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

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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

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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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l i lttn ever elusive district victor from the Raider 3. Chris Laws carried the ball over the goal line for the Adamson touchdown. The Raiders had two excellent chances to score in the 'econd half. The first scoring drive , nded with an incomplete pass and the secondtwas terminated with a fumble by Coburn on the Leopard five-yard line. The game ended with a dull 6-0 loss for the Raiders. The following week the Raiders met lthe Madison Trojans in a contest that proved to be a bit more exciting for itheir fans and a bit more satisfying for ,the team. There was no scoring in the lfirst quarter, however the Raiders lost ilittle time scoring in the second quarter. lHagin scored with a twelve-yard run lwhile11:16 remained in the first half. In the last seven seconds of the second period, Woodliff found james Carrigan standing alone in the endzone to give the Raiders a 13-0 halftime lead. The Trojans' only score came in the third lquarter when Madison quarterback Waymon Alridge made a 90-yard touchdown explosion. Midway through the final period, Hagin climaxed an 11 play, 80-yard drive with a 35-yard run around right end. Receiving a bad snap on the extra point conversion attempt, Hayes ran into the endzone for two points. Late in the fourth stanza, Tim Trull snagged a stray pass and sped 80 yards to the goal line. With this final touchdown, the Raiders gave Madison a 27-0 pounding. r Staying home for the fourth contest, the team faced the gristly jesuit Rangers and suffered a 28-0 loss. Receiving the opening kickoff, the Rangers ran the clock down to 4:34 in the first quarter when quarterback Ted Tobolka was finally able to sneak over the goal line from the one. Early in the second period, Ranger Keith Forster battered his way across the goal from the one- yard line. Two minutes later, Forster again scored with an eight-yard charge giving jesuit a 21-0 lead. Late in the third quarter, Dalston Reed ran the ball two yards for a final Ranger score. The Raiders clashed helmets with the South Garland Colonels for both of the teams' District 10-AAAA opener. The tenacious Raiders held strong against the then undefeated crosstown rivals, but nonetheless fell to the Colonels 12- 0. South Garland's first successful scoring drive started late in the first quarter and ended 12 plays later in the dawning minutes of the second period. Quarterback Steve Bean scored on a two-yard keeper. The point after attempt was blocked by Pete Roth. The middle of the third quarter found the Colonels with a third-and-three situation on the Raider four-yard line. ln a scoring attempt, Greg Parker was nabbed by Roth at the line of scrimmage. The next play, Bean faked to Parker and slipped through the right side of the line for the touchdown. Raiders joe Bojarski and Robert Ricketts nailed Colonel jerry Sanders to stop a two point effort. Fumbles, penalties, incomplete passes, interceptions, and stubborn defensive units plagued both ahh? 1. ...-'Nga-an - F -35 as 'Ia-v - f ' 4W92f.u..-i-. teams and prevented any further scoring. ln the first of two district road games, the Raiders faced the Mesquite Skeeters. On the opening kickoff, Skeeter Robert Mercer hit Tim Trull to force a fumble. Mesquite's David Ethington recovered the ball at the NG. 15-yard line. Three plays later, the Skeeters took a 7-0 lead when halfback Gary Greer pushed his way through from the five-yard stripe. The Raiders came back in the second quarter with a 69 yard, 13 play scoring drive. From the 25, Blair hit Hagin who ran up the right sideline and into the endzone untouched. This was the first time for the Raiders to score against Mesquite in three years. The Skeeters took another lead late in the second quarter with a 39-yard fieldgoal by David Harris. In the third quarter, Harris booted another fieldgoal, this time from 27 yards out. The Raiders had one last chance to score in the closing minutes of the game, but were halted when Blair lost control of the ball around the Skeeter six allowing Mesquite to slip by 13-7. journeying to Wilmer-Hutchins Stadium, the Raiders battled the Eagles: a struggle in which the Raiders absorbed a 7-0 loss. The lone touchdown came early in the game with 5:02 left in the opening quarter. Wilmer- Hutchins drove 52 yards in nine plays and capitalized with a two-yard plunge by Donald Barnett. The remainder of the game was a continuous defensive fcontinued page 30j VARSITY FOOTBALL - FRONT ROW: Donny Watkins tmanagerj, Gene Moulden tmanagerj, Bengt Sjosten, Darrell Hughes, Gary Hayes, Tim Trull, johnny joplin, Doug Gregory, Teddy Fore- man, Dave Smith, Rick Litt istudent trainerj. SEC- OND ROW: Dwight Schirmer tmanagerj, Terry Howard, Rodney Paris, Troy Attaway, LaRay Doyle, Greg Grubb, Tim Lee, Pete Roth, Richard Lowen, Garry Coburn, Carrol Doc Montgomery ttrainerj. THlRD ROW: Coach Howard Evans, Coach joe Garcia, Ralph Boyd, joe Bojarski, Kevin Thomas, Terry Parmely, Mark Elliott, Walter Steele, Broda McAlister, Tony Anderson, Coach Billy Chester, Coach Chuck Cornett. FOURTH ROW: Head Coach Max Boydston, Mike jenkins, Greg Woodliff, james Carrigan, Robert Ricketts, Mike McMillan, Billy West, Dennis Hagin, Rodney Moore, Dennis Lax. FIFTH ROW: jim Welch, Char- ley Taylor, David Darner, Mike Rhodes, Kevin Blair, john McDonald, Mark Foust, Michael Cain. si. IND MO sieft M1 ieqtoo