Largo High School - Keystone Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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Packers Finish Season With 7-3 Record Above: T. Wheaton U81 is overjoyed with the thrill of victory. Right: Defensive end, L. Hoff f84j, bags a high flying Falcon. Bot- tom: The leader of the offensive line, I. Campbell C731 rests after a long, successful season. 76! Varsity Football

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1 fl s Q sump! I CLEARWATER On a cold Thanksgiving night, the Largo Packers played a perfect game and defeated the Clearwater Tornadoes for only the third time in the history of their meeting, 27-13. Coach Stowers had his boys to a peak as they destroyed a pre-season state ranked squad. Terry Wheaton called the best game of his career, guiding the Pack on the ground and throw- ing perfect strikes to his receivers. Mike DeMarco led the onslaught on the ground with Steve Webb, 5 1 Bruce Fowler, and Wheaton helping out for a total of 278 yards. DeMarco scored twice on blazing runs G of 55 and 15 yards, with Wheaton also scoring from the four. Iim Minskey hauled in a picturesque aer- ial from the five to round out the Packer touch- 'gt downs. The Mean Machine defense completely x .4 1 ,A shut off the Tornadoes powerful offense, both on WW W' L A the ground and in the air. Steve Huber and Bob Prescott recovered fumbles while Terry Taylor and 'MW' ff' ,, W.. I ,. g -is-b lim Minskey both picked off enemy passes. Don . A g' '-u'Q4-ff-'- 'A M A Stowers performance earned him the Unheralded gg f t1 'fwl' A ---'tc 1'-V 'lftt A . ' ' Hero award. A perfect game. The season was . I 40 , .4 N, M . Q5 'I W V' QW. . 7 'T A 5 A ' .gag over. The Largo Packers had fallen one point short 0, ' , tt A W' M A f Q of the Pinellas County Conference Championship. ' ' 1 M 0 M.. - ,, , if PACKERS - 27 CLEARWATER - 13 in . 'W' 7 A if 2 a f A . sw,- 'Eff .M -5 'Zi- 1 ' f , ., .. W nf 4: 0' - nv' tw -4, . I Aww fill' -2 .., A lf. K W Q . I . ' v A ..r. 6, A lg Q A . K A . .1 - W x ,Nkg,...ad ... . K 4. i g 5. R xl 4, ...NMA A4 X .. Top Left: A mean defensive linebacker, L. Allen C571 moves in for the tackle. Left: M. DeMarco 1281 breaks through the Tornado line for the game clinching touchdown. Above: Sophomore D. Baker 1835 sticks a Clearwater back from behind. Opposite Page, Top: Clearwater defenders try desperately to block S. Hall's extra point - but rlon't. Bottom Left: Turning the corner, T. Wheaton C181 sees an open receiver. Bottom Righl: Wide open for a long gain is tight end B. Prescott f86D. Varsity Football!75

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Sophomores Qwn Conference Crown IUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL A team full of experience and leadership defined the junior varsity. Under the direction of head coach Dave Griswold, the Baby Packers coasted to the con- ference championship with a perfect 8-0 record. A total of 28 points were scored against the Pack, as the defense recorded six shutout victories, including a 6-0 thriller over Clearwater. Kevin Brown, Ralph Thomas, and Iim Card led the immoveable future Mean Machine. Karl Szaflarski ran wild over every confer- ence foe to lead the Packers in touchdowns scored, with Paul Mesick and Butch Buis close behind. Dan Sharkey and Don Harris both led the team Well at the quarterback slot. A11 the hours of practice paid off. They were conference champions! IUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL: Top, Left to Right: C. Rabe, B. Patterson, R. Youngblood, M. Dorsey, D. Apsher, S. Piakowski, I. McCain, I. Bonin, G. Eberle, B. Connelly. Second Row: Head Coach D. Griswold, T. Taylor, M. Stadt, B. Sowell, M. Wiwi, D. Wilder, B. Condor, R. Maddox, D. Nelson, R. Ross, M. Duffy, A. Balwin, M. Forrester. Third Row: G. Nash, M. LaBelle, D. Harris, R. Thomas, P. McGee, A. Kibbie, B. Smith, I. Card, C. Von Cannon, R. Bently, D. Gionti, L. Blithe, I. Harrelson. Bottom Row: S. Campbell, B. Daugherty, I. Ennis, B. Buis, M. Huber, K. Brown, D. Sharkey, R. Formby, P. Mesick, K. Szaflarski, W. McCracken, T. Russo. Left: B. Buis C321 cuts against the grain for yardage. Iunior Varsity Football!77