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

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CO o o 3 Angleton quarterback Tom Muecke gees sacked by Kevin OUison and Mike Harris as Reggiejackson siays L rry Lee gets protection from Mike Wright as he runs for on ihe alert during the bi-district game November 20. couple of yards against Alice. CO 22

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Flashback 1979: Reagan won the district championship and advanced to the state playoffs only to lose to the Alice Coyotes, 13-31, in the regional game. A year later, an early district loss to rival LBJ diminished hopes for another district championship. Two years later, an 8-0 district record enabled Reagan to clinch its tenth district championship. The Raiders started out this football season with a 23-6 pre-season win over the Seguin Matadors. A safety and a field goal put the score at the half 5-0, Reagan. Backup quarterback Mike Rhone added 12 second-half points with two one-yard touchdown runs. Mark Turner added three points with a 32-yarder to give the Raiders their first season win on a humid September 4. The next game, however, September 11, proved to be a disappointment as a strong Killeen team took advantage of Reagan ' s errors and won the game, 6-20. The first district game of the season was against the LBJ Jaguars, defending 26-5A champions. Although the Jaguars played an impressive pre-season, Reagan upset LBJ 7-0, winning what proved to be the deciding game for the district. After a Charles Hubbard interception in the fourth quarter, the Raiders found themselves on the LBJ 7-yard line. Three plays later and with 3:29 remaining in the game, Mike Rhone threw an 11-yard pass to Troy Marek for the only touchdown of the game in front of a crowd of more than 10,000. Blair Campbell struggles to stop an Angleton player during (he bi-district game November 18. Reagan won 38-20 and advanced lu chu ri.j;iuiijl plj.) ul CO o a a- Russell Smiih Larry Ue 21

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® CCiTflBgiGiil 9 With their toughest game behind them, the Raiders proved to be too much for the Austin Maroons September 24. Although the Maroons scored in the first three plays of the game, the Raiders won easily, 40-7. October 9, Reagan came away with a 36-8 victory against Johnston despite near- ly 100 yards worth of penalties. Reagan scored first with a 90-yard open- ing kickoff return by Greg Thornton. A Johnston miscue gave Reagan its second score of the game when Mike Rhone threw 14 yards to Mike Harris in the end zone. Crenshaw added 12 more points in the second quarter to give Reagan its third straight district win. The McCallum Knights, undefeated in district play thus far, arrived at House Park October 6 with the smell of a district championship, but it was the Raiders who left with the vision of it. In the first half, with McCallum leading 6-7, Raider fans were nervous. The team, however, remained positive. We had to show them what we were made of, commented half-back Mike Brown. We knew what we had to do and we did it. In the second half, after a McCallum field goal put the Knights ahead by four, Reagan came back and scored three touchdowns (Ronnie Caldwell, Mike Baker, and Andy Brennan) and a field goal (Harris). The win put the Raiders in sole posses- sion of first place in the district 26-5A standings. After carrying the ball for a few yards, quarterback Mike Rhone is tackled by an beating Angleton 38-20. Angleton player. The Raiders emerged as bi-district champs November 20 after CO -♦- CC Tl O