Valley High School - Patriot Yearbook (Turkey, TX)

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fllffh Wins . Valley Defecrts Arch Enemy rrpTo Austin rack Meet 40-6 at Nazareth Friday ,random Smith won L1 tri, .uestin by placing Zml in tlx. meters with Ll Llillt' o1'1l 'Z i W ' 7 ' lie Sprint ltcltxy t.-iz.. 'cd iith :raid lioiicve- . w .limi QJIIILCJ :itll iz: the slr.. Lrzimlon .lifllliltlllg ,f 16th in mln- Slflllt Truck it ltlllll lillflli. ISKANIJUN' Valley vs. Farwell kt interesting matchup, Far- 22-8, is a senior-dominated I led by Roy Pareles 117 ppgl. d Woods 415 PPD and Jody her-side Q12 ppgl, while Valley. is led by 20-point scorer Kirk and 6-2 Kirk lhrth. will lynx all Austin cn - ln what fans called a s cctacu . lar grime between twz good teams, the Valley Patriots and the Nazareth Swifts. Valley camo out vii-lor in their fourth game of the season on the Swifts' home field. In the first few minutes of play, Kirk Saul contacted with Matt llarrelt for I4 yards and il touchdown, and Scott Saul added the extra point with 7:49 remain- ing in the first period. Saul hit Barrett with a twcyyard pass for another TD and the kick failed at 3:24. The first period of play ended with Valley leading 13-0. Shortly into the second period, Eric Scoggins took the ball 42 yards for a TD and'wit.h 8:27 left in the Erst half Scott Saul made nur Valley Gridders imed to All-State Team r members of the Valley t football team have been ri to the Class 1A All State with Matt Barrett, 5-6 ound senior named to both ffensive and defensive first L 'rett caught 88 passes for yards and 22 touchdowns. L state marks for singlfesea- trwuchdowri pas--vs in a game with eight against Chillicothe. He Enished his vzueer with 5.070 yards, a state-record 82 touch- downs and 27 interceptions. He was the District 5-lA North CoPlayer of the Year, Globe News Offensive Player of the Yea.r, and South Plains Player of the Year. good on the extra point. This was all the scoring before halftime, when the score stood at 20-O as the whistle blew. Scoggins took off on an 18-yard sprint for a TD and Scott Saul kicked the extra point to open the third quarter. Nazareth's Birkenfeld took a l2-yard pass from Smucker for their only scoring of the evening. Saul hit Thomas Rodriquez with a 37-yard pass and Scott Saul added the extra point with 10:21 remaining in the game. ln the last period, Kirk Saul hit Ruiz with a 14-yard pass and the kick failed. This was the only scoring in the fourth quarter. The game score was 40-6 with the Patriots on top. The two teams have always had a good, but tough, rivalry. Those who saw the game report it was a good one. Statistically, the Patriots had 31 first downs to the Swifts' 13. In rushing, the Patriots gained 269 yards to 21 for the Swifts. The Patriots gained 578 total yards to the Swifts' 154. In passing, the Patriots made 309 to 133 with 41 pass attempts to 35, and 27 completed to 13. There was no pass intercepted in the game. The Patriots did not fumble and Nazareth lost the ball ardage, and is second e on the list for receptions. ished his career with 155 ions for 2,705 yards and 39 owns. addition to the record- ing wide receiver-second layer. Kirk Saul, 52 185 I senior quarterback, was ' to an offensive berth. Saul lley to a X2-l record and gional playoff round. lie eted 235 of 374 passes for yards and 54 touchdowns iust eight nits-ici-ptions in limes. l set the national recur-.i for -season touchdown passqs ran- remrris for single sea jarflaqr-, cmnplotimis anti downs. Saul had six more than 300 ag, invludlng 590 ganna x :irfls v14r'is LL llh1ll:'f2tl'lr'. l 'lvfl the s1'l ' vw Pri 'fr' 1 . ...v -. . . ISILVITRTON U T 12 lll ll - I2 N 2l 214 II -- I xcwvrf ' -. Vt arcs 13. Cvufiv ku Ht, 5, -,. i 1 Altlflft ll MYl'F'i lUr 4-fg..m ', ..- v f ,515 Ol. Val'rv lbll, 'RLLEY H. SOLVIIYOI I? 