Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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Aces Gridders Have One of Best Seasons Ever Hicksville's 1976 Big Red Machine, coached by Bill Metz, which was not expected to do so good this year, made believers out of many Aces fans as they finished the season with a 10-0 record. Many people such as the uptown coaches and the Crescent News labeled the Aces as chasers and didn't expect to see them up at the top fighting for the lead. But with determined senior leadership and A - Bob Luderman heads the kick off team as the Aces storm downfield. B - The Aces take the field to the cheer of the crowd. C - Junior Duane Cline races up field leaving Hilltop defenders behind. D - Full- back Mike Quaintance makes his cut to elude a Lima Perry defender. help from talented underclassmen, the Aces grouped together to gain one of the best records ever achieved in Hicksville's grid history. Averaging 33 points a game the Aces showed a very explosive offense but also proved that they wou1dn't be moved around, as the defense held the opponents to an average of 2.6 points per game. 14 Varsity Football

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10-O, Ain't Too Bad Individually the Aces broke a few records with Duane Cline topping the average per carry for a rusher with a 9.0 yards per carry. Mike Quaintance achieved a record by carrying the ball 131 times which broke Howard Moores' old record. Kicking specialist Bob Luder- man set a field goal record by booting a 34 yard field goal. Senior Mike Quaintance led the Aces stunning backfield as he totaled 777 yards in 131 carries. Duane Cline was close behind with 768 yards in 85 carries. Rod Vanderstelt was next in line with 601 yards in 81 carries. Rod, a junior, was the leading scorer for the Aces as he totaled 84 points. Quaintance was second in scoring with 60 points, and Cline third with 58 points. Defensively, Senior tackle Pete Mon- roe led the gridders with 144 defensive points. Evan Coblentz was a close second with 138 markers, and Rick Whitaker third with 135 points. In All-League selections, the Aces placed Randy Headley, Mike Quain- tance, Rod Vanderstelt, Bill Rohrs, and Pete Monroe on first team GMC offense. Evan Coblentz. Rick Whitaker, and Van- derstelt garnered firsts on defense. Sec- ond team honors went to Cline. In the NWBL voting, firsts on offense were Headley, Cline, Kreg I-Iesselschwardt, and Bob Akerman. Defensively, Cline, Steve Thiel and Jim Gambrel were first UPPER RIGHT - Back Row - Evan Coblentz, Pete Monroe, Randy Headley. Front Row - Duane Cline, Mike Quaintance, Rod Vanderstelt. LOWER RIGHT - Back Row - Dave Houck, Evan Coblentz, Pete Mon- roe, Bob Akerman, Jim Gambrel, Kreg Hessel- schwardt. Randy Headley. Front Row - Ralph Fla- nary, Dennis Camp, Mike Quaintance, Jeff Kline, Bruce Essex, Kent Brown. I6 Varsity Football team with second team honors going to NWBL conference Vanderstelt, Monroe, Quaintance, and Coblentz. Bob Luderman received kicking spe- cialist awards for both the GMC and H Q gttsvtu