King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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SAM HOUSTON 25 — KING 8 AUSTIN REAGAN STATISTICS King First Downs 9 Yards Rusliing 72 Yards Passing 95 Passes Attempted 15 Passes Completed 5 Interceptions Fumbles 3 Penalties 3-15 Punting 5-32.8 STATISTICS King Fir St Downs 7 Ne t Yards Rushing 101 Nei I Yards Passing 49 Pa ;ses Attempted 27 Pas ;ses Completed 6 Fui Pui Per inbles Lost Its 2 7-40 2-10 KING 8 -ALICE STATISTICS leagan King Alice 20 First Downs 14 11 ;i7 Net Yards Rushing ■166 158 37 Net Yards Passing 87 39 14 Passes Attempted 8 11 5 Passes Completed 5 4 Passes Intercepted By 2 6-40.5 Fumbles Lost 2 2 4-50 Penalties 4-30 11-75 Punts 3-31.3 6-37.1 MKllHNil i.fii ' TiiiiiiM ii Kin.t ' ' s 1969 footba ll season opened with a encounter at Tiome ,.wiih ; ' ' :io««OJt, who was picked U The Oherokees won, 25-H. oinmy Haa.s, David pwa Featherslon. The Mustang defi Curtis Jenkins and Chuck Volk li.uk trrr - Miller lainc late ciuartrr to engineer King ' s (.mly time the junior signal caller had his hanfls on the ball, he threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Leon Henderson. King went for two and Miller completed his second straight pass to Rocky Mosser for the conversion. i continued then luugh siluii ng to defending stale cliarapiui 38-0, in the s. tond Tontcf ,t Austin Miki Sihuliiit did most hing by gaining 75 aids in 21 Mustangs made three scoring the second half, but untimely fumbles crippled King ' s offensive hopes. The MusiMigs held the Raiders to 3 7 yards net passing. The King Mustangs ran over . lice 8 to fo: its first win and the first major upset in Dis trict 25-4. play. It was the first time for Kin to beat Alice. One of the major reasons wa Chuck ' Volk ' s outstanding defense and great ' offense. Volk carried for 68 yards and scored all 8 points for the Mustangs, which gained him Back of the Week. Mike Schubert also did outstanding for King on offense with 20 carries for 60 yards. King ' s score was set up bf I vard get th de score camf on i dive oik Th. liiM pi lilt iltii r « MK ces ' .lUI. Ut with .1 s.tcon(l lini i thi madc ffSff tfmwmhn di ( K t Ik The defense was led by Geoii,i H u wiili with Mike Feathciston and Un iit Hi i,iii.l intercepting a pass each while plavint, out- standing d efense. Featherston also reco eied a fumble as did Gary ' Weeks and Ricky Haynes. The defense did not let the Coyotes inside the Mustangs 20 ' yard line. I t jmK iit r0 » 0 ' ,St VICTORIA 27 — KING 14 First Downs Net Yards Rushing Net Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Intercepted By Fumbles Lost Penalties Punts STATISTICS King 7 57 37 5-53 7-38.8 In the opening district 25 4. .game, ' Vic- toria came from bfchind to knock off King, 27-14. The Mustangs syj ' prised the partisan Victoria crowd anip Stingaree players when wingback Rocky Mosser dropped the Sting- aree punter on tile |3 yard line. The Mustangs took over first and leirand went into the end- zone to put them J ead 6-0. King ' s second score came late in the third guarter to put the .J ustangs . ' head 1 after ' ' Chuck Volk ' s mterceptioi ' n the Stiiigarfie 24. Mike Schu- I bert then cai d for 22 dsjapd Volk took it over from tli- .ne. George HWro ' s outstand- ing on defense ' arned him lineman of the Wc after making 5 tackles. Do ■. KING 32 — CARROLL 8 STATISTICS King Net Yards Rushing 272 107 Net Yards Passing 72 93 Passes Attempted 9 12 P.lsses Comi.lcled 2 6 Passes Intercepted By 3 Fumljlcs Lost 1 2 Penalties 4-40 7-51 Punts 3-41 6-27. . ' i Scoring, before they ran from scrimmage, the Mustangs stomped the Carroll Tigers, 32-8, before a crowd of 7.000. Mike Schubert and David Swantner led the green and white of- fense which netted 344 yards. Swantner gained 116 yards in 22 carries, while Schubert netted 103 in as many carries. Mike Featherston chipped in with 61 yards in four carries for the