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Page 22 fond du Lac Reporter, Thursday, Sept. 9, 197635, Fond du Lac 7; 1965 Fond du Lac 7, Sheboygan South 0 (a triumph which broke a 27-game losing streak); 1966 — Fond du Lac 6, Green Bay East 6; 1967 — Fond du Lac 18, Oshkosh 7; 1968 — Fond du Lac 28, Green Bay West 7; 1969 — Fond du Lac 37, Appleton West 6; 1970 — Sheboygan North 28, Fond du Lac 14; 1971 — Fond du Lac 19, Sheboygan North 14; 1972 — Fond du Lac 7, Manitowoc 7; 1973 — Manitowoc 6, Fond du Lac 0; 1974 — Fond du Lac 26 Racine Horlick 14; and 1975 — Fond du Lac 13, Oshkosh West 10 (overtime).What Fond du Lac fans are wondering with the start of another season Just one day away is this: What will 1976 bring? Friday’s game should provide at least a hint to the answer to that question.In other opening games for Valley schools Friday night, Fox Valley Association favorite Kaukauna plays at Green Bay Preble, Green Bay Southwest is at Kimberly and Sheboygan South meets Oshkosh North at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh.Saturday, afternoon, Valley favorite Manitowoc plays at Neenah, Green Bay East is at Appleton West, Appleton East plays Green Bay West at East Stadium in Green Bay and ' Menasha travels t o„ Sheboygan North.season poll, is directed by veteran Fred Kubsch, who has coached West for five seasons since succeeding Harold Scimmerth in 1971. Before that Kubsch was a longtime assistant to Schumerth.Kubsch has eight lettermen, plus two transfers from Oshkosh North. They are quarterback Steve Erickson (6-2, 180) and running back Scott Neitzel.Of the eight lettermen, five are backs. Included are quarterback Ed Nichols' (6-0, 165) tailbacks Craig Fredrick (5*11,160) and Kapp Schwebke (5-8, 160) fullback Bill Brady (5*8, 160) and wingback Jack Brewer (5*10,165).Reportedly, most of the lettermen were used on defense last year.Fond du Lac still is far from full strength, with running back Cliff Sasada and linebacker Jim Peters Joining Prochnow on the sidelines Sasada has a back injury and Peters an ankle ailment. Linebacker Lee Lawrence, who had been out with a hip injury, is working out again.Fond du Lac has never been overly impressive in its opening game, but Trtan hopes Friday’s game will produce an exception to that rule.Since 1964, Fond du Lac has compiled a 7-3-2 record in opening games. The scores read like this:1964 — Sheboygan Northwhile Jim DeNeU (64), 225), a converted fullback, and Dave Detloff (6-1, 195) are the guards. Rick Zabel lt;64, 215) returns as the starter at tight end and junior Steve Stumbras — the only nonsenior in the line — is the center. Stumbras is 5-11 and 205 pounds.Fond du Lac’s defense, which has paced the Fox River Valley Conference for the last nine years, has developed in the last week, Trtan feels.“The defense has come along real well,” he reported, “We’ve been working heavily on it this week.Fond du Lac Will use a 4-4-3 defense against the Indians, with a front four that includes Zabel and junior Pat Webb (6-0, 180) at the ends and Wilhelms and Pierce at tackle. Detloff will serve as a swing man to give Wilhelms and Pierce a rest.The inside linebackers are the Stumbras brothers, junior Steve and senior Shawn (5-10, 165). Brazill and either Miller or junior Rick Pflum (6-0, 185) will be the outside linebackers. The deep backs are Cruciani, Zielinski and senior Bob Evans (6-1, 180).Zabel was a first team all-Valley pick last season, while Brazill returns as a starter at outside linebacker and Zielinski in the secondary.Oshkosh West, which was picked to finish fifth in Fox Valley Association in a prfe-Brazill takes on ’Blaster’Tom Brazill, right, takes on “The Blaster” as bis back- Brazill will open at tailback when Fond du Lac High School** field mates look on. From left, they are swingback Wayne . football team meets Oshkosh West at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Heisler, quarterback Todd Cruciani and fullback Steve Miller. Froth Field. (Fond du Lac Reporter Photo)Fondy hosts Indians to open season
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