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

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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

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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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Front row M McCarthy. C. Allison. M. Travis. J Klingaman, H. Cao, S. Blackwell. B McGee. J. Wil¬ son. B. Colvin Row 2: M Esparza. D Lindholme. M Nelson. C. Ortiz. M Peterson. E Wistedt. A. McQueen. A Moreno. K. Soyke Row 3: P Roberts. J. Rasmussen. D White, C. Ellis. B Hallburg. K. Shrake. P Dean. J. Christianson. S. Vance Row 4 S. McCubbin. M Jones. K. Nolan. T. Spaulding. G. Guy. J Berry. J. DeYoung. R. Knanishu. D. Shannon Back Row Coach A. Gorgal. Mgr. P Collinson, P Hovomck. G. Hass. J. Allen. P Jackson. S. Terry. J. Snyder. Coach M Benson Football 29