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

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:X Above; Coach am Mosley exchanges a few heated %ords with the referee. %ith a staunch stand for emphasis- Rieht: Coy Featherston comes for the hand off as Miller fakes to Swantner. Center Right David Boniila powers through the line. Top: David Swantner roars through the line for long yardage against Moody. - .x Sports 77

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Concrete Defense Stops Moody Trojans, 28-12 Statistics Vf . P First Dowis 7 20 I Hw » l - a» Net Yards Passing 59 53 ' ' X ' ' ' ' ■ -f Net Yards Rushing 57 281 A ' ' I I ' ? Passes Attempted 14 8 ' Passes Completed 5 4 , -A — - - Passes Intercepted 1 1 Wf - »( Fumbles Lost 1 2 ¥ • T ' J M P nte 6-25.1 6-25.1 ZL «-r »h ■ii .Ii.. EM PenalHes b-70 5-60 MliTl III MlMiTM Ken Gordon Jim Kelly Don Fuqua Ronnie Miller Mgr. Mgr. Coach Coach The ' Green Machine ' enjoyed its best B 3 season ever, thumping the Moody Trojans, H k h B .. 0 ' 28-12, Nov. 14 in Buc Stadium. The Mus- | !r ' jf fi ' !!H tangs finished their season with a 7-3 record i . . ' i ' v and a 4-3 district record. Twenty seniors te . t ' V ' t finished their high school careers with cap- Tp V if ' fw- ' k tains Ricky Haynes, Coy Featherston, and I K ' K V ' flBUHlW .t l Terry Miller leading the way. The quick BHaMBHH ■ HmBME Q I halfback. Coy Featherston, finished the HHM Hl B w HH B .., , .-, , .-,n V Mike Ratcliff Doug Wayland Steve Shaver Monte Stratton game with 147 yards on 20 carries. King , ' Coach Coach scored first when Terry Miller hit Matt j. K K Beaton with a five-yard touchdown strike in ' r the end zone. Danny Dugan kicked the extra point. Moody ' s extra point attempt failed. David Swantner scored the next touchdown ' on a one-yard plunge, with Dugan adding the point. With the first half margin of 21-6, the Mustangs went 54 yards for six points. Dugan kicked his fourth straight point and assured the Big Green of their win- «„„vi„.i.,. n 1 o k. ri t jj r 1 ■ m j ? am Mosley Charles Bnght Clarence Todd Colvin Ward ningest season ever. Head Coach Coach Coach Coach Above; Kiiky llayne and Steve Zogg deck Troja quarterback for big loss. Riglit: Matt Beaton make leaping touchdown reception against Trojans.

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Sophomores Go Undefeated, Win District t tm9 rs |i ' ;iA« ' fV% |: l m m rSt u flp 9 4i The UNDEFEATED Sophomore footbaU team: (left to right) Bruce Featherston, Robert Jeter, Johnny Cantu, Clay Peoples, David Miller, Bobby Monreal, Hank Ellsworth, Mike Grossman. (Kneel- ing): Paul Jamison, manager, Scott Miller. Lonnie Plougii, Mark Haynes, Mike Russell, Kirk Bailey. Chet Freeman, Rick Roll, Rosalie Rodriquez, Robert Armstrong, (row 3): Tom Strother, Monte English, Bruce Haddad, Randy Oliver, Oscar O ' Keefe, Frank Castenada, Larry Olson, Steve Luker. Euben Herrera. Alan Stone, (row 4): Coach Colvin Ward, David Lummus, Tommy Lewis, Lynn Yaklin, Kevin JordaJi, Walter Knight. Kevin Rags- dale, Spencer Pearson. Coach Clarence Todd. Coach Monte Stratton. Right: Team members watch intentJy as the t of ' 73 roli up another victory. Below: Mike Grossman describes a play as Moru eal, Ellsworth, Haddad and Castenada rest. Team Scoring King 27 Stroman King 36 Moody 6 King 26 Kingsville King 20 CajToU 6 King 50 Rav King 20 Miller King 47 TaftJ.V. King 22 Alice 6 King 55 Moody Totals i-Kiiig 303 Oppo: sition-18 Won- 9 Lost-0 The King High School sophomore foot- ball team reigned superb posting a 9-0 record and winning the district championship. Un- der the leadership of coaches Clarence Todd and Ronnie Miller, the little Mustangs ran up a total of 303 points while holding their opponents to a mere 18 points. Leading the scoring and bruising ground game were Scott Miller, Hank Ellsworth and Bobby Monreal. The aerial game was effective with Bruce Haddad and Tommy Lewis finding receivers Kevin Jordan, Ricky Roll and diet Freeman for sizeable gains all season long. A tight defense was led by Allan Stone, Steve Luker, and Joe Castenada and Ellsworth. The high- light of the .season was a 22-6 victory over previous unbeaten Alice, giving the Mustangs the district title. 78 Sports