Orrville High School - Orrbit Yearbook (Orrville, AL)

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TFGOTB LL T The Orrville Blue Torrents, under the coaching of John Scarborough, enjoyed one of the most suc- cessful seasons in its history by capturing seven victories and dropping only one contest. Ono game ended in a scoreless deadlock, the only time the nigh-scoring Torrexms were held scoreless. The Torrents were put to work September 2 by Coach Scarborough. The first week of practice was devoted entirely to conditioning and placing the men. ns the second week rolled around, the squad got down to real work in preparation for the opening game with the strong Perry County High Hams. On Septemoer 20 the Blue Torrents journeyed to Marion to tangle with the P. C. H. S. team. The game turned out to be a battle of defensive giants,contrary to pre-game dope, which indicated a wide ooen defensive show. P. C. H. S., with Xing, Sanders, and Griffin, stellar backs, showed a hard- hitting offense at times but could not put together a scoring drive. The defense of the Perry Coun- ty team was led by two hard-hitting tackles, Sanders, lY5-pound fullback. The Orrville offense, led by the running passing of Q. b. Glove bridges, showed signs crack. The Orrville line played a great defensive game with Jetell, Frasier, standing games. The next opponent was the strong Camden team, which defeated the 'h5 tewm of halfbacks, Layton and Jeter, Tubbs and Liddlebrooks, and the demon line-backing of and the blocking and of developing into a tough nut for future opponents to and Long playing out- in a close game. The Torrents were determined not to let them repeat their victory, and after taking the opening kick-off and scoring without relinquishing the ball, went on to win 13-o. The Camden team was led by Farish, l95-pound halfback, and Hall, glue-fingered pass receiver. The Orrville aerial game clicked well with Layton passes, two ball on the line with Jewell and Frasier playing their same brilliant defensive game. The Blue connecting on several neat tosses to test and Jeter. G. Bridges also tossed several nice 5oin5 to wingback Jeter for touchdowns. Oliver, Long, and Lewis played good offensive Torrents tackled the Akron High team October M on the home field. The gmme was played in sweltering weather, but the Torrents' offense could not work up any steam. They drove for touchdowns in the first and fourth periods to cop the game l2-U. The defense stood out like a beacon with the Akron team unable to cross the mid-field stripe more than twice in the game. Colvin, l6O-pound half- back, led the Akron team on offense and defense. G. Bridges tossed a lateral pass to Jeter touchdown, and hayton connected with Frasier in the end zone for the second tally. This was tent of the scoring threats put together by the Torrents. Again Frasier, Jewell, and Long defensive line play with G. bridges and LcGhee playing a good game at the line-backing post. The next game was with the tough Thonaston aggregation. Here the Torrents tasted defeat first and last thme. The game was played before one of the largest crowds to witness a game for one the ex- led the for the in this section. The Thomaston team pushed the Orrville team around in the first half, and with Dial and noseley leading the offensive play, left the field with a comfortable l2-O lead. The next half was 53

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CHEERLE DERS NELL KAYTON DOROTHY ROBERTS RANDY DAVIS MARGARET REYNOLDS LUCIB BELL nDMARDS SCHOOL SO G There 1S no school so dear in all the world, The flag of love and honor lS unfurled' I love it better as the days go by, There is no finer school than dear old Orrville High It makes my heart ring out with joy and pride It sheds a light that's shining far and wideg And we will work and play with all our zest, Do our best, for dear old Orrville High! 52

