Marine Military Academy - Pass In Review Yearbook (Harlingen, TX)

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Football 1968 Top Row: Coach Lewis, Dodge, Tumlinson, Griffin, Smith, Horvath, Leggett, Shockley, Britton, Goulding, Foster, Wonhof, Callas, Coach Akin. A H. Middle Row: Manager Walker, Luby, McKenna, Deno, Mercado, White, jones, McSparran, Sorrells, Thacker, Su ivan Dusenbury, Noel, Coach Lacourse. Bolzom Row: Pierce, Shull, Brown, Day, Hanlon, Trevino, Heuer, Easley, Gregory, Mayer, New. Season Results Leathernecks 8 Mexico City . .. , 6 0 Port Isabel ......... , , 30 20 St. joseph of Laredo . 6 14 Santa Rosa ........ , , 34 0 La Feria ..... U 48 20 Los Fresnos . . . , , 71 20 Masonic Home ....... , , , 18 22 Monterrey Nueva Leon . . , , , 16 8 St. Joseph of Brownsville . . . . . . 28 l 5 I 1

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Although the '68 season of four wins and five losses did not equal the '67 record of five wins and two losses, we profited in many ways. There was a noticeable lack of depth overall and a need for an experienced quarterback. Coach Akin had his annual task of putting together the most cosmopolitan team in high school football. Team members came from as near as Harlingen to as far away as Australia. Naturally, Coach Akin and his staff did a commendable job. The Leathernecks kicked off the Texas high school football season on September 7 with a victory over Mexico City Con- solidada with a score of 8-6. Next in line were the Port Isabel Tarpons who dealt the Leathernecks a decisive defeat of 30-0. The Marines bounced back the next game with a 20-6 win over St. joseph of Laredo. Next the Santa Rosa Warriors scalped the Leathernecks with a 34-14 win. The climax of the game came in the last seconds with an 85-yard pass interception return by Lee Heuer, defensive halfback for the Leathernecks. The La Feria Lions with a strong ground attack devoured the Leathernecks the next week by a score of 48-0. Then the Los Fresnos Falcons, with a superior passing game, soared past the Marines who had not yet recovered from their two previous defeats.. The Leathernecks lost by a score of 71-20. The Marines returned to defeat Masonic Home of Fort Wlorth 20-18 with the winning touchdown scored in the last 12 exciting seconds of the game by a 20- yard pass from Quarterback julian Dusenbury to Tight End Rodney Shockley. The Marines, then with a winning season in sight, went ahead to win the next week's game with a 22-16 victory over Monterrey, Mexico. At this point, the season record was 4 wins and 4 losses. The final game of the season was a heartbreaking defeat for the Marines by their rival, St. Josephs of Brownsville, 28-8. This defeat took from the Leathernecks a chance of a winning season. Leading ground gainer and point man was Fullback Co- Captain Bill Foster who gained a fantastic 1,056 yards and scored 72 points. Foster, who is also Battalion Commander, was named to the All-Valley Team. 4-vv--,