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

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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.

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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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Gary Glasgow led the team toward the run-through at the game against Amphi. An ear-splitting roar was heard as the Titans broke the paper. Under the direction of Gary Glasgow ll4l, the team planned the play which led the Titans in their first touchdown against Amphi on Palo Verde's field. ' 34-20 for Third Win Titans Beat Rincon Capturing a second straight contest win, the Titans defeated the Rincon Rangers 34-20. Opening the scoring in the first quarter, Don Anton ran 24 yards for a touchdown. After a Ranger touchdown the Titans came back to score twice more on six-yard runs by Tom Binnion and Anton. The game moved fast as first Palo Verde scored then Rincon scored until the Titans tallied two in succession to win. Final tallies by the Titans were made in the last quarter on one-yard plunges by Binnion and Gary Glasgow. John Fila completed the four extra point kicks. All thoughts were on the football game as Titans Bill Orinski, Mark Arneson, John Fila, Dan Harrell, Jerry Stump and Craig ludtke rested between plays. Outdoing the Catalina Troians in the statistics column, Palo Verde was defeated in the AA-4 game 20-7. Palo Verde made its only touchdown in the first halt, but trailed behind the Troians throughout the game. The Titans took the kickoff and moved to the Catalina five-yard line in the same play, but were halted there. Mike Dusek's outside sprinting and Tom Binnion's inside running brought Palo Verde 254 yards rushing compared to 167 for Catalina. Palo Verde's last march ended on the Catalina two-yard line in the last quarter. They were watching their teammates and giving them encouragement during the gridiron battle with the Trolans. A determined crowd kept enthusiasm high.