North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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Knights on the Line North Fort Myers High School has been synonymous with winning football over the past 13 years in Lee County. For that reason it has been difficult for the student body and some fans to understand the past two losing seasons. Many believed that with the return of former head coach Ron Hoover to the helm, things might change in 1981, but lady luck seemed to have turned against the mighty Red Knights for the second year in a row. ' Sportswriters, during pre-season coverage, likened the return of Mr. Hoover to the head coaching position this year, to his arrival at North High in 1968. There was one big difference though, in 1968 he found a large number of young men, ready and willing to take on the challenges of rigorous practice and discipline in order to prove themselves on the gridiron. This was certainly not the casein 1981. Starting with only 24 players in August, their number peaked at 35 players at mid-season, and had dropped to 21 before 7 IV players moved up for the last game. The season was marked with injuries to key players and deser- tion by those without the inner-stamina to continue. The players who made it to the final buzzer of the last game were certainly not the inexperienced boys who had begun the season. They had become seasoned veterans, men who had been called upon time after time, to go both offensively and defensively, against teams with larger rosters and thus greater depth. The Sarasota Sailors ruined the Red Knight opener by out-scoring them, 33- 20. North held their own into the third quarter, leading 13-7, but then the defense tired and Sarasota scored 21 points in 51!2 minutes. North's first home and conference game resulted in a 20-13 victory over the Barron Collier Cougars. The Knights took over the lead early in the second half and held the Cougars to only 34 yards in the second half, while rushing for 143 yards themselves. After flying down to Key West, North's attack stalled both on the ground and in the air. The Knights were defeated 21-8, as the Conchs scored two fourth quarter touchdowns. North dropped their next game to Le- ly whose powerful offense out-rushed the Knights 310 yards to 191, and out- passed them 98 yards to 58. Final score, 34-14. It was a defensive battle during the 1 ' . v 4 . . v . . A 1 - Knights' defense prepares to leash the Cougars. I . , I . ' .. ,,.. .,v. .. .,.... .... -..J .....,.A-...,,.,,...-., ,,.,.,., .,s,. ,. ..,....g .,.A...,,.. ,........,.v . l,L.J........Q,,l..,.,..ll.f.f.,,v-..,..-1i,i2.. Athletics X 189

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1981 Varsity Football Team: IL to R1 Bottom Row - Richard Whitney, lim Cooper, Levi Mooney, Scott Cor- nett, Warren Williams, Wade Smallwood. Row 2 - Chris Harnett, Brian Makar, Steve Dahlberg, Stuart Moriconi, Dale Heinkle, Gary McIn- tosh, Edgar Pugh, Row 3 - Ray Cobb, Iohn Cummings, Tim Sushil, Iackie Dixon, Danny Mallow, Fred Satchel, Bob Nein, Ken Walker, Iames Holland. Row 4 - Billy Clif- ford, Rusty Wenrich, Malcolm Mc- Collum, Eddie Lopez, David Cooke, Tony Myrick, Eugene Majors. Top Row - Coach Ted Ferreira, Coach Bob Curry, Trainer Don Plunkett, ,ij Acee Couch, Louis Tillman, Head Coach Ron Hoover, Coach Wade Hummel, Coach Roger Pritchard. pig. 0 up-1. --2.-1251: xv-se' -ff 1' ww X? 'fl5'7f7Ql,' iifgfff' fifiki L.