Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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Bulldogs Games Ill IV V The ‘Dogs traveled to Colum- biana to play their third game of the year facing the Shelby County Wild- cats. Both teams were undefeated at this point in the season, and it boiled down to who wanted to re- main the only undefeated team in the county. The 'Dogs were tense at the begining but loosened up after a combination of Taylor Blackwell handoffs to Jeff Chism on one scor- ing drive in which Chism took it in the last three yards. The Bulldogs defense stood tough and did not al- low the 'Cats a single score. The only score for the cats was a blocked punt and recovery in their endzone. MHS's other scorers were Andy Chism on a pass from Terry Rutledge and Anthony Prentice ona three yard run. Rick Dobson stood Junior James Lucas takes a breather after Coach Gilliam “called off the Dogs”’ early in a 36-6 blast- ing of Briarwood Stepping up and over, ‘‘Amp ’ Prentice helps MHS move toward pay dirt after a 26 hour rain delay halftime against the Calera Eagles 00 SAO Sports Football Barry Worthey out on defense with seven individual tackles. At the final whistle it was the ‘Dogs on top 20-7. The following week the Bulldogs traveled to Alabaster to face last year’s 3A State Champs, the Thompson Warriors. MHS seemed to be really fired-up, but there was little action for the ‘Dogs’ offense as Thompson took advantage of poor execution and stopped the Monte- vallo running attack. The Bulldogs’ On The Loose closest pentration was to the War- rior 12 just before half-time. For the defense it was action all night as Thompson created big plays on offense to beat the Bull- dogs 20-0. Avenging the previous week’s loss Taylor Blackwell guided the Bulldogs to a 36-19 Area victory over the Chelsea Hornets. Black- well, having only a few passes all year, hit Andy Chism for 32 yards to

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Game | The Bulldogs opened the season hosting the Calera Eagles in a thunderbolting storm. However, that did not stop any of the first half scrimmage. The Bulldogs received the opening kickoff punch- ing away yardage like mad dogs, but were unable to score. The ball was turned over to Calera. From there it seemed to be a defensive battle. Early in the second quarter, as the 'Dogs continued to eat up yardage, Worthey punched in for the last eight yards to score the first touchdown. Calera, taking advantage of a Bulldog penalty, scored just before tha half, making it MHS 8-CHS 6. The frustrating weather caused the game to be postponed at the half. After a 23 hour halftime MHS returned to the field leading Calera 8-6. The Bulldogs kicked off the second half and gave the Eagles an easy three point field-goal. Not giving in the 'Dogs came back with their own score with hard running by Jeff Chism to lead Montevallo. Unable to penetrate the ‘Dogs’ defense, Calera turned the ball back over to MHS. The Bulldog offense picked up and hit paydirt as Keith Moore (leading ground gainer with 70 yds.) ex- ploded into the endzone for the last MHS touchdown, making the final score Montevallo 20-Calera 9. UNIVERSIT) OF = MON TE VALLO THE BIG OIFFERENCE 1983-84 Bulldogs: Bottom (I to r) J. Mayhall, A. Anderson, S Spears, K. Lacey, R. Gaddis, T. Hughes, K. Staffney, A. Devouid, Q. Chism, J. Pickett, B. Divinner, J. Sailes, A. Brinley, J. Smither- man (manager) middle: R. Ross, C. Sailes, N. Payne, D. Compton, J. Wade, C. Towner, J. Chism, A. Chism, B. Worthey, J. Gentry, D Jackson, R. Tolbert, J. Holsmbeck, C. Roberts, J. Bates (man- ager) top: R. Gilliam (Head Coach) B. Peete, A. Prentice, P Bush, F. Rutledge, T. Rutledge, L. Layton, R. Dobson, M. Jones, T Blackwell, M. Gilbert, T. Layton, K. Moore, J. Lucas, B. Piersen (Line Coach) After four consecutive years of Calera edging out Montevallo the Bulldogs turned the Eagles back with a 20-9 victory. Juniors Anthony Prentice and James Lucas (70) smother an opposing Eagles player Game Il The Bulldogs returned again to their home turf hosting the Brairwood Lions for the first time in football action. The Bulldog offense wasted no time in show- ing the Lions what they had as ““AMP”’ Prentice gained 122 yards on three carries with touch- downs runs of 84 and 30 yards. The other TD's came from Jeff Chism’s 11 yard explosion and Worthey's 3 yard plunge. The defense gave the Lions no mercy and stayed after the ball all night allowing all defensive members to play. As the Dogs continued to over-power the Lions, Coach Richard Gilliam had the second offense and defense lead the show after half- time. Prentice’s excellent show on offense earned him Back of the Week by the Birming- ham News. He also did good defensive work by sacking the quarterback three times. The final score was Montevallo 26-Briarwood 6. 9©20

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the Hornet's 2-yard line, where Blackwell took it in for the score. Throughout the night Blackwell handed-off to Jeff Chism who gained 129 yards and 2 touch- downs. Other scorers were Barry Worthey and ‘‘AMP ”’ Prentice. The defense, who were not playing as well as it was capable, gave up 19 points to Chelsea. Handing the Bulldogs to their only regular season loss Thompson passed and ran to a 20-0 victory. Barry Worthey (47) and Dwayne Jackson (33) try to defend a Warrior pass. Games VI VII It was a total team effort for MHS as they beat the Jemison Panthers 27-7 in a grand fought victory on September 30. Coach Richard Gilliam commented that ‘‘no one player won the game.” The ’Dogs gained a total of 374 yards against the Panthers with Senior Jeff Chism ripping off 232 of those. Chism ran touchdowns of 79, 35 and 28 yards. Along with Chism’s running, Barry Worthey had a 17 yard TD. The Bulldog defense played aggressively and caused two major Jemison fumbles. Recognized for their defesnive performances, Lonnie Layton and James Lucas were named Linemen of the Week by the Birmingham News. The following week Taylor Blackwell passed for a total of 80 yards to help give the Bulldogs a 20-6 victory over Vincent. Blackwell completed one pass to Senior Dwayne Jackson for 44 yards and a touchdown. Vincent managed to slow the ‘Dogs’ running attack, but not before Jeff Chism gained a total of 107 yards. Later short yardage scores came from ‘‘AMP”’ Prentice and Barry Worthey. The defense managed to give only one score on a tipped pass by an MHS defender to a Vincent player in the endzone. —©20 Football Sports