1997 RESULTS and AWARDS

YEAR IN REVIEW

     1997 was another outstanding year for the Vista Panthers. It started off with a wakeup call from Rancho Cucamonga,(you must hang on to the ball to win).  Then things rolled along untill Poway warned us about becoming complacent. Then we finished off league with a hard fought 16-6 victory against the guys from the PINK House on the other side of town.  Having claimed a second straight Palomar league title, the Panthers were awarded the #2 seed in the playoffs, with an impressive 8-1-1 reocord .  After a bye in the first round, the only thing that stood in the way of a return to the Championship game, and this year a trip to the "Q" was the semi-final "El Nino Bowl" (5 inches of rain during the game). But we proved to be great mudders and beat Chula Vista 25-0.  They ended up the year in a heroic battle of wills against Torrey Pines, at Qualcomm Stadium, but had to settle for a 21-21 tie.  With no overtime the two schools shared the Championship.  With an overall 10-1-2 record, at the end of the season.

 
 
TEAM AWARDS 

SD CIF CHAMPION DIVISION 1 
1ST PLACE PAL0MAR LEAGUE 
RANKED 3rd IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY 
RANKED 10th in SOUTHERN CA. 
RANKED 26th in STATE  by CAL HIGH SPORTS 
 

 
 

 
INDIVIDUAL 
 AWARDS
ALL STATE  
RUSTY WILLIAMS 
MICHEAL JOHNSON  
PISA TINOISAMOA jr 
 		 ALL CIF 
RUSTY WILLIAMS (def player of year) 
TONY ALTIERI 
PISA TINOISAMOA 
RICKEY HAYES
ALL ACADEMIC 
BRANDON BAILEY 
RICKEY BURNSIDE 
BRANDON CARRILLO 
EDRIK CONTRARAS 
BRAD CORBERTT 
MATT DICK 
TOM LEVINE 
DAVID LITTLE 
PHIL PERRY 
MIKE SULLIVAN 
BRIAN VOIGHT 
ROBERT WARD		 ALL PALOMAR LEAGUE 
1st team 
RUSTY WILLIAMS 
TONI ALTIERI 
RICKEY HAYES 
PISA TINOISAMOA 
MICHAEL JOHNSON 
DAVID LITTLE 
EDRIK CONTRERAS 
2nd team & honorable mention 
MIKE SULLIVAN 
OSCAR LOPEZ 
JIMI MINAMI 
MATT GREG 
SAM KEIRSEY 
MIKE DEFALCO 
MATT DICK 
 
 
 
 

 1997 GAME RESULTS

 
WEEK NUMBER
PRE SEASON
1
2
3
PALOMAR LEAGUE
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

 
CIF PLAYOFFS
1st Round
Quarter Finals
Semi-Finals
Championship
 
 
OPPONENT
 
RANCHO CUCAMONGA
OCEANSIDE
MORSE
 
SAN MARCOS
FALLBROOK
POWAY
RANCHO BERNARDO
ORANGE GLEN
MT. CARMEL
RANCHO BUENA VISTA

OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD

BYE
SWEETWATER
CHULA VISTA
TORREY PINES

OVERALL RECORD
SCORE
 
L  14 -19 
W 24 -14 
W   7 - 6 
 
W 31 - 6 
W 40 - 6 
T 17 - 17 
W 20 - 0 
W 19 - 3 
W 31 - 7 
W 16 - 6 

6-0-1 1st place 

2nd Seed 
W 33 -14 
W 25 - 0 
T  21 - 21 

10 - 1 - 2
 
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