 AKEWOOD, CA--We recap the '67 season with press headlines and a personal insight from one of Lakewood's very own Gary Schwenn, who shares his thoughts about the year of enormous triumphs and tribulations. "I can give you a short recap of our amazingly disappointing end to a season in which Lakewood was picked to win it all, ranked 3rd in CIF most of the year(back in the day before CIF was split into 8 or more classifications, when CIF only had 3 major divisions, 4-A, 3-A, 2-A-I think?)."
"We were picked to win the Moore League, won the epic pre-season match ups with Mater Dei (Eric Patton, pre-season All-American on cover of CIF Magazine) and St Paul...back-to-back. We Won the Milk Bowl in impressive fashion and remained undefeated throughout the Moore League, beating Poly with Eddie Giles and Jerry Jasso, who went on to play at UCLA and coach Poly to CIF Championships, most recently retired as head coach at LBCC until we ran into Millikan, who with the running back combo of Mike Liebeck and Russ Calderella, ran all over and up our a** for a 34-26 upset and our first loss. Following week, we get Wilson for the league championship. A repeat of previous years match up. Close game...Lakewood's defense pulls off a goal line stand with only a minute to play...apparently preserving the win and back-to-back Moore League crowns. When Lakewood gets the ball back on their own 3 yard line to run out the clock with seconds to go. Oh no!!-fumble in the end zone. Wilson recovers to tie the game! 20-20. Lakewood falls to 3rd place, based on head to head loss to Millikan, which takes 2nd place, and Lakewood goes home. No CIF playoffs!! Are you kidding me!! Great, painful memories but all good overall."
Gary Schwenn, '68
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"We were picked to win the Moore League."
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--Gary Schwenn
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MILK BOWL PREVIEWS: LAKEWOOD TOPS RAMS, PANTHERS
Lakewood is on its way to a title, and the Lancers showed they mean business by posting double wins over Jordan and Millikan in the 20th annual Milk Bowl Carnival at Veterans Stadium Saturday. Before an audience of 13,500, coach John Ford's defending champion Lancers easily scored a 3-0 win against Jordan and a 7-0 defeat of the Rams to steal the spotlight. Poly also went unbeaten but its record was marred by a 0-0 tie with the Panthers. Against Wilson, the Rabbits were a strong, confident team. The rumored weak line problems gone, quarterback Bill Brown was cool and confident, mixing the aerial with the savage ground game of Ed Giles and Jerry Jasso.
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"With quarterbacks like Steve Bresnahan, the Lancers should be on top again. "
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Although it lost both games, Jordan was the surprise team of the Milk Bowl. Against Wilson, the Panthers made more first downs and yardage but were defeated by a Jeff Burroughs-Mike Leiniger combination for 55 yards to set up the Bruin TD. Only a poor field goal attempt kept the Panthers from scoring in the Lakewood game. Top offensive performers were Poly tailback Ed Giles, Jordan halfback Steve Coker and Lakewood quarterback Mike Rae, who set the stage for the Lakewood TD by intercepting a Millikan pass, then made the touchdown and kicked the conversion. Lakewood, under quarterback Steve Bresnahan, had moved the ball 20 yards before the sixth play when Jordan tackle John Franks recovered a Lancer fumble on the Lakewood's 44. The Panthers clawed their way down to the Lakewood 20 only to fall short on a field goal attempt. With another chance, the Lancers bounced back, and Bresnahan led their 62-yard charge to within field goal distance. With one minute left, Bresnahan tossed to right end Glenn Hodding for 15 yards and on the next play kept for 2 more. Mike Rae came in to make the field goal and the Lancers won as the gun sounded.
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"Coach Ford has assembled perhaps Lakewood's all-time best football machine."