Mustangs, In the opening minutes of play. Rocky Mosser poured through and blocked a punt and carried it for a touchdown. Tommy Sutton ran for the 2-point conversion. Gary Weeks recovered a fumble on the Carroll 20 to set up King ' s second touchdown. King moved the ball easily with Schubert getting the final yard on fourth down. The try for 2 was negative. King ' s third touchdown was scored by Featherston on a 45 yard scamper after taking a pitchout. The 2-point conversion attempt was stopped leaving the score at 20-0 early in the second quarter. Schubert sliced through the middle from the Tiger 4 to cap a 73-yard touchdown drive. .Xn intercepted pass set up King ' s fifth and final touchdown. Sophomore Jimmy Richardson picked off a Tiger pass and returned it 10 yards. Second string quarterback, Terry Miller, combined for a 50 yard pass play with Sutton for the score. were ou KING 13 — RAY 10 STATISTICS King First Downs 10 Net Yards Rushing 101 Net Yards Passing 91 Passes Attempted 10 Passes Completed 5 Passes Intercepted By Fumbles Lost 2 Penalties 6-64 Punts 5-43.4 Ray King defeated the Ray Texans, 13-10 with a great goal-line stand in the closing seconds of a hard fought game played before a sell-out crowd of 6,000 fans at Cabaniss Field. King had the game sewed up with only I ' n minutes showing on the clock, when a Mustang player fumbled on the Ray 40 yard-lijie. The Texans moved 50 yards to the 10 yard-line with only two minutes left in the game. Aitcr a pass inltr- ferencc penalty in the endzone, Ray .got a first down on the one yard-line. Here the Mustangs made their gallant goal-line stand and stopped the Texans cold four straight plays. King then took over the ball with 10 seconds left in the game and ran out the clock. The Mustangs scored first in the thriller as Chuck Volk, KEYS radio player-of-the-week, blasted through the line and into the endzone on an eight yard carry. Ray then scored a touchdown with only a minute left in the first half. Early in the third quarter, the Texans kicked a field goal to take a 10-7 lead. The Green Machine got the ball on their own six yard-line with only - 12 minutes left to play. From here, the miiaity rid white moved easily through the Ray fill the uanie-wliining 9-1 yard to 30 S!

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Challenge Editor: Mitch Barker Assistants: Billy Braselton Joan Wallock Rae Hewlett Competing, trying training, woiking . . . Efforts pursiu ' d witli di ' tcnnination jK-isi ' oranci despite setbac ks not accepting second-rate liiit striving for the best not discouraged by defeat liiit lesolved to dt) bellei next tiuK- for a oal

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D5 js First Do Net Yards Net Yards Passing Pass Attempted T: Pass Fti Pui tS Pen ics Completec ies n recept its Wlj.) STATISTICS King 13 ; 153 72 15 6 :d by 5 5-41 2-32 (Miller 48 - King 7 Miller burst King ' s bubble, as the fired-up iuccaneers cashed in on several mistakes, to 148-7. In the first half, !■■■■■■ like King might rule thJMHWBHH and white ran alniciM it will with k Mike Schubert, thr -.mics leading gainer with 1 1 1 yards x-uslujig in ,.ot half. David Swantner carried the ball 1 1 times for 65 yards before inter- mission. In the first quarter on King ' s first possession, the Mustangs carried the ball to the Buc 27 yard line before a Miller inter- ception at the ,12, to stop that drive. But the TOcs liSd to pvc tip the ball after four downs .iiid King took over. The Green Mill hine then methodically marched down llif» field. 