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

Page 97 text:

Coaches look on as P V scores again After defeating Fultondale, the PV Indians were ready to put two games in the winning colunnn. Revenge was foremost in the minds of the Indians since Tarrant had defeated Valley during last year ' s season. In the first half revenge was indeed sweet for the Indians. Weiss led the Indian offense for two touchdowns. Both extra points were repelled with the first not getting off the ground and the second sailing wide. Before the naif could end the Indians drove to the Wildcats ' one. What might have been the winning touchdown was repelled by the Wildcat defense. At the halftime the Indians had to settle for a 12 point lead. The Indians smelled a victory the second half, but the Wildcats and running back Purkey took the scent away. First Purkey caught a 51 yard touchdown pass. The extra point was good and the score stood 12-7. Then in the fourth quarter the Wildcats drove for a touchdown. The two point conver- sion was good and the Wildcats had a 15-12 lead. This became one of the most physical games the Indians played. The PV offense could not get going the second half so when the buzzer sounded the Wildcats had defeated the Indians once again. However, the Indians ' statistics revealed 14 first downs and 293 yards rushing to Tarrant ' s 21 first downs and 21 8 yards rushing.

Page 96 text:

Smilie had a slight problem with his ankle PINSON VALLEY FULTONDALE 25 15 Kellie O ' Toole cheers P.V. to first victory. After losing a big opener to Gar- dendale, the Indians were ready for a victory and to even up their record. The Pinson Valley offense did not waste any time in doing so. On the first play from scrimmage Pinson Valley utilized a halfback pass that allowed Jerry Chambers to connect with Shane Wade for a 71 yard touchdown pass. The extra point failed but before the half was over an explosive offensive line which included Andre Smith, Ricky Holmes, Gary Pinson, and Matt Hodge led the offense to another touchdown. Again the extra point failed. On the opening kickoff of the sec- ond half, Orlando Vickers of Fulton- dale broke through the hatchet squad, or kickoff team, to score a touchdown. The extra point was good and suddenly this was a ball game. For a while it stayed that way until Anthony Smiley churned up some yardage, got the offense going and scored from the one. The two point conversion failed and the score stood 18-7. Before the game was over the Indians scored again and this time the extra point was good. The final scoreboard revealed a victory for the Indians with a final score of 25-15. Statistics also proved Pinson ' s might with Robert Brooks having two intercep- tions. The Valley offense had a total of 15 first downs to Fultondale ' s 5 and 173 yards rushing. Ronnie Weiss and Chambers threw for 95 yards.

Page 98 text:

PINSON VALLEY LEEDS Samford finds opening in secondary. The Pinson Valley Indians, attempting again to even up their record at 2-2, traveled to Leeds to face the Greenwave. Leeds won the opening toss and decided to receive. With the defense holding, the Indian offense trotted on the field after a Leeds punt. Completing a pass to tight end Andre Smith, the offense moved within the 10 yard line and scored. Leeds, using their big fullback, Byron Webb, scored to ans were not denied another score before the half was over and went into the locker room with a 14-7 lead. The only scoring done in the sec- ond half belonged to Leeds as they managed to tie up the game at 14- 14. Then with 1:56 left in the game the Greenwave drove to the Pinson 7 and had 3 plays to score. Each time the Pinson defense held which caused an overtime. Leeds got the plays and on the fourth play they scored. The Indian offense lined up. Each time they tried they were stop- ped by the Greenwave defense. Finally, when the game was over Leeds was on top. The Indians were not only beaten on the scoreboard but also in statistics. Leeds had 266 yards to Pinson ' s 52 and 15 first downs to Pinson ' s 8. The defense did come up with 2 interceptions by Steve Davis and Smiley.