McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Seen: cgi bi Gee Wright stiff arms a SLUH player as he runs for a first down. Setting up their strategy, the defensive team huddles together. Keith Elmore fakes a hand off and drops back for a pass. Varsity Football 43

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Adding another three to the score, Jeff Bar- nett kicks a fiéld goal. 42 Varsity Football

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Breaking through the opponent's line, Cap- tain Joe LaPorta makes a run for a first down. Coach Dennis Henley psyches his team up for a game. 44 Sophomore Football “It was a really big surprise,’’ said Head Coach Dennis Henley about the Sophomore football team’s 6-5 season this year. “If someone had come up to me be- fore the beginning of the season and Sophomores’ surprising season said he’d give me three wins and the rest losses, I'd have said ‘Yes!'”’ contin- ued Mr. Henley. The reason for the early pessimism and eventual surprise at season’s end was the dismal record the players had as freshmen at Cross Keys and Floris- sant — together the two junior highs had only one win last year, so the pros- pects didn't look too good for the Soph- omore Stars in September. But it wasn't long before the Stars showed they had a lot on the ball. Joe LaPorta, one of the Co-Captains, put it this way: ‘Even though as freshmen we didn't do too much, once we tasted success this year we knew we could do it. We wanted to show the coaches we could do better than our freshman re- cord indicated.”