Trinity High School - Trojan Yearbook (Euless, TX)

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H ol s leburne, 3-1 0. In quarteffl theiiie scented to be a special as he raflied the team to a i T3- . of score of the game as Senior Chris Coffey drove across from the three yard Senior Aaron as thefffrojans led the Yellow Jackets 7-0. From 32 yards out, Pete Larkins squeezed a field goal through. for the Yellow Jackets ele drawigigg. theifirst half to a-.close with Trin- ity leaking 7-3. i second with a thgteengplay drive led by quar- terback Spike Owen. The drive was climaxed by aitouchdown pass from Owen, to Tarver. The point after by Randall Lee was good, giving the Yel- for the first time in the game. This left thei'Trojans down by a score of 10-7. Withthe Tfrojans down by three points. Shoppa entered the game as quarterback. On a crucial fourth down and four. Shoppa ran 12 yards .behind greatsblocking for a first down at the Yellow Jacket 8 yard line. Three plays later Coffey ran his way across the goal line for the winning touchdown. Jolley's point after was no good. The Trojans then owned the ilead as the score read Trojans 13, Cleburne 10. The Trojan defense stopped a last minute drive by the Yellow Jackets and thus held on for the first wine of theiyear. A t Opener Spoils Perfect Record The Trinity Trojans lost their season opener to the Denison Yellow Jackets by a score of 18-7. The Jackets won the toss and elected to receive the ball. After receiving the kickoff. the Jackets on the fourth play of the game scored on a 37-yard scamper by halfback Gary Clark. The point after by Jared Moore was no good. With l0:O8 remaining in the quarter. Denison led 6-0. Led by senior quarterback Bernie Blaschke. the Trojans drove inside the Yellow Jacket 30 yardline. but were unable to score. The Jackets then marched 80 yards in 12 plays with the touchdown coming on a 19-yard pass from Blankenship to Clay Burden. The point after by Moore was no good. leaving the score Denison I2 and Trinity 0. The only Trojan touchdown was set up by the Trojan defense with 22 sec- onds left in the first half. Senior line- backer Nfarty Stover intercepted a pass from Yellow Jacket quarterback Randy Blankenship. As the Trojan offense took over. senior Chris Coffey ran across for a touchdown from the one yard line. This was the only time the Trojans scored during the game. As the half ended. the Yellow Jackets were leading the Trojans l2-7. During the third quarter, the Jackets put the game out of reach on a pass from Louis Polk to Burden which scored for the Jackets. The try for two points was stopped by the strong Tro- jan defense.

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eason Spotlights Seniors The varsity football team contained thirty-seven seniors all of whom put forth a tough effort to accomplish a season of victory. Although a 4-5-l record is not astounding, the seniors can take pride in the fact that they put forth their best try dur- ing their last year at Trinity. Each player was here to enjoy the district championship their junior year and that, in Trinity's eyes, was a very honorable feat. To have done it again in '77 would have been great, but evi- dently it was not meant to be. However, just winning is not what the sport is aboutg football is a game of endurance, strat- egy, and talent - what it's about is playing the game not win- ning it. Trinity is proud of the senior team membersg they are truly an unforgettable group. tsit ,nf H ' .Num 'H ,ff i' FRONT R O W : Josh Matthews, David Proctor, Dwayne Thrasher. SECOND ROW: Mark Stranglin, Tommy Tine, Charlie Smith, Jodey Kuykendall, Sto- ney Odell, Scott McWilliams, David Ebert, Tom Hill, Leroy Neal, Sneed Kaker. THIRD ROW: Ronnie Fairless, Ricky Fuller, Dwayne Enox, Mike Baab, Greg Hill, Scott Hickfang. FOURTH ROW: Glenn Hibler, Marty Sto- 68 X TRIUNE 15 Q Q. , an ver, David Reddell, Ed Caygle, Aaron Jolley, Ken Lizak, Mike Rich, Tom Jarzynka, Craig Whitney. BACK ROW: Gary Bohannon, Wayne Lusk, Randy Jones, Chris Coffey, Eric Ritenour, Brian Nolen, Bernie Blaschke, Gordon Andrews, Kim Glass.

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Trojans Bring Record T0 2 And 2 The six turnovers by the Trinity Trojans were very crucial as the R. L. Turner Lions took advantage and scored 25 points while holding the Trojans to only 13 points. After possessing the ball twice with dry scoring drives, the Trojans fumbled at their own 10-yard line. This fumble set up the first touchdown of the game. Lion quarterback Steve Stamp went across for two points on the conversion making the score Turner 8. Trinity O. Another turnover on the Trojan 25-yard line led to another score by the Lions. The point after was good. The first Trojan score of the game came on a 20-yard pass from junior quarter- back Chris Shoppa to Bernie Blaschke for a touchdown. As the Trojans went for two points, they were stopped short of the drive. This left the first quarter score at Lions 15, Trojans 6. As the first half drew to a close, the Lions scored on a field goal attempt. A tired Trojan team went to the locker rooms, with the scoreboard reading 18-6. Midway through the third quarter the Trojans got their second and final score of the game. Senior Aaron Jolley's kick was good and the Trojans narrowed the lead to l9-13. The Trinity Trojans saw the Lions score one more time to leave the final score R. L. Turner 25, Trinity 13. i l I i Proving themselves during pre-district play, the Trojan defense attempts to bring down a Bowie Volunteer running back. 70 X TRIUNE The Trojan team suffered many injury losses during the season. One such injury left Senior Mike Rich, a right tackle for the defense, incapacitated for the rest of the season.