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

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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

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M© ' it ©[nliiIM)[o)B@[iiig[nlD[o) The Anderson Trojans were the next to fall at the hands of the Raiders, 17-7, on a cold October 24. Mike Rhone put Reagan on the scoreboard first with a one-yard run following a 67-yard drive. Fullback Ronnie Caldwell scored next, midway through the second quarter, with a 64-yard run. Caldwell ran for 230 yards during the night. Mike Harris sealed the witi with a 35- yard field goal late in the second quarter. On a rainy October 30, the Raiders played the Crockett Cougars. The Cougars proved to be among Reagan ' s toughest competitors. Reagan led at the half following a Har- ris field goal. In the second half, the two teams scored alternately — Crockett first. This put Crockett ahead 3-7. Afterwards, Rhone scored. Then the Cougars scored with another touchdown and led the game 10-14. With 1:32 remaining in the game, and with Reagan on the Crockett 20-yard line, the Raiders pulled through. Harris threw a touchdown pass to senior Andy Brennan to make the final score 16-14. With seven wins behind them, the Raider squad, consisting of 54 players (four were added late in the season), need- ed one more win to gain Reagan ' s tenth district championship and a berth in the state championship play-offs. Of course, Reagan ' s next opponent, the Travis Rebels, knew this also. The Rebels were hoping to deny Reagan an eighth win. However, the Rebels were not suc- cessful; They lost, 55-22. tm ittMillUJlMi Being chased by a couplt- of NX ildc Jts during ihe bi-district game against Angleton averaged nearly 230 pounds. November 20, quarterback Mike Rhone gains yardage. The Wildcat defensive line CO Tl O