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LANCER FANS EXPECT 'BEST' TEAM IN SCHOOL'S HISTORY
John Ford is a happy coach. Lakewood fans are jubilant. The reason? Coach Ford has assembled perhaps Lakewood's all-time best football machine. In the three years Ford has been head football coach, Lakewood has come from the dormant to champion. With quarterbacks like Steve Bresnahan and Mike Rae, the Lancers should be on top again. In the Milk Bowl, Bresnahan ran for 45 yards and passed for 69 yards while quarterbacking the Lakewood TD drive. Then Rae came in. Scoring all of the Lancer points, Rae booted the field goal against Jordan, made a key interception, ran right end for the TD, then kicked the conversion. Rounding out the backfield are slot Larry Martinez, tailback Loren Campbell, and fullback Al Lemmerman. "Both Campbell and Lemmerman had outstanding Bee years before moving into varsity positions," recalls Coach Ford. "Campbell racked up 1,000 yards as a bee, only to be topped by Lemmerman the next year with 1200 yards."
"Campbell is a quick, elusive runner. Lemmerman doesn't bother avoiding the other team-he runs them. He is the strongest and fastest back we have." In the pass-receiving department, the word is speed. Just a few steps behind right end Steve Gibson, who runs the 100 in 9.8, is left end Don Richardson with a 10.2 time. The offense looks good, but listen to Ford: "Our defense is playing better right now than the offensive unit. We had the best pursuit on the field in the Milk Bowl, with good, over-all speed." Lakewood opens it's practice season Saturday night at 8 p.m., when it meets La Mirada on the Matador field.
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"Coach Ford tried to find the combination to beat the Monarch defensive unit."
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LAKEWOOD DEVASTATES LA MIRADA
Lakewood High unleashed a devastating defense and a wide open offense to crush La Mirada 33-0, Saturday night at Cerritos College. The Lancer defense was so potent that the Matadors garnered only one first down, that coming on a penalty. Junior Mike Raye, one of the three rotating quarterbacks, was the leading Lancer rusher with 77 yards in six carries and one touchdown. He also converted three times. Senior tailback Loren Campbell tallied twice, once on a 55 yard punt return and the other on a 5 yard run. Lakewood so dominated the game that coach John Ford started substituting in the second quarter but still the Lancers gained 215 yards rushing and 103 yards in the air. Speedster Steve Gibson, a 9.9 sprinter last year, caught three of the aerials for 40 yards.
LANCERS STUN CHAFFEY, 55-7
Defending Moore League champion Lakewood High ran up its second impressive pre-season win Friday night, swamping Chaffey 55-7 on the Lancer field. The Lancers gained 398 yards and scored twice in each quarter. Chaffey's lone TD came in the closing minutes of the final stanza. Mike Parks opened the Lakewood scoring, hitting Larry Martinez with a 12 yard TD pass early in the first quarter. Parks again went to Martinez in the second quarter for a touchdown, again on a 12 yard toss. Both Al Lemmerman and Steve Gibson scored for the Lancers on long runs. Lemmerman ripped loose on a 70 yarder in the first quarter and Gibson returned a punt for 56 yards in the third. Gibson also scored on a 5 yard pass from Mike Rae. Chaffey's lone touchdown came on a 75 yard kickoff return by Ron Scott.
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LAKEWOOD TOPPLES STUBBORN MATER DEI
Lakewood High proved Friday night that a small, fast team can beat a big one as the Lancers scraped up one touchdown to slip past Mater Dei, 6-0 at Veterans Stadium. The Lancers' quarterback trio Mike Rae, Steve Bresnahan, and Mike Parks, alternated throughout the game as coach John Ford tried to find the right combination that could beat the Monarch defensive unit. Except for occasional flashes of the offense Lakewood had demonstrated in earlier games, the Lancer attack never jelled.
Starting with a recovered on-side kick, the Lancers moved the ball from their own 49 to the Mater Dei 19, where the drive bogged down. The Monarchs took over and quickly made a first down. On the next play, Monarch quarterback Doug David pitched out to a player who wasn't there. Lancer Jay Ardizzone grabbed the ball on the first bounce and scampered 48 yards for the lone TD.
The Monarchs had the ball for two plays after the TD when the Lancers took it again with an interception by guard Ben Waid on the Mater Dei 30. The Lancers mounted an attack that drove to the Monarch 12, where Bresnahan's pass was intercepted by Kevin Williams. The Mater Dei defensive unit stopped the Lancers six times, as they tried to score from inside the Mater Dei 20 yard line.
