Northwest Cabarrus High School - Dynamis Yearbook (Concord, NC)

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ljzofarz Qlfzsrzfjfff Alugbziiai Concouf The Northwest Trojans in a nonconference game against the strong Concord Spiders surprised everyone when they received the opening kickoff and after a series of plays scored. Marvin Branch and Tim Litaker carried the ball to set up the score by Branch. The Concord Spiders scored later in the period on a run by Greg Hardie and made the P.A.T. to keep the lead throughout the remainder of the game. Concord scored 3 quick touchdowns in the second period to assure the win for the Spiders. Concord began the second half with the second unit on offense and defense. After receiving the kickoff, the Spiders marched to the Northwest 14. The Trojans halted the drive and marched to the Spider 14 before Coach Pruitt sent in the first unit to stop the scoring attempt. On the 2nd play with Concordfs first unit on defense, Branch exploded for 13 yards and a touchdown. The P.A.T. failed and the score was 29 to 12. In the final period Concord rallied for 2 more touchdowns and a final score of41 to 12. ,gifs 5 Mr. Clifford Rimer Mr. Doug Turner ... 1 J' fp K' 1. 5 . Y . rr ':.'.T ' . ?' - V .2 Mr. Robert Kluttz -k . . HX..,e ,sw . ,. 4. X. t . s .fs 7. O ' Cl. I2 ggazgwood fofzpfyai .ffvozfffwaif 14-S Fighting to stay in the top contenders, Northwest, in an effort to obtain their fourth win, took on the Parkwood Rebels. The Trojans scored in the second quarter and were successful on the two point conversion to take the lead through the remainder of the first half. It was a determined Rebel team that returned for the second half of play. Only 5 minutes and 32 seconds into the third quarter, Johnny Smith scored Parkwood's first touchdown. The P.A.T. was good. Northwest took the ball and marched to the Rebel 14 yard line before being stopped. Again the Rebels controlled the ball to the 4 yard line of Northwest. Bobby Miller took over and the P.A.T. was good for a final score of 14-8. 1 L Coach Rimer looks on as Coach Turner and Trainer Galloway help injured Richard Caldwell to the sidelines. , . 'au lx-A A. l .......-I ...M jar' 11 'fi

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Y K dlfozffdwsif wins put cyomacoming Northwest received the opening kickoff and wasted no time chalking up eight points on their side ofthe scoreboard in the Homecoming game against Piedmont. Richard Caldwell passed to end Mike Corriher for four yards and Branch added nine in efforts for a first down. Litaker and Hartsell added the final touches with Litaker scoring. The Trojans scored again late in the second period starting the drive on their own thirty-Hve yard line. The big play came when Richard Caldwell hit Steve Lawing with a twenty-four yard pass and made a first down at the six. Branch rammed the middle of the Panther line for the final yards and the score. On a fourth and three situation Lawing stepped in to intercept the ball at the twenty-five yard line and raced all the way to make the final score 22-6. Uwzofani Bow fo Carzfzaf Northwest extended their scoring streak by racking up six points for their efforts against Central Cabarrus. The Trojans scored against every team they encountered. The Vikings on the other hand, had not been scored against until meeting the Northwest Trojans. Central attacked quickly after receiving the opening kickoff and scored twice before the Trojans could develop a threaten- ing offense. The only score for the Trojans came on a pass from Richard Caldwell to Steve Lawing, during the first quarter. After the Northwest score, the rest of the ball game belonged to Central as the Vikings came out on top, 32-6. cfllfozfffwsif 'Jai Klflfaif Alfanfb The first quarter of the N. W. - West Stanly game was dominated by the Colts scoring 14 points. Led by Litaker and Branch, the fighting Trojans gained 3 first downs which sent N. W. to West Stanly's 8 yard line. Russ Hartsell carried the ball over for the first N. W. touchdown. After halftime full spirited and determined to score, the Trojans came on to the field. Both teams failed to score in the third quarter, but late in the fourth, quarterback Richard Caldwell took to the air completing a 39 yard loft to senior end Steve Lawing. Lawing broke away from his defender on the two point conversion to receive his second straight reception from Caldwell. Northwest held the Colts until the end of the game to capture the 14-14 tie. ljzofani Emp Spartans Northwest romped over the Spartans of Sun Valley by a score of 34-14. Tight end Steve Lawing gave the best perform- ance of the year by scoring on five touchdown passes for a total of 105 yards. Richard Caldwell also gave one of his best performances in the passing attack. Sun Valley never gave up but just could not keep up with the scrappy Trojans of Northwest. The win left the Trojans with a 3-3-1 in conference play.

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I .Sf 1 J O 'zo 'ani Bill Henry and Randy Furr show con- cern during halftime. Q . 5 Richard Caldwell C113 side steps a Panther as Andy Price C643 rushed to his aid. Steve Lawing C841 shows acrobatic skills While Charles Correll snuffs a Viking. Mike Corriher 1825 finds the Hpigskinw mighty slippery. N 'N X mnfr fuss 5' ks N J ,ff ,f , Q ..'-......-in K,- ,K . , , gr , , pfggg - ff. w ,r , , X n iam ff ff' A W rr 2.51, .fy ,. r ,I Q ,qi f, f ,': .4 , ,.' ff,-iw, :SN Y L. St xy 1' , ' ,. 'v. .. k.,' ' , Y. f we f gf qv, -. Injured Mike Cannon watches from the sidelines. Gary Duskee, Doug Kirkman, and Steve Smith show pre-game nervousness.