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

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VAWY VICTORIES FOOTBALL TEAM REGAINED As the fans entered Memori- al Stadium for the Raiders' first game with Plano East, thoughts of last year's winless season still went through their minds. But, as the clock showed 0:00, those thoughts were laid to rest. The Raiders tied the Panthers, a team which went on to the playoffs. Dreams for a successful year enveloped all who were there. The Raiders were led offen- sely by Purcell Red Milton and Bryon Jackson who com- bined for 92 yards rushing. In the next game against Bryan Adams, thoughts of the losing season were present in the first half. Trailing the Cou- gars by a field goal at halftime, the Raiders had trouble getting the offense on track. With a single Cliff Thornton TD early in the second quarter, the Raiders looked fired up but could not generate offensively until Kurt Himmelreich recov- ered a fumble. Five plays later, the Raiders came alive, scoring three more touchdowns for the win. Dreams for a successful year enveloped all who were there. The victory over Bryan Ad- ams was the first in 19 games. After the game Junior Cliff Thornton, the quarterback, said, The game gave us a lot of confidence, and I feel we could win our share of games this season. In the third game, the Raid- VARSITY FOOTBALL 9-AAAAA 5 wins, 4 losses, l tie ers ran wild against Dallas Plano East 14-14 Madison compiling 329 yards rushing. Darryl Dickerson Bryan Adams 2840 rushed for 205 yards. Madison 37,27 Highland Park, defending district champion, was the first Highland Park 7-13 major test for the Raiders. The N h M , 19 40 outcome of the game didn't tell on csqlmc ' the whole story. The Raider Lakeview 17.32 defense kept the Scot's explo- sive offense from accomplish- 5011111 Garland Zl- 9 ing their long, sustained drives. . 4 . . : ' 8- 7 But, the Raider offense was Mesqum limited to a' single touchdown Wilmer Hmhgns 36.31 made by Milton. 1condnued on page 265 Ganund 3 7 Q5 -160 - . 94b63ex50o iq : 9 1 11 41 , 1 A v . p Seniors Tommy Bayes 1141, Darryl if M Dickerson 1181 and Steve Sellers 1701 ' w celebrate the winning touchdown over . , Madison early in the season. ' Garland Daily News photo ' tgps VA SITY FOOTBALL

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24 IM GE After running over a Madison player for a first down, Sophomore Lance Hyder looks disgusted as he wanted more yardage. Photo by Bryan Cumby I hate mud, thinks Senior Johnny Jewell as he and the rest of the Raid- ers played Wilmer-Hutchins in a mud- dy loss. Photo by Scott Donley L KX fx Ki Q il R VARSITY FOOTBALL - First Row: Tr. Jerry Land, Mgr. Pat Parham. Scott Crain, Kurt Him- melreich. Keith Pennington, Darryl Dickerson, Tommy Bayes, Red Milton, Mgr. Eric Johns, Tr. Scott Clark. Second Row: Tr. Brian Huggins, Jon Kundak, Cliff Thornton, Michael Bowen, Sean Husson, Robbie Roden, Sean Brannon, Ken Boren, THLETIC Scott Arthur, Jimmy Rushton, Eric Rosborough. Third Row: Tr. Darrell Sanus, Michael James, Duanne Crockett, Tootie Tolbert, Michael Brooks, Scott Jesmer, Lance Hyder, Dickie Clark, Kenny Shuler. Rodney Webb, Danny Denman, Chad Greg- ory. Fourlh Row: Glenn Box, David Lesley, Rich- ard Hudson. Tim House, Alex Budmon, Jason Jes- sup, Jeff Hopkins, Paul Ridenhour. Steve Sellers, Miguel Valdez. Nat Martin, John Jewell. Fihh Row: Coaches Olin Garrison, David Ferris, Zac Zachary, Howard Evans, Steve Baker, Roy Denny, Carrol tDocj Montgomery. Breaking through the Owl defense, Senior Darryl Dickerson is on his way to a big gain in the homecoming victo- ry game. Photo by Scott Donley

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VARSITY CELEBRATES BREAKING TRADITION fcontinued from page 251 Against North Mesquite, the Raiders found even more trouble with the Stallion of- fense. One outstanding play though was a 77-yard halfback pass to Kenny Boren to set up a one-yard TD run in the second half. Lakeview surprised the Var- sity with quick scoring, but breaking the 13-year winless record against South Garland in the next game was special. It was great to beat South, especially in my senior year, said Darryl Dickerson. We had worked hard and wanted to win real bad. The usual tight battle with Mesquite, which was held to a single touchdown, didn't mate- rialize, Totaling 360 yards rushing, catching two intercep- lt was great to beat South, especially in my senior year. Darryl Dickerson tions and staying tough defen- sively were credits applauded by the coaching staff. Like the field at Wilmer- Hutchins after a week's rain, the Raiders were bogged down in the slippery turf conditions. The Varsity came up five points short of even a tie. In the last game of the sea- son, nearby rivals, the Garland Owls, could not keep the Raid- ers from the school's first homecoming victory. This was our biggest game of the year for us, said Senior Tootie Tolbertf' We would have been happy to win just this one game. From the '83 0-10 record, to the '84 5-4-l, the Varsity had reason to celebrate in the suc- cess of breaking tradition while being victorious. All-Garland first team of- fense were Milton, Glen Box, Steve Sellers and Jeff Hopkins. On first team defense were Johnny Jewell, Tolbert, Dickie Clark and Himmelreich, who was named defensive player of the year. Releasing the ball just in time, the Highland Park quarterback takes a hard hit by Senior Scott Crain. Garland Daily News photo 26 .M EZLEHC