Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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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

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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 VIII Looking forward toward more action, the Bulldogs traveled to Winterboro’s territory to challenge one of its own; another Bulldog. MHS was out to prove who was the better dog. The Bulldogs wasted no time unloading their attack, romping over Winterboro 34-0 in an icy cold first half, with scoring by Senior backs Jeff Chism, Taylor Blackwell and Barry Worthey. Leading the at- tack, Coach Gilliam played every member on the team, giving the ‘Dogs more playing experience going into the playoffs Reserve teams saw all the action in the second half: gaining 76 yards with Antonio Devould scoring the final six points of the night. MHS’s defense played aggres- sively holding Winterboro to only four first downs before the half. The Winterboro 'Dogs managed to score only twice on the reserve team, making the final score 40-12 Game |X Two minutes was ali it took for the Bulldogs to take a substantial lead when they took on the B.B. Comer Tigers on October 21. Senior Jeff Chism racked up two touchdowns and a two point con- version. Chism's first score came on the fourth play of the game. On the return kickoff, Comer fumbled and ““AMP ’ Prentice recovered on the Tiger's 36. On the first play, Senior Terry Rutledge connected with Ju- nior Andy Chism for six points. Chism then added the two-point conversion. The Dogs’ defense never allowed Comer beyond Bulldog 30-yard line. The 24-0 victory over the Tigers as- sured the Dogs’ a place in the play- Offs. Junior Paul Bush’s field goal (17 yards) was MHS’s first since 1977 Plunging forward senior Team Captain Barry Wi rthey helps the Bulldogs to a 40-12 rout of Win and up their record to 7 and 1