BONITA: 23 – SAN DIMAS: 0
Saturday, October 4th, 1980 at Mt Sac Field
Saturday night at the Smudge Pot Bowl Game, Bonita defeated San Dimas for the second year in a row with a strong defense and an offense that exploited mistakes by the Saints. Tom Stanfill had an amazing night as he led Bonita’s defense with 3 interceptions and recovered two fumbles. One of his interceptions lead to a touchdowns and two of his fumble recoveries resulted in field goals. Trevor Jordan kicked three field goals (23, 33 and 27 years) and with two extra points lead all scorers with 11.
“We played good defense. We don’t have as much talent as some of the other schools but Bonita kids hit hard”, said Bonita coach Ray DeShane, after the game. The first field goal resulted from a turn over when the Saint’s snap went over the head of punter John Verdun and was recovered by Bonita’s Steve Howes and David Dean at the Saint’s four yard line. The Saint’s defense stoped Bonita from pushing the ball over the goal line after 3 tries resulting in Jordan’s first field goal.
Later in the first quarter, Stanfill intercepted Saint’s Quarterback, Pat Shavers pass at the 25 yard line and ran it into the end zone. After the kickoff, Stanfill came through again by recovering a fumble by the Saint’s John Marino at Bonita’s 44 yard line. The Bearcats marched down the field but failed to score a touchdown resulting in a 23 yard Jordan field goal from the 23 yard line in the second quarter. Before the end of the half, the Saint’s Kevin Kelley fumbled and Stanfill recovered the ball again, this time at San Dimas’s 16 yard line. Four plays later, Jordan booted his third field goal to make it 16-0.
With 1:42 left in the third quarter, Bonita’s Milhon rushed for 8 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter neither Bonita’s team nor San Dimas’s team scored. David Dean would led all rushers with 56 yards in 6 carries while Milhon netted 46 yards on 17 carries. The final score was 23 to 0 for Bonita.
Teams |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| San Dimas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Game Stats | FG:Jordan 23, TD: Stanford 23 yd interception, Jordan Kick | FG:Jordan 28,FG:Jordan 27 | TD: Milhon 8 Yard run, Jordan Kick |
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Varsity Bearcats
Front Row: Glen Brown, Jim Stirling. Keith Watkins, Danny Fortier, John Covington, Steve Grim, Jim Hall, Mike Lambert. Larry Redman, David Brandt, Todd Prouty, Darryl Dean, and Danny Vargas.
Second Row: Coach Martinez, Coach Drake. David Dean, Robby Lockett, Kirk Johnson, Mark Taylor, Rudy Rivas, Ron Miller, John Hertz, Danny Dean, Mike Palmer, Eddie Rael, and Coach Young.
Third Row: Coach Lane, Rick Wentzel, Ernie Arambula, Steve Mineer, Scott Howell, Jon Milhon, Gary Hart. Jim Bringhurst, Bruce Rosolack, Coach Diaz, and Coach DeShane.
Forth Row: James Roland, Todd Russi, Matt Grode, Mike McCormick, Tom Stanfill, Brian Irish, Eric Knarr, Steve Howes, Chris Stenmo, and Manager Rick Nelson.
“Under the new leadership of Coach Ray DeShane, the Bearcats finished their 1980 season with a 7-3 record. The Bearcats won their first 4 games including the “Smudge Pot Bowl” victory over San Dimas. After the Bearcats, great start they lost their next 3 games, all by a narrow margins. The Bearcats never gave up, finishing the season by winning their last 3 games.
At the end of the season the Bearcats had the number 2 offense and number 3 defense in the Pomona Valley.”
-Echoes 1981 Bonita Yearbook
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Varsity Saints
Front: Bob Cash, Kevin Kelley, Pat Shaver, Mark Glasgow, Gerald Russell, Steve Sapp.
Row 2: Ed Torres, Gilbert Garcia, Paul Nadreau, Randy Luna, Lloyd Husar, Mario Gonzales, Jeff Cox.
Row 3: Bill Cudney, Frank Dorado, Jerry Kaliher, Al Gore, Sal Misquez, David Lwin, Tony Knight.
Row 4: Scott Moore, Howard Dreschler, Carl Giles, Dan Ferguson, Paul Veloz, Jim Ruffin, John Marino, Mike Suchanek,
Row 5: Rudy Perez, Graham Fordyce, John Brown, Jim Walker, John Verdun, Pat Bates, Scott Milton. Back: Stuart Graham, Bob Thurman, Charles Allison, Bill Leake, Tony Ananea. Pat Edwards, Ed Walker, Craig Van- denBossche.
An Unfortunate Change
The name was the same, but the Hacienda League competition was stiff due to the addition of four strong schools. Five of the first six games were played against teams ranked in the top ten of the Southeastern Conference. A good defense was due to the secondary and Linebackers Steve Sapp, Paul Veloz, Bob Thurman, and Bill Cudney. The defense was also led by third year Letterman Stuart Graham at noseguard. The offense was slow in starting, but finished strong after the addition of Junior Linebacker Bill Cudney who was moved to the fullback position on offense. With him the team was able to trust a running game and not rely so heavily on a passing game. The passing game, a major part of the offensive attack, was known by all the other teams. Because of this, opposing teams would double-team the best receiver Gerald Russell; nevertheless, Russell would run his patterns well and Quarterback Pat Shaver had no trouble finding his receiver in the end zone. For the season, Russell and Shaver hooked up seven times for scores. Gerald Russell also led the league with those seven touchdowns. Overall, the coaches were very proud of the team, even when they didn’t meet all expectations. Coach Warhurst admired the guys that had built up enough character to stick with the hard times. He tried to convince the players that they had played well, a belief that helped the team close the season with three consecutive victory
