Perry Meridian High School - Passages Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Strong Defense Keeps Games Close Because of the practice time lost to varsity coaching, reserve Coach Dick Chew feh the first few games were ' xmorganized but then showed rapid improvement. We played a lot of kids number one to hope for improve- ment and to give the kid a chance to show what he can do, stated Coach Chew. Coach Chew felt, Our defense is as good or better than anyone. The defense really kept us in a lot of games. Assistant Coach Bret Andrews felt that the enthusiam of the players and the fact that they never gave up helped the team the most. Coach An- drews stated, The kids were not happy with our 2-7 record, but they were happy with the improvement in themselves that they could see. Doug May ' 85 and quarterback for the team felt that every game was close and with a little more offense they would have had a better chance. Our games were mostly passing games. Most reserve teams nm the ball. Especially near the end, the passing dominated the game, stated Doug. He also stated, The inex- perience of the sophomores really hurt. By the end of the year, everyone had really improved. Mark Booth ' 85 played on both the offense and defense. He played as a defensive end of the defense and a tight end for offense. He noted the lack of playing time together as one thing that hurt the team. For Mark, the highlight of his season was the game against Lawrence Central. Eric Warwick ' 86 stated, The weak points of our team were our small size and our inconsistant play- ing, and because of the small number of serious injuries, we were able to use our starting men. Tom Sims ' 86 felt this year gave a good chance to show ability. He felt the strong frdl back, tail back, and wide receiver were the strong posi- tions on the team. He felt the highlight of the season was the Howe game because everyone came together and gave 100%. Looking at the season, Doug May threw for 1217 yards. Mark Booth had 18 catches. Ryan Spears had 71 tackles and 38 assists. All in all, the opposition outscored only by one point. The total was 111; the op- ponents scored 112. Reserve Football Season Record; 2-7 PM 14 13 7 8 7 13 12 39 PM 6 6 60 36 7 22 20 28 North Central Lawrence North Warren Central Manual Greenwood Southport Ben Davis Lawrence Central Howe Freshman Football Season Record; 5-4 North Central Lawrence North Stonybrook Manual Howe Southport South Wayne Lawrence Central Howe OPP 13 18 18 14 12 16 14 18 OPP 14 12 26 6 12 FOOTBALL 127

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Quarterback Chad Clore ' 87 drops back for the pass as Darin Dove ' 87 and Charles Lee ' 87 prepare to block for him. The freshman front line waits for the quarter- back to call signals. Darin Dove ' 87 advances w-ith the ball as his Lawrence Central opponents try unsuccessful- | ly to stop him. The freshman team huddles with Mr. Wade at the LawTcnce Central game. 126 FOOTBALL

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