Colerain Looks Tough

A football team's real worth is proven only on the field of battle, but in most cases the team that is good in action looks good on paper.  And if this is true, look out Hamilton County Suburban League American Division; Colerain looks great on paper.

For openers, the Cardinals of Jim Daugherty have eight starters and 18 lettermen coming back form last season's  league runnersup.  In addition the cream of the 1969 reserve team that went 9-0 is battling for varsity positions.

Last year's backfield star was Dan Windhorst.  He is graduated though and will be replaced by Gary Steinker, who actually outplayed Windhorst until injured in the third game, according to Daugherty.

The quarterback spot is up for grabs between Randy Evans (6'5" 200) and Ed Gampfer (6'3" 163).  They were starters on last year's Colerain basketball varsity.  Both figure to start in football this year; not both at quarterback.

"We're having both of them learn split end," said Daugherty.  "They both have good range, good speed and catch the ball well."

Colerain has good size in the line with six tackle candidates averaging 204 pounds per man.  Senior Rick Harpring, a veteran, is the best of the lot at 6-5 and 210.

Speed is there too.  Steinker and three other halfbacks all run the 40-yard dash in around 4.6 seconds.

The above is from the Cincinnati Enquirer pre-season high school football preview section dated September 7, 1970.  It was my junior year.  I will copy the previews from other teams in the coming days.  LaSalle's will be next.  Denny Dressman was the Enquirer's high school sports editor during the early 70's.  See his book in the Amazon.com ad on the bottom of this post.