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

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FAYETTE LOSFS OPENING GAME TO VERNON On the nlght of September 21, the Fayette Tigers opened the1r season with a game waged against the Bulldogs of Lamar County High School In the second quarter Taylor made one of the longest runs of the game- a return of a punt from the 10 to the 36 The second half started with that Taylor, Logan, and Shelton combmatlon smaehlng 70 yards to the 3 where Gravlee carried the ball over on the quarter back sneak for the f1rst touchdown Vernon's touchdown came in the fourth quarter after a 30 yard drive The extra point was good and the final score of the game was Fayette, 6, Vernon, 7 FAYETTE NIPS GORDO After losmg the first game of the season, Fayette came back to maul Gordo, 20 0 The feature of the first quarter was a 19 yard run by Taylor Ned Butler, a 120 pound Seat back, set up the first touchdown by a 16-yd run and Logan carried the ball over from the three with Smith converting The second touchdown came ln the third quarter after a 60-yd drive spearheaded by the Logan, Taylor, Shelton canbinatlon For the third and last touchdown Taylor carried the ball to the Gordo 1 yd line Shelton went over, and Smith converted The flnal score was 2 0 FAYETTE CHALKS UP WIN OVER CARBON HILL On October 5, the Tigers journeyed to Carbon Hill to play their first game away from home The game was played on a ram soaked fleld with a few short rain bursts in the game No outstanding gains for either side were made during the first quarter I the second first T D Early in the third quarter, Carbon Hill gained 30 yards on 3 plays to Fayette' Us yard line and on the next play, on a long run, they made their only touchdown The extra point was no good With the ball on Carbon Hi1l's 13 yard line, Fayette's line put on one of the best de fenses dlsplayed thus far in the season Carbon H111 was thrown for a ll yard loss and at tempted to punt from their 2 yard line The kick was blocked by Dyer and the ball rolled to the 9 yard line where it was covered by Carbon Hill The ball was snapped and fumbled and the Tigers recovered for a safety The second T D resulted when Carbon Hill fumbled on their own 20 and the Tigers drove to the 3 where Logan went over Shelton ran the extra point over, making the score 15-7 TIGERS DOWN LIBERTY 20--O The first touchdown of the game came after Taylor intercepted a pass on the 50 yard line Then came a 1,5 yd march with Logan and Taylor lugging the leather Taylor went over from the 5 Smith drop kicked the extra point The second touchdown featured Logan, Taylor and Shelton in another drive Shelton went over standing up from the L Smith converted 'I'he third touchdown came after Gravlee returned the kickoff , 20 yds Then it was Logan and Taylor all the way, wlth Logan going over to make the score 20--0 TIGHiS 'IRIP WINFIH..D PIRATES The Fayette Tigers won their third consecutive game by chalking up a 11, to 6 win over Winfield The first quarter was spent with neither team making a profitable gain The second quarter opened with the ball in Favette's possession on their own 20 yd line, and in four plays, the Tigers made the first T D of the game with Gravlee carrying the ball over from the one yard line Smith converted to make the score 7 O In the third quarter Fayette began a 45 yd touchdown march with Logan, Taylor and Butler all making smashing drives which resulted in the Tigers' second and last touchdown. l:Lnfield's 6 point score was made on a fumble by Shelton. The right end frcm Winfield picked up the ball and ran 30 yards for a T.D. The game ended with the score, Fayette, 143 Winfield, 6. 92 O.- U . . . . . n . quarter Logan, Shelton and Butler made a 62 yd. touchdown drive which resulted in Fayette's . . s

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HOLT HANDS FAYETTE SECOND DEFEAT The Fayette Tigers journeyed to Holt to receive their second and final defeat of the season, 14 to 0 In the first quarter Fayette was forced to punt, and Holt, after 6 plays, made the first T D of the game The extra point was good Short gains by Taylor, Shelton, and Gravlee and two 5 yard penalties against Holt gave the Tigers the ball on their own 45 yard line The Tigers fell short of a touchdown just as the first half ended A 73 yard touchdown march came in the third quarter to give Holt the final score of the game The last quarter was mostly exchanges of punts with Young completing a pass to Nichols for 18 yards TIGERS DZFEAT POWERFUL AGGIES The Fayette Tigers played one of the best games of the season by winning from the Ham- ilton Aggies, 12 to 7 In the first quarter Hamilton drove over for a touchdown for the first score of the game One of the biggest thrills of the game came in the second quarter when Young faked the ball to Logan and went through the center of I-lamilton's line for a 53- yd sprlnt The third quarter was made up of an exchange of punts and a few passes Th closing quarter started with the ball on Hamilton's 20-yd line Butler, Logan, and Gravlee, on dnort gains, carried the ball to the 3 yd line, where Gravlee ran it over for Fayette's first T D The try for the extra pomt was no good A pass from Young to Shelton :Ln the end zone gave the Tlgers their second touchdown Smith failed to convert and the game ended with the score, Fayette, 12, Hamilton, 7 'TIGERS WIN HOILEBCCMING GAME At the bBg1!1!l1!1g of the first quarter, the Crlmson Tornadoes of Reform drove to Fayette' second quarter they had begun a 65 yard march for the only T D of the game The drive was spearheaded by Taylor, Logan and Shelton The ball was carried over from the 7 by Logan The extra point was no good The remainder of the game was an exchange of punts and passes with neither team scoring November 12 The Fayette Tigers won the Homecomlng game from Reform, 6--0 FAYETTE SHASHES GUIN IN FINAL GAME The Fayette Tigers won the final game of the season by smashing the Guin Red Raiders, 25 6 at Guin From Guin's punt to Fayette's 38 yd lane, The Tigers started their touchdown drive with Shelton carrying the ball over from the 2 The extra point was no good After the ld.ck off to Guin's 32 the Red Raiders pulled the old layout pass for a 63 yard touchdown On the openlng play of the second quarter, Young clicked off 15 yards Fayette kicked to Guin to open the second half and in four plays, Guin lost 7 yds and punted to Fayette' 40 From there, in four plays, the Tigers again started a touchdown march for L0 yards with Logan, Taylor, and Shelton doing the carrylng Gravlee carried the ball over from the 3 yard line The extra point was no good The fourth quarter opened with a 1,0 yard drive by Fayette which was good for the f1nal touchdown Johnson carrled the ball over from the 2 The extra point was good and the final score was 25 6 in favor of the Tigers 95 . ' . . e 16 yd. line before being stopped. Fwette retaliated, however, and by the start of the . U s