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

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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

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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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Underclassmen improve skills Under the leadership of soph- omore head coach, Jerome Garry, and assistant coach, Steve Krier, the sophomores gained some valu- able experience for future years. They improved their athletic ability greatly, but need to work together more as a team, said Mr. Garry. But as for next year he feels that the varsity team will combine a bunch of gutsy little seniors who will be leaders, with a group of big hard-nosed juniors in search of a goal, making a very respectable team. The win over Sioux City West highlighted the hard fought 1-6 season. A less tangible reward involved seeing the sophomores improve through the year. Almost 50 anxious freshmen went out for football this year and all of them got to see action on the field. The frosh opened their season at Harrisburg and shut them out 32 and 0. The 10 to 8 come back win over the Mitchell Kernals, also highlighted the season. There are some leaders, some fine athletes, and some excellent attitudes among this class of football players, comment- ed assistant coach Gordon, The future looks promisingllf' Mill ' , fri? 1 1 iff' Ju Sophomore Football Washington Lincoln Sioux City North Sioux City West Sioux City East Mitchell Freshman Football OGHS Harrisburg Brookings Lennox Brandon Lu verne Mitchell Can ton OPP OGHS OPP 12 26 8 22 3 8 34 1 4 8 22 12 Sioux Cl ty Heelan 41 14 41 32 ' 0 6 20 0 1 4 6 20 8 1 4 1 0 8 1 4 1 6 Clockwise starting left: SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Rich Wilka, Mike Lalley, Ken Mork, Mike Wetrich, Rob Morgan, Jeff Meert, Dan O'Connell, Regan Smith, Mike Pyper, Shawn Kunkel. Mlddle Row: Jeff Clapper, Dave Barr, Todd Lamberty, Jim Harris, Bill Dunn, Jim Clayton, Joe Derr, Pat Rogers, Tlm Jergens, Chuck Weis, Carl Thamassen. Back Row: Assistant Coach Steve Krler, Blalne Larson, Chad Soldatke, J.J. Ochsner, Marty Mapes, Keith Ollnger, Steve Sabers, Bryan Bornhoft, Dave Bruhn, Scott Schneider, Head Coach Jerome Garry . . . FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Travis Thle, Steve Walsh, Jim Glenskl, Mark Sullivan, Jeff DeVaney, Ted Jaeger, Blll Saunders. Second Row: Tom McGraw, Tom Momsen, Jeff VanHove, David Kennedy, Paul Stensland, Joel Bornhoft, Pat Ament, Kenny Platt. Thlrd Row: Bob Dougherty, Jim Mack, Mike Buehler, Pat Thill, Tim Brown, Jan Famstad, Dan Fester, Tom Schnetter, Mark Curley. Fourth Row: Assistant Coach Jeff Gordon, Head Coach Mike Engels, Jim Baker, Scott Ceretti, Scott Fromm, Mike North, Scott Abdallah, Kevin Stoll, Kevln Clnk, Pat Obele, Troy Soldatke, Dan Rotert . . . VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Shawn Hart, Wlllle Oswald, Todd Smith, Ron Hayes, Chris Murray, Tlm Jurgens, Tom Slattery, Kevln Treanor, Mike Fleming. Second Row: Jeff Meinen, Tom Welsensee, Joe Dardis, John Wlnklepleck, Steve Johnston, Dan Shafer, Dan Healy, Jim Sorrell, J.J. Ochsner. Third Row: Pat Ronan, Tlm Lorang, Scott Jones, Brian Hunter, Nell Hleblchuk, Dave Butler, Jeff Sprlggs, Joe Fleming. Fourth Row: Scott Soldatke, Mike Rooney, Shawn Boyle, Steve McGraw, Tom Kogel, Pat Rogers, Jeff Elyea, Paul Skadson. Fifth Row: Jason Schmitz, Mark Walsh, Steve Murphy, Jlm Hayes, Pat Welsensee, Mick McKinley, Jim Soukup, Sean Callahan, Sixth Row: Dan Weight, Greg Becker, Assistant Coach Steve Kueter, Head Coach Bob Burns, Assistant Coach Rod Garrison, Todd Dubblede, . . . Sophomore action at its best. 131