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

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Football- I 968 Titan Gridders Ended Season With 2-7 Record Palo Verde suffered a disappointing football seasan and ended with an over- all 2-7 season record. The Titans fin- ished fourth out of five teams in the southern division AAA-4 conference with a 2-6 record. Head coach for the foot- ball team was Van Howe. Assistants were Larry Weimer as a scout for the team, Dick Palm as a line coach and Lynn Kanouse as backfield coach. Catalina and Amphi were defeated at the hands of the Titans, the scores being 13-7 and 15-13 respectively. Palo Verde played one of its best games against Arizona state runner-up Doug- las as they lost by only one touchdown. lniuries depleted the team during the season. This caused Coach Van Howe to iuggle his lineup week after week. None of Palo Verde's starting backfield in the first game finished the season. Senior Mike Bingham led the team in passing with 21 completions in 56 attempts for 342 yards and 2 touch- downs. After Bingham was iniured, Ju- nior Rene Ruiz stepped in and threw 15 completions in 41 attempts for 229 yards and 2 touchdowns. Sophomore Buddy Droegemeier was the team's leading rusher with 283 yards on 52 carries. Bill Johnson, a junior, carried the ball 52 times for 204 yards, Steve Gunzel, a senior, and Droege- meier were the team's leading receivers. Gunzel caught 11 passes for 132 yards and Droegemeier caught 11 passes for 166 yards. Sophomore Mike Polivchak was the team's leading scorer with 18 points. Defensive tackle Bill Orinski was named to the 1968 All Division football squad for his outstanding achievement during the season. Orinski was a senior. Coach Howe hopes to have 11 letter- men returning for the 1969 season plus a strong J.V. team which ended with a 5-3 record. VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD Palo Verde Opponents 14 Tucson 39 12 Pueblo 1 3 15 Amphi 1 3 6 Alhambra 27 0 Salpointe 27 7 Douglas 14 6 Sunnyside 27 13 Catalina 7 7 Rincon 37

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