'Ill' 1-3 llllllll-jg wwxamdtr viltev. K Sllvilton GIG. bl, 1 -MS? name? to the Allstate' on fumbles twice. The Patriots Qflenslvf' nfs' tfiam were 'mlm punted twice to Na.zareth's four. land Freddie Ruiz, 57 140-pound The Patriots mme 29 yards on senior, and Guard Joe Silva, 59 179-pound junior. Ruiz caught ill passes for 580 yards and eight touchdowns. Silva, the only one of the All-State honorees returning next year, was one of .the hard-working linemen that help- ed give Saul time- enough to work his mafia' lhrwuyh the airways. Valley vs. Bronte THE GAME: Valley Patriots fll0l vs, punts and Nazareth made 88. The Patriots had 13 penalties in Valley quarterback t Associated Preu TURKEY, Texas - Kirk Saul of Valley High School threw three touchdown passes Friday night to tie the national record for the most touchdown passes for a high Bronte Longhorns H0-Ol, 730 tonight, Post. THE COACHES: Steve Adarns. Valley: f' -s ,ent Tutlt, Bronte. LAST WEEK: The Patriots 9ot 185 vards and three touchdown oasses from Kirk Saul, and 135 yards on I5 carries trom sophomore Brandon Smith in an easv 35-0 zone olavott win over Ros-toe Bronte. 6-lA chamnion. gosediotut a 100 season with a SA-27 win over Ober 06 PLAYERS T0 WATCH: Vallev has a bunch, Saul, Matt Barrett. Lane Myers. Freddie Ruiz and a Young line that has Dlaved bevond its Years. Also, running back Eric Scooqins returns after missing two Slames. Bronte relies on star Quarterback Stevhen Lee to get the rob done. Lee has Passed for more than LOW Yards and run tor more than 600. Leading the Bronte running attack is 5-9135-Pound Todd Brooks with 989 vards in six Qames and winoback Pete Puentel. KEYS T0 THE GAME: Eleven teams have tried and tailed lo stoc Valley this sea- son. Can Bronte do artv better? How do You stop a tum that averages about 100 Yards a game each rushing and passing? Try to school student in a season at 50. Valley, a consolidated rural which they lost 142 yards, and Nazareth was penalized eight times for 75 yards. Amari1lo's Alamo comes to Valley Friday night, and kickoff time is 8:00 o'clock. Students Compete In UIL Competition Valley High School Students participating in District U.I.L. competition in Matador last month were: Accounting - Derek Mullin, Billy Robison, Melissa Maupin Number Sense - Kirk Saul, Dana Jackson Spelling - Stacey Rothwell Ready Writing - Craig Setliff, Jeff Fuston, Robert Patrick Informative Speaking- Gary Brannon Music - Joe Morrison, Melissa Maupin, Gina Conner, Amy Maupin thos students winning at District and on to Regional competition are: Accounting - Melissa Maupin A i Number Sense - Kirk Saul Informative Speaking- Gary Brannon . Ready Writing - Robert Patrick hrows 50th TD pass school near Turkey, beat Roscoe 35-0 in a C188 A zone playoff game. Saul gets an opportunity to break the record when Valley plays Bronte in a bi-district game Friday night at Post. Sol Graves of Quachita Chris- tian High School in Monroe, la., set the record last Year. AUL V ll H' h School all-state football and basketball player pliliilieiiching tile iyegiogi in tennisl is the valedictorian. GARY BRAN- NON ianother good athletel is the s , ..Ax usual, Vetter had several Frl- day night htm! ll tht Patriots ran tholr record to Ht wltto 0 52-0 wln our Crowell. Quirtorhock KIRK SAUI. ralald his season total tor. touch- GOVIII DISK! to 1l.wlWt tive lllllllf HY: Wttdcltsi. Heco1n9tetld2!6tDNsustor310vardsand glgrghrg ...SQVHIUWQIDISS ant to li tor I5 Vlfn lvl time ?b1.,.ll ll! rounded out ValtOv's 58001 lthd- 7 carrioqtgr llttl yards. 'He District 6- l A First team: Renee Britram. Sr . ta lev. Mr-'l-.aw Matson. Sr. Lakeview, Caro' 4, ow' lr HL-dim '-leirsna Mounln, Jr.. va-Suv. suran-we Settle. Sr. .-wton: Cheryl Glover, Jr . Hn-dw-v Tormette M-ller, 511 Sion me bin wav. said Bronte coach Tutle. sr . snvenen. EFTUR mm: n Maw s Lui-ew IN TH U E: The wlnner ad- o um: ie ro r in r. -1 vi vancgg tg regigppt play ggaingt the -ginngr of Sandy Price. Jr., valley: Les. -2 Graham, Sr.. Lam- Balygsgnfgl view: Gina Mvers. Jr.. Silverton alutalormn. .. 'jvanev :Ami terback KIRK SAUL continues his assault on the state and national records tor touchdown Passes ln a season. Saul threw tlve more aaainst Motley County giving him I! for the season. He needs one more to tie the area mark, six more, to tie the state mlrk and I2 more to tic the nc- toonal record. He gomnteted ll ot lb Blues tor Ill Yard with no mterclntiom. lll In ttte tlrst hlll...Vallev wide receiver MATT BARRETT cauahl iust three DISSOS, but their were oood tor 95 Yardl. Two want for fouchhwtts. . .Thl Pltri- ots' ERIC SCOGGINS rushed uven tlma tor IOS Yards and a touchdown, and BRANDON SMITH canned three times tor I7 yards and Q touchdown. y 5' usage 5-I Q. v Ctardv. Vdtov: Md! Slvdt. be wld. Valley: 'Kali 0-l.9ulvll0U91. H060-