Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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Sylvan Hills marred Dollarway's Dad’s Night by downing the Cardi- nals 20-12. Dollarway scored first but the extra point attempt failed. Several Bear drives stalled, but the Bears took advantage of two Car- dinal fumbles to lead 13-6 at half- time. Joe Kyzer scored one TD, and Leon White the other, with Jolin I-Iaynie adding the one PAT. In the second half, Kyzer scored again and Haynie added the point after. Undeterred, the Cardinals came back with a score, and tried in the closing minutes to win, but a stingy Bear defense prevailed and preserved the winning margin. Bear booster ribbons read Swamp the Wampus Cats but 12th ranked (in the state) Conway handed Syl- van Hills a 26-0 setback. The Bear offense was held to 62 yards by the now AAA Wampus Cats. A gloomy night for the Bears lie Id lew bright spots, as the defense inter- cepted two passes, recovered two fumbles, and held Conway once on downs. ABOVE: Several Bears close in on an opposing runner. (There seems to be some disagreement about who owns the ball.) ABOVE RIGHT: Joe Kyzer tacks on a few more yards to his already outstanding records. Kyzer led the '71 Bears in rushing statistics. RIGHT: Benton's 22 tries the right side of the Bear line. Excellent pursuit caused this play to gain only short yardage, stalling a Panther drive. Y-' 66

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Dad's Night was established at the Bear's opening home game against Wilbur Mills as the Bears won their first conference game 14-0. Joe Kyzer plunged from two yards out for the first score, but the PAT failed. In the fourth quarter, Jimmy Venable blocked a Comet punt and tackled the kick- er trying to run it out of the Comet end zone for a two - point safety. Eddie Bartley completed the Bear's scoring from one yard out, and the try for two extra points failed. The major scoring threat from Mills was stopped on the Bear one yard line on the fourth down. Russellville avenged last year’s 16-0 loss to the Bears by shutting out the Sylvan Hills squad 17-0 at home. Despite a brilliant first- half defensive performance which held on the Cyclones to nine yards, the Bears trailed 7-0 as the second half began. The Bears missed their only real opportunity to score when Larry Clements field goal try went wide. Russellville added a touch- down and a field goal. LEFT: Joe Kyzer tries for a first down on a rough third-and-five situation. BELOW: Players cover the ground as two Bears stack up a Cyclone. 65

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The Bears defeated the Watson Chapel Wildcats on two counts; a 10-8 scoreboard count (official) and a post game free-for-all (opin- ion). Both defenses were aggres- sive and each team lost several scoring chances. Near the end of the first half, Jimmy Summers grabbed a loose punt and scored the Bear TD. John Haynie’s PAT try was good, and in the second half Haynic added a 27-yard field goal. Watson Chapel finally scored in the last minute of play and add- ed a two point conversion, but it was too little too late. Morrillton’s Devil Dogs (AA state champions) found the Bears had come to play. James McDan- iels, leading scorer in AA, could not penetrate the Bear goal-line, Undaunted by Morrillton’s 13-0 lead at tire half, the Bears came back, drove to the Devil Dog 5. and Ricky Duhon Scored. The con- version was good. Morrillton, con- cerned, added a no t Ire r touchdown but Leon White burst 60 yards to bring tire Bears within range again. 19-14. Sylvan Hills final scoring chance ended when Ricky Duhon was dropped behind the line on a fourth and eight play. Morrillton 19, Sylvan Hills 14. Homecoming celebrations were complete when the Bears defeated the Prescott Curly Wolves 6-0 and brought their season record even to 4-4-1. Neither team scored in the first half, as penalties plagued each squad in scoring territory. Joe Ky- zer’s running in the second half sparked tire Bear score, with Kyzer himself getting tire TD. A final desperation drive brought the Curly Wolves 75 yards from their own 5 to the Bear 20 in 42 seconds. With three seconds remaining in the game, the Bear defense batted Prescott’s last pass to the ground for a happy homecoming. 67