Ulysses S Grant High School - Shield Yearbook (Van Nuys, CA)

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GRANT HIGH VARSITY FOOTBALL Grant High's l96l football season can be best des- cribed with two words-bad luck. The team won three times and lost five, but the record could easily have been six and two. This year, Grant had an excellent line. The group was headed by All-Valley guard Ed Milmeister, outstanding tackle and captain, Paul Craig, and iunior Steve Collins, left tackle. A leading back was Tom Aungst, a shifty halfback with a sprinter's speed. The season started as the Lancers dropped a non- league encounter to Granada Hills, I2 to 0. The game was marked by Grant's inability to score and defensive difficulty. The season's high point was reached when Grant defeated North Hollywood, I2 to 6, in a game that was decided in the last 30 seconds. The Lancers moved the ball well all evening, with Mike Campbell scoring both touchdowns. Grant then lost two straight, to Monroe, I4 to 0, and to San Fernando, 40 to 12. The first was decided by fumbles, the second by the inability of the Lancers to cope with the blazing speed of the Tiger backs. Offensive fumbles again hurt the team. Two 50 yard touchdown passes from Q.B. Flip Knox to Aungst were the only points for Grant. Next came a 40 to 6 rout of Sylmar. Craig made a touchdown on a tackle-eligible pass and the second half saw the successful debut of tenth grade Q.B. Bob Long. The Van Nuys game was typical of the season. The Grant line completely annihilated the Wolf line, but at game's end the scoreboard read 26 to 7, Van Nuys. Two fumbles on kickoffs and three interceptions turned Van Nuys marches into four quick scores. The Crespi Carmelite game was won 6 to 0 by the Lancers, in the last minute of play. Poly defeated Grant 31 to 0 in the season's finale but the half-time activity was fabulous!

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.A uv, f ff. sr . if ,Q f ,X-gi I fy, LW 7. A.-, FIRST ROW, L. to R.: Frank Kornblatt, Bixler, Darryl Raine, Terry Stukes, Brooks Kennessey, Larry Dobbie, Richard Watson, John losue, Dave Day, Roy Tucker, Chuck Parkinson, Al Plotkins. SECOND ROW, L. to R.: Mike Nathan, Mgr., Thor Sundby, Rob Walker, Jeff Pentland, Ron McMackin, Steve Wayda, Herb Stein, John Ulmer, Steve Josse, Bob Newman, Benny Samuels, Frank Morino, John Honea. THIRD ROW, L. to R.: Mike Rankin, Mgr., Bob Stevens, Jerry Fee, Steve Platt, Bob Monico, Carl Zitkovich, Richard Kurchin, Gary Neighbor, Pat Spivey, Ed Lackey, Lyn Ringuelte, Jim Utz. FOURTH ROW, L. to R.: Eric Lang, Mgr., Steve Lieberman, Bill Harper, Jerry Mantonya, Larry Brown, Myron Greenberg, Jim Campbell, AI Altagen, Gary Riesen, Ken King, Mike Characky, Coach Matula, Coach Gordon. HB FOOTBALL l96l could possibly be rated the most successul season for the Grant Bee Football team. A 3-5 record is not typical of a good season, but despite the loses, all the games were close. The first game was a non-league one with Granada Hills which Grant lost, l2 to 7. Rich Klein scored Grant's only touchdown. The first league game was lost to North Hollywood, 7 to O, in spite of superior play on both offense and defense. The offensive line, led by Carl Zitkovich and Ken King, provided excellent blocking for Grant backs. How- ever, bad breaks set up North Hollywood's winning touch- down. Grant won its first league victory by upsetting the highly-rated Monroe squad. Excellent running by fullback and team captain Dave Day helped set up the only touch- down, a pass from Jeff Pentland to Myron Greenberg. The Grant Bee's drew their second league defeat, l9 to O, from a big, fast, and hard-charging San Fernando team. Despite long passes from Jeff Pentland to Bennie Samuel, the Tiger defense held Grant to no score. Grant's second league victory came by defeating Sylmar, 20 to 0. Fine offensive blocking accounted for the success of the running game. Good gains by halfback Ron McMackin and fullback Dave Day drove to the goal line on three occasions. The Bee gridders met league champs Van Nuys in a disappointing 25 to 6 defeat. Grant's only touchdown was a long pass from Jeff Pentland to Bennie Samuel. An afternoon contest with the Crespi-Carmelite JV squad produced the Bee's third shutout and victory, 20 to O. Grant scored the first touchdown on a short pass at the end of the first half and came back in the second half with two long touchdown runs. Perhaps the most exciting and closest game of the season ended in defeat when the Lancers lost to the Poly Parrots, l2 to 7. Hard tackling and good offensive line play paved the way for Grant's only score, a one yard plunge by Brooks Kenessey.