Mountlake Terrace High School - Tempo Yearbook (Mountlake Terrace, WA)

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Sam Beesley, assistant coach, a 1963 Terrace graduate, returned to help Bernie Fredrickson, sophomore coach, spurred the first year Hawks on guide his former team. to another winning season. Coaches and players work to make hawks go -JJ 'Qt 11 ,1 57 gig., Halfback Buford Ransom about to grab Dan Russell's handoff during Each of the many offensive plays that the Hawks ran had to be pol- an after-school practice session. ished in this manner, before they could be used in games. 75

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Spirited '68 hawks find season rough During a mid-season game with highly-rated Seattle Prep, quarter- Helping to provide the fine pass-protection is No. 22 Chuck Edel back Russell lofts a pass for end Mike Kessler. brock. The sock-it-to-'em contest ended in a 39-6 loss for the Hawks Games in which the Hawks played were not gentle. Here Neil Baker, shaken up in a play, rests on the sidelines while Rick Ackerman looks on. 74 Although pre-season polls rated the Hawks as possible threats to snatch the Wesco crown, the schedule was not as friendly. During one gruelling stretch, Terrace faced four of the state's best teams. ln spite of this, two ofthe Hawk's first three opponents fell to Terrace. The team then slumped, however, losing five straight. Yet the Hawks ended the season strong, winning their last two games, and making 1968 Terrace's most successful pigskin season. fw 55,5 J Last fall's gridiron was far from peaceful.

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Presenting 1968's varsity football hawks. FRONT ROW, left to right: Dean Hoekema, 31, Bill Machado, 63, Dale Wilson, 65, Buford Ran- som, 30, Dan Russell, 12, Neal Baker, 64, Kip Rummel, 61, Mark Er- ickson, 82, Dave Caren, 20, Rick Ackerman, 60, SECOND ROW: Chuck Edelbrock, 22, Mike Kessler, 43, Larry Frank, 50, Mike Roben- Hawks come from behind to trip chiefs in opener Overcoming a six-point halftime deficit, the Hawks came storming back in the second half to score three touchdowns and stop Mea- dowdale 20-6. Tigers blunt hawk attack in conference upset Behind the running of halfback Kurt Karlsson, Terrace fought back to a 7-7 tie in the third quarter. Edmonds then exploded for two TDs and upset the T-birds 20-7. Woodway squad falls before hawk grid machine A young Warrior team proved to be a pesky opponent, giving the Hawks a rough time in the first half, but Terrace power prevailed as the T-birds triumphed 19-6. Sehome overpowers hawks in hard-fought contest A quick-hitting first quarter left the Hawks down by only a point at 13-12, but the Mariners then out-scored Terrace 20-7 as Sehome won 33-19. Varsity football results Terrace 20 Meadowdale Terrace 7 Edmonds Terrace 18 Woodway Terrace 19 Sehome Terrace 6 Everett Terrace 6 Seattle Prep Terrace 14 Bellingham Terrace 14 Blanchet Terrace 31 Cascade Terrace 33 Meadowdale Western Conference Won 3 Lost 6 Season Won 4 Lost 6 son, 71, Noel Cruse, 72, Cecil Boot, 40, Tim King, 75, Lance Axness, 84, Mike Magee, 73, Carl Ebbighauser, 23, THIRD ROW: Kurt Karls- son, 33, john ludd, 85, Mike Campbell, 83, Harold Willis, 62, Blaine Crichton, 52, Kyle Buslach, 80, Art Stoltz, 81, Scott Morgan, 13, Rog- er Connelly, 70, Rob Baker,11, Ron Martin, 74, Ed Reilly, 51. Seagulls tackle terrace in homecoming defeat The homecoming Hawks tried hard to upset a highly-rated Everett squad, but the Gulls put a damper on the Terrace bid as Everett emerged victorious in the 19-6 contest. T-birds tripped by panther powerhouse The Hawks fought gamely, but desire and the home-field-edge were not enough to stop the state's best team. Seattle Prep, as it did to ev- ery other opponent, whipped Terrace 39-6. Bellingham staves offterrace threat to triumph The Red Raiders built up a 21-point lead only to see it slowly whittled down by the Hawks. Two touchdowns and a safety were not enough to catch up, however, as Terrace lost 21-14. Braves edge hawks in bitterly contended contest Terrace snatched an early seven-point lead but then lost it as Blan- chet scored 19 unanswered points. The Hawks came back with an- other touchdown in the fourth quarter, but lost 19-14. Terrace gridders swamp cascade in big upset Quarterback Dan Russell engineered a varied attack that completely cut the Bruins to pieces. The Hawks' built up a 24-6 halftime lead, and coasted in to a 31-12 victory. T-birds end season with romp over meadowdale The entire team played superbly with both the offense and defense playing havoc with the hapless Chiefs. The game ended the 1968 football season with a satisfying 33-0 win.