O Gorman High School - Knight Legend Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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4 Swf fs s kxx Counterclockwlse starting left: Bob Burns carrles away the second place trophy as the fans and team crowd around to console hlm . . . Dan Healy and Jlm Hayes antlclpate Jones' pass and go for a completion . . . O'G 's offense goes for the Hrst down . . . Scott Jones feels the agony of defeat . . . Tim Lorang flles past hls Yankton opponents . . . Bob Burns confronts his team on Watertown 's twelve polnt lead . . . Scott .lanes gets rid of the ball fast whlle Dave Butler blocks the oncoming Bucks. V! Xt- OM 'iff'- Qaf

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?'m 4' Persistence advances O'Gorman The second year of football playoffs opened as the Knights and the Warriors met again, in what could be called the Vengeance Bowl . O'Gorman wanted to avenge the 13 to 12 overtime loss suffered in the Dakota Bowl and the Warriors held a year long grudge from the first year of football playoffs in which O'G crawled past Washington 20 to 12. O'Gorman's defense played a large part in the low scoring game. The Knights halted the Warriors on three charges deep into O'G territory. Twice in the third quarter Washing- ton came very close to scoring but our defense stopped them short. The only score of the game came in the second quarter on ,a six yard run from O'Gorman securing a win and advancing them into the semi- finals. At halftime the Watertown Arrows had a 12 point lead and O'Gorman had a bleak outlook. But in the locker room head coach, Bob Burns gave the team a pep talk which became the force they needed when O'G stormed back. 126 The first touchdown of the second half came from a 70 yard scoring drive in 13 plays with a 7 yard run by Jones as the last play. Late in the third quarter the big play on interception came when Lorang acquired the ball. This in turn set up the first of two touchdowns ln the quarter for O'Gorman. On the fourth and 4 call Jones passed for 13 yards and then Weisensee ran the final yard. With 2.22 left on the clock the Knights scored their last touchdown and clinched the right to play for the second state Class 11-AAA title. The scene was the Dakota Dome. The date was November 13, 1982. The dome overflowed with 8100 people, anxiously awaiting the game. A semi-quiet buzz hovers over the fans. The crowd suddenly goes wild as both teams enter onto the field. Excitement fills the air as the clock slowly dwindles down, 31, 30, 29, . . . The teams prepare for the game and the crowd fires up, 11, 10, 9 . . . The field emptys and the announcer introduces the teams, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . . There's the kickoff and as ...vff .. , .s.... .. ,km 'ww , ,,. , ,, ,, f.,,,,,, ,. 5 ' L' kyfftf f115?'L,,vm: Lam, f, ' -Z 'V j ' 'Q' , ,CHI ,1..5.,fyasyrZ.,,,.,,y,r, V 4 I 71 Ti! .5f'.hf!'W'd' M W to the playoffs O'Gorman gets a good catch. The game may have started O'Gorman well on the way to another State title but as the game progressed, numerous disasters plagued the Knights. The problems started when Pat Weisensee became injured early in the game and continued when the O'G drive for a touchdown halted, six Inches short from scoring. The deep urge for revenge kept Yankton on its toes. The fact that Bob Burns, at a home pep fest, suggested that this game could be his last, may have stifled the Knights' enthusiasm. But after the game Burns said that he'd be back out on the field. Oh well, as the old saying goes, Winning isn 't everything, it's how you play the game. And boy how we played. Playoff Record OGHS OPP 6 Washington 0 27 Watertown 20 6 Yankton 10

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n W ww. Varsity Football oGHs oPP 12 Washington 13 gr 30 Lincoln 13 1 35 LeMars 0 8 Sioux City North 0 37 Sioux City West 13 16 Sioux City East 0 17 Sioux City Heelan 7 8 Lennox 0 28 Brandon Valley 13 fm.. ,iff Clockwlse starting right: O'G's defense digs In to stop the Washington Warriors . . . Practice makes perfect for Scott Jones . . . One of the many talented skydlvers at the Dakota Bowl prepares for a landing . . . Scott Jones under pressure from the North Stars . . . The happy players after scoring a touchdown. ri K5 41' 128 O X J