Pinson Valley High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Pinson, AL)

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Loyal fans show their spirit. Highlighting defense, alligators, and gut check, the PV-Midfield match proved to be one of the high spots of the season. Each time a Midfield Patriot would touch the pigskin, the Indians ' linemen and linebackers would take turns stuff- ing their runners like sausage. Each time the Patriot quarterback would throw the ball the Indian secondary, better known as the alligators, would either intercept or knock the ball down. The Indians got the ball on the first possession and were turned away. PV ' s only score came in the second quarter after Shane Wade picked off a Patriot pass.The very next play Ronnie Weiss con- nected with Wade for a TD pass. The PAT was no good. With 13 ticks remaining in the half PV recovered a Patriot fumble. Coach Currier sent in the man with the Golden toe, Jerry Chambers. The officials then ruled that time had run out and this could have cost Pinson the game. Due to a very good defense the Indians held the second half. Only once did the Patriots get a small drive going and this was stopped with a Donnie Weiss interception. Twice more the Patriots got the ball and twice more the defense intercepted. Both inter- ceptions were by Larry Sanford. The Indian defense proudly held the Patriots to 3 first downs, 55 yards

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With excellent blocking, Shane finds opening The Erwin-Valley match brought )erhaps the largest crowd the Indi- ins had played before all season. 3ue to the intense rivalry between he two schools the Indians had no rouble at all in getting up for the jame. Pinson won the coin toss and Hected to receive. Running out of lowns, the Indians were forced to »unt. On the second down the •agles David Bradford broke into he open and scored. The extra loint was good. It was a red hot Indian offense that drove down the field and scored next. The extra point was off to the left and the score stood 7-6. The Eagles man- aged to put six more on the score- board before the half was over. The score then stood 13-6 in Erwin ' s favor. The second half the Eagles received the kickoff and drove down the field and scored. But the Indians just would not give up. The first play of the fourth quarter they scored to make the score 20-13. To ice the game the Eagles scored seven more on the already down defense. Pin- son tried once more to come back but the Eagles defense stopped them with an interception. The Indi- ans did manage to keep up in statis- tics as they almost tied the Eagles with first downs: Eagles with 13 and Indians with 12. The Eagles ' David Bradford ' s 60 yard run contributed to the Eagles ' 210 yards rushing as compared to the Indians ' 159.

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(i. ;jSjtt- PV ' s defense dominates the game PINSON VALLEY MORTIMER JORDAN P V s vicious defense attacks rushing and 4 interceptions. For Mortimer Jordon, this match was a long awaited rivalry. Last year, the Indians blew Jordon away on their home turf and as a result the Blue Devils did not have any trouble in getting fired up for this game. The Indians knew though that they must not underestimate Jordon and they were ready The Indians won the coin toss and decided to receive But the Mortimer Jordon defense dug in and held, and forced the Indi- ans to punt The first of six Pinson Valley touchdowns came on a three yard run by tailback Anthony Smiley. The rest of the game was uphill Ala- bama bound Anthony Smiley racked up for a total of three touchdowns; fullback Jerry Chambers had two touchdowns; and tailback Rusty Wynn had one. Not only did the offense have a great night on the gridiron, but the defense had a good one also, allowing only one touch- down and cornerback Steve Davis getting in on the action. Davis had an interception with a fifty five yard return to the Jordon one yard line that set up a touchdown. The Valley Chiefs were more than happy to see the night end with a final score of 42-6 and look forward to meeting the Blue Devils again next season.