Oakman High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Oakman, AL)

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Wildcats 1968 No. I 90

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First In 22 Y ar« Cats Defeat Cordova, 12-6 CORIXJVA - Homecom- ing was spoiled here Fri- day night by the Wild- cats of Oakman as they continued their spread of County, defeating the Blue Devils of Cordova for the first time In 22 years 12-6. The Wildcats did It by coming from behind In the extra point via place- ment, but the boot went wide. Oakman had the .ball on the Oakman 12 yard line mayhem across Walker Jjust before thetialf. Quar- terback Larryi Hbod toB« sed an 8 yard pass to end Donnell Brown. Br-|. own cut, dodged, and we- aved his way 88 yards for the first Wildcat sc- the second quarter to tie It ore. Jones missed the po- up, and then putting it, Int after touchdown and away In the third. Cordova drew the first scoring blood, wtien Ri- cky Smith plowed over the score stood knoted 6-6 1 at the half. The second half saw a defensive battle. Both te- from the one yard llne.l ams were getting hard toi Ronnie Gurganus tried forlbudge after the ball had ' ivskiiou mo AU jr lu lims. Oakman scored .ts win- ning points on a pass fr- om Hood to Phillip Cro- well. The ball had been set up on the 10 yard line after a sustained Wi- ldcat drive. The PAT at- tempt failed and the Ca- ts had enough to win It Cordova threatened ag- ain Just before the ball game ended. The Wildcats took over on their own U BAM ..11 ■•«.•■ u . vw onds left. The entire Wildcat te- am received praise fr- om Coach Hosea Collins. It was the best team effort I have seen, as long as I have been at Oakman. The kids play- ed as a well trained un It, and I am certainly proud of them. Our center Ronald Sa- naln did a real fine Job for us. Randy Woods did a great job of offensive blocking. Barry LoUar a senior defensive end pl- ayed his best. And how could you leave out qu« anerback Larry Hood Larry threw the ball re« si well under pressure. Bobby Pugh and CrIm Sanain did a fine Job for us. It is the best I have seen Crlm run since he has been playing foot- ball. It would seem like the Wildcats are on their way to another Walker-Wins i| ton County Championship They are undefeated In the league. Addison of Sln ston County is another of the undefeated teams. 7 h ey are the conference le- aders with 4 wins against no defeats. Oakman has three wins. Homecoming is coming to Wildcat land Friday ni- ght. The guest is going to be Berry High School. Co- ach Collins is inviting ev- eryone right now out to the game, which should be fil- led with fine football play and that homecoming ce- lebration mood. Oakman Champ Again m CatsTakeWakWin LYNN ts of hool ma stern co| kman a iday nig! all over eld, 33- so captuij Winston I onshlp fo ar in a re] It was football, ght for 1 they rode ve home. The big first scoi hard foi Crlm Sa halfback of the lin Just mc a pass f: od to Barry L moved the ball to the 5. Cecil Jones p lented big toi and booted the int. The kick on target and Oakman led Wildcats Drool For Playoff Spot OAKMAN — Special Invitations to play In the State 2-A football championships are not easy to come by, as witnessed by a fine Oakman High School team this year. The Wildcats were left out of the state play-offs by the hair of a football this weekend as both of the top two teams of the class 2-A circuit came home with wins. The Wildcats remained number five on the list of top teams. It makes us feel like a bridesmaid, commented Coach Hosea Collins. We were left out. I am certainly proud of this tea m and what it has accomplished. Thissame group won the Wal- Win Cham- pionship last year and did it again this year. In three years they have lost only five ball games, which ii something to be proud of» This bunch, I feel, could have done the Wal-Win Conference, Walker County, and Oakman High School proud in the championships. •! ♦ ♦ ♦ » i Oakman barely missed the chance to play in the cham- pionships, losing only one game all season long, that being a 19-0 loss to Carboa HiU. j Lamar County, one of the top four in the state, had the same record as did Oakman. Lamar had enough tie break- .ing points to put them in the play-off. It w tn haw tn ho annthftr

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Barry LoUar Forward Senior Phillip Crowell Guard Senior V A R S I T Y Larry Hood Forward Senior Stanley Waid Guard Senior 91