Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Varsity L to R Front Row: C. Klingaman, P.J. Lin- gard. T. Cole. T Piehl. C. Hickman. Z. Maurus. V. Sheard. P. Siegert. M. Taylor. Second Row: J. Ni¬ choles. D. Vesey. B. Church. S. Hein. L. Goodwin. A. Campbell. S Murphy. R. Carroll. Third Row V McCullough. C. McGee. F. Walker. C. Flucas. G. Burton. P Williams. D. Williams. M. Sterns. D. Fors- lund. Fourth Row. S. Lee. M. Jackson. M Hutton. F. Oelschlaeger. S. Shaw. B. Loveless. T. Williams. R Jackson. Fifth Row: C Pool. T. Peterson. B. John¬ son. M Miles. T. Gibbons. D. McMillm. P. Hartman. B Lee. Sixth Row: J. Grandberry. M Mack. R. Fos¬ ter. M Teague. G. Staley. W Bramgan. C. Leigh. T. McGee. Back Row. F. Kunst. M Moon. J. Brown, J. O’Donnell. D. McGuire. W Cabel. B. Burrus. Studying the offensive line. Ray Jackson looks for a hole to break up field. Football 27

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Misleading year It is easy for one to be misled when looking at the Rocks ' varsity football record this past season. The Islander ' s were 3-6 overall, and posted a dismal 1-4 Western Big Six record. However, they did not play as badly as their record might indicate. Of Rocky ' s six defeats, five were decided by a touchdown or less. Give or take a few bad breaks, and their record might have been reversed. Tom Piehl was the team ' s rushing leader with 663 yards. Junior quarterback Fontaine Walker had a brilliant season, completing 29 of 45 passes for 322 yards and an average of 11.1 yards per completion. The defense played superbly. Fred Oelschlaeger had 50 tackles, and teammate Chester Hickman was just behind him with 48. Shawn Leigh led the squad with seven quarterback sacks. With several inexperienced juniors playing regularly, the Islanders somewhat cracked under pressure. Next year, however, those juniors will become experienced seniors. Several brilliant sophomores will be at the varsity level, and perhaps Rocky will get a few breaks and have an outstanding year. Tom Piehl finds himself side stepping a lone defend¬ er Doug Williams looks to pounce on a loose pigskin. 26 Football

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Rough season Getting the jump on the other teams helps Rocky stay ahead. The Rocky freshman football squad endured a rough season, as they were winless in seven co ntests. However, the Rocks had several fine individual players. Mike Esparza led the team in rushing with 211 yards. Quarterback Tony Spaulding passed for 385 yards while completing nearly 50 percent of his passes. On defense, Joe Allen led in tackles with 49, and punter Chris Allison averaged 38 yards on his nine kicks. Meanwhile, the sophomores struggled to a 4-5 season, but were 3-2 in Western Big Six play. Their biggest highlight came when Tony Teague returned a kickoff for a touchdown against Springfield Griffin. Offensively, quarterback Mickey Borcherding threw for 654 yards. Jamie Williams led all rushers with 724 yards and averaged almost eight yards a carry. Don White shined on defense with four interceptions. Joe Lawrence recovered six fumbles, and Chris Quinones led the sophomores in tackles with 56. —ss:—c Giving the runner help shows how the Rocks worked as a team. Front row; R Burrell. J. Williams. T. Hovinga, M Snyder. T. Smith. E. Schwertley. R Walme. B Al¬ dridge. V Ma. Row two : K. Loveless. U. Yuenyoung. P Kernan. C Quinones. P. O ' Brien. J. Park. M King. J McReynolds. Row three R Hendrickson. S Hergert. D Pease. A Verser. M Borcherding. J. Lawrence. E. Sarno. G. Scalf. Row four. T Peterson. K McGee. M Bradford. C. Wilson. M Morrison. B DeBrobander. J. Pickett 28 Football