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

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FOOTBALL CONFERRING WITH THE COACH OR CALLING THE PLAY AT THE LINE, JIM STOECKEL LED THE TEAM. Quarterback Quandaries Included Alluding Defenders, Scrambling, Passing QUICKNESS, POISE, DAREDEVIL, AND THEATRICS GAVE . . . STOECKEL THE OPTION TO HANDOFF TO RUFUS FERGUSON AT GABLES OR . . . Behind a strong offensive line, StoeckeI's pass- A RUNNING OPTION AS HIALEAH THOROUGHBREDS PRESSURED HIM OUT OF POCKET. ing game earned him Player Of the Week title-

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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.

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FOOTBALL 1aboveJ Football provided a sense of spirit and competition, in addition to a sense of loyalty, as Bill Orr 1815 and Bill Hayes 165 began the game. 1belowJ Aided by Charles Williams 1245 and Ken Quaranta 1405, broken field football star Rufus Ferguson sped by two defending Hialeah men. 5-gdffih 1 af. XM 54552 N A SSN S' 1 1 sf ff A v if 4 XX! S .X Q 1 4 f ,K we in X M' ay. fc! J 1aboveJ Halfback Willie Miller 1457, bulled over Coral Park's back in a 55-yard drive, when he slammed the final four yards for a TD. 1belowJ Doug Green collected a low pass from Jim Stoeckel as he was covered by big Jose Ortega 1513 and John Clifford 1217. W I 'MM In 3 aw, ,, vpn ,, ,V V 144