Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM-FRONT ROW: Clark Canright, Mark Canright, Rick Greer, Dan Johnson, Dave Drogemeier, Mike Click, Ron Payne, Roger Town- Furst, Dan Harrell, John Fila, Thad Allen, Bob Vucasovich, Mike Okray, Ed Fain, send. BACK ROW: Mgr. Fred Swiderski, Mgr. Jim Waln, Mgr. Alan Shapiro, Jeff Dave Young, Jay Hills, Mike Killebrew, Manning Gilbert, Bill Orinski. SECOND Lovin, Gary Glasgow, Mike Bingham, Mike Dusek, Bob Bolt, Mark Arneson, ROW: Craig Ludtke, Frank Stagg, Jay McClure, Jerry Stump, Eel Argraves, Bill Multiple Injuries Dampened Expectations of Battling to score a victory in the season opener with Phoenix Alhambra, the Titans had to settle for a 19-19 tie. In the first half of the game, Palo Verde opened the scoring by stopping Alhambra's opening drive on their one-yard line. The Titans drove 99 yards in 11 plays to score on a three-yard pass from Jeff Lovin to Mike Schwanenberger. Going on to score another touchdown midway in the third quarter, Schwanenberger ran 35 yards on a punt return. The Titan scoring was climaxed by a 70-yard pass from Lovin to Dan Johnson. In their first conference game, the Titans fell to the Douglas Bulldogs 7-2. Palo Verde won the statistical battle but Douglas scored the points. Palo Verde gained 231 yards total offense and completed six passes for 122 yards as compared to Doug- las' nine passes for 92 yards. In the first half of the game Douglas made its only touchdown and the Titans prevented two touchdowns. A safety accounted for Pal-o Verde's only tally in the second period. Jeff Lovin provided most of the offensive thrust for the Titans, passing for 95 yards. In the first home game of the season, the Pueblo Warriors defeated the Titans 28-24 in an AA-4 conference game. Tom Binnion and Don Anton received 17 and 22-yard passes from Jeff Lovin to score two touchdowns in the first quarter. In the third quarter Lovin passed 24 yards to Bill Greer for a third touchdown. In the last five minutes of the game Dan Johnson scored Palo Verde's final touchdown. The Titans passed 209 yards to Pueblo's 175. Palo Verde missed a possible tie on failure to complete conversion attempts. During the homecoming game against Salpolnte Ron Payne l83l attempted to

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Football- I 966 Titan Gridders Equaled Previous Season Record Finishing with a division record of 3-5 and an overall 4-5-l record, the Ti- tans placed seventh in AA-4 competi- tion. The team was led by the guidance of head coach Van Howe, line coach Richard Palm and backfield coach Lynn Kanouse. Outgaining their opponents for the year, 2838 yards to 2762, the Titans moved inside their foe's 20-yard line twice more than their o p p o n e n t s threatened their own goal line. But they were able to gain victories only over Salpointe, Amphi, Central and Rincon, while losing to Douglas, Pueblo, Sunny- side, Catalina and Tucson and tying Alhambra. Halfback Don Anton was the individ- ual star, gaining 736 yards on l39 car- ries for a 5.3 average. Fullback Tom Binnion ran for 474 yards on ll4 carries for a 4.1 average. Jeff Lovin was the leading passer, completing 38 of 7l passes for 526 yards. His'70-yard pass play to Dan Johnson at Alhambra was the longest offensive gain of the season for the Titans. Harry Lodge's 96-yard interception return was the longest touchdown of the season. Jay McClure was honored for his defensive and offensive work throughout the season by being named to the Tuc- son Football Coaches Association All- City team as a first team defensive guard and a second team offensive center. Also named to the second offensive team was Don Anton, a T65-pound halfback. Harry Lodge was given a place on the defensive team as a defensive halfback. Gaining honorable mention on the de- fensive team were backs Ron Payne and Mike Schwanenberger and end Mike Killebrew. Tom Binnion was an hon- orable mention back on offense. VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD Palo Verde Opponents 19 Alhambra 19 22 Douglas 7 24 Pueblo 28 27 Salpointe 13 0 Sunnyside 21 27 Amphi 7 34 Rincon 20 7 Catalina 20 38 Central 13 7 Tucson 33

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During the first varsity home game against Pueblo, Titan Don Anton T301 es- Tom Bmmon, Don Anton, Phil Myers, Scott Davis, Tom Stoops, Gary Denomy, Harry Lodge, Mike Schwanenberger, Bob Kanouse, trainer, Kent McCasIin, a Victorious Season pull down a Lancer bull carrier as Dan Johnson 1811 rushed in to block the play. coped the reach of a nearby Warrior and scored the second touchdown. Five thousand spectators watched the Titans defeat Salpointe 27-13 in Palo Verde's homecoming game. The Titan offense, directed by Jeff Lovin, made touchdown drives of 64 and 90 yards, with Don Anton scoring on runs of eight and six yards. Mike Schwanenberger rushed 37 yards for the Titans' first touchdown. The highlight of the night was a 96-yard interception run by Junior Harry Lodge for a touchdown. It was the longest interception run in Palo Verde's history. The Titans gained 252 yards rushing compared to Salpointe's 43. A strong defensive playing unit was praiseworthy of the Titans as they were defeated by the Sunnyside Blue Devils, 21-0. Despite the margin in score, Palo Verde stopped the Blue Devils inside their own ten yard line three times. Palo Verde penetrated deep into Sunnyside territory as the Titans moved to the ten yard line during the first quarter. Ron Payne inter- cepted a pass in the first half of the game for one of seven first downs. Don Anton led the Titan attack with 35 yards in 13 carries. With luck on their side, the Titans took advantage of a fumble and a pass interception to defeat Amphi 27-7. They re- covered a Panther fumble to set up Don Anton's opening touch- down on a one-yard run. Palo Verde drove 60 yards for the second touchdown scored by Gary Glasgow from the one- yard line. ln the third quarter the Titans scored on a one-yard plunge by Tom Binnion. Palo Verde's final tally came with 27 seconds to go as Ron Payne intercepted an Amphi pass and traveled 75 yards for a touchdown.