Miami Northwestern High School - Northwesterners Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Battle to Scoreless Tie FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD WE THEY 6 Central 0 6 Miami Carol City 15 6 Hialeah 39 O North Miami 0 0 Miami Killian 14 1 9 Mays 25 9 Key West 9 0 Miami Jackson 33 .L A - - A The Pioneers fail to down Oliver Nicholson in the pocket. , Bernard Johnson is unable to stretch for the TD pass Larry Lightfoot intercepts a Pioneer pass.

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MNHS - North Miami Pioneers ,mg 'sg tile..- 1' . . ,, 'FW Gary Moss turns on the heat when he sees daylight. 1969 - WHAT A YEAR! Theodore Bennett was Most Valuable Player, Outstanding Lineman and Best All-Round Player, Johnny Haslem, Outstanding End, Oliver Nicholson, Outstanding Back. Theo do re Bennett and Barry Thompson made the All-City Football Team. William Mack and Lester Storr were also cited for noteworthy performances. Raymond Boswell threw the winning pass to Larry Lightfoot in the Central game. 'lhe lowest gain of 26 yards was against the .Carol City Chiefs. N. The Miami Northwestern Bulls and North Miami Pioneers battled to a scoreless tie in Northwestern's tirst daytime game of the season at JC Stadium before 2,000 cheering fans. They all watched as quarterback James Wanza, Jr. threw two bombs to flanker Larry Lightfoot and the other to Johnny Haslem-but they just couldn't hold onto the ball. Northwestern's defense was led by Theodore Bennett, Thaddeus Goodman and Tony Steen, who held the Pioneers to 40 yards in rushing. The most controversial play of the game came when second-string quarterback Raymond Boswell threw a 17-yard line. With 4 seconds left in the game, Boswell's pass hit Larry Lightfoot in the end zone but the officials ruled it out of bounds. Oliver Nicholson retains possession of the pigskin as Frank Zeigler and Bernard Johnson remain on the alert. I ' l 1

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V H'---.J l MM L W lf if . F a UQ.. 1 RQQ. RR.. lQ.. lklg ,ill El -r 4 llll , all' lull 'Ill lllg lall 1 l Coach Almeida and Quarterback James Wanza, J r. were stunned by Hialeah's strength. 76 Hialeah Thoroughbreds MNHS' Bulls were crushed under the hoofs of the Hialeah Thoroughbreds for an overwhelming 39-6 defeat in the Hialeah Stadium on October 10th before a crowd of 6,000 football fans. Northwestern's only score came in the first quarter on a 19-yard touchdown pass from James Wanza, Jr. to flanker Larry Lightfoot, after Hialeah had scored the first touchdown of the game. Hialeah scored again before the quarter ended and had a 19-6 lead at halftime. The Bulls never recovered. They completed 7 out of 21 passes attempted and had 2 interceptions. The Thoroughbreds scored in every quarter to send the Bulls down to their worst defeat. Confound it! Nathaniel Thompson dropped the ball.