Lakeview Centennial High School - Legacy Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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, .- - . -,.- . .h.... .L.. it -.... tsis Gary Evans goes in for a touchdown. Delozier strides swiftly down the field. Hamblen makes a successful throw to Evans. points to Wilmer-Hutchins in game six of the season when they made another of their amazing second half come- backs. The Pats got moving in the third quarter as Gary Evans speared a 25 yard pass from Hamblin for six points. An attempted pass for a two point conversion failed. Lakeview kept up the pres- sure in the fourth quarter with a five yard touchdown run from Hamblin that put the Pats within two points of the Eagles. Again an attempt for a two point conversion failed, how- ever. A 17 yard touchdown pass from Hamblin to James Spencer tacked on Lakeview's final six points and gave them an 18-14 win. The next week found the Patriots adding another victory to their list with a 14-3 win over the Garland Owls. Touch- downs from Delozier and James Jackson in the second half gave Lakeview another Sports 203

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some close calls kept the Pats from scoring again. But the defense did not allow Ftockwall to move the ball either. Game three brought victory again for Lakeview with a 21-7 win over the Newman Smith Trojans. Delozier was again a standout carrying the ball 20 times for 83 yards and a touch- down. Denny Norris also added six when he broke loose on a 40 yard punt return as did Gary Evans. Lakeview's Homecoming game October 5 filled Memorial Stadium with Patriot Pride and excitement as the Pats took on arch rival South Garland. The Colonels had been picked to finish high in the 10-AAAA standings at the beginning of the season, but the halftime found them locked in a 0-0 tie with the determined Pats. They managed to get 6 points in the second half to end up with a 6- 0 win over Lakeview, but it was no easy score. The Pats played tough throughout the game and the score could have gone eitherway. The next week saw the Patri- ots make an amazing come- back after being behind 10-0 against North Mesquite's Stal- lions at the half. A touchdown by Danny Hamblin and a two point conversion by Norris cut the Stallions lead to two points. After a short punt by the Stal- lions, Lakeview came back with a touchdown pass from Hamblin to Delozier and an extra point from Norris and appeared to have another win sewed up. The Stallions were not to be denied, however, coming back with only four seconds remain- ing to take away Lakeview's victory 17-15. Lakeview was down 14 202 Sports 1 James Jackson gives the other team a cold sting. I The Patriot defense recovers the ball.

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win and left Garland with a 1-6 for the season and O-4 in dis- trict record. The Patriots went once again to Mesquite Stadium to take on the Mesquite Skeeters the following week. By the third quarter, the Skeeters were leading 12-O when Lakeview came storming back. Their touchdown drive began on their own 24 and culminated nine plays later when James Jackson broke in from 13 yards out. Hamblin ran in for the two point conversion. The final score was 12-8. The Patriots took another trip away from home for the ninth game of the season and ended up losing to the tough Corsicana Tigers 33-18. Quar- terback Danny Hamblin had a good night however complet- ing 14 of 22 passes for 228 yards, including a 48 yard scor- ing bomb. Touchdowns were turned in by Evans and Delo- zier. Lakeview's last game against the North Garland Raiders ended in a disappoint- ing 9-0 defeat. There were 10 fumbles in the game with the Raiders losing four of five of theirs and the Pats turning over the ball once out of five. But the Pats last fumble was in the endzone giving the Ftaiders six points. James Spencer scored one touchdown for Lakeview but it was called back on a pen- alty. The last game of the sea- son ended in defeat for the Pats. 204 Sports ,'! M ii Jackson escapes the defense 1 ' gxkxxysssb vOQ T . ..-FQ 1,0 'Q W Q Q Kham