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

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On October 3, we opened our second home game against highly ranked Clarksville. They boasted a itrong defense and a quick offense. However. on he opening kick-oiT, they fumbled and BGA recov- ired. We were quick to capitalize on their mistake ts Greene threw a half-back pass to McDaniel for a ouchdown. ,The defense also caught the fever as hey held Clarksville consistently in their own terri- ory. The Clarksville team managed to muster a TD drive just before the half and we entered the locker oom with an unbelievable 7-7 tie. The third and ourth quarters continued to seesaw back and forth metween the twenties until, with l:30 left in the game, a Clarksville back broke loose and scampered tll the way to the two yard line. Even then it took hem four plays to get in, but they didg and the score tt the end was 13-7. Page 17

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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

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In our sixth game against Smyrna, our team had a complete turn about. After five straight outstand- ing defensive games, our defense had a let down. However, our offense ignited and took up the slack. Although We lost 32-20, Houston Moran played an outstanding game and consequently received All- Midstate of the Week honors. We had another physcological let down against Fayetteville. Our offense could not move the ball, and our defense had trouble containing them. As a result we lost 27-6. Our only score came when Jim Harrison returned a pass interception 35 yards for a touchdown. Page 18