Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Don Drinkhahn Bonnie Yarbrough Irving Hanna Kerry Atkinson Douglas Green Bill Dellow Barry Huff Anthony Smith Harold Ferguson Mark Trammel Keith Ferguson Marvin Jones Frank Walker Everet Hill Larry Stevens Mannie T. Harris Herman Walker Dennis Moss Mike Liotti Mike Stahr Edward Walker Bill Orr Jim Maguire Bob Mulligan Anthony Edwards Sherman Johnson Kelvin Smith Robert Leonard Jackie Miller Fred Jones Ken Quaranta Larry Harris Anthony Speecker Reginald Palmore Edward King Tim Burrows Bob Corley Samuel McKnight Paul Cain Mike Stewart Earl Haugabrook David Ramsey Carlin Wright Jeff Kovak Jim Stoeckel Terry Siegal Alphonso King Dwight Palmore Clinton Albury Marvin Dantley Warren Ferguson John Crawford Hiram Wilcox Coach Lambert Reed Willie Miller Rufus Ferguson John Ketchum Ed Stoeckel Roger Frese Tom Ritzie Coaching Staff Guided Team To Most Award-filled Season Truly the 1968 football season was the year that made the Cougar. This was predicted by Head Coach Lambert Reed. lt was an excep- tional year, one of the best a new team had ever had in Dade County. They were fast, ex- perienced and had played as a team since their sophomore year. They brought home trophies like the Southern Division of the Greater Miami Athletic Conference, and posted outstanding players as Rufus Ferguson, Tim Burrows and Jackie Miller on the All-City Team. Jackie Miller also made the All-State Team. Out of seventy players, fifteen scholarships were awarded. We have the type of athletes, students and community to build an outstanding school. commented Coach Reed, Cougar success can also be attributed to the faculty's and student body's tremendous amount of spirit and pride in their team. The 1968 team set standards for the future, which will be next year's goals. 141

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A VICTORY FOR HEAD COACH LAMBERT REED WHEN THE COUGAR MACHINE ENJOYED ONE WEEK REIGN AS LEADER OF THE PACK. GMAC Champs Vanquished Gables Capturing Number 1 State Position Proving that a second year team can bid for a champion- ship, Killian launched its largest offensive football attack. ln the first three games on victory's road, they piled up an impressive list of offensive and defensive statistics as they stopped Palmetto High, and then highly ranked South- west High with scores of 20-0, 40-20, and 32-6. The defense held its opponents to an average of 8.6 points per game while the offense scored an average of 23 points per game. Rivals managed a meager 110-yards as Killian mustered 195-rushing yards. - During the second play from scrimmage in the opening game against Palmetto, Rufus Ferguson slid around right end and rolled 26-yards for the first TD of the season. Climaxing a muddy Beach game, the Cougar Machine took advantage of the final second of play and quarterback Jim Stoeckel fired to Doug Green for a 40-20 victory. Revenge keyed players for the Eagles defeat as the Cou- gar's retaliated for last year's first varsity defeat. Now the Machine was ready for its second act in the vengeance play, Coral Gables, defending state champions. Anxieties melted into cheers of We're Number One as the goal was reached 142 and the road to state championship opened. Severing a 19- game Cavalier winning streak, the Cougars scored three touchdowns in the second half behind the accurate passing arm of Stoeckel to Charlie Williams, Doug Green, and Ken Quaranta to make the final score 19-13. Ectasy lingered as the Cougars reigned Top Cats in the state until Oct. 20, 1968, when the agony of defeat was felt at No. 1 Killian, 21-13. The loss threw the championship into a four-way race, however, the most stunning defeat of the season came as Miami Springs dumped Killian 14-13 virtually eliminating them from the district playoff. Halting the hard slide, the Cougars bulled over Northwest- ern 14-0 after the dizzying two game descent from Number One. Compiling 314-rushing yards to South Dade's 3, the Rebels were blanked 25-O. This was followed by a shutout Mays 20-O behind the defense lead by Jackie Miller which allowed Mays into Cougar Country only once. Sinking its claws into its third homecoming victory, the Cougars scratched out a 33-12 win over Coral Park and earned a playoff berth with Jackson which ended in a 20-9 defeat before a chilled crowd of Cougar worshippers.