Heidelberg High School - Yearbook (Heidelberg, Germany)

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AMBITION J.R. Ginter catches a touchdown pass to win the game. Quarterback Pete Phillis searches for an open receiv- er. Displaying his awesome athletic abilities, Damion Topping dodges the Wiesbaden defense. Sports 49

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RUSHING WITH ootball, like any sport, begins long before the actual season does. Seasoned players and h0- pefuls gathered on the practice field at Patrick Henry Village and go through torturous conditioning drills, stretching muscles grown taut over the summer, and loosening and strengthening bodies which would just as soon be someplace else. All players went through this nightmare. Not because they wanted to, but be- cause it was necessary. No team, whether it wins or loses, can afford to start practicing for a season of run- ning, blocking, passing, tackling, and hitting without first fine-tuning the players. The Heidelberg Lions began their season full of hope. Under the exper- ienced leadership of Railton Ander- son, the Lion's new head coach, the season was a success. In fact, as the Heidelberg Herald Post's sports headline say, the Lion's season ended just . . . 30 seconds shy of the play- offs. Senior Damion Topping agreed, We had the potential and desire. Time just ran out. The season record was 4-2-1 and as senior Gus Hendricks said, 0vera11, a great season a much better than last year's. We were the only team in the conference to beat K-Town, who won the Conference Championship. Again, to quote the Herald Post Coach Anderson said, Losing to Frankfurt was without a doubt our biggest disappointment. Despite this loss, and the opening scoreless tie with Wiesbaden, the Lions have every rea- son to be proud of the work they have done and their accomplishments. Such accomplishments include placing Tom Myers toffensive, line- man1, Pete Phillis tQuarterbackL Bri- an Hall tplace kicker1, and Damion Topping tlinebackem on the All-Con- ference team. Damion Topping also made Honorable Mention All-Confer- ence at running back. Clint Kirk was Honorable Mention All-Conference offensive end, and G.K. Leighton won the same honor for his work in the defensive secondary. Other award winners were Gus Hendricks for the Most Valuable Offensive Lineman, G.K. Leighton for the Most Valuable Defensive Back, Tom Myers for Most Valuable Defensive Lineman, and Da- mion Topping for the Most Valuable Offensive Back. Senior Pete Phillis was the recipient of the Kirby Award. Junior G.K. Leighton was given the Good Luck Care Bear by the Senior members of the team. Senior Damion Topping was voted the team's Most Valuable Player. NUMBER NAME 12 PHILLIS, PETE 14A JONES , CASEY 18 HALL , BRIAN 20 LEIGHTON. G. K. 21 GILLIES. MIKE 23 COSTELLO II, JOHN 26 DAVIS . MIKE 25 LEAPHART, KELVIN 29 SULI. IVAN 7 MARK 32 ARRANTS , BILLY 34 SCOTT, MARK 35 TOPPING , DAMION 41 ABERCROMBIE, LEE 42 LL'KES . PAT 45 JACOBS. XIKE A7 FARMER. T011 49 BRAKEQN , BRUCE 50 HARRISON, JON 51 MYERS . TOM 53 BROOMFIELD, CHARLES 55 BENAVIDES, JOE 61 HANSEN, STEVE 63 DRAPER, KIKE 64 WERS , JOE 65 HANDLEY, DAN 67 HENDRICKS , GUS 68 vJALSH , BRAD 70 SAVAGE , PAT 71 ORTA, SANTIAGO 76 FRASER. GREG 77 LANGKILDE , DAN 78 SVISHER. MIKE 79 XONAHAN , KEN 81 KIRK . CLINT 83 BROWN , 30 BA GEORGE , RONALD 85 HARRXS, SCOTT 87 GINTER, J. R. 89 BELL , ERIC HEIGHT 5'10 178 QB 6'0 155 5'11 140 5'9 155 5'8 162 5'9 155 5'8 153 5'7 149 5'8 135 6'0 200 6'0 160 5'10 175 5'9 155 5'10 160 5'11 165 5'6 130 5'8 145 6'0 190 5'11 210 5'11 165 5'8 173 5'9 155 6'0 165 5'11 193 6'1 200 5'9 185 6'3 188 5'10 180 6'0 160 6'0 190 5'11 245 5'10 220 6'3 200 6'1 170 5'9 155 6'0 165 6'2 180 6'A 190 6'2 170 WEIGHT POSITION MMNMNMHHHHHHHOOODOOOH Kelvin Leaphard $251 plows through the opposing defense for a first c Mark Scott 1:213:11 makes a dramatic pull for extra yardage.

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eadership, talented athletes, and undying determie nation were the trade-marks of the 1986-87 Junior Varsity Football team. The team benfitted from the excellent coaching skills of Coach Floyd Leighton, and with the help of assistant coaches Charlie Mitchell, Byron Malo- grides, and John McFall, completed a successful season with a 6 win, 1 loss record. Outstanding athletes on this excellent team were Best Of- fensive Back, Monte Davis, Best Defensive Back, Mike Handley, Best Offensive Lineman, Robert Flatt, and Best Defensive Lineman, Tim Arrants. The Most Improved Play- er was Junior, Tom Nelson. The winner of the coachTs award was sophomore Rick Hinson, and sophomore Monte Davis was voted the Most Valuable Player by his teammates. The Heidelberg Lions Junior Varsity Football Team strived for perfection and won game after game for a roaring season. Robert Flatt reaches for a tackle to prevent the touchdown of a Nuernherg Eagle. Quarterback, Rick Hinson gives instructions for the next of- fensive play. First row: Rick Hinson, Rim Arrants. Second row: Jeff Cooper, Ed Day, Kevin Hall, R0 Platt, Donald Dunn, Mike Armijo, Simon Arriola, Ken Rogers, Jeff McDaniels. Third Shane Mitzel, John Aguirre, Scott Snyder, Matt Gillies, Monte Davis, Alex Uhlenhopp, K Johnson, Fred Keville, Mike Handley. Fourth row: Villis Floyd, Robert Batie, Sven Parker, Webster, Tom Nelson, Kris Jones, Robert Smith, Marcus Graham, Donald West. Fifth Eric Hollenbaugh, Derek Jardine, Mark Goldman, Brad Hogan, Dennis Barber, Tyler C Mike Dangerfield, Sean Van Rooyen, Frank Abedi. Sixth row: Dietrich Knapp ngrJ, Ch 50 Sports Mitchell, Byron Malogrides, Floyd Leighton, John McFall, Lyle Harrison. MVP Monte Davis smiles after a winning sea- son with a 6-1 record.