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a different story, however, with Orrville taking the kick-off and driving 70 yards in 2 minutes to get back in the game. Layton and Miller sparked this drive with G.Bridges tossing the pay-off pitch to Jeter. Dayton drove over for the extra point. The Orrville team drove to the 2, 5, and 15 yard lines in the last quarter but could not garner that last payoff punch, and the Torrents went down to a 12-7 defeat. ' From this game on the Torrents hit their stride. The next victim was the Fort Deposit team. The Torrents took command early and marched to a decisive 26-O victory. The entire squad showed up in this gane, and all played nice gawes. The next game was a hard fought game with the heavy Greensboro Tigers. The Torrents scored early on passes to Jeter and Frasier and led at the half 13-O. The next half was tougher sledding with Drake and Bedsole, 175- and 185-pound halfbacks for Greensboro, driving for two touchdowns while the Torrents were marking up one more on a beautiful to yard pass from G. Bridges to Jeter in the end zone.' hayton's great punting, Liller's hard driving, and the defensive play of Long, Lauderback, Frasier, Jewell, mc3hee, G. Bridge entire squai the Torrents to a TUG next game was with a rugged and Stewart,and the offensive play kept the Orrvillians bustling the played his best offensive gwne of nents as a great back. The entire s, Kayton, Jeter, and best, and the never-give-up spirit of the well-earned 19-12 victoryt team from Autaugaville. The Autaugaville defense, led by Sheridan of Babston, one of the best backs seen on the field in many moons entire gave to cane out on the long end of a 37-lb score. Mayton the year and showed the spectators why he was hailed by all oppo- team played a rugged and rough defensive game. Both Autaugaville tallys were on long passes by Dabston. Orrville met the Hayneville team November 8 on the Orrville field. Hayneville, led by Luckie and dives, held the Torrents to a 6-6 deadlock at the half, but after the intermission the offense got rolling and steam-rolled the Hayneville team under by a 32-6 score. The entire team played good de- fensive and offensive games. G. Bridges was outstanding. He tossed four scoring aerials to Jeter, and Layton completed a beautiful pass to Frasier for the final tally. The Torrents wound up their successful season by stomping a heavy Dixon's Mill team 65-O. The Orrville team scored at will throughout the game and held the Dixon's Mill team to minus yardage. killer ran through the entire team for 80 yards early in the fourth quarter for the outstanding play of the day. The nayton and G. Bridges to Jeter passing c mbination clicked for 6 touchdowns. May- ton galloped 30 yards for one touchdown and tossed a scoring aerial to Frasier. D. Bridges, back in top shape, scooted 10 yards for one touchdown to finish up the scoring and the season. The Urrville team set a staggering mark for future teams to shoot at by amassing 201 points to the opponents' SO. Some individual marks were set up to shoot at also as Layton completed his third season without a blocked punt and an average near the to yard mark. G. Bridges tossed 19 scoring aerials and Jeter romped across the goal 19 times for llh points. Jewell, Frasier, and Long set im- pressive records defensively along with Orrvi1le's two great line-backers, 3. Bridges and McGhee. McGhee, 130-pound center, was placed on the Advertiser All-State Squad as was Mayton, halfback and captain of the Torrents. Frasier, test, J. Knight, and P. Knight held down the terminal positions this year,and all four received letters. Jewell, E. Pegues, Oliver, Lewis, and P. Pegues on tackles were all outstanding performers and received letters. The guard positions were capably manned by 6 boys who all started at least one game. Long held down the left side with Wilson and Reynolds as understudies. The right was a wide open fight all year with Lauderback, Edwards, and Walker scrapping it out. The center spot was also strong with All-State hike hCGhee and his 130-pound helper, Meredith, holdini down this position. The backfield was weak in reserve strength with but five previous letter-men on hand. G. Bridges capably manned the blocking back slotg and when he took a rest, Jeter ran as blocking back. Captain Layton and Alternate Captain Jeter held down the halfbacks for the second year. hayton also switched to fullback on occasions and D. Bridges took over the tailback duties. Lliller, light but fast, held down the fullback post. Patterson, harrcn, and Kassey held down supporting roles. much of the success goes to the fine coaching of Coach Scarborough and the excellent mental and physical fitness that he kept the squad in throughout the hard schedule. Through the untiring ef- forts of Coach and hr. Childres the squad was one of the best equipped teams for its size in the state. The fine spirit of the cheerleaders--Dorothy Roberts, Randy Davis, largaret Reynolds, Lucie Bell Edwards, and Nell Layton--the faculty, the entire student body, and the supporters contributed much to the success of the team. 54