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

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King Waltzes Past Carroll In Homecoming Game Above: Standout liiiebacke shakenup Coy FeatJicrston Kevin Forbes awaits snap of ball. L ' pper risht: Trainer Steve Forney tends to a King ' s Mighty Mustangs flid tlu ' ir thing Oct. 10, rolHng to victory number 5. their second straight district win over the pre- viously- undeafeated Carroll Tigers 21-16. More than ten thousand fans had barely settled in their seats when Terry Miller took Statistics CarroU King First Downs 12 9 Net Yards Rushing 184 200 Net Yards Passing 79 41 Passes .Attempted 16 6 Passes Completed 3 2 Passes Intercepted 2 Fumbles Lost 1 .3 Punts 7-32.7 .5-34.5 Penalties 7-60 7-45 the opening kickoff and handed off to Mike Featherston who raced 8.1 yards untouched for a touchdown. Danny Dugan added the point and the score stood 7-0 with just 17 seconds elapsed on the clock. Carroll scored twice to make the half time score 13-7. As the second half started, the Mustangs made King Homecoming a real success. Coy Featherston brought the Mustangs from behind twice with two long touchdown jaunts. Early in the third period, he took a punt and raced 61 yards for a touchdown. Dugan kicked the point and the score stood 14-3 in favor of the Mustangs. After Carroll scored on a field goal, the score stood 61-14, and the Mustangs were once again on the short end of the rope. Being behind failed lo pha.se the Mustangs, and Coy Featherston scored again, this time on a 66 yard run from scrimmage. Dugan added another point, and this proved lo he the final score. 72 Sports

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Richard King Stuns Henrietta King Mike Tanner bulldozes his wav throudi the Brahma lit Robbie McKinley pulls in pass as a helpless Brahma defends. f f Jamie Tout Jimmy Richards OB KB David Swanlner Richard Sturgis FB FB Statistics King Kingsvillc First Downs 22 17 Net Yards Rushing 318 32 Net Yards Passing 157 243 Passes Atte mpted 13 34 Passes Completed 6 17 Passes Intercepted 1 Fumbles Lost 2 3 Punts 2-28.3 5-37.6 Penalties 6-54 6-53 The Green Machine pulverized the Kings ' ille Brahmas 3-4-14, for their fourth victory and first district win Oct. 2. Using a potent offensive attack, King ran up 318 yards rushing and 157 yards passing. Kings- ville was held to 32 yards rushing, but they accumulated 243 yards passing. King scored first, when Matt Beaton caught a short pass and lateraled to Mike Featherston, who ran into the end zone untouched. Danny Dugan kicked the extra point making the score 7-0. The Mustangs got their second score after a Brahma punt. Terry Miller threw a strike to Robbie McKiidey for 40 yards setting up the score. David .Swantner took this six-pointer in, and Dugan added the point. .After Kings- villc scored, the -Mustangs scored 14 more points to make the halftime score 28-6. The second half was more of a defensive battle with each team scoring once. King made its score on a five-yard run by Mike Feather- ston. The point attempt was unsuccessful, and the score stood 34-14 in favor of the Big Green. Sports 71

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King Mustangs Spurred by Ray Texans ■:t- -i. Mike Featherston picles up vaJiiahle yardage defense closes in. Ray King rirstDoivns 15 ]j Net Yards Passing 260 1 61 Net Yards Rushing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Fumbles Lost ' ' «s 6-35.6 35. Penalties 8-67 2-1 The Green Machine suffered its first defeat at the hands of the Ray Texans in front of a near-capacit ' crowd Oct. 17. In the first quarter, King scored first, when a short Ray punt put them in excellent field position at the opponent ' s 34-yard line. The Featherston brothers picked up 28 yards, including Coy ' s three-yard touchdown scamper. After an illegal procedure on Ray. the .Mustangs decided to go for two. but were unsuccessful. With 8:0.5 remaining in the first half, the Texans scored from 4 yards out, the point attempt was good, and the score stood 7-6 until 6 seconds remained in the game. King demonstrated a superb defense, which was lead by Tommy Haas, Brent Haggard, Ricky Haynes. and Danny Dugan. The Mustangs surrendered another touchdown to Ray, making the final score 14-6. Tommy Ha f Mighty Mustangs stick together through thick and thin. Sports 73