Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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Yet Eager Scrappers Provide Excitement score prevented the Scrappers from shutting out the Panthers. The Scrappers ambushed their second group of Panthers in as many weeks. The victim this time was the Magnolia Panters. In a game that was thoroughly dominated by the defenses, both teams fought to a scoreless tie for three and a half quarters. Much to the delight of the home crowd, the Scrappers broke that tie when Kenneth Carriagn plunged two yards for a score, with only 2:57 remaining in the game. Carrigan's run capped a 59 yard drive that gave the Scrappers a 6-0 lead which they were able to protect until the clock expired. The Scrappers travelled to DeQueen to take on the Leopards in the first district game of the season. It was a trip that the Scrappers would like to forget. On one of those nights when everything goes wrong, the underdog Leopards surprised the Scrappers, 21-7. The Leopards stymied the Scrapper offense throughout the game and kept the Scrappers from a first down in the first half. DeQueen built up a 14-0 lead by the half. The SEASON'S RECORD 6-3 10 Ashdown 8 6 Magnolia 0 7 DeQueen 21 35 Gurdon 6 21 Stamps 20 27 Fairview 7 6 Prescott 22 48 Smackover 16 20 Hope 29 IN ONE OF the few open field runs in a game dominated by defenses, Mark Millwood cuts upfieid against the Magnolia Panthers. The Scrappers did manage to score once and that was enough to win, 6-0. Leopards blocked a Scrapper punt in the third quarter to set up their third touchdown. From there the Leopards backed off and defended against the obvious passes that the Scrappers attempted. Nashville scored a touchdown on a four yard pass from Brian Howard to Terry Ray to avoid the shut out. The Scrappers bounced back against the Gurdon Go-Devils. Still smarting from their loss to DeQueen, the Scrappers came to Gurdon in a foul mood and took their anger out on the Go-Devils. The game was decided in the first half as the Scrappers posted a 35-0 lead at intermission. A keen passing attack displayed by the Scrappers, set up most of their points, and they coasted to a 35-6 victory. After an open date, the Scrappers returned to action against the Stamps Yellowjackets. The Scrappers travelled to Stamps sporting a 3-1 record and found the Yellowjackets to be a very worthy opponent. In what would be one of the most dramatic games of the season, the Scrappers fought back from a 14-0 deficit to edge the Yellowjackets 21-20. Stamps got on the board early after a Scrappers fumble deep in their own territory. The Yellowjackets added another touchdown just before the half to lead 14-0. The momentum changed sides in third quarter and the Scrappers drove for two touchdowns, the second of which was set up by Mike Milum's blocking a Yellowjacket punt. The fourth quarter began with the score tied at 14. Stamps scored what appeared to be the winning touchdown as they took a 20-14 lead, with only 4:09 showing on the clock. However, the Scrappers refused to give up, and they drove 75 yards in the fleeting moments of the game to tie the score at 20. Kenneth Carrigan then added the PAT that gave the Scrappers an exciting 21-20 win over the state playoff bound Yellowjackets. The Scrappers returned home to take on

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Inexperienced With only six returning starters, the 1977 Scrapper football team could easily have had a long season. This was not the case as the Scrappers finished with a 6-3 record and surprised many pre-season speculators. Of course, 1977 was not a championship season but there were some highlights: a victory over a state playoff semi-finalist, three victories over larger triple AAA schools and a victory over the eventual district 7-AAA co-champs. The young and inexperienced Scrappers opened the 1977 season against the Ashdown Panthers. A large crowd gathered at Scrapper Stadium to watch this renewal of an old rivalry. That crowd saw the Scrappers attack the Panthers with a small, quick defense and a balanced offense. The Scrappers won 10-8, but the score was much closer than the game. The Scrappers' offense moved the ball well on the much larger Panthers but fumbled away several opportunities. Brian Howard's five yard touchdown, run just before the first half ended, and Kenneth Carrigan's 27 yard field goal in the fourth quarter proved to be enough. A late Panther 28 TOP- With David Chalker clearing a path, Brian Howard (11) heads for the endzone against the Smack-over Buckaroos. Howard was stopped shy of the goal, but two plays later the Scrappers score to go out in front 21-0. ABOVE- In the DeQueen backfield, Nate Coulter and Terry Ray drag down a Leopard. Unfortunately, for the Scrappers, this did not occur often enough as they bowed to the Leopards, 21-7. RIGHT- During a time-out. Coach Gary Segrest gives instructions to defensive captain Gary Gills to relay to the Scrapper defense.

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Scrappers Test Wolves SCRAPPER DEFENSIVE end Mike Milum (81), takes on a Smackover blocker and looks for the ball-carrier. Mike and his teammates went on to thrash the Buckaroos, 48-16, in the Scrappers' homecoming game. Camden-Fairview. The combinations of Brian Howard's passing (7-14 for 141 yards) and a stingy defense that allowed the Cardinals only 86 yards, enabled the Scrapers to beat the Cardinals rather convincingly, 27-7. The Scrappers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, thanks to Ken Carrigan's four yard touchdown run and Terry Ray's 25 yard touchdown reception. Nachville's third score came just before the half when Mike Milum snared a Brian Howard pass for 14 yards and a touchdown. The defense yielded a score early in the third quarter and it looked as though Fairview might get back in the game. On their next possession, the Scrappers thwarted any such comeback by marching for their fourth touchdown of the night and hung on to win, 27-7. The following week the Scrappers journeyed to Prescott to meet the highly-touted Curly-Wolves. Despite a supreme effort by the Scrappers, they became the eighth team to fall prey to the Wolves, who were ranked eighth in the state. The game was not decided until late in the fourth quarter and the final score, 22-6, was not indicative of the closeness of the contest. Early in the third quarter, with the Wolves leading 9-0, the Scrappers drove inside the Prescott ten yard line. A narrowly missed field goal halted this scoring threat, and from that point the defenses dominated with Prescott holding on to its narrow lead until late in the fourth quarter. Prescott added another touchdown which put them in control 16-0. With the score board clock winding down, the Scrappers were not to be denied a score, as they drove for their lone score of the night. The Wolves added a third, but immaterial, touchdown which made, the final score 22-6. Smackover provided the oposition on the eighth weekend of the season. It was the Scrappers' ABOVE RIGHT - A MULTITUDE OF Scrappers converge on the scene as Ken Carrigan (33) and Nate Coulter (52) pin the Prescott quarterback to the turf. MARK MILLWOOD gives the Scrappers a commanding lead, late in their game against Camden Fairview, as he goes over right tackle for three yards and a touchdown. 30