Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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Potriotism, power, ond perfection were o port of othletes' quests for ochievement. But folling foce down in the mud, bottling heor stroke, ond stretching pulled muscles olso ployed o port in these quests. Students spent hours on the footboll field, in the gym, on the tennis courts, or in the swimming pool contributing to the Potriot process of cotching up by Hkeoching Up to othletic gools. This process of Reaching Up olso involved coptoins ond cooches, fomilies ond fons. Certoin events ot- trocted more fons thon others, Athletes risked injury in every competition ond in every proctice. After going down in the home soc- cer motch ogoinst Dixie Hollins, Jett Conover receiv- ed help from Cooch Peter Conover ond o referee. Getting off on the right foot wos often o key in othletic roces. Christo Heisler storted o cross country roce omong o moss of runners ot o meer ot Toylor Pork in Lorgo. Good ploys inspired cheers from ployers ond spectotors ot othletic events. At the Nor- theost gome, vorsity footboll ployers Joe Enzor, Mike Thorne, ond Don De Setto shouted rds of O, QQ? 178 f SPORTS DIVISION wo e n- L courogement though. Sometimes it seemed os though there were more cheerleoders on the floor thon fons in the stonds. The othletes who did not hove the support of the cheering crowd were the speciol othletes. They were motivoted by o desire to represent the school ond experience personol sotisfoction, not to heor the opplouse of o crowd. The story of o sports event wos told by the expressions on foces - elotion in the eyes of the othlete, pride in the smiles of the porents, ond ossuronce on the foce of the offensive teom ottempts 0 third down conversion. Long proctices developed skills ond con- centrotion in othletes. Erico Dovis us- ed her skill to contribute to the Potriots' score in the g o m e o g o i n st Cleorwoter. X ttf! cooch. But disoppointment oppeored on foces when Potriot teoms did not win. However, sportsmonship prevoiled, ond o loss odded joy to the next win. Sports - the nome of the gome wos giving 1002 oll the time. Ployers were reworded by experiencing the thrill of competition while represen- ring the red, white, ond blue. This thrill mode the mud, heot strokes, ond pulled muscles more thon worthwhile.

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Forfeit creates duplicate season Due to a forfeit of four games by the Northeast Vikings, formerly the second ranked team in the county, the Patriots ended their season 7-3 instead of 6-4. The Northeast forfeit was due to an ineligible player who played the night of the PPHS game. Northeast forfeited their first four games of the season leaving them 4-6 instead of 8-2. Head Coach Bruce Buck believed the 6-4 record was successful. Buck also felt the varsity football team had the ability to be a championship team right from the start. He was also pleased with the at- titudes of the players and pro- ud of their effort and execution which they exemplified during the football season. Buck revealed I was pleas- ed and disappointed at the same time. The greatest at- tribute of the team, in l3uck's opinion, was the hard-hitting defense. However, the Patriots lacked in offensive efficiency, Buck explained that the team should not be criticized though, due to an entirely new offen- sive system. The players need- ed time to adapt. Buck con- tinued that the players gave a ONE ACCIDENT AFTER ANOTHER victimiz- ed the Patriots. Randy Allen, senior, missed most of the season due to a leg injury. The Northeast game was the on- ly game he was able to participate in this year. 180 I VARSITY FOOTBALL superlative effort. Some of the players were harder on their efforts Danny Beach felt, we had a good season but we could have done better. We let the homecoming game against Largo get away from us when we had it won. Tim Malkiewicz, defensive linebacker expressed, we managed to do alright over all. We should have won all the games but our most disappoin- ting games were against Largo and Northeast. Players receiving honorable mention from Buck were Andy Blanchard, defense, Don Milton, tight end, Daryl Colvin, linebacker, Vic Crawfc defensive back, and Beasley, punter. Buck feels that the team do better next year becaus the strong sophomore junior classes. A factor for doing as well this season, : Coach Buck, was, they vv still young and inexperience EFFORTS TO NO AVAIL plagued the Patriots in the second half, during their game against Largo. ff? ERASERS ARE MADE FOR MISTAKES, but no eraser could take away Gulfs mistakes, that allowed Patriot Mark Mancuso to intercept a pass.