Columbus High School - Cohiscan Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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Fafe Leebern plows Through on The 30 yard line Columbus Tops LaGrange 2l-l2 During The firsT half iT looked like LaGrange's ball game all The way. They led l2-7, buf C.H.S. coaches adiusTed a riddled defense and conTained all furfher scoring Threafs. UTilizing Their blinding speed, The Devils goT info high gear and scored Two more T.D.'s in The lasT half. Even Though Columbus posed a poTenT offense, The going was rough and iT was a well deserved win. John Flournoy, Guy Kenimer, and Jeff STarling scored. Guy Kenimer also kicked all 3 exTra poinTs. Looking over The line, Bill Wilson, Jimmy Hag- gard and Lew Cornelius were The main cogs in confaining The Grangers offensive drives. lf has been said, 'QT Takes greaf desire To win ball games, and C.H.S. appeared To have iusf ThaT desire. Coming back, afTer a discouraging firsf half, To win by 9 poinTs Takes someThing exTra special. Devils Drown Jordans Title Hopes Jordan ThoughT The field Too dry, and wafered iT down, allegedly. BUT all These shenanigans proved To no avail as They ended up on The shorT end of a 21-O score anyway. Fate Leebern, calling signals mosT of nighT, Threw a TD pass. John Flournoy alTernaTed befween QB and HB and came ouT To lead The game in rushing with 82 yards in T4 carries. Ronnie Weaver scored The firsf Touchdown of The game and Townsend scored The ofher 2. Guy Kenimer, man wiTh a magic Toe, made all 3 exfra poinTs. The Red JackeTs defense was seT wide To sTop C,H.S, from sweeping end, however, They proved iusT as effedive in The air lanes. The winning of This game insured The berTh in The SouTh Georgia championship and brighfened hopes for a crack aT The covefed sTaTe crown. This game was wiTnessed by The largesf crowd ever To see prep acTion in Memorial Sfadium. The aTTendance for This annual gridiron classic was over l8,000. Hagood Clarke-Halfback Jim Mason-Tackle Jim Sfevenson-End Sfeve Harrell-Halfback i l68

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Jimmy J. T. Townsend scats wide around right end. Flournoy Leads the Way Blue Devils Win Amid Fumbles Columbus High went to Thomaston to play the R. E. Lee Rebels and scored easily on the second play after kick- off. However, this must have lulled them into a false sense of security because Lee retaliated quickly and the life and death struggle was on. The host held the vistors scoreless in the third period and the situation was really becoming serious for the Blue Devils. One ofthe most determined drives, that the students of Columbus High School have ever seen, took place in the last half of the fourth quarter with Lee ahead by a score of T9-14. Columbus was back on their 29 yard line with a 3rd down and 4 yards to go situation. All appeared lost but quarterback John Flournoy had other ideas. He took the snap and rolled out to his right and then cut back to the inside and literally battled his way down the field for 7l yards. This was a run that will keep fans talking for a long time. A Leebern-to-Townsend pass added an extra six points and took all the Ere out of the Rebels. Helmets were oft to John Flournoy. Columbus stopped three Baker drives within their twen- ty-five yard line, the first period, and went on to a 20-O triumph over the Lions. lt was the Blue lmps second Bi-City win in as many outings, The Lions threatened to score on the 'first play from scrimmage, when Harry Medley broke loose for 46 yards, before he was brought down from be- hind by Guy Kenimer on the Columbus 29 yard line. Two plays carried to the 23 where the Blue Devils took over with a recovered Baker tumble. Baker had the ball two plays, courtesy of a Blue Devil fumble, but the lmps ended this threat by intercepting a pass. From here Columbus drove for their first touchdown. Scatback John Flournoy went 43 yards and moved the ball down to the Baker 5. Penalties set the lmps back to the 20. After David Prince picked up three yards over right tackle, fullback Jett Starling broke through the middle and went T7 yards for the score. Kenimer's placement was good and the lmps were out in front to stay. Ronnie Weaver-End Shain Schley-Fullback Comer Butler-Fullback Hugh Croom-Tackle y i l67 l

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Morris Wynn snags a Benedictine Cadet on the 40 yard line. Butch Barnwell assists in the action. Devils Capture South Georgia Title John Flournoy who runs, passes and quarterbacks, went all the way for 81 yards and a touchdown, and passed his teammates to two more. It was Columbus' ball game all the way, just as in a previous meeting. The first C.H.S. touchdown came on the second play from scrimmage with Flournoy hitting Kenimer for 57 yards. Guy also added the extra point, putting the Blue Devils ahead, 7-O. The home team's second score came with Flournoy, running back a punt for 81 yards, evading several cadets and running down the safety man on the 3. On the following kick-off, Morris Wynn recovered a B.C. fumble and raced down to the 3. On the next play, Wynn slammed over for the score. The Cadets got their only score on a sensational run- back by Eddie Werntz, for 83 yards from a Blue Devil punt. The final score came when John Flournoy, late in the fourth, found David Prince in the end zone and hit him with a pass. The horn blew and it was all history. They had won the South Georgia title. Blue lmps Lose State Bid 20-0 An old superstition proved right, Friday the 13th is unlucky, at least for Columbus High anyway. This didp't seem to stop Northside in the least they iust played superior ball and outclassed the Blue Devils all over. Stan Gann completely baffled defenders with pitch-outs and hand-offs that seemed to come from nowhere. The score wasn't the only beating the Blue Devils took. We managed only -4 yards rushing and just 66 in the air. Northside racked up 240 yards on the ground and 55 in the air. The visitors were almost run off the field. Their usual sterling backfield bogged down and puttered as the forward wall of the Tigers crashed through from everywhere. Perhaps loyal Blue Devil fans may console themselves with this thought, Northside lost its bid for the championship last year, so only by the same token, we may improve. Congratulations to Coaches Ralph Pyburn, Jeff Knox, Dewey Renfroe, and all the other staff members and players for a mighty fine effort! Brown Brady - Guard Wayne Bundrick - Center I 169 1 Morris Wynn - Halfback Ronnie McLendon - Manager