Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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Owensboro High School varsity football ended the 1977 season with a 7-3 record under first year coach Don Netoskie. The Red Devils opened the season with five consecutive victories before Lexington Lafayette ended the hopes ofan undefeated season. OHS later lost to another Lexington foe, Tates Creek Q25-241 in the final 22 seconds. OHS also lost to power- house Henderson County 25-0. OHS scored victories over Meade County 27-12, Owensboro Catholic 31-0, Union County 26-7, Madison- ville 14-7, Paducah 21-20, Daviess County 7-3 and Apollo 56-6. The largest margin of victory of the year came against Apollo in the last game of the season. The largest defeat came against district champion Hen- derson County. The Red Devils defensive unit kept five teams at seven points or under. OHS posted one shutout on the sea- son against Owensboro Cathlic 31-0. The offensive unit tallied 56 points against Apollo as the biggest outburst of the season. The offensive unit was shutout only once against Henderson County, 25-O. ' The Red Devils could very well have been 9-1 but two Lexington teams beat OHS in the final 22 sec- onds. Lexington Lafayette nipped OHS 23-20 on a last second field goal and Tates Creek also slipped by OHS 25-24 on a last-second touchdown. The closest victory of the year came against Tilghman, as OHS nipped Pa- ducah 21-20. The Red Devils also had trouble with Daviess County, win- ning 7-3g and the Madisonville Ma- roons, 14-7. The Red Devils were led by Chuck Riley with 718 yards rushing. Phil Hyland and Ted Belcher alter- nated as quarterback. Hyland's best game came against Apollo, throwing for 158 yards and three touchdowns. Belcher's best output came against Union County when the senior tossed 5 of 5 for 142 yards. Sonny Jackson was the number one receiver for the Red Devils, catching three touchdowns against both Union County and Apollo. Mark Rickard was the hero of the year breaking a record of 14 straight extra points. Rickard kicked 17 straight in the 1977 season, breaking Bob Belcher's record set in 1953. Rick- ard tallied 29 extra points on the year. -By Steve Mclntyre SJ QCQCQDJRIJ DDS 153 RECQDM 'U F130 53 J FCQDJ '39 941 Varsity Football

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HY' ... K 1. 5.5:-1: ,,.. '..- Darrell Hun 1241, the leading scorer for the the basket. Hunter averaged 9.8 for the season and freshmen, lays in two points on a baseline drive For had 23 points against Henderson County-South. Better Late Than Never: From 1-7 To 5-8 Freshmen Basketball Q5-81 OHS 42, Apollo OHS McLean County OHS 41, Henderson County-South OHS Apollo OHS 30, Henderson County-South OHS Daviess County OHS 46, Henderson County-North OHS Henderson County-South OHS 54, Henderson County-North OHS Daviess County OHS 57, Owensboro Catholic OHS Owensboro Catholic . OHS Madisonville ,, Overtime Coach - Bill Holbrook if-:fi . A strong late season surge enabled the OHS Fresh- ks-in-Glen johnson:Darrell Hunter, Tim Willis, men to post a 5-8 record. Members of the 1977-78 Robert Sutherland, Andy Fiorella, David D. Ad- squad include ffront row, from leftj: Qfgoqlgivlfvug- ams. Back row: Darrell McCormick,, im Whitten, KOH, B3ff l5, Ben N0friS, David L. AdamS, Bryan Yeckering, john Linngy, Ken Pruitt, PercyQ m Secohi rowzkff Ojvens, Bobby Wik, .Ill-agcl, Earle Adams, Coach Bm Holbrook. Stott B X Street We improved as the season pro- gressed, said Bill Holbrook as he dis- cussed the 1977-78 Freshmen basketball team. The Frosh only played 13 games due to snow and bad weather conditions. The Freshmen team ended the season with a 5-8 record, but at one time in the season the Baby Devils were 1-7 through eight games. The biggest victory of the season was an 80-48 trouncing over Henderson County-South. Darrell Hunter led all scorers with 23 points. The Frosh also lost some close games to Madisonville Q42-43j, Henderson County-South 141-431, and Apollo Q29- 32J. OHS won their only overtime game over Henderson County-South C41-341. The Frosh opened the season with a loss to McLean County C60-375 and ended the season with a victory over Owens- boro Catholic Q57-531. The Frosh won four of their last five games. Hunter led the Freshmen in scoring during the season, averaging 9.8 per game. Bryan Yeckering followed with a 7.1 scoring clip. The Freshmen averaged 42.8 on of- fense while giving the opponent an aver- age of 45.9. - By Steve Mclntyre Freshman Basketball!

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.. --XXXL kAb, , K was Don Netoskie yells out some advice to his play- ers in his First year as a head coach at OHS. Netoskie led OHS to a 7-3 record. The Red Devils bow their heads in a pre-game prayer along the sidelines. UW Don Netoskie guides Red Devils to 7-3 record in first year as head coach OHS 27 Meade County 12 OHS 31 Owensboro Catholic O OHS 21 Union County 7 OHS 14 Madisonville 7 OHS 21 Paducah Tilghman 20 . ,, Q. OHS OHS OHS OHS OHS Head Coach - Don Netoskie Lexington Tates Creek Lexington Lafayette Daviess County Henderson County Apollo sr, awlm It Varsity Footballfgs