Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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On his way to the only touchdown in the Martinsville game, Lee Burkholder finds a quick opening and blasts 12 yards for the score. JV Football 1972 Season’s Record: 0-8 HCSH 0 Person Co, 28 HCSH 8 Martinsville 30 HCSH 0 Amherst 18 HCSH 0 GW 21 HCSH 6 Brookville 7 HCSH 0 E. C. Glass 12 HCSH 0 E. C. Glass 21 HCSH 8 GW 12 JV football: (bottom row) Allen Satterfield, Ray Billingslea, Charles Green, Everette Nichols, Roy Watkins, Bobby Medley, Ronald Garland (second row) Eddie Brown, Joseph Wilborn, Robert Womack, Rick Farrell, Rick Traynham, Kevin Watson, George Womack (third row) Matthew Johnson, Lee Burkholder, Gerald Lovelace, Jarious Harris, Jay Camp, Lacy King, Nelson Kirby (fourth row) John Snead, Joseph Gwathney, Tony Hill, Craig Humphrey, Eddie Robinson, Larry Scott, James Brame (fifth row) C. W. Watkins, Charles Waller, Jimmy Clark, George Fountain, Samuel Smith (top row) Coaches Joe Hyatt, Tyrone Powell, Tom Berry and Mickey Vanney. 22 JV Football Sideline instructions are absorbed by quarterback Everette Nichols as Head Coach Tom Berry relays them to him. d

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Varsity Football 21 Three Highland Springs defenders seem to stop junior halfback Clyde Testerman in mid-air as he tries to score a touchdown. Puckett wins regional team honors That Curtis can really run. I came to the games just to see him. Split end Russell Puckett earned a position on both the Western District and the All-Regional honor teams. With Donald Testerman gone to the college ranks, a replacement at full¬ back was hard to find. Converted from guard, Stafford Curtis grabbed the chance to run at the position. The big runner made good use of this chance as he ran through the opposition to become the Comets’ leading ground gainer, averaging a little more than four yards a carry. At the annual All-Sports Banquet in April, Earl Royster and Russell Puckett tied for most valuable lineman and Russell won the Ronnie Rose Trophy. Stafford Curtis was named best back.

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Adage proves correct The Baby Blues had a perfect season: all losses. ' t It has been said that a junior varsity football coach has the roughest job of any coach at any other job because he only has the players for a season. When practice begins, he has such little time to prepare and mold a team bef ore the season starts. With new coaches and always new players to prepare, the JV staff found these words to be true. The Baby Blues had a perfect season; matter of fact, it was a perfectly disastrous season. The Baby Blues played eight games and lost eight games. The nightmare started with the opener with Person Co. at Roxboro as the Baby Blues were trampled, 28-0. The Baby Blues seemed as though they could not wake up as they were demolished by Martinsville 30-8, Amherst 18-0, and George Washington 21-0 in the next three outings. The Baby Blues woke up to find their nightmare a reality after the fourth game. The coaches worked hard at trying to build up the players’ mental attitudes and they almost succeeded as the Baby Blues invaded Brookville. The Comets were very strong in the first half but seemed to quit in the second half as Brookville edged the Baby Blues 7-6. On a quick snap from center, Charles Green punts a long one down field that gives the Comets defense an advantage. Most valuable player Charles Green (23) turns up field through a narrow hole for a ten-yard gain in the Glass game. JV Football 23