Sandalwood High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Jacksonville, FL)

Page 53 text:

mar I3-12. All good Things musT come To an end. and Englewoodls Rams Toolc on an iniured SainTs Team in 45 mph winds. A laTe driye and a missed Tield goal preserved The Rams shocking 7' 6vicTory. ln The season Tinale. l:orresT. TighT- ing Tor a playoTT berTh. Toolq on The SainTs, sTill TighTing Tor a winning sea- lT was a remarkably up and down I iff fl T ' ii 'ii X V iiii son. The Rebels proved Too powerTul 'AX ssr s--- fr' T , Tor Sandalwood. blanldng The SainTs. li . ...i - N . .., W' 2 I -O To end The season A I ' ' ' N -.5 - 3 '- PM T QI' season Tor The SainTs. winning The big IRT g J 1 Q P 'g Q by ' P ones and losing some They should y M Q Q have won. All in all. iT was a greaT - V N s ,.,.. ss,s ,,: , A 4 I W. 1 year. and Sandalwoodls SainTs earned a greaT deal oT respecT Trom oTher Teams in The area as They con- ,s.K Tinue To build a Tough. winning Tradi- ivy- N- 'lIOI'1. a T fl 'S Twinn- X x xww-dv'illHf-wa, , ' 2 l. SainT's oTTense rearing To go Tor iT. 2. Umphl lTls abouT a 40 yarder. 3. Ira and Danny on The prowl. 4. All This iusT To play a Triendly game oT TooTball? 5. A Tlying saucer? No. dummy. iT's a TooTballl 6. 'Junkyard Dogs! in Tor The Tackle. 7. l-luddling up beTore The game. Bias VarsiTy l:ooTbalT 49

Page 52 text:

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

Page 54 text:

,M - A Wham.. .f ::!':w:i::-ki. ' U 501 Varsify Foofbafl f XJE, Sw Q52