an important victory and an excellent shot at the championship. El Camino: The Cavaliers took sole possession of first place in the league after they disposed of the Conquistadores, 21-9. El Camino scored late in the first quarter on a field goal but would never hold the lead again as Alvin Hooks returned the following kickoff 97 yards, for the score. Cleveland came out in the second half and drove 70 yards, with Cardona capping the drive with a sneak from the one. El Camino scored again in the fourth quarter but the Cavaliers came back to wrap up the game with Maddox scoring on a ten yard sweep of left end. Canoga Park: With this win the Cavaliers wrapped up at least a tie for the W est Valley League crown, as they thrashed Canoga 42-7. Maddox scored his last touchdown at the end of the third quarter from five yards out. Cleve- land ' s last score came in the fourth quarter as Terry Hanks went fifteen yards for the touchdown on a wing-back reverse. Reseda: In the final regular season game, the Cavaliers had no problem dumping the Regents to gain the West Valley League Title. Some had worried about a letdown before a game such as this, but the spirited Cava- liers went full blast to destroy Reseda 48-0. Palisades: Cleveland ended its football season as it started, with a loss at Birmingham. The Cavaliers came into this playoff game as slight favorites but it was the Dolphins who were victorious by a 20-0 score. Even though the loss to Palisades was disappointing the Cavaliers enjoyed a fine season and gave their fans many thrills throughout.