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competing in the "Big Leagues."
1. After making a touchdown, Kip Gardner ·
tosses the ball to the referee. 2. The
scoreboard indicates Raines was leading the
game in the second quarter-but not for long.
Pressure mounted days before the
game and finally Friday came.
Because of a state playoff rule, only
44 players were allowed to dress out.
The rest, who had not watched a
game from the stands during the last
two years, joined the multitude in the
Gator Bowl.
On their initial possession, the Tigers
marched 70 yards for a TD, with Kip
Gardner running it in. Raines, helped
by a fumble, scored next and went
for two. The Viking lead was
short-lived as the Tigers clawed for
two more touchdowns in the first
half; a 9-yard run by James McClellan
and a 23-yard pass to Lamar Williams.
However, Raines was known to be a
" second half" team. After stifling the
Tigers' offense in the first possession
in the second half, Raines rambled
for a touchdown and two-point
conversion to narrow the gap to five
points: 21-16. A key play in the final
quarter occurred when Tiger
Defensive Tackle David Weiffenbach
rose up and stopped the Vikings on a
fourth and one. This ended the
scoring threat and from there, the
Tigers iced the game by scoring with
a minute twenty-three left to play.
The final score was 28-16.
3
Region Champs, the Tigers traveled
to Doak Campbell Stadium in
Tallahassee to meet the Leon Lions.
The battle of the Lions (passing) and
the Tigers (running) , was a conflict
that ended statistically even-except
for the score. A bitter 20-14 loss
dashed the Tigers' hopes for a State
Championship.
Leon struck first with a 5-yard
touchdown pass, but missed the
extra-point attempt. The Tigers
roared back to score twice more in
the first half; the first score
culminating a long drive, the second
score came from an interception by
Ronnie Drake, but a clipping penalty
brought the ball back to the 27. A
fourth down 19-yard halfback option
pass from Kip Gardner to Mike
Kahlich connected for a touchdown.
That score concluded the first half
scoring with ten minutes remaining
in the quarter.
4 Shutting out the Tigers and scoring
twice, the Lions came from behind to
3. Kent Gardner runs his pattern in the San-
dalwood game. 4. Randy Roy, Doug Lowrey, win- even though their usually
and Gary Williams watch the game from the great passing offense was limited to
bench with different expressions.
but 233 yards by a fired-up Tiger
defense. Because of Leon's passing
attack, the Tigers went to an unusual
defense which consisted of 3 rushers
and 8 men covering the receivers.