The name of the game was dropsy, as the teams took turns fumbling to each other. The Lakewood backfield lost the ball twice on fumbles, in both instances just as the Lancers were beginning to move the ball. Mater Dei dropped the ball twice, the first mistake costing it the game. The Monarchs' only threat came late in the third quarter when Mater Dei guard Larry Snay recovered a Lakewood fumble on the Lancer 14. Unable to move on the ground, the field goal attempt hit the cross bar and bounced back. In the last minutes of the game, Lakewood scrambled to the Mater Dei 20, where its field goal failed.
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Don Richardson
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ALL-STAR
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--Class of '69
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LAKEWOOD, ST. PAUL CLASH IN AREA'S PREP 'BIG GAME'
Lakewood and St.a Paul, the two top rated area teams, meet in one of the biggest games in the CIF this season, colliding Friday night at Veterans Stadium in the Call-Enterprise Game-of-the-Week. Lakewood is unbeaten and untied this season and features an explosive, versatile offense. St. Paul's only loss was to El Rancho, the CIF's second rated team last week, and even Lakewood coach John Ford admitted that St. Paul "pushed El Rancho all over the field and still lost." "WE'VE SEEN them three times," said Ford, "and we think St. paul has a fine football team. They have good size and speed, and they're very aggressive and like to hit." Ford said he was most impressed with the Swordsmen experience and outside speed. St. Paul coach Marion Ancich figures to have his toughest opponent to date in Lakewood. "They have tremendous team speed," he said. "Their strongest suit is their passing game, but they run the ball well too." Ancich says his biggest problem will be handling Lakewood's varied offense. "They run more formations in one game than we do in one season," he pointed out. THE GAME, could provide a preview to CIF playoff action, since both teams are favored to win their respective leagues. St. Paul defeated South Pasadena, the CIF's top rated 3-A team, 47-7, last week, while Lakewood knocked off tough Mater Dei 6-0. The Call-Enterprise calls it St. Paul by seven.
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"St. Paul has good size and speed, and they're very agressive and like to hit."
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--Coach Ford
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LAKEWOOD DEFEATS ST. PAUL AS MARTINEZ SAVES VICTORY
Football may be a game for the big man in the pros, but Lakewood's larry Martinez proved Friday night that little men can win games, too. Martinez blocked an extra point kick with 2:50 remaining in the game to give the Lancers a 14-13 victory over St. Paul at Veterans Stadium. The play was set up after St. Paul quarterback Curt Timmons hit split end Jim Wise on a slant pattern on a fourth and five for 71 yards and six points. Martinez not only played superb defense, but the 5-4, 145 pound fireplug halfback carried the ball four times for 62 yards and scored once. A big difference in the game was reserve fullback Gary Schwenn, who came in in the second half to spark the Lancers to their second touchdown. Schwenn traveled 44 yards in 9 carries, picking up three first downs and several other key gains.
Lakewood drew first blood after driving 63 yards in 7 plays, climaxed by an eight yard pass from Mike Rae to Martinez. St. Paul came back with a 64-yard drive drive in seven plays, Mike Brown scoring on a 5-yard pass from Wise. The Lancers opened the third quarter by romping 76 yards in 4 plays with Mike Parks hitting Steve Gibson on a 56-yard pass for the TD. Then after the Swordsmen scored with 2:50 left, Martinez blitzed around the end and blocked kicker Steve Arnold's conversion attempt before the ball left the ground.
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"Mike Rae supplies the first punch."
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LANCERS RIP DOWNEY, 53-0; SHOWDOWN WITH POLY NEXT
Lakewood High--the team to beat in the Moore League-proved too much in an awesome fashion Friday night, rolling to a 53-0 victory over Downey. From the first kickoff, Lakewood was boss. Everybody on the Lancer squad entered the game, and only substitutes finished the second half after the Lancers pulled ahead, 34-0. Fullback Al Lemmerman took the opening kickoff and ran 66 yards to set the stage for Lakewood's enjoyment. He scored again in the second quarter on a five yard plunge, but shared the offensive laurels with quarterback Mike Clark and Steve Gibson, Loren Campbell, Jay Ardizzone, and the entire defensive unit. Lakewood moved into a 20-0 first-quarter lead, the 34-0 halftime bulge-then called on its subordinates. It was 46-0 after three quarters. Coach John (Model T) Ford's Lancers take perhaps the most important test toward the league title next week when they face Long Beach Poly at Veterans Stadium.
