Umatilla High School - Viking Saga Yearbook (Umatilla, OR)

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I II is what football is all about, and the 1987 football season was filled with exactly that. The Vikings fought to the state playoffs with a 7-1 conference record. Seniors who led their team to state were Doug Ba- ker, Cruz Garcia, Rick Gerard, Duke Langley, Tim Patterson, Jim Schell, Chris Stone, and Matt Thompson. Together, with their team and coaches, they made an action-packed season that no one will soon forget. At right, Brian Sheller stops Wahtonka ball carrier at the 42 yard line on third down. Below, Ffunningback Chris Stone melts a wall of opposition dur- ing first quarter action against Wah- tonka. tf ,,.,h 5?5a'?f5jif55fffElff:iTf4ififffffi sttff ,'f' I ik-5Tflf:,' ' 'ii t f lya, , ' stly . , 7 S tf,,i tteif T I , lltss s ftt of tiit ' 1 ' r T iiie TT ,,,c T ,,,, T T - .,,, V 't,r . 5 1 i t t T-, sl, 7 l ssr Ttts TTTT lts, lltt ltsl, S S ,itisT T , tT,, f 7 'hi' t l l,TtT C srss titc TTTT W ' T , ,,,, , 1 SVZSV ' 15 ' l ,, i , ,,,, ,,,. 3 TT., J JJ V ' 4' 1 1 'lf W , ,.., ,,l for Vkh i riryy ri 1 4. I LVV,L 4 1? 3 if tty. . ' Tf'- ' TVTT. ' 51' , ' 4 Vffl Q ii'T Q V 1'. f,qffYS7'f ,-,'Sf 5SfSffQ ,,.-' J ,,t,,' i'.f ' 1 ff fgftvig ,,,,, ttey K rrrr Varsity Scoreboard Jlvscoreboard Umatilla 12 Sherman County 6 Umatilla 18 Weston McEwen 32 tljmatlua 43 glasses County 43 Umatma O Riverside 12 mal a e a es . . , , Umatilla 50 Stanfleld 0 Umatilla 12 Stanhem lg Umatilla Win Stanfield Forfeit 'dmalgna lg gahgggra 2 Umatilla 26 Heppner 0 ma ' 3 ep Umatilla 22 Pilot Rock 41 :mana is ,iftxszzl T2 0 13 mal a lve l Umatilla 12 Weston McEwen 7

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The worst moment was the very first play of the game against Enterprise. We were sacked for a three yard loss on a power play and they blew by our first team alI-confer- ence guard. Coach V. 1 E 5.5552 x- xii-3 r -egg. l gtg? wifi is First row: Cheryl Richardson, Brian Sheller, Tom Surber, Loren Pursifull, Dain Gardner, Cruz Garcia, Mike Leonard, Jason Bowman, Doug Surber, Luigi Brannan, Traci Sunday. Second row: Bonnie Calkins, Rick Patterson, Lark Pursifull, Doug Baker, Lance Warr, Gilbert Martinez, Adan Perez, Duke Langley, Matt lveson, Mike Nelson, Holli Proctor. Third row: Coach Tony Villavueva, Kris Wainwright, Bill Surber, Cody Cleaver, Travis Turner, Rod Tarter, Chris Stone, Dan Atilano, Kevin Hayes, Jim Schell, Mike Schell. Fourth row: Coach Bill Dale, Matt Thomp- son, Tim Patterson, Rob Turner, Don Swart, Rick Gerard, Marcus Mott, Dan Brannan, Matt Cleaver, Hoot Mesteth, Coach Dave Green.

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Fullback Rod Tarter stepped off to a fifteen yard gain against the Wahtonka Eagles. I'm gonna die! l'm sure that's how most of the team felt our first morning of daily dou- bles. We were required to run ten 24O's. A 240 was to run from one goalpost to the other and back, a total of 240 yards. That wouldn't be bad, but you had only 45 seconds to do it in. After my fourth one l was ready to die. Luckily, I wasn't the only one, the whole team felt the same way. Chris Stone. Above- No pain, no gain: During the hot summer practices, the team received their very own definition of hard work pays off. Left- Rick Gerard catches a touchdown pass to put the Vikings in the lead against the Wahtonka Eagles. 73