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

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Being geared to pass as equally as they run is a difference from other JV squads of the past SANTA FE TRAIL After dominating the first half but still trailing 6-O, Silver Lake opened the second half by kicking off to the Chargers, who returned it 90 yards for a touchdown. It was all Santa Fe after that, as they scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter. MONTE ELLIS sophomore scored the only touchdown of the evening. OSAGE CITY Bouncing back from the loss to San- ta Fe, the offense controlled the game by scoring 53 points. ELLIS led the scoring with four touchdown runs. STEVE BRADY junior scored the first touchdown pass of the sea- son with a 30-yard pass from SHEL- DON SAIA sophomore. TONY HOLISH sophomore was the leading tackler with I3 tackles. SAIA ROOKIE QLIARTERBACK -- 2OfSportsjJunior Varsity Football CU Lining up against the Bears, the Junior Varsity defense watches for the signal. iPhoto by ERIC DILLINGERJ Q23 SHELDON SAIA sophomore successfully pitches out on a sixbase option before being tackled. iPhoto by PAM SWARTZj 135 Waiting for the snap is MONTE ELLIS as the squad lines up for a punt. iPhoto by ERIC DILLINGERJ Q Y

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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

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ROSSVILLE This game was dominated by defen- sive play. STEVE BRADY junior was forced to play quarterback for the first time when SAIA became sick. BRADY engineered the only score, capping off the drive with a 4-yard touchdown run. JESS ADAMS soph- omore and MARK REAMER fresh- man each made key quarterback sacks to stop a Rossville scoring drive. JEFF WEST Lake scored the first touchdown, but Jeff West came back with two quick touchdowns. Silver Lake then came back with two touchdowns in the third quarter but was doomed by in- terceptions. West scored again in the fourth quarter. Lake tried to come back with less than two minutees lefty that was also stopped by an in- terception. ROYAL VALLEY Silver Lake scored 28 fourth-quarter points. The scoring again was led by ELLIS with three touchdowns, and GARY WORKMAN freshman added two long touchdown runs. MIKE RLIECK sophomore scored on a 9 yard pass. LOREN DEKAT freshman intercepted two passes and LONNIE SIDES freshman recovered a Panther fumble. This game put Lake above .500 with a 3-2 record. SL, 4 , OPP. 6 , Santa Fe' 'frail 38 535 L Osage, City, I 6' 1 43531 ' . L -.f. . . 243. 42ff?'q - . ROYQIWEIQYA I f0'f dia? y st. Mai-yay s I 18 f Perryj 70 QU As GARY WORKMAN freshman receives the ball from SHELDON SAIA sophomore, DA- VID KRLIGER and MARK REAMER freshmen block the defender as they execute a quick- toss sweep. iPhoto by TRACEY GRIGGSJ Q29 Along the sidelines DAVID KRLIGER fresh- man waits for his name to be called. iPhoto by DIANE DULTMEIERJ Sportsfdunior Varsity Footballf21