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

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Varsity post near perfect regular To open the Knights' season, sky divers from all over the Midwest brought in the football for the fourth annual Dakota Bowl against the highly ranked Washington War- riors. The game attracted a crowd of Z684. The game also gained the title of being one of the most important high school football games in the Midwest. A halftime show added to the excitement. The first half ended with a 6 to 0 Washington lead. In the third quarter the fighting Knights clam- mered down the field to the one yard line. Then Tim Lorang skipped in for a touchdown. The fourth quarter ended with a 6 to 6 tie and the game went into overtime. The grueling battle between the rivals continued and on their second play, the Warriors scored a touchdown coupled with the extra point. On , r u 1 r gg' . . ., JN . sp.. 5, I 1 x 1 , 'Q' f 1 -. Q, Q s L pw O'Gorman's first play, quarterback Scott Jones passed to Jeff Spriggs for a touchdown. Behind 13-12, the Knights went for a two point conversion with victory in mind - but failed. The Knights claimed their first victory the following week as they rolled over Lincoln 30 to 13. This victory had long been awaited because O'Gorman had not won over Lincoln since 1978. The first quarter opened with a score for Lincoln but O'Gorman came back with a 34 yard run and 2 point conversion play. Lincoln scored again in the second quarter to end the first half with a 13 to 8 lead. In the second half O'Gorman held on to their commanding lead by scoring 22 points and flew past Lincoln. During O'Gorman's homecom- 4 w. is ik .LF 1-. - A. kj. . , VK diss- R ' in ai season, 8-1 ing game the Knights destroyed LeMars, despite the rainy weather, making it a joyous occasion. The first quarter gave O'Gor- man a 16 to 0 lead with Tim Lorang charging in for both touchdowns from the 2 yard line and 1 yard line. Scott Jones made the other 4 points in conversions. O'Gorman plowed through LeMars defense for 6 more points in the second quarter. ln the fourth quarter, similiar to the first, O'G scored 13 points. Finally, the Knights shut out LeMars 35-0 for a non-conference win and a terrific homecoming. Next on the 0'Gorman hit list, Sioux City North crumbled as the Knights downed the Iowa team 8 to 0 in a hard fought battle. The score came in the fourth quarter with only eight minutes left on the clock. Scott Jones connected a 28 yard pass with Pat Weisensee, and Jeff Spriggs caught his next pass for 2 points. Fumbles and interceptions plagued North to help capture the falling Stars. ln the fourth game of the season, the Knights pounced on the Wolverines and pulled out a 37-13 victory. In the first half O'Gorman scored 23 points. A highlight for Pat Weisensee came when he broke through West's defense for a 70 yard run into the endzone. O'G scored 14 more points in the second half Tim Jurgens, a sophomore, kicked in the extra points. The third Sioux City team fell when the Knights dumped the Raiders. Tom Slattery tackled the East quarterback in the first quarter, for a safety. ln the third quarter, Scott Jones plunged in from the 10 yard line for a touchdown. Late in the fourth quarter, on a Raider pass, Jim Hayes intercepted and ran back 7 yards to shut out the Raiders 16 to 0. 129

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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

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I Varsity continuedj Warriors help O 'G win SIC Our big motor is gone, but we'll still carry on. We're coming in on a wing and a prayer, Coach Burns commented. This concerned the absence of Pat Weisensee which proved to be true when the O'G squad maimed the Crusaders 17-7. Lorang and Johnston scored touch- downs and Tim Jurgens kicked a 22 yard field goal. On defense, Kevin Treanor made a big play by sacking the quarterback on the Knights' 20. Tom Slattery recovered two Heelan fumbles and Joe Fleming intercept- ed a pass. With this win over, the Knights tied up the race for the SIC title. lt made it 1 loss apiece for Heelan and O'Gorman. The following week, Washington's win over Heelan clinched the title for the Knights. The Orioles didn't tweet a cheerful tune but rather the funeral march as the Knights shot down Lennox 8-0. But the people will remember the weather the most from the Hrst annual Meat Bowl . Despite the climatic conditions, 0'Gorman's offense plunged in Eve yards for the only score of the game. To close the regular football season, O'G slaughtered the Lynx. Brandon Valley took the lead in the first quarter but that didn't last long. Fleming and Lorang scored 2 touchdowns apiece and Spriggs and Johnston made a conversion each with our other conversions failing. 130