16,000 SEE 13-6 LAKEWOOD WIN: LANCERS CRUSH POLY TITLE HOPES
Lakewood's Lancers gained the edge in the Moore League football chase Friday night, defeating Long Beach Poly, 13-6, before nearly 16,000 at Veterans Stadium. Now tied with Wilson High with a 2-0 record, the 1967 league race appears to be a repeat of last year's when the Lancers downed Wilson in the final game to become champion. Lakewood's defense proved the difference against Poly-holding the Rabbits scoreless until the third quarter. It smacked down several Poly threats and threw the Rabbits for a total loss of 25 yards. Lakewood went to work quickly, launching a 75 yard touchdown drive following the opening kickoff. Quarterback Mike Rae supplied the first punch, sweeping right end for 12 yards and a first down to the Lancers' own 37. Utilizing fullback Al Lemmerman on crucial plays, the Lancers moved downfield on a series of grinding runs. He bolted for six yards to the Poly 48 for the second of five first downs on the drive, then plunged for an important three yards when Lakewood seemed to bog down.
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Loren Campbell
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ALL-LEAGUE TB
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--Class of '68
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Rae, the game's outstanding player, took up where Lemmerman left off on the Poly 26. Lemmerman had smashed for six yards to the 26, then Rae passed to slotback Larry Martinez to the Poly 14. Poly's Jack Curedon nailed Martinez for a loss on the next play, but Rae threw to Martinez again, this time to the Poly 5. It was Lemmerman's turn again, and he plunged the remaining distance to score. Steve Arnold kicked the conversion, providing Lakewood with what proved to be the deciding point. The Lancers didn't let up. Catching the Rabbits napping with an on-side kickoff, Rae recovered and the Lancers again were in business. And six plays later, Lakewood had scored its second touchdown, traveling 50 yards in six plays. A penalty and the Rae-Martinez passing combination provided the punch. The big gain was a 22-yard pass to Martinez, completed although tacklers nearly had thrown Rae to the ground. Rae threw to Martinez for nine yards to the Poly nine, and three plays later Rae plunged one yard for the score. The first period ended with Lakewood kicking off. Neither team could score in the second quarter, but an inspired Poly returned to the field after the intermission and staged its touchdown-producing effort. Thurman Anderson carried poly's running load. He scrambled for good chunks of yardage on 10 of the 16 plays it required to move the 48 yards. Quarterback Bill Brown ran a portion of the Rabbits offense and set up the TD at the Lakewood one yard-line, where Anderson plunged over. Lakewood's defense settled down following the Rabbit score nailing Poly for key losses. Each team's defensive line thwarted scoring opportunities in the remaining minutes.
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GAME SUMMARY
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Poly
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6
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0-6
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Lakewood
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13
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0-13
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RAE PASSES LEAD 34-0 LANCER WIN
The most successful combination in the Moore League today is the Mike Rae-Larry Martinez passing combination. Thursday night lakewood High utilized the potent pair to score its third successive league victory, a 34-0 conquest of Jordan High. Although the Lancers totaled only 128 yards on the ground, the Lakewood passing quarterbacks, Rae and Mike Parks, tossed for 312 yards through the smog. Rae fired four touchdown passes, Parks got the other one. Playing before a crowd of 6,000 at Veterans Stadium, the Lancers dominated the contest. They are undbeaten, untied for the entire season, Jordan is winless in league competition. Lakewood rolled up 12 first downs, Jordan registered five. After their first drive was halted by a series of penalties, Lakewood gained posession of hte pesky pigskin on a recovery by end Don Richardson of the Rae blocked kick. A 20-yard pass by Purks to Glenn Hodding paved the way for Parks to toss another-this time for 30 yards to Lancer speedster Steve Gibson for a touchdown.
Jordan never threatened until the third quarter. Trailing 20-0 at intermission, the Panthers came out fired up. They marched all the way down to the Lakewood six, but a fumble killed touchdown hopes. All Lancer touchdowns came from lengthy passes, one with the considerable help of slippery Steve Gibson. Catching a short pass from quarterback Rae, Gibson struggled out of the grip of Audy Young and scampered for 77 yards to the goal. Not to be outdone, Lakewood slotback Martinez grabbed a Rae toss, edged through five would-be Jordan tacklers and strolled in for the touchdown. Lakewood now leads the Moore League with a 3-0 record.
