John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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...“You Don’t Have To Be A Star” After the 'Fall of the South' came 'The Sinking of Ships.’ The Lanier Vikings were taken apart by the speedy offense and brutal defense which had a field day at the Vik's expense. Marshall's three scores, Livermore's two, and a spectacular 87- yard romp by Sutton put away the game for the Raiders at 42-7. The tough Raider defense helped immensely with Linebacker Ray Guerra intercepting a pass and recovering a fumble to halt would-be threats. Homecoming week came and with it, the cold and the rain. The team was looking fantastic and the Raider fans knew it, but the mud and slush at Nelson Field took the advantages away. Neither team could amount any great ground attack, and total yardage for Reagan was 76 yards and 46 yards for McCollum in the 0-0 tie. Reagan's usually dazzling running attack was almost snuffed as mud-caked runners had enough trouble telling which were light and which were dark jerseys. Reagan moved to a 3- 2-1 standing just behind District leader Anderson in a game where the only thing receivers caught were colds. (1) Senior Ray Guerra tokes time out between a fumble recovery ond on Wolker mokes o Vik wish he were home in bed. The Viks lost by on overwhelming interception to cotch his breath. (2) The tough Raider defense shows its stuff os Don score of 42-0. 38 — Varsity Football

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The stadium was covered with tints of urple and blue in the yeor's biggest iame; LBJ. The Raiders needed a win, and ley wanted this win more than any other. Reagan scored first on a 33-yard dash y Anthony Robinson. LBJ wasted no time md came back with six. Then the Raiders lot even more enthusiastic as two passes ’om Livermore to Ramos each gave the lue a score, but it was to be all we were 5 get. The Jags came back and scored aur more times for a total of 32 points to iur 21. The team was down and it looked is if we might fall lower than third or aurth. Travis, the defending champs, gave the laiders their first victory on Reagan's final larch. The Rebs were first on the board, ut two Raider scores by Marshall put us ihead. The Raiders scored again behind Marshall and Livermore added a two point onversion. Travis scored twice more in the econd half, but another Raider TD and a ield goal by Sutton after Clifford Bowser ecovered a fumble on the Travis 1 2-yord ne insured the Blue Crew another victory ifter two weeks of hard work and little eward. The Big Blue was not down anymore as ras explained by Assistant Coach Pat 'ennington, I think our players got tired if teams coming back on them. 1) Ivon Grant pot on the move that made him such on important port Halfback Anthony Robinton swing around the ide or d out of Rebel if the Raider offense. (2) Heading toward another Raider score, reach. o o -3 to Varsity Football — 37

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The Johnston Roms were next in line md found the going tough os the Big Blue ove rolled over them playing like teams f past Raider seasons. Quarterback ivermore ran for two scores and passed o Ramos for one as Reagan swept the ield with a 29-0 shut-out. A six-yard run y Chris Glenn and a recovered fumble in he endzone for a safety helped to show he rest of the city why Reagan is, iccording to Reporter Dan Couture, the iistrict's most explosive team. With the Austin High game also came he realization to all Seniors that this vould be the last high school game that hey would participate in. They were not jshamed of their season because they had vorked and fought hard for every game jnd they were satisfied with the job they lad done. The running game chalked up 310 'ards, twice that of the Maroons, setting leagan as first in offense in the city. The iefense held Austin's 1,000 yard running jack to only 65 yards. In Coach Freytag's vords, Our offense had great execution jnd the defense just played super. O O td (I) Fullbock David Marshall walks away from defenders on his woy fo •he endzone os Steve Soxton and Dennis Ponnell watch on. (2) Heod Coach Wally Freytog, in his third yeor os head mon, gives a few uplifting words to boost spirit for the week's gome. (3) An exhausted Mark Schmidt tokes a mud break while waiting for his turn to slosh again at the McCollum gome. Varsity Football — 39