Sandalwood High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Jacksonville, FL)

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The Spirif Sears CommiTTmenT dedicaTion and skull are necessary To The developmenT oT a Team AThleTes musT give oT Themselves an many ways To The sporTs In which They parTncupaTe They musT go To bed early resTracT many acTnvnTues prlor To The game and pracTuce long Tedlous hours Tor The perTecTlon of Their sporT These and oTher demands musT be meT In order To be successTul lnduvnduals make up The Team and The broTherhood experlenced on and oTT The ns characTerasTlc oT our SalnTs Under The leadership oT a coach The Individual becomes a Team CollecTlvely goals are reached and The splrnT soars The loy In winning IS only superceded by The collecTuve eTTorT oT all and The saTlsTacTlon ThaT we ve done our besT courT, Track, and pool,

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The l976 fighfing Sainfs proved fo be fhe mosf excifing edifion of a foofball feam fhaf Sandalwood has ever fielded. The Sainfs played .500 ball, finishing wifh a 5-5 win-loss record. Led by a ferocious ball-hawking defense and a spirifed offense, fhe Sainfs almosf pulled off an upsef in fheir opening confesf againsf power- ful Wolfson, rafed No. I. lf was I4-7, Wolfpack's favor going info fhe 4fh quarfer, buf foo many fumbles made fhe final score 27-7. Nexf came fhe always fough Flefcher Senafors and if was a musf game for bofh feams. The Sainfs played an almosf perfecf game, win- ning I4-3. Undefeafed, unsfoppable Jackson came nexf, Jackson scoring 45 poinfs a game. The Junkyard Dogs defense shuf fhe Tigers down and fhe Sainfs had vicfory number fwo by a remarkable score of 7-6. The fourfh game of fhe season was againsf Lake Cify. The Sainfs faced fhem in fhe unfriendly Tiger sfadiurn. The Sainfs had an off nighf and Lake Cify blanked fhe Sainfs, l4-O. The Paxon Eagles, who had only losf once, came fo face Sandalwood in a game played in windy weafher. In a fough defensive baffle, fhe Sainfs produced a lafe field goal fo win lO-7. The biggesf rivalry of fhe year fol- lowed. Terry Parker, winless and sfruggling, was fired up and played fhe Sainfs fo a O-O fie in regulafion. ln fhe mosf excifing overfime finish seen in high school foofball in many years, fhe Sainfs pulled ouf vicfory number 4, I4-I3. Raines' big, 'rough Vikings invifed Sandalwood over for fheir homecom- ing in game number 7. The Sainfs playing in cold weafher, never gof warmed up as Raines prevailed, I8-O. I976 Homecoming, a game fhaf Sandalwood's previous feams had never won, looked fhaf way again as undefeafed ranked Lee came fo play. ln a game fhaf was super excifing, fhe underdog Sainfs pulled off fhe upsef of fhe year by knocking fhe Generals off fheir unbeafen frack, 48 f Varsify Foofball