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"We won't be playing the game that Lakewood expects."
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Millikan Coach, Roger Hull
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LANCERS FACE UPSET PLANS OF MILLIKAN
For prep gridiron fans in the East Long Beach-Lakewood aarea, the big rivalry and game-of-the-season is not Poly vs. Wilson. Tonight is their game...pitting Millikan and Lakewood at 8 p.m. in Veterans Stadium. And millikan plans to knock Lakewood's Lancers out of step tonight, according to Millikan coach Roger Hull. "First of all, we won't be playing the game that Lakewood expects," says Hull. "The Lancers have the best pursuit in the league, forcing other teams to grind out their touchdowns. Meanwhile, the Lancers make their yardage on the long bombs from quarterback Mike Rae to Steve Gibson or Larry Martinez. Our boys will be concentrating on keeping Lakewood from breaking away." Combined with the matured passing attack that Ram quarterback Rand Rasmussen has developed, Hull seems to have some basis for his prediction. A far more impressive statistic: as one of six undefeated teams in CIF, Lakewood is second to top-rated Santa Ana in points scored by opponents with only 26 points, and third in points scored with 208. Millikan will put up a spirited fight, but when the dust clears, Lakewood could be the winner by two touchdowns.
14,132 WATCH MILLIKAN STUN LAKEWOOD, 34-26
Millikan High-a here tofore third-place team-sprang the year's upset Friday night and turned the Moore League into a turmoil. Millikan's Rams stood giant-size before 14,132 at Veterans Stadium and knocked down heavily favored Lakewood, 34-26, to set the stage for a league Frank Merriwell finish. Millikan's victory placed the Rams in a tie for second with Lakewood (3-1) and only one game behind league-leading Wilson (4-0), a 34-0 winner over Jordan. The unexpected Rams' triumph thus left this picture: Should Wilson win Friday against Lakewood, the Bruins will win the Moore crown. Should Lakewood and Millikan win, a three-way tie for first would develop. Millikan faces Poly Friday. Millikan provided the game's deciding play Friday night late in the third quarter. Trailing 34-20 in the final quarter, Lakewood quarterback Mike Rae unfurled a long pass to speedster Steve Gibson for 48 yards. Then Mike Parks, the second of three Lancer quarterbacks, threw 11 yards to Loren Campbell. Campbell went the remaining seven yards and a touchdown. Lakewood needed the conversion point to gain a tie, but Millikan's defensive ace, John taylor, leaped the line and blocked the ball before Bill Moody could kick. The Lancer chances were broken and Millikan controlled the ball in the waning moments. Lakewood scored first at the game's outset, and appeared to be home free. Receiving the kickoff, the Lancers scored in the first four minutes on a 43-yard touchdown pass from Steve Bresnahan to end Don Richardson. The remainder of the quarter was a defensive bout.
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GAME STATS
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Lakewood
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Millikan
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First Downs
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9
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11
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265 |
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22 |
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246 |
243 |
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95 |
48 |
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Millikan took advantage of a Lakewood early in the second quarter on the Lancer 15-yard line, and a one-yard plunge by Rand Rasmussen produced a TD and renewed the Rams' life. Lakewood, with the ferocity of an angered bull, drove from kickoff to Millikan's 11. Campbell ran into the end zone, but a penalty nullified the play. But another Campbell sweep was good for a touchdown. Millikan's 13-7 lead was short-lived. The Rams recovered an onside kickoff on their own 49, and halfback Mike Liebeck, alternating with Russ Calderela, ran 51 yards for a TD. Taylor's kick made it 14-13. The teams traded touchdowns again, and Millikan held a 21-20 halftime lead. Calderela and Liebeck were named co-backs of the game, compiling 234 yards and four touchdowns. Liebeck carried 20 times for 137 yards, while Calderela ran 16 times for 87 yards. Each scored twice.
