Baker High School - Novus Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Football coaches, (left to Right ). Daniel tiumpe Runningback Chris Wallace breaks through the Clem Richardson. Bill Odom. Eddie Jones. John line to pick up much needed yardage. Aikens Chris Wallace rolls out .uul breaks .1 tackle 10 pick up a first down. Defensive back Ron Steed crunches a Rain ' s runningback and prevents a disasterous first down.

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Hornets Go 2-8 in First 4A Year Row I, Left to right, Andy Aikens. Gregg Daoust, Sean Nelson, Mark Lee. Kempis McCall, Victor Davis, Terry Livingston, Bryan Edwards, Robert Moseley, James Moody, Kenneth Johnson, Roger Lee, Terry Broadus, Mitch Waltman, Mitch Walch. John Boyce, Boo Moseley, Chuck Hopkins. Row 1 In the first game of the season, Coach Odom ' s Hornets started their first year as a 4-A school with a 6-0 win over B.C. Rain. The game was a see-saw battle with both teams moving the ball up and down the field. Late in the first quarter, Rain had a chance to score on a 4th and 2, but they elected to run instead of punt. Due to errors on both sides, Baker held on and took over. With three minutes left in the third quarter, sophomore quarterback, Roger Lee, was hurt on a sack. Senior, Kenny Ferguson was sent in as replacement. Ferguson came in to take the Hornets down-field for a 12 yard touchdown pass to Greg Pierce. From here on, the game was a clear victory as Baker won their first game, 6- 0. The Hornets won their first home home game of the season September 3, as they stung the Shaw Rebels, 30-21. Jim Gillen, Tony McNeal, Allen Hester, Willie Brown. Scott Slocum, John Rice, James Boyce, Mark Seymour, Chris Wallace. Anthony Smith, Scott Daoust. Row J. Laderrell Thames. Kenny Ferguson. Marvin Aikens, Mark Osborne. Greg Pierce. Sam Aikens, Jason Boykin, Chris McDowell, Each time the Hornets touched the ball in the first quarter it meant disaster for the Rebels. The score at the conclusion of the first half was 30-8, Baker. Chris Wallace was the leading rusher with 153 yards and one touchdown. The offense took to the air as Kenny Ferguson hurled three attempts and two completions for a total of 45 yards and one touchdown. Chris Wallace and Greg Pierce were the leading receivers with 42 yards between them. In the second half, the Hornets ' second and third string teams had their crack at the error-prone Rebels. The Hornets showed their superior skill as each member of the team got to see some action in the game. These two games seemed to be indicators of a great season but were in fact the calm before the storm. Team after team began to pound away on the Hornets. Lee Breedlove, Lebanon Cox. Harry Tolbert, Kent Cartwright, Ronald Tarvin, Ron Steed, Andy Powell. Row 4: Wade Whitney. Rivers Lods, Ted Pond. Mike Deming, David Brunson, Lee Wilson, Donnie Clark, Scott Barnhill, Mitch Collins, Chip Lang, Jimmy Kinsey, Dow Carroll, Joe Urquhart. First they lost their game with the Gators of Satsuma. Baker lost their first game Friday, September 10 to the Gators, 24-7. Slight showers dampened the Hornet ' s spirit as they surrendered eight turnovers, 6 by interception, 2 by fumble. Baker suffered their second loss of the season as they played the Theodore Bobcats here at Baker September 24. The only two touchdowns for Baker were made by sophomore, Roger Lee, and freshman, Bryan Edwards. At the half the game was tied 14-14 as the Hornet fan ' s support was encouraging. But as the game progressed the Hornets deffenses were let down and the Bobcats had a victory of 42-21. The Hornets lost game after game but fan support never decreased and team spirit ironically increased. Baker ' s final record was 2-8.

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Runningback, Jason Roy kin. lunges toward the goal line to pick up a first down. Defensiveback. Anthony Smith looks on as the pile unscrambles to see who has the pigskin. Runningback, Willie Brown thunders toward the line of scrimmage and creams a Leflore defensive The Hornet defense recovers from a hard hitting threat on their end-zone. Team managers (left to right): Ronny Stalworth. Sean Nelson. Mitch Walch. Andy Aikens. and Chuck Hopkins.