Battle Ground Academy - Cannon Ball Yearbook (Franklin, TN)

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, A week later, we opened the season against Hendersonville on the same field. Although we were a 27 point underdog, we entered the game with every intention of ending our l9 game losing streak. For a while it looked as if we might ac- complish this feat, but two fumbles deep in our own territory led to two Hendersonville touch- downs and that's how it ended, 13-0. The game was also costly in another respect. Both defen- sive ends, senior Jerry McGinnis and sophomore Bill Moench, were lost for the better part of the year with knee injuries. Page 15

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Httraitg Ellnnthall g Bottom Row, Left to Right: Mgr. Stephens, Duke, B. Ross, Harrison, Goodman, Cowan, Phipps, Thomason, R. Ross Hudson, Duncan, Fuqua, Moran. Middle Row: Coach Ko lodziej, Billington, McDaniel, Moench, Hall, Anderson, Doak, Swann, Armistead, Snodgrass, Kinnard, Shannon, On August 12, thirty of BGA7s students arrived on campus to begin practicing football. We spent the first morning finding out who had followed the summer training program. The vast majority of us had. The first week was pure hell. Practices were two and a half hours long and were held twice a day. We found out we weren't in as good shape as we thought we were. This year we did something we had never done before. The third week of practice, we took part in a jamboree held at Hendersonville. We played one quarter against Ryan and lost 7-O. Page 14 s I i i E Z i f X X 1 i i Gentry, McMillen, Hoover, Coach Cherry. Top R0 Coach Oxley, Coach B. Gentry, Lawrence, McGinnis, Pl pot, Greene, Warfield, C. Ross, Morrison, Thompson, Smith, S. Smith, Simonton, Rader, Harwell, Coach F12 Coach J. Gentry.

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The Springfield game was practically a rerun of the previous week. Once again fumbles deep in Wildcat territory led to two scores for the Jackets. Once again the offense drove well and once again all the drives were stopped by mistakes. The defense played another outstanding game, holding the highly talented Yellow Jacket offense to only two earned touchdowns. Once again we came out on the short end 28-0. The third game of the season was with Hartsville This game was a vast improvement over the first twc On the first play from scrimmage, Jim Harrison threw fifty yard pass to William Billington. Two plays latei Harrison ran it in from the twenty. However, mistake began 'plaguing us again. The touchdown was calle- back because of an offensive penalty. We failed t score on that drive. In the second quarter, we recov ered a Hartsville fumble in their territory and took it i for a score. We took this lead into the locker roor with us. The second half of the game was very muc like preceding games. We fumbled on our own 10 an they scored. The extra point attempt was blocked. A the end of the quarter, we still held the one point edge The majority of the fourth quarter was a seesaw battle However, with about five minutes remaining, a Harte ville back returned a punt -60 yards to make the scor 12-7, and that's how it ended. One week later, the Wildcats embarked on a roa trip to Pulaski. We were really in high spirits becaus for the first time in almost a year, we were favored t win. This enthusiasm carried to the field and esps cially to the defense. The Pulaski offense was consist ently held short of a first down. Their longest run c the night was four yards. In spite of this, they wer still able to connect on two passes which resulted in tw touchdowns. This was the sum total of the scoring 2 the game ended 12-0. Page 16 P 2 l l