Warwick High School - Warwick Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Plunging through the Kecoughtan de- fense line Freddie Boddie swerves to av- oid an opposing player. Q. Are there any differ- ences between playing Junior Varsity and Varsity football? A. J.V. is more for the fun of it. There ' s more pressure in Varsity. — Ken Stiles Q. Which game was the most important? A. Denbigh, if we ' d lost that it would ' ve blown our chances to have a winning season. It showed that we still had some win in us. — Mickey Spady Q. A fight occurred at the Bethel game. What are your feelings on this? A. After that game I really felt like quitting ' cause I was ashamed to say that I was a member of the football team. How ' re people going to look up to a street gang? — Ken Stiles Sporting a record of 3-6-1 the varsity football players cited weak student support, numerous injuries and inex- perience as handicaps. Q. Is there enough student support behind the team? A. Everybody thinks it ' s a big deal when we win. — Jimmy Koutris A. People won ' t get behind the school, they just criticize it . . . even the band . . . sometimes we feel like mak- ing them eat their instruments. — Mickey Spady Q. What are the team ' s weak areas? A. Weak support, even the refs are against us — espe- cially Macklin . . . the films show it. — Ken Stiles Q. Is the team working to- gether or for themselves? A. Some of us are just on the team. — Wayne Hunt A. There ' s team effort — a certain f ew who stick together. US THEM 6 Kecoughtan 0 0 Menchville 7 12 York 13 6 Bethel 42 21 Pembroke 21 0 Hampton 28 8 Denbigh 0 22 Tabb 6 8 Lafayette 51 20 Ferguson 31 Clashing with a Kecoughtan tackier, Larry Powell strives to obtain a first down in the only daytime game of the Varsity season. Football Sports 23 — Ken Stiles

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On the sidelines for a change captain Doug Bacon reacts to the action on the field. Doug was voted one of the most players on the team.

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Discouraged by the lack of student support, J.V. foot- ball players specified punt- ing and receiving as major shortcomings in their play. Strength rested in the offen- sive and defensive lines. Q. What differences between this year ' s team from the previous J.V. team? A. We had a good team last year, but we had too many individuals. This year it was more of team effort. Trent Sturgis Q.Describe the practice ses- sions? A. When we started practic- ing, they let us do what we wanted, but after we got a good start, Coach Kain and Coach Freaney made us work. — Steve Matthews Q. Did the school support the team? A. Some games there was nobody in the stands at all. — David Merritt A. The games were too early in the morning. — Barry Bowden Q. What were your main drawbacks? A. We could have won more games if we ' d had more support and if the whole team had been healthy. We had to play with too many injuries. — Fulton Gatewood Q. What were your best games? A. Lafayette and Ferguson; those were the games we played our best offense. — Trent Sturgis