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J.V. FOOTBALL/Team exhibits go-all-the-way skills

8-0 season record not in Ram scorebooks since 1976

Bv Tim Lukowski Led by top rushers Cassie Allen and Dave
"Most coaches would give their right lung McEvoy the Rams ran a double tight end
for an undefeated season, I guess I shouldnh offense where quarterback Chuck Tresemer
be breathing at all right now." Coach Jimmy didn'tgeta chance to throwthatmuch. Allen
Johnson afterthe Miami Hurricanes went 12- led the team in rushing yards as well as in
0 for the second time and claimed the na­ scoring. Allen finisheawith 638 total yards
tional championship. averaging 5.1 yards per carry. He also had
It's not very often any team has a 'perfect' three 100 yard games.
season. Not even one single team in college Junior running back Dave McEvoy wished
football can state an umblemished record. there was a playoff or something of a postsea­
No not Notre Dame, Nebraska, or Miami of son because McEvoy felt the young Rams
the sport ended up with a 1.000 winning could have gone all the way.
percentage. Only once in the history of pro­ Raison had to overcome adversity as well
fessional football (1972 Miami Dolphins) has as the regular slate of opponents. Losing
a team achieved a perfect, undefeated sea­ McEvoy half way through the season due to
son, but this year, the Ram JV football team an injurythe Rams had toalso beat two teams
didiust that. twice in route to their perfect record. "We
The Rams went 8-0 for the first time since played Benson and Bellevue West twice
1976. "It was an unbelievable season," which made the games even tougher the
sophomore middle linebacker Jeff Lacey said, second time around," quoted Lacey. He
"No one at the start of the year said let's go went on to say, "when a team gets a chance
undefeated, but our record at the end of the at you again after you beat them you can tell
season came of no surprise to anyone on the they're really gunning for you."
team. We knew what we were capable of One thing that was quite apparent, the JV
doing." Rams gave Ralston one season to remember.
Freshman Matt Mattke p ro te cts the b a ll from
the W estsid e tackle. M a ttk e h a d a total o f 14
tackles.

Lining up for the p la y against W estsid e is
R a lsto n 's fresh m a n team .

Completing the catch is # 3 2 , Fresh m a n M a lt
M a ttke. M a ttke h e lp e d the fresh m a n team in
rushin g , ta ckles, a n d re ce iv in g .