West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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Eoch yeor horbors, fresh, chollenging events ond for the Wolfpocls gridders the 1979-80 seoson proved to be extremely chollenging. Guided by Heod Coach Joe Cociori, the West Volley footboll teom emborlsed upon o seoson which welcomed the orrival of the Polmer Moose ond Wosillo Worriors into Region Vl ploy, increosing competition. Commencing the seoson with o valued Region title to defend, West met the Eielson Rovens in o match which emphosized the undeniable foct thot, with only four returning offensive storters, the offensive line wos young and slightly inexperienced. West bottled rigorously to lseep Eielson out of scoring position, but the Ravens flew the coop ond won 19-O. Following the first loss the Wolfpocls journeyed south to Palmer only to suffer o defeot of 2056 after turning over the ball three times while in scoring position. The ensuing matches ogoinst otcherlvol Lothrop ond the Woslllo Warriors were horde fought defensive endeovors by the odversories, who norrowly avoided defeot using good poss defense ond o little lucls. The resilient Wolfpacls, with no wins ond four losses in the seoson, still hod one finol gome, Homecoming, ogoinst the North Pole Potriots in which to prove West wos still the one. A revved-up ond vostly improved Wolfpocls footboll teom tools the field the night of September 29 ond begon to ploy a gome which showed the true Wolfpocls in action. The spirited teom in red-ondegold devostoted the Pots with superb offensive maneuvers ond incredible gool line stonds os they moved toword o victory of 22418. Though the 1979-80 seoson wos not os triumphont os the prior one, Cooch Cociori stoted thot improvement and generol ottitude of the lsids wos good. Speciol congrotulotions ore extended to Shone Holmberg ond Jocls Dunshie who were selected for the All-Region Footboll Squad. FootizALLspilif w.v.H.s. 9 c 0 - . Elelson , ,,-i if o :Palmer siss, i '69 I Lathrop' V' ,--. j 1,- ,',-' 2 . 12 wassii. it 22 North Pole' i A i,,,, f30f:fjj , CW-170-4HT-07 , ' - i . '.', Huddllng before a play, the Wolfpack analyzes the sltuotlon and discusses strategy. Quarterback Jack Dunshle calls signals on the scrimmage line ogalnst opponents. the Lathrop Molemutes. Mud-plastered football players pose In the raln following o rigorous workout. VARSITY FOOTU

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PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR, THE JUNIOR VARSITY TEAMS WERE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE FUTURE It is often said that everything goes in cycles. This could be true with the West Volleylunior Varsity Football teom. They were down at the beginning of the season, but they began to worls their way up and there was o definite improvement in passing, running, bloclsing, and lsiclsing slsills. Although they improved considerably, the teom still didn't hove quite what it tools. This was largely because of the number of vacant spots on the Varsity squod that had to be filled. Naturally the best Net would raise the place of last yeor's Senior, which left the JV squad shorthonded. Despite their record, the team still had an important learning season with many young players gaining valuable experience, This experience will be essential in future years and next season should prove to be one with better, more mature ployers, The cycle should get better in the win column, not just the experience column. ln addition to the players being more experienced, the cooch will also be more experienced and he will lsnow haw to wotls with the players becouse he got to lsnow the way they played, Building a winning team is better than losing a winning teom, and because of this we can Iools forword to next yeor with high expectations. Wlth defense In mind, a West tackle brlngs down o Lathrop opponent. .I.V. Football players are: BACK ROW: Tom Wells, Joe Lavery, Steve Hallsteln. Chrls Whlsenhant, Doug Gedney, Dove Gonzales, MIDDLE ROW: Coach DeLeon, Darrell Case, Rob Magnuson, John Dempsey, Chrls Rawlins. Chrls Meltveldt, FRONT ROW: Sam Brice, Morl Achklo, Wayne Sharp, Dave Bezona, Dlll Nance. Determined to get to the ball carrier, West's defensemen battle with vigor. . fu , - t Q