Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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Silver Lake back again, but this time for the champion's title OSAGE CITY By throwing five touchdown passes, BRUCE FERGUSON senior led the offense in setting a school record dur- ing the district play-off game against the Osage City Indians. FERGUSON completed 14 of 19 passes for 260 yards. One of these passes was to junior DERON JOHNSONQ this was the longest touchdown pass of the season. CLINT WICHMAN senior rushed 113 yards on ten carries with two touchdowns. The defense held Osage scoreless for the second time this season by intercepting five Osage passes. ROY HOUSH senior knocked down three passes and sacked the quarterback once during the district game against Osage City. WELLSVILLE The quality of this game was marred by turnovers by Lake's of- fense which caused the defense to have to play too long, according to HAMILTON. Trailing 6-7 at half, Lake took the second half kickoff and marched down the field before fum- bling to Wellsville on the 25 yard line. Silver Lake fumbled later, leaving Wellsville with the ball on Lake's 30 yard line. Wellsville made little gain on both possesions and was forced to punt. BRUCE FERGUSON senior ran 27 yards for the touchdown. FERGU- SON passed to junior DERON JOHN- SON in the end zone to make the score 14-7. Wellsville scored with 2:12 left in the game. JOHNSON knocked down the pass for a final of 14-13. 7 7 THE FANS HELPED US WIN IT ' COACH C.J. HAMILTON 115 During the state football game which was held at Chuck Logan Field, BRUCE FERGU- SON 1225 senior gives Silver Lake a two touch- down lead against the Hoxie Indians while his teammates, SHANON SAlA1305, ROY HOUSH 1655, and JERRY KRUGER 1145 seniors and junior DERON JOHNSON 1255, cheer in the backfield. 1Photo by Brent Photography5 125 As the referees signal a touchdown, Silver Lake players TODD HERRINGTON 1545 and ROY HOUSH 1655 seniors and junior DAVID BRENT 1755 celebrate for the touchdown that gives them the lead in the sub-state play-off game at Neodesha while seniors MIKE MCDANIEL 1625 and SHANON SAIA 1305 and ,ij 21 F ,,,,,,,MvfBiw: -'K'f1i'f :, 'i 'F V -i'fy..,,,, sw it ' junior KURT LUDWICK 1505 run back to the H . ,,. WWW sidelines. 1Photo by DIANE DULTMEIER5 18fSportsfVarsity Football ,AQ I-. f..av-Aw fa ' but

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WABAUNSEE This game marked the beginning of the District Playoffs. On the open- ing kickoff, BRUCE FERGUSON sen- ior got the ball and ran 93 yards for a touchdown. From this point on, the Eagles' offense stole the show and scored all but three times they had the ball. The team's passing attack and defense performances were in- strumental in the victory of this im- portant game. ST. MARYS This was game number two of the District Playoffs. The defense played extremely well, led by BOBBY PFAN- NENSTIEL junior and JAY SIMS sen- ior. The defense held the Bears to 68 yards of total offense. GARY WORK- MAN freshman and SIMS each re- covered a fumble, and DERON JOHNSON junior intercepted two passes. ROY HOUSH senior had four touchdown blocks. ROSSVILLE This was the third and final game of the District Playoffs. Rossville and Silver Lake were both undefeated in District play, and the winner would advance on the playoffs. On the opening play, CLINT WICHMAN sen- ior took the pitch from BRUCE FER- GUSON senior and, behind the blocks, raced 79 yards for the touch- down. This was the longest touch- down run of the season. Wabaunsee St. Marys Rossville fly Running the ball is junior DERON JOHNSON 1255, while senior JERRY KRUGER U43 follows to help. L23 The Eagles get psyched for victory. C33 The Eagle defense proves well against Rossville. QAII Photos by Brent Photographyj SportsfVarsity Footballfl7

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NEODESHA The sub-state game against Neode- sha was a game where defense was the highlight. Lake scored two early touchdowns, one on a five yard run by junior BOBBY PFANNENSTEIL and the other on a five yard run by senior BRUCE FERGUSON. Neode- sha threatened in the third quarter, but to no avail. Faced with a fourth and one for a touchdown, seniors MIKE MCDANIEL and SHANON SAIA and PFANNENSTEIL stuffed the quarterback when he tried to sneak over. Neodesha scored late in the fourth quarter making the score 14-12. They tried for the two pointer, but senior JERRY KRUGER blocked the pass that would have tied the score. HOXIE ln the state finals, the Eagle's de- fense played a major role in becom- ing the 3A State Champs. Lake took the opening kickoff of the game and drove 74 yards for the touchdown. Senior CLIFF LEIKER picked up a Hoxie fumble and dashed 32 yards before being tripped on the Hoxie third yard line. Two plays later, sen- ior SCOTT SPIKER took the ball in from the second yard line behind the blocks of seniors MIKE MCDANIEL and ROY HOUSH and junior KURT LUDWICK. This made the score 13-0. Silver Lake led the game at halftime, 13-3. The third quarter was a defen- sive struggle, but Lake gave Hoxie a big break when fumbling the ball on the second yard line. Hoxie scored later, but HOUSH blocked the extra point, leaving the score 13-9. The game breaker came with 5:50 left to play when senior SHANON SAIA picked up a Hoxie pass and raced nine yards in for the touchdown, Lake missed the extra point, and the score was 19-9. The Eagle's defense held off the Hoxie offense by inter- cepting two passes in the next five minutes. The final interception, made by senior ERIC DILLINGER, set up the final score of the champion- ship game when FERGUSON scoot- ed 20 yards with 22 seconds left in the game. The Silver Lake Eagles be- came the new 3A State Champions of 1981! Q15 In the first play of the State game, seniors SHANON SAIA 4303 and ROY HOUSH and ju- nior BOBBY PFANNENSTEIL tackle the ball carrier for Hoxie. iPhoto by Brent Phtotgraphyl Q25 Fighting off their blockers, juniors DAVID BRENT and BOBBY PFANNENSTEIL pursue the Hoxie quarterback at the State game. iPhoto by Brent Photographyl Q33 Front Row: Managers Jim Armstrong and Juergen Massey, Mike Jacobs, Gary Work- man, Scott Bailey, Kirby Vincent, David Kurger, Loren Dekat, Billy Waldmann, Manag- ers Steve Brown and Kasey Kirkwood. 2nd Row: Sheldon Sala, Tony Housh, Monte Ellis, Art Thomas, Jess Adams, Daron Howard, Greg Abbott, Mike Reuck, Lonnie Sides, Mark Reamer. 3rd Row: Coach Mr, Jim Lindstrom, Jay Christman, Tony Leiker, Steve Brady, Bobby Pfannensteil, Deron Johnson, David Brent, Brent Lilley, Kurt Ludwick, Michael Es- calante, Asst. Coach Loren Ziegler, Coach C.J, Hamilton. Back Row: Mike McDaniel, Cliff Leiker, Roy Housh, Shanon Saia, Bruce Fergu- son, Jerry Kruger, Todd Herrington, Jay Sims, Scott Spiker, Eric Dillinger. iPhoto by Brent Photographyj SportsfVarsity Footballj19