North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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JOHNNY PLUMMER-Tackle l Year Letterman WILDCATS BEAT CLOCK--OILERS. I3-6 The North Little Rock Wildcats came from behind to push over two second half touchdowns and grab a 13-6 win from the El Dorado Wildcats at E1 Dorado. lt was the Cats' first major Big-10 triumph in almost two years. After falling behind 6-0 early in the second quarter, the Cats hung on until the opening of the final period when they started their first touchdown march. William Ketcher picked up three first downs on the 55 yard drive. Joe Smelser got the six points on fourth down when he circled left end from two yards away. The second NLR touchdown came with less than four minutes left when Bruce Cook hit end Ricky Cross with a 50 yard pass that completely baffled the Oilers. Steve Daniel, Bob Scarborough, Billy Lyons and Ketcher plugged up the holes in the North Side defense to limit El Dorado's Offensive game. NLR KEEPS WINNING: TAMES CANE The Wildcats used the forgotten art ofblocking kicks to down the Jonesboro Hurricanes 20-13 in Wildcat Stadium, October 11. The North Siders scored early by taking the opening kickoff 60 yards for a touchdown. Bobby Faulkner pushed the ball over the goal on a one- yard smash. In the second stanza, Steve Loibner and William Ketcher blitzed through the Hurricane line to block a punt which rolled into the visitor's end zone. Steve Daniel pounced on the loose pigskin for six points. Steve then kicked his second extra point of the night. The scoreboard read 14-0 and Daniel had eight of them. BRYAN HENDERSON-Center l-Year Letterman I'-Q RICKY CROSS- End 2-Year Letterman WESLEY MEADOWS-Tackle 2-Year Letterman ef? Qi BILL McNatt-End BOB DUNWOODY-End 2-Year Letterman 2-Year Letterman Jonesboro struck for touchdowns late in the same period and early in the third quarter. Ketcher preserved a l4-13 NLR lead by blocking the second PAT attempt. North Little Rock came right back for their third touchdown in the final period. Ketcher started things off by returning the kickoff 41 yards to the NLR 41 yard line. Bobby Faulkner again got the call at the goal line, going over from the two.

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PIERCE DETERMINATION ..... is displayed by Senior line for a touchdown. Quarterback Bruce Cook, qllb is seen Fullback William Ketcher as he breaks through the Subiaco carring out his fake in the background. JOHN DOBBS-Guard l -Year Letterman LARRY SI-IELTON-Tackle l-Year Letterman BUDDY HOLLOWAY-Back l-Year Letterman BOBBY DORNBLASER- l -Year Letterman Back

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NLR HALFBACK ..... Joe Smelser applies an effective stiff-arm to a would be Central tackler and sets sail on his game-winning 85 yard T.D. run which gave the Cats their LARRY WOOLRIDGE-Back 1-Year Letterman HARVEY HOWARD- End 1-Year Letterman 6-O margin of Victory and their first Win over the Tigers in four years. , KELLEY AUSTIN-Back 1-Year Letterman nie WHIT HALL-Guard 1-Year Letterman WJ? WWW Wu gi 'Q it N ,