Springbrook High School - Trident Yearbook (Silver Spring, MD)

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Cross Country With the return of only two varsity lettermen, Spring- -1 - brook's cross country team seemed doomed to a poor sea- son, but with the fine coaching ability of Mr. Browne, the VARSITY RECORD harriers fought their way to a passing record. Mr. Browne Springbrook Opponents came to Springbrook this year from B-CC and faced this 44 B-CC 17 handicap squarely by whipping the new boys into shape 43 Wheqfoh 18 for the first meet. Dgmgsgug 67 ln the first meet with B-CC, Springbrook appeared to be 49 High Point 26 destined to defeat at the hands of the mighty Barons. Whitman 46 I 57 Good Counsel 20 R.M.H.S. 57 82 Wheaton 24 B-CC 3l 21 Carroll 34 34 R.M.H.S. 35 Einstein 53 Although they were plagued with injuries and illnesses, the Blue Devils managed to keep pace with the Barons as Pat Guccione placed 4th. The varsity had trouble again holding its own in a triangular meet with Damascus and Wheaton. Subject to the same difficulties, the harriers were put down by Whitman and B-CC in the next meet at home. On the climb, the Big Blue edged out Richard Montgomery in a triple meet at Good Counsel. At Wheaton, Springbrook varsity suf- fered its worst defeat of the season to Wheaton and B-CC. Springbrook harriers await their turn to run. First Row: R. Mason, E. Newbill, F. Nugent, B. Pamplin, P. Guc- Row: J. Welsh, D. Deryder, J. Hanson, B. Rosen, D. Edwards, cione, N. Thompson, D. Williams, B. Joiner, J. Compton, T. Habib, K. Webb, S. Chick, N. Munson, R. Currey Fourth Row: N. Pantazis, R. Stewart Second Row: J. Schopemeyer, C. Horton, B. Culver, R. F. White. Williams, J. Morrissette, J. Chaconas, R. Rosano, C. Dickson Third l46

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,During these three games the offense racked up some rather im- As the line keeps out the opposing blitz, Clark Martin cocks his arm for the long bomb. ln the junior varsity's next game against B-CC, the Devils ap- peared to have had butter on their fingers as they fumbled their way to defeat. From there, however, the junior varsity embarked i on a three game winning streak beating Walter Johnson, Sher- wood, and Kennedy by scores of 6-O, 31-6, and 38-6 respectively. pressive statistics. Clark Martin's fantastic 52 yard touchdown pass led Springbrook on to victory over Walter Johnson. . . . .. . . . , . A Baby Blue Devil goes for a take down tackle x I ji ' XZ' , ., X. 1' F3 rv ' . V x ' if . , . N ,, 'Ct - A X , 1. 4 i . 5 , . , r V - . U ..y, .I SClUOSl'1l The JV's size up their opponents just before the action. On October 15, the Blue Devils released a tre- mendous offense against Sherwood which accounted for 25 points in the second half, enabling them to continue their winning streak. Springbrook out- gained Kennedy on October 21 with impressive sta- tistics of 413 to 177 in total yards gained and 359 to 89 in rushing yardage. ln the final two games, however, the Baby Blue cooled off and lost to North- wood, 27-13, and to Blair, 31-14. The bigger they are the harder they fall. 145 X .

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5 Soy, Rob, who was that girl back there? X..J ' A A ' S k . 3. 'K - KA K K 1:2 Coach Browne 8. Jean Silliman watch as the team starts the course. Oh, how we love to travel through the woods! E Co-captains-Randy Mason and Bill Pamplin. l47 E ..and they're off. '