Andrews High School - Mustang Yearbook (Andrews, TX)

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7... ANDREWS 16 - PECOS 0 Blinding speed, strength, and finesse was iust too much for the Pecos Eagles as they were clipped for a l64O loss at the Horses' hooves. All the points were scored in the second quarter, with Dudley Mitchell and R. E. Merritt hitting pay dirt. The second half turned out to be a real defensive duel. ANDREWS 26 - BROWNFIELD 6 Working behind an explosive offense and a powerful defense, the Mustangs cinched their third play-off berth in four years by downing Brownfield in I9-degree temperature. Brown- field gathered in an early 6-O lead after recovering an Andrews fumble, but Tommy Walker scored three touchdowns and Loyd Carruth one to take the contest. Q, sf'. f' J JOHN MOPPISON Senior JACK NELSON-fSenior Center 2 L Back 3 L 11..- tl' '- . 'fir-6 'I E. Merritt tries to recover his own fumble, Loyd Carruth and Parrish seem to want it, too. RODNEY NOBLE-Junior TED NELSON4Junior Back 2 L End 2 L Ted Nelson gains yardage against the Monahans Lobos. .1-. Y ?F RAY O'GWlN-Senior GARY OVERCASH-Junior Guard 3 L Guard 2 L I- . . A' . ' ,- A-'xi

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lt looks as though R. E, Merritt is outnumbered by a few Pecos Eagles. F. i CHARLES HILLIS End 2 L ANDREWS 48 - COLORADO CITY 14 Scoring 32 points in the last half, the potent Mustangs turned back a fired up Colorado City team and rolled on to ruin the Wolves' home- coming 48-ld. Colorado City scored first and held the lead until the second quarter, when the Mustangs picked up lo points. Again, several AHS players hit the scoring column. ANDREWS 34 - KERMIT I4 After a tense, scoreless first quarter Andrews caught fire to down archfrival Kermit in the dis! trict opener. ln the second' quarter, Loyd Car- ruth, Ted Nelson, and Basil Greaves each added six pointersg however, in the third stanza, Kermit bounced back with two quick tallies. Greaves salted the game away in the fourth quarter with his second touchdown. ..v. .,,,1'jfj.1 --lUY1lOV DOUGLAS JEFFREYS-Junior COKE? LASSITER- Junior JAMES MARTIN-Senior Back 2 L Tackle 2 L Tackle 3 L wif: RAY MARTIN-Senior JOE McKlSSlCKfJunior R. E. MERRITT-Senior DUDLEY MITCHELL-Junior Back 3 L Back 2 L Back 2 L End 2 l- 24

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if 1 N . ..--,'5a' 'VS Douglas Jeffreys is having a hard time convincing this Levelland lad that he needs by ANDREWS 12 - ECTOR 0 The Horses erupted briefly in the second and third periods to gain a T2-O decision over the Ector Eagles, although four of six fumbles lost by Andrews killed scoring opportunities. A tight Mustang defense completely dominated the Ector defense. Tommy Walker and Loyd Carruth went over for the points. ANDREWS 28 - MONAHANS 14 Blanked until two minutes left in the first half, the Andrews crew exploded for two quick tallies for a T4-6 intermission advantage over the Mona- hans eleven. In the second half, Andrews moved to a more comfortable 22-6 spread before the Lobos could once again strike, Scoring for the Mustangs were Ted Nelson, R. E. Merritt, Tommy Walker, and Pat Anglin. --it W in f-we-at 5 1-if , , . , J A. 1, Q- - -4 .,., , J '-'EL M -c r f5'5-fi,.' A sffri.,-fm,-.-,-fs.-,f:a. wgx 'Q N ' 4 fmnn QA-,n -61.1 ' I ' 15' 'Gm :ng ' U1,4,p.1., fm- ff..-, Y N ' ' GARY PARRlSHfSer'tior ROBERT SANDLIN-Junior LARRY SHOEMAKER-Senior TOMMY SMlTHfSenior Tackle 3 L Center 2 L Bad! 3 l- TaClll6 2 L Tri-Captain 1 Q A A. .sl-y I ,Q-A-his MIKE TAYLOR-Junior TOMMY WALKER-Junior Tackle 2 L Back 2 L 26 . - '- 'ARM 5 JERRY WILKERSON-Senior GLEN WILLIAMSON-Senior End 2 L Back 3 L