North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL Bottom row: Kelly Burk, Paul Hays, Shawn Porter, Tony Denton, Carl Rowland, Steve Christenson, Kendall Godwin, Phil Glenn, Robby Bird, Rick Rhoades, Second row: Coach Gilson, Cecil Nichols, Joe Muniz, Leonard Pryor, Dominic Gudichessi, Larry Fountain, Tim Ferrel, Mike Mason, Mark Chittenden, Monty Rundle, Jim Frost, Mike Murphy, Coach Gustafson. Top row: Coach Minnick, Matt Hamilton, Rick Welch, David Becker, Tom Durham, Scott Marnin, Ike Cox, Randy Sanders, Mike Hendricks, Kevin Garrels, Steve Heatherington, Ken Brown, Shannon White, Joel Cox, Rick Flaherty, Stan Page, and Coach Crozier. We ' ll get ' em next time became a popular phrase with the 1985 varsity football team. In spite of a season without a team victory, the Polar Bears had several individual victories. Five men made the All-Metro team. Named to the first team was punter, Shannon White, who averaged 38.7 yards per kick. White also had the leading punt in the city with a 75 yard boot. Rick Flaherty was named first team All-Metro as offensive center. On sec- ond team All-Metro Tim Ferral was named running back; Sid Hill, defensive nose guard; and Urbandale 55 North 0 Hoover 27 North 6 East 56 North 0 Dowling 34 North 14 Ames 37 North 0 Valley 37 North 14 Lincoln 36 North 14 Roosevelt 30 North 0 Grinell 39 North 0 Kevin Garrels, linebacker. Garrels was the second leading tackier in the metro with 120 tackles in 8 games. Pass interception leaders for the team included Monty Rundle and Derek Burton. Defensive standouts included Scott Marnin and Kevin Garrels, while the offensive line mainstays were Rick Flaherty, Joel Cox, Stan Page, and Tim Ferral. Coach Crozier stated, It was a good year and school spirit was much more supportive than ever in the past. 7 A