Eagles Have Winning Season Spiker, Harker All State The 1997 Eagles Varsity foot ball team got revenge in a sweet way with a 45-10 win over arch rival Alter in the
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last game of the season before an estimated crowd of 3,000, finishing the season with a 6-4 record. Coach Place said of the victory, "I'm real glad we won this one for the seniors. They were a good group of guys." Three of the Eagles' losses were at the hands of playoff teams. The Eagles' offense ranked #1 in all of the GCL in total yards per game at 402 per game. Junior quarterback and orchestrator of the offense, Kelly Spiker, was named the Division III Southwest Ohio Player of the Year.
The Eagles had a whole host of players at the end of the season named All League. First Teamers included Spiker, offensive tackle Paul Harker, and defensive end Taylor Jones. "The football team was successful in winning back some of the respect we had lost last season. It was a whole lot of fun sending our seniors out with a winning record and a big win over Alter. They were a talented group of guys and they really deserved it," commented Spiker of the season.
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Ben Kleinhenz concentrates on catching the ball. This year Kleinhenz made a valuable contribution to the Varsity on special teams and was a reserve team leader.
Row 1: Ryan Trimbach, Charlie Szabo, Ben Woods, Taylor Jones, Trent Robinson, Tyrell Combs, Keenan Hutchins, Kevin Anzalone, Paul Harker,Iim Burneka. Row 2: Corey Snyder, Ty Griffin, Ritchie Mitchell, J.R. Dugas, Matthew Burke, Shane Williams, Bradd Whitley, DaShawn Benson, Eric Brenneman, Aaron Davis, Jason Trimbach. Row 3: Anwar Johnson, Seth Adam, Kelly Spiker, Starlain Thompson, Kidane Frezgi, Jason Phillips, Mike Beach, Pete Thaler, Jeronn Bowser,Iustyn Baldwin. Row 4: Jim Bausman, Tom Doyle, Damon Hahn, James Recob, Dennis Richardson, John Szabo, Doug Crickmore, Aaron Bratka, Andrew Sokolnicki,Rick Rasor, Ben Kleinhenz. Row 5: Chris Riner, Matt Autrey, Justin Grote, William McCall, Garret Kennedy, Mike Huguely, Justin Hickey, Chip Cruea. Row 6: Chris Moore, Ben Eaton, Dwight Smith, Chris Cowan, James Abney, Tierre Fields. Row 7: Coaches Zaidain, Flynn, Murty, Kosak, Olson, Cline, Eckels, Place, Gillespie, Puckett, trainer Libby Shillito, Young. Row 8: BeCky Thien, trainer.
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