Fayette County High School - Echo Yearbook (Fayette, AL)

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For the second successive year, Coach Bruce Little returned to coach the Fayette Tigers in their most successful season in seventeen years A remarkable record of eight victories and one tie was achieved against tough competition With three of their t ammat l t d th Al -S the Tigers received much pgaise 2: ggvgggeongnof the gtrggggsgoggggglgngzlgbggaliat' The powerhouse trio of Captain Ieffie Lawrence, Alternate Captain Lawrence Ellis and Horace Jay won renown far and wide Seldom does one find such varied talents as were displayed by these boys Much of the success of the Tigers' '41 machine was due to a line that was as im pregnahle as lacArthur's defense of Batan Peninsula Sam Renfroe, Bobby Taylor an William Lynch were consistently moving the line of their opposing team to the back field In this respect, Sam lBol Renfroe earned the name of a punt blocker Rarely a game was played that Renfroe failed to block a punt On the wings, Iinnde Allen and Bill Cannon provided a sure fire attack that rarely ever failed to put a game on ice The two guards, Hilton Sterman and William lynch, were mainly responsible for forming that wedge into the opposing line that made it possible for our backs to slip through for great gains Jeffie Lawrence, who was selected captain by his teamn tes, proved himself a cap able leader and worthy of the confidence vested in him A very dismal outlook was held by all at the beginning of the season because of the absence of some of the mainstays of the year before By looking at a short resume of the games played we get a picture of the prowess of the 1941 Tigers The Tigers lost little time in starting the victory ball rolling when Renfroe blocked a punt and after a few plays Jay went over following that Jay, Ellis, and B Bragg took turns in running where they pleased Jay again scored and Ellis scored twice, :nd Bragg converted twice for a 26 to 0 victory TTGERS'HM1HDB HUBBE TVILBE 2 0 The second game of the season was the same old story B Bragg, Jay, and Ellis, but it was a lin mam, William Lynch, who provided the spectacular play in blocking a punt and falling on it for 2 points Ellis scored twice, Jay once, and the ends, Cantrell and Allen, once each TIGERS ROLL OVER H LLPORT 7 0 As a warm-up game for Carbon Hill, the Fayette Tigers completely outplayed lillport to score at least two touchdowns each quarter Every member of the backfield scored at least once, but three lineman also scored, making a total of 71 points 55 4-7 U . , d FAYETTE--26 VENON--0 5-- . . . G . 1..

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Berry Winfield FAYETTE DOWNS CARBON HILL 23 19 In the first quarter, Carbon Hill opened the scoring with a recovered punt for a touch down In the second quarter, Jay received a long pass from Ellis good for 45 yards and a touchdown Shortly afterwards, Carbon Hill, by a score at the half, Carbon Hill l3, Fayette 7 In the early moments of the third quarter, Ellis ran for 60 yards and 6 points through h t e middle of Carbon H1ll's line Ellis converted In the fourth quarter, Renfroe blocked a nfroe again blocked a Bulldog punt to score a safety On the last play of the game, a reckless pass by Carbon Hill con nected with a receiver for a final 6 points series of hard smashes, scored again Th Bulldog punt for another 6 points Ellis again converted Re FAYETTE 19 SULLIGENT 13 In the most thrilling game of the season, Fayette kept her record clear by defeating a strong Sulligent eleven, 19 I3 Jay scored first from the 13 yard line in the first u r q a ter A touchdown pass from Ellis to Jay, late in the third quarter, put Fayette further ahe d th a on e scoreboard A long pass late in the fourth quarter provided the Blue Devils first score, but a moment later, William Lynch intercepted a Sulligent pass and outran the Blue Devil eleven to the oal lin A d down for Sulligent g e esperate last minute pass registered another touch FAYETTL OUTPLAYS HAMILTON 25 13 Horace Jay provided a one man act in the defeat of Hamilton, 25 to 13 Jay scored three touchdo wns one for 30 yards, one for 79 yards, and one for 24 yards Ellis scored once on a 10 yard fake reverse TIGERS HELD TO SCORELESS TIE Fayette's dream of an undefeated season was almost shattered when a heavier Winfield eleven held the Tigers to a 0 O deadlock The Tigers ran up a total of 269 yards gained 8 for Winfield, but lacked the scorlng punch necessary to win a ball game FAYETTE 69 BERRY O In their annual Thanksg1v1ng classic, the Tigers defeated an outclassed Berry eleven 6 l 9 to O Horace Jay, wearing the orange and black for the last time, gained a total of 245 yards and scored four touchdowns Ellis scored two, Captain Lawrence, also in his final ap pearance, scored two, and two other seniors, Sterman and Hankins, scored once each As a result of their efficient playing, Horace Jay, Lawrence Ellis, and Ieffle Lawrence were placed on the All-State honorable mention list BASKETBALL The complete schedule and scores are as follows They They Hubbertville Hubbertville Northport Hackleburg Guin Holt Vernon Northport The first award for the most Hackleburg Guin Winfield Berry Kennedy Sulligent SEVENTH DISTRICT TOURNAM NT They Palmetto Gordo Guin TIGER BAG AWARD outstanding player on the basketball team was presented JUNIOR HOBBS 54 . . e U I -- . to We We 28 22 35 Sulligent 17 18 17 35 25 22 9 17 25 26 28 24 28 21 17 38 31 16 32 26 25 8 5 42 lO 22 15 40 l0 35 30 We 32 29 27 22 16 27 to.