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

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FOOTBALL W V H S Opponents Lathrop Eielson North Pole Eielson North Pole 1st Railbelt Conference CW 59 ll- 17 KT Ol 20 6 12 ' 6 8 6 20 Lathrop 0 34 ' 26 0 22 The explosive performance of the Wolfpack rouses the jubilant crowd. Awaiting their chance to take the field, the defense follows the action. FRONT ROW: Dave Lambert, Terry Nance, SECOND ROW: Mark Perry, Marty Rawlins, Van Flein, Andy Holman, Scott McCumby, Bill Paul Brown, .lack Dunshie, Tyrone Thomas, Shayne Holmberg, Kib Cannon, Jeff Cross, Holman, Steve Burbeck, Mike Burud. Ted Thomas, Russ Talvi, Dave Thurman, Gary Nance, Scott Winner, THIRD ROW: Pete

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After the West Valley Wolfpack had been defeated by both the Eielson Ravens and the North Pole Patriots in this fall's Football Jamboree, many people made the mistake of ranking the Pack last place in Region Vl football. - The spirited Wolfpack began proving these people wrong when it soundly trampled arch-rival Lathrop 20-6 in its first conference game of the season. The mighty Wolfpack then edged out the Eielson Ravens 12-6 in overtime to win its second Homecoming game in three years. Said Mr. Shellinger of the recent victories, ls West Valley for real? The answer was an emphatic Yes! and the fired-up Wolfpack proved it by routing both North Pole and Lathrop in its next two conference games. West Valley then absolutely devastated the Eielson Ravens 34-26 in what many people felt to be the Wolfpack's most brilliant and spectacular performance of the season. Coach Joe Caciari was very pleased with the season and had this to say of the team, They were a very spirited and together team. I was very impressed with their pride, determination and competitive spirit. Mr. Klepper was also very pleased with both the comparatively young team and season as a whole and had this to say, West Valley was a classic example of a talented, dedicated and well disciplined group of players and coaches who managed to prove most everyone wrong in terms of the final outcome. The outcome was that West Valley won five of six regular conference games in a season that none of us will soon forget. Capturing individual honors for West were Sophomores Dave Lambert and Mark Perry who were both named as athletes of the week by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. ,- .g .s -... .ew : r 1- . tt .Ai With intrepid force, the omnipotent West defense crushes the Patriots. 3 -, .,.. L ,L A , . . W , V V ,vii ' ' , ., . - ---- - t... .f ,-wi rg, - ,i gg, -- ,. ' A-we--.ez-.3 A. .-fML.:w .,!w,-, -'.'f: rt - w D 'JY' As the sun sets, West darkens the hope of the Ravens.

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FRONT ROW: Mike Caciari, Wade Huntsman, Brad Shira, Joe Lavery, John Dempsey, Justin Contrary to varsity football philosophy, the purpose behind JV football is to provide younger, less experienced players with valuable playing time to prepare them for the rigors of the varsity squad. At first glance, the JV record of Karrella, Steve Hallsten, Terry Underwood. SECOND ROW: Joe Sackinger, Darrel Case, JV coach Mr. Klepper had this to say: The JV football program is designed to build, win-loss records are not important. We try to play everyone, to develop their skills for varsity ball. l feel that we were very successful in that role. We had some Tyrone Thomas, Mike Flodin, Chris Croll, Ted Thomas, Mike Burud. ...ll three wins and three losses maynot seem overly impressive, but underneath the superficial, sometimes deceiving skin of win loss records, the JV'ers achieved their goal for the year. Kicking up a dust storm, the West JVer's battle it out with North Pole. good, young football players who will be an asset to the varsity team in the future. l'm glad that these guys are getting some recognition, because l really think they deserve a pat on the back. l ..,,..., JV FOOTBALL w.v.H.s. Opponents . y Lathrop J ' 0 C C 312 , t,J. 559595 i'.,. ' Q C5 CO. D 5 6, i olri geiegggsnsa ,,,ss slgb s rsgs 6 s Nonhfoeolei o ob R T qw-sw.-.ai rr-oy l