Winston Churchill High School - Chancellor Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Sophomores: Laney to Mack Donna Laney Thomas Becky Larralde Gay Lyn Latham Janie Lawhon LaPlante Laird Leavoy Jennifer Lieck Allen Jaimie Lawlor Tal Allison Leva Leinweber Joe Leos Lestourgeon Cody Lipps David Lew Karin Lieber Chris Link Lana Logan Deanna Liska Melinda Lobley John Locus Melissa Lopez Blaine Larry Long Henry Lopez John Lowry Lolacono Julie Loveland Jim Lowe Jody Mack Sherri Lott RickMacias Lisa 236 James Lyons MacDonald (A) Taking a break before the Chargers ' game against San Marcos, Tony Cunning- ham chats with a teammate (photo by Moore). (B) As the final touchdown score against Seguin goes on the board, Mr. Hank Bird- well, trainer, and several players express their emotions with uplifted arms and shouts of victory (photo by Moore). (C) Prior to the start of their game against Lee, the Charger squad crashes through the goal poster (photo by Bratu- sek). (D) During third quarter action against San Marcos, Tommy Muggins (11), quar- terback, gives a quick pitchout to Oarryl Johnson (20) as Tom Dimler (33) pre- pares to block for him (photo by Slyman). C •vV.-v •

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Top-ranked Churchill tramples Burbank, Judson during playoff games After taking the district title, Churchill, rated first in city, stomped both playoff opponents, routing Burbank, 30-6, and Judson, 30-14. Churchill took the opening kickoff against Burbank and seven plays later Anthony Sciaraffa plunged in from the one. Barefooted, Jerry Bishop kicked the extra point. In the second period, a fumble recovery by Carl Stolhandske in the Bur- bank end zone was good for six and a quarterback sack of 18 yards w as good for a Charger safety. The Chargers tallied two TD ' s in the second half on a three-yard keeper by Huggins and a Tony Cunningham ten- yard blast. Bishop added the PATs. With a 30-14 victory over Judson, the Chargers captured their fourth city championship title in six years, th us upholding their reputation as a recog- nized state power. Taking the opening kickoff of the city title bout against Judson, the Chargers went 61 yards to score on Tom Dimler ' s one-yard run. Judson scored but missed the PAT. Then a four-yard run by Darryl Johnson made it 14-6. Giving Churchill a 21-6 lead, Huggins passed 27 yards to Rick Linahan. Then Judson slimmed the lead with a 61 -yard scoring play and PAT. With ten seconds left in the third, Tony Cunningham broke down the right side- line for a score. On the next kickoff, Gary Leach recovered a Judson fumble and moments later Bishop ' s 29-yard field goal wrapped up all scoring. (B) During Churchill ' s 30-6 playoff stampede over Burbank, Kevin Kanipe (12), defensive safety, and Curt Swyers (24), defensive back, rise to their feet after leading the attack that stopped a Burbank player cold for no gain vvhile Jody Hamblen (32) hovers over them (photo by Slyman). (E) Members of the Freshman White and Black Teams are FRONT ROW: Reeves, Guerrero, Marti- nez, Dimler, Tovar, McFall, Kopecky, Pollard, Munoz, Marin, Squires, Craig, Floyd, Godwin, SEC- OND ROW: Wynn, Billingsley, Cole, Anders, Reyna, Parker, Dunn, Webber, Comalander, Kennell, Chan- dler, Wagener, Jones, Gehlhaar, Gates, Barnett, McGee, BACK ROW: Thomas, Howard, Forrester, Hodo, Carlson, Brown, Long, Graham, Lammers, Tolar, Turner, Reiter, Murphy, Wright, Cadena, Lawrence. The teams finished the season with a 9- 3-1 record and a No. 2 standing (photo by Wells). N-dir;, ■GPsf Pages by Joel Halfant 235

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Varsity ends loop play with three straight shutouts to secure district crown Shutting out San Marcos, 430; Segum, 12 0; and Lee, 27 0; the Char- gers captured the district title with a 100 regular season record. Against San Marcos, a 14-yard pass from Tommy Huggins, quarterback, to Tom Dimler, fullback, in the first period was the only Charger aerial score. On the ground, Dimler scored twice on runs of five and four, and Huggins added a TD with a five-yard keeper. Adding to the 43-point rout, Anthony Sciaraffa and Billy Shearer dashed for one TD each and Jody Hamblen blocked a Rattler punt in the end zone for a safety. Huggins hit Don Nelson for a two point conversion. Battling Seguin, the Chargers ' first score came on a seven-yard carry by Dimler with 30 seconds left in the half. Then with 49 seconds left in the game, Tony Cunningham raced 14 yards for the final score. Against Lee High in the final game of district play. Tommy Huggins scored on a three-yard run to give Churchill a 7-0 lead. In the second half, Dimler charged 58 yards for six points and Bishop made It 14-0. With two minutes left in the third, Dim- ler capped a 62-yard drive with a one- yard scramble to make it 2 1 -0. Then Dar- ryl Johnson ' s 14-yard touchdown dash with five minutes left in the game ended all scoring. After taking the district crown, the Chargers were ranked fourth in the state and first in the city by the Associated Press. More importantly though, they had earned themselves a bidistrict play- off spot. (E) Members of the JV team are FRONT ROW: Gon zaies, Spencer, Arnold, Carr, Halloran, Marotta, Walsdorf, Wells, Tawater, Bettencourt, Tarter, Gur witz, Willis, SECOND ROW: Lyons, Howell, Hum phreys, Skripka, Hoya ck, MacAfee, Swyers Linares, Kelly, Eichler, Pisano, James, D. Norment, F. Smith, Robinson, Gramling, BACK ROW: Hud son, M. Norment, Ausbum, Randol, Trenkelbach, Burrus, Allison, Marshall, Birdwell, M. Smith, Dom inguez, Trimmier, Wooster, Moreno, HIgginbot ham, Clester, Francis, Gustafson. Their record was 5 wins — 2 losses (photo by Wells). Pages by Joel Halfant 237