BATTLING BRUINS TIE, WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Wilson High's Bruins turned bear in 12 final, furious minutes Thursday night to tie Laewood and win the Moore League football title, 20-20. Trailing 20-7 at halftime, the Bruins' Frank Merriwell script produced vocal frenzy from 17,493 fans who had squeezed into Veterans Stadium. In a frantic, last-ditch effort, Wilson's defense stormed over and through Lakewood on the Lancer three-yard-line with a minute to play-forcing a fumble that proved to be the game-saver. Larry Newbill wrapped his 175 pounds around the ball for six points and quarterback Jeff Buroughs spoted the tying conversion. The victory left Wilson with a 4-0-1 Moore League record, the championship, and a CIF playoff berth. Lakewood (3-1-1) dropped to third behind upstart Millikan, last week's surprise winner over the Lancers. Millikan shoots for second place tonight against Poly High. Lakewood "set up" its opponent's tying score by stopping a goalward Wilson thrust on the Lancer three. Lakewood's Gary Rankin intercepted Bruin quarterback Dick Burdge's pass to halt what appeared to be the game winning play.
The Lancers scored first, opening with a time-consuming, 67-yard drive. Al Lemmerman climaxed the push on the 10th play of the series, scoring from the one. Mike Gafney kicked the conversion and the first quarter ended 7-0. Lakewood halted Wilson following the kickoff, but turned a fumble into a Bruin touchdown. The Lancers' Lemmerman bobbled the ball on his own 39-yard line and Bruin end Randy Rossi recovered.
A 23-yard run by Dante Lobato advanced the ball to the 20 and he carried again for the touchdown after eluding a wall of tacklers and speeding around his right end. Fernando Trinidade, an exchange student from Brazil, kicked the extra point. Lakewood added its final two touchdowns in the waning moments of the second period. After stopping Wilson on the Bruin 42, the Lancers moved to the Bruin two.
The big play was a 24-yard pass from Mike Parks to end Steve Gibson. Lemmerman drove for the score and Gafney kicked the conversion. Wilson's offensive thrust was short-lived following the kickoff. The Bruins moved 10 yards on their first play, but Lakewood's Mike Rae intercepted quarterback Burdge's pass and ran to the Wilson seven.
Rae scored from one yard, the conversion attempt was wide, and Lakewood held a 20-7 halftime lead. The Lancers scored first, opening with a time-consuming, 67-yard drive. Al Lemmerman climaxed the push on the 10th play of the series, scoring from the one. Mike Gafney kicked the conversion and the first quarter ended 7-0.
Lakewood halted Wilson following the kickoff, but turned a fumble into a Bruin touchdown. The Lancers' Lemmerman bobbled the ball on his own 39-yard line and Bruin end Randy Rossi recovered. A 23-yard run by Dante Lobato advanced the ball to the 20 and he carried again for the touchdown after eluding a wall of tacklers and speeding around his right end.
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Al Lemmerman
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ALL-CIF FB
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--Class of '69
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Fernando Trinidade, an exchange student from Brazil, kicked the extra point. Lakewood added its final two touchdowns in the waning moments of the second period. After stopping Wilson on the Bruin 42, the Lancers moved to the Bruin two. The big play was a 24-yard pass from Mike Parks to end Steve Gibson. Lemmerman drove for the score and Gafney kicked the conversion. Wilson's offensive thrust was short-lived following the kickoff. The Bruins moved 10 yards on their first play, but Lakewood's Mike Rae intercepted quarterback Burdge's pass and ran to the Wilson seven. Rae scored from one yard, the conversion attempt was wide, and Lakewood held a 20-7 halftime lead.
Both defensive units returned from the dressing rooms with fired-up ambitions, but Wilson finally found itself late in the period. Beginning a drive from their own 20, the Bruins pushed to Lakewood's 15, where they faced a fourth-and-goal situation-thanks to two heavy losses. But quarterback Gary Carter, replacing Burdge, passed to end Chris Key for the score. The kick was wide and with 10 minutes remaining, Wilson trailed, 20-13. With less than three minutes left to play, the Bruins were movin inside the Lakewood 15. Gary Rankin intercepted on what Lancer supporters thought was the game clinching play and the Lancers ran off the field. But Wilson's pressure rush and Newbill's fumble recovery twisted fate.
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SEASON RECORD: 7-1-1
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GO BIG RED!
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