6| yards in nine plays, for the )ri with 2: ' 1-5 left in the first quarter. LJmljert w t the final 38 yards for the .Dilfndown. and Mitch Barker kicked the e.xtra point to make the score 7-0. The second half of the game belonged to the Bucs as they racked up their 48 points. STATISTICS King Fii-st Downs Yards Rushing 239 —9 Yards Passing 117 173 Passes Attempted 13 21 Passes Completed 8 8 Passes Intercepted by 1 u Fumbles Lost 3 ' -. Penalties 8-69 3-38 Punts 7-40 5-25 King 20 - Port Lavaca 1 2 With the help of Tommy Sutton catching two touchdown passes and Mike Schubert rushing for an awesome 172 yards, King downed Port Lavaca 20-12. Terry Miller, starting at quarterback for the first time, became the district ' s leading passer as he threw for two touchdowns. Both of these passes came with less than two minutes left in the first half. The first pass to Sutton covered 52 yards after a weak Sandcrab punt. With just 6 seconds left in the second quarter, King took over on Port Lavaca ' s 25 yard line. After a pass interference pen- al ty at the 13 yard line. Miller hit Sutton again for the second touchdown of the night with no time left on the clock. The try for two was no good, and the Mustangs went into their dressing room leading 12-0. The Mustangs quickly made it 20-0 marching 73 yards in seven plays with Schubert rum- bling the last 13 into the end zone. Chuck Volk then blasted in for the two extra point conversion. The Mustangs rolled up 356 yards on offense, and the defense performed equally as well. King ' s defensive standouts trapped the Sandcrab runners for losses 14 times, as the Mustangs held Port Lavaca to a minus 9 yards total rushing for the entire game. STATISTICS King Fiisi Downs 13 Net Yards Rushing 118 Net Yards Passing G4 Passes Attempted 19 Passes Completed j Passes Intercepted by I FumbU ' S Lost 3 Penalties Punts 4-40 5-37.. 20 253 STATISTICS King First Downs 21 Yards Rushing 225 Yards Passing iiD Passes Attempted « Passes Completed Intercepted by Is. ' % Z Fumbles Lost 2 Penalties 6-73 Punting 4-41 9-96 3-32 Stroman 28 - King 13 The Mustangs could not get rolling and fell let the Victoria Stroman Raiders, 28- i:i. I hi. ; Uiss coupled with an earlier loss to Miller dinimc district hopes considerably for the GreenI Machine. King scored first with Mike Scljubert and David Swantner leading the way for the Mustangs by carry- in? six times ch in this drive. The drive covered 81 yards climaxed by Swantner carrying it over from the one. Mitch Bark- . ' r ' s kirk was wide an-d the score remained 6-11 I ' lir R.iiilris took advantage of King ' s l iiiili!rs ,iir1 srnrril three times. King started anotlicr dri e late in the fourth quarter and scored with Chuck Volk running over from till ' tliice. The score was .set up by a pass from Terry Nfiller to Mike Schubert that went for 52 yards. Moody 17 244 King 36 - Moody 29 King outscored Moody to tie for the city championship with a 3-1 record. At the Homecoming game, the Mustangs came through with outstanding playing by the entire team. Moody scored first, but King came right back to score its first of five touchdowns. The Mustangs scored with Terry Miller throwing. 40 yards to Tommy Sutton for the six-pointer. Mitch Barker kicked the extra point fo tie the score 7-7. It was George Herro ' s turn to get the limelight by recovering a fumble at the Trojans ' 29 yard line. King lost no time in capitalizing, scoring seven plays later with Chuck Volk going over from the two. King took the ball over the goa:l again for the two-point conversion to lead 15-14. The Mustangs took the ball the length of the field in 14 plays with Volk again going over to make the score 22-14. j Sutton then caught his second touchdown pass from Miller which earned Tommy the Caller- Times Back of the Week award. The con- version attempt was off and King had a six- point lead. With 1:47 left in the .game, the Mustangs were behind 29-28. Gan Weeks fell on a Trojan fumble on the 48 yard line and King sot its Green Machine moving for the last time in 1969. The Mus- tangs, led by Miller. Sutton. Mike Schubert, and David Swanter. scored five plays later with Miller going over from the two. Miller then went over for the two-point conversion and King ' s stingy defense stopped a des- perate attempt by Moody to score.