-ivzf K' iff fg 3 ii 1 ff? -' I qs . ' , 1-,gf21,ffi1g,2f i,1E ,i,fii'f14gg'fLf5'2vg ' I ' . V aei' , ' .,,mJy, ,y ,Q 4141, ', ,,,,v,,:, ,.g ,m.,.,:,,, tr 3 4' -f 4f 1:4 r5 .:.':-2,5514 4 I f, K ,,. ,,A:, , , 1 H Y S U ,. ,..,. ., ..,., M' 53' fy A- M Q 5, -rf ar ,841 lk 4 MQ ,4 6 Q 'N i x gf ,K , ff ta -Q fi if tw 1 was 1. ing: zz, gg , as 9g A 2 3 sf 5 ff wif 5 4 4,51 I fa 1 A ' A ' z 5' P 11 , af .4 Z., as-,212 TW 1 2 1 - Tony Myrick sets up for a deep pass. 2 - Senior front line: Kneeling - lim Cooper, Iackie Dixon, Wade Smallwood. Standing - Dan Mallow, Scott Cornett, Levi Mooney, Gary McIn- tosh. 3 - Varsity Football Coaches: IL to R1 Ted Ferreira, Tom Cook, Wade Hummel, Ron Hoover, Roger Pritchard, Don Plunkett, and Bob Curry. 188 X Athletics M 'lfi irfs

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Knights . . . Line first and second quarters of the Cypress Lake game and both teams went to the locker rooms at half-time, tied, 0-0. With 7 minutes remaining in the third quarter a Red Knight fumble led to a Panther field goal. The Cypress Lake defense kept North shut down, while their of- fense managed to score late in the fourth quarter, making the scoreboard read 10-0 at the final buzzer. On their second trip into Collier County, North Fort Myers' defense again played one quarter of perfect foot- ball and held Naples to a 0-0 standoff. Then the Eagles took control and scored 22 points in the second quarter and 28 points in the third quarter, overwhelm- ing the Knights 57-8. North's only score occurred in the fourth quarter. For a clash between teacher and pupil, the Knights traveled to Punta Gorda to meet Coach Keith Goodwin's Charlotte Tarpons. Goodwin, a former Red Knight player of Hoover's, coached his team to a 14-6 victory over his Alma Wwwwxs. 1 T :1 , WE 1 e 5 1 ,. .. ,.,,, 1.1 11111 111 51 31 11 11, ' 1.1.1l1'1 11 .111:f1,11i 1 1 1 1 1 1 B 1 I, 11111 J w, X X 11 22 1 f 1 , f 5 if ff!! , X 5 I I 1 111 1 1 111 1 1 H if f 5 51 11 1111 111 11:1 1 . g1.11t' + 111t1 151 1 11, 1 111. 1 , -1- I1 11: 111111 1111 211 . . E i f 11 1 15 ee.gm-.ffzmiff 1 1 :.' ,1111 31111 1 ,2 11 1,11 1511 121 11,3111 '- Q1 1',I21I111'l1 111 11-1 5, ,411 ,H13 L, 14111339.11 113 1 1 11 11' V53 111111111 11111111111 111 111: . 1 . 3 1. 1 1 1 3 .111 1 1 2 '1 111 1 i111 111 1!l11'l' 9 '11111 5 11? 11 -2 11111111313 112.11 . , 1 111,.1Iz1,1 1 51 1 1 1115151 1 lg . 1. 111 1111 131 111 .,, 11 1 11 1, , gif t, f 115 1 1.1 ku .4-1- ,g 11 , 1.f. 5,q,1...,..1,,M ,,.,, ,, 5, ,... 1. ,....., , f S 1 Y 1 , , f f 1 X f I .1 1 1 , 111111 112 4' 111111 111111111 1 ' 222 .11 s1 13111 2,511 .1 '1 swf 1 111111111511 1 .1 1,. 1. 121411 1 -1 1151 111111 111l11 :1111 1311 313 A 41 ww w 111121.11 5 , . l l , lfr 1 1 51. . 15 1111 11 111 11 11 1 -A 1 , . 1 1,--52 122 1-1 11'1'1111- 11 11 1111111111111 1 111'1 11 3111 111 5 . 1 .11 .1 ,pw 1 11 1 fy. . 11 - lv. 1,6 . 1111.11 sf 1111 4.-we .., . M11 p1 . 11.,.w ., 1,11 1, W, ,., .:, fl, 4 1.5 11 11 1113 .1 5 I ,,, 3g f l 1,4 2 ff 3 3 , 5 1111 1, 1 1'1 5 in ,- ini il 1 5 A S 1 .. .3 31,1 11 1- . i:3'311:11131.11111,11, 1 . 1 ,... . 3,1 111 . ,..4 W ' '1 ',.w':1-311' 5. 1,1 -.su-J 1+ -wi 9 I 'ZVEZ1 -3' I 41711.-.W-1, 1- 11.4 .1 .,-Q f. 11-1-1 W., ,,- . . . 1 1 1. 01.41131 1 . i .. 1' EWQBFQZ 11' 11 1 '1 :11 111 l111'1 111131 1 11:13.-1 -12-we l1i 1 1 11 111 1 1 11:2-wa 1' ' 11111124 ws ' .M ce- 1. .. ' ' ' ' 5111 -m y 1 146.1 1-?'511v4 1fwW 41-af 1-1-1 ,. .,.,.,. 1 ....,.... , 1 1, , .,.. V? ,,,., 3. 1 ji. .. 1v.,.,..,.. . 4,3514 111 . '11, ...1 .... 11 ., ,..,,., , 1 .aff s .-11s11.::v 1. -W.. 11 as ...,z11t.L, 3 11. .1 A -W - 1 11.,e1w1 1-21226411 3 ' 1 190 X Athletics 1 . .. ,.,,,, ,.,. 1 M 22:10 il.