Cordova High School - Crimson Blue Yearbook (Cordova, AL)

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llllll .... .a-a.....,,,-M 4 FIRST ROW: Bryon Miller, Willie Morrow, Leon Short, Jack Mott, Larry McGinty, Earl Lockhart Carl Tuggle, Denton Staggs, Charles Holenshead. SECOND ROW: Edd Thompson, Bobby Barnett, Bobby Willingham, Jimmy Kitchens, Gerald Cur- rington, Donald Henderson, Charles Kitchens, Lenwood Bobo, Leon Laird. THIRD ROW: W. H. Cordell, Bobby Sargeant, John Gilbert, Travis Richardson, Charles Bankston Donald Reed, Dan Russell, Gene Burnette, Allen Gilbert, Charles Hall, Dick Nations, Charles Ryland. COACH LOCKRIDGE Water Boys: BUCK THOMAS CHARLES FRANKS I I

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Y. IT HAPPE llll LIKE Tlll The Cordova Blue Devils had a very successful football season, winning 5, losing 3, tying l. We opened the season a week early with Parrish High, at Cordova. We were not ready for this game as a result of a new coach and running from a new formation. Cordova won the toss and received, but had to kick on fourth down. Parrish made long drives to the Cordova goal line and managed to score in the first quarter, making the score 6-O at the end of the first period. Cordova came back strong the second quarter and scored on a pass from Lockhart to Thompson with Burnett kicking the extra point. This made the score 7-6 in our favor at the half. ln the last half Parrish made short, consistent gains to score in the final quarter to win the game I2-7. Since this was the earliest football game in the county, Cordova had one of the largest crowds -that has ever turned out before to see the football game. The second game was with Columbiana. We won by a score of I2 to O. The third game was with Dora. Cordova had a few iniured men from the Colum- biana game bul' otherwise looked good. We won this game by a score of 14 to O. The fourth game was with Curry. Many of our best players were not eligible to play because they had failed their work the week before. We lost a fight but really we did pretty good with some of our best players out. The fifth game was with West Jefferson, there. There were plenty of seats on the bus as almost half the entire squad was not dressing out because of failing their school work and some were injured. We lost but the boys who played in this game will never forget or be ashamed of losing it becausethey out fought and out played 'the big and confident W. J. H. S. team a while. The sixth game was with Carbon Hill, there. The team was in a good mental shape but not so good physically. We won this game by a score of 7 to O. The next game was the Walker game. Everyone talked, a'Z'e, and slept football the week before the game was to come off. The entire school was in an uproar because this was the big game in which C. H. S. Blue Devils were for the underdogs. The team practiced hard that week because we had rather win this game than any other. We were repaid by tying them O-O. The next game was with Oakman. This was Homecoming for old Cordova High and everyone was in high spirits. The parade was beautiful and the Sponsor and Maids were pretty too. With the hearty cheers of the cheerleaders and the other put together we won this game by a score of 7-0. Our last' game was with Meek and once more the Blue Devils were the underdogs. But we managed to win this game by a score of 2-0. This ended a very successful season for the Blue Devils. -JACK MOTT.