Sandia High School - Crest Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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end football wwf TEX sea Mt W 5-3-1 mark CY Vw t kr -waded WSW Although tying Manzano for second place in the District 2AA football stand- ings, the Matadors disappointed pre- season predictions of a district first. The Highland Hornets won the District 2AA playoffs, only to be beaten by Hobbs in a state semi-final contest. Capturing their fourth consecutive title, Artesia rolled over Hobbs 21-8 in the state final. Opening the season with losses to El Paso Burges and Albuquerque High, respectively, the gridders scratched out a 13-8 victory over Del Norte in the third game. One week later, the Big Blue fought to a 0-0 stand-off against the Manzano Monarchs. The game was given to Manzano on penetrations. Squeezing out a 6-0 victory over Rio Grande in the third quarter, Sandia then moved into third place in District 2AA standings with a 2-1-1 record. Finally showing some offensive ability, the Matadors kept themselves in con- tention for the district title by toppling Valley 30-14. On Halloween night, the Scarlet and Blue were spooked by a revenge- minded Highland Hornet squad by a 34-0 margin. In the two previous en- counters, underdog Sandia had deflated the Hornets' title hopes with upsets of 10-7 and 23-12, respectively. Rebounding from the previous week's loss, the pigskin squad polished off Santa Fe 40-20 in a non-district contest. In the last game of the season and the Homecoming contest, the Matadors salvaged a second place tie with Manzano in District 2AA with a con- vincing 20-6 victory over West Mesa. For the first time city coaches had picked defending district champion Sandia to finish on top of District 2AA, despite the Big Blue's lack of size. In the two previous seasons, strong Matador teams had been overlooked as favorites. far, upper, left: Don Harvey strains to receive the ball for a 30 yard gain against Albuquerque High. upper, left: Crossing the goal line to put Sandia ahead 20-6, Greg DuBrock scores in the traditional Homecoming game. above: Members of the varsity football team are John Bynum, Mike Winburn, Jerry Easterly, J. Blue, Kevin Perdue, Randall Montoya, Marty Watts, Greg Sorley, Mark Gallegos, Robert Webb, Gary Peterson: second row: Steve Roche, Greg DuBrock, Steve Berch, Chuck Vaughn, Wayne Winston, Gary Gonzales, Randy Archer, Mike Gon- zales, Curt Hull, Steve Evans, Gary Gilbertp third row: David Vaughn, Randy Hom, Robert Dooley, Jeff Watterburg, Miguel Gomez, Brad Peterson, Kenny Williams, Steve Lynn, Jon White, David Oliver, Fred Ricker, fourth row: Ed Neidel, Doug Braye, Lynn Hulse, Robert Santisteven, Brent Case, Denny Rogers, Don Harvey, Steve loy, Mike Gardi- ner, fifth row: Clarence Catanach, mgr., Clarence Sampson, mgr., Mike Delollis, mgr., Pat Buck, John Thorpe, Mike Livermore, Steve Gallea. left: .lunior end, Bob Dooley, dives for a long bomb in the September battle with El Paso Burges. Athletics 197

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