North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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An ever elusive district victor l A 2-8 season standing and only 92 points compared to their opponents' 169 may not seem like a very successful season, however the Raiders did play a much improved season over the past six. The Raider offense compiled a total of 2,006 yards while their faster and stronger opponents moved 2,545 yards against them. The defense was the best ever. Coach Howard Evans stated, We felt like the defense played well, we had supreme effort, and the kids never let up. 1 The games were more exciting than in the past as the Raiders often lost by a last minute fumble or a misguided pass. For their season opener, the Raiders hosted the North Dallas Bulldogs. It was plain to see from the very beginning of the game that the Bulldogs were unfairly matched against the Raiders. Troy Attaway accepted the opening kickoff for the Raiders at their own three-yard line. Finding no resistance, Troy exploded up the middle for 69 yards to the Bulldog 28. Six plays later, fullback Dennis Hagin carried the ball over the goal line from five yards out. David Damer kicked the point after to give the Raiders an early 7-0 lead. For the second touchdown, halfback Garry Coburn ran the ball four yards for the score going outside to his left after finding the middle of the line too congested. The third touchdown came when LaRay Doyle recovered a fumble by a North Dallas player on a punt. Coburn carried once for 13, Hagin bobbled the ball for two yards before gaining control of it in the endzone. The Raiders now led 20-0. Early in the second period on a handoff by quarterback Greg Woodliff, Hagin sped the ball 36 yards for another touchdown. A fumble recovery by cornerback Gary Hayes and a 19-yard gainer by Attaway followed by a 17-yard pickup by Darrell Hughes set the Raiders up for tailback Rodney Paris to secure another six with a three-yard run. The only score in the third stanza was made with Woodliff moving around the right end on a four-yard keeper. The Bulldogs were helpless as the Raiders moved the ball at will. The last score of the game came with 2Vz minutes left on the clock. Ending a 40 yard, nine play scoring drive Hughes made a one-yard plunge across the goal line. The Raiders claimed their first victory of the season with a 46-0 mauling of the North Dallas Bulldogs, setting a new school scoring record. Their second match found the Raiders meeting the Adamson Leopards at Cobb Stadium. lt was a long drawn- out game lacking in excitement for both schools. The first half ended in a scoreless deadlock as both offenses found great difficulty in moving the ball through the stubborn defenses, The only score of the game came late in the fourth stanza. It began on the Leopard 5-yard stripe and was concluded 20 plays later fcontinued page 295 With the team's best defensive unit ever, the Raid- ers allowed their opponents only 169 points. IND XI oi A1isJeA O P+ O' fi

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26 if 63 O O L+- E 12 L f'U D With 212 yards passing and 120 yards rushing, Kevin Blair 1113 collected 392 yards offensively for the Raiders. One hundred ninety-two yards of Troy Attaway's 4301 248 total rushing yards were picked up on eight kickoff returns. His successful runs were aided by good blocking, as shown by Billy West my While not playing, exhausted defensive tackle Mark Foust C715 rests and encourages the offense. Skillful maneuvering of Rodney Paris 1203 gained him the largest total of the team, 483 yards.

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28 ll Varsity footba l Players, such as Garry Coburn f42l, found that the team could not have gotten along without the aid and support of Trainer Carrol Doc Montgomery and student trainers such as Brian Beckner. Throughout the Madison contest, the Raiders executed a fine defensive game, as exemplified by Robert Ricketts' tackle. ltr-'. Behind the scenes School football spirit was enhanced by the cheerleaders, La Petites, Mam'selles, and art students through many hours of work. Each cheerleader painted T5 or 20 signs for the pep rallies as well as putting them up in the gym and the halls. The La Petites decorated the jv football lockers on Wednesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. Lisa D'happert stated, It took a lot of time to decorate the guys' lockers but it was worth it because we were backing the Raiders. Art students drew and painted the signs that the football players stampeded through at the beginning of each game. Stephanie Caldwell, art student, said, Although it was a lot of hard work painting the spirit signs, l enjoyed watching the football players run through them. Pep rallies were a joint effort between the band, the drill teams and the cheerleaders. The band played for twirlers and the drill teams as well as the football teams. The cheerleaders put in a special effort for the pep rally skits. Each one was made up and performed by the cheerleaders themselves. ' v ffffan D A firm believer in hard workouts, Coach Billy Chester worked with the receivers teaching them pass patterns. tak W