Vernon High School - Yamparika Yearbook (Vernon, TX)

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'- f , , IZJ Prince Scott, our assistant coach, . ZW fl I , had lootball as his main interest r 1 -' ' in high school. He continued Z If Al, , his grid career at Texas Tech. S 1' Here he lettered iour years. In the Cotton Bowl in 1939 , ,V - ' Q.: . 1 , he was selected the most . ' 1 K valuable player. He helped , . PA coach the Third Air Force 3 1 f E JE Team in the Army. Both ' - ' 5.32 . . ' . 4 he and Coach Dixon are e,,...,.Q,,,, hmm ' , vf Y' ,wg it rg 1, , nlll ., ' proud iathers. 0 1 at 2 ., X .. ..,. . H A- ft ? 5 'L Lv 'ty L.,::, 1 : ' -' ,v 53' if ' I H ,J 42? v 9 5? as K J l' . f ,via Richard Bacon was the assist- ant manager for the team this year. He had to answer all oi the boys and their desires, which were many. He did a swell iob of keeping the boys in high spirits, and this was the most important part ot his iob. Donald Cato was the head manager tor the Lions in 1948. He was responsible ior seeing that everything was at the ri ht lace at the ri ht time 5 5 JY. 'K if A 1 Jn H ' . ,.. .. i m: ', ,, er 5 -4. . ' . Q F , Buster' Dixon, our head coach, has had plenty ot good experience in coaching which was shown so very plainly this football season. He let- tered iour years in high school toot- ball at Ennis, Texas. He then entered A.C.C. where he played for tour years. During the war he was on the Army Air Force team at Lub- bock tor three years and on the Army's Hawaiian Flyers team for one year. We are quite proud oi his record oi the past two years here at ole' V. H. S. Q, . faq? , I R 9 P g - He did a good job and was always there when one oi the I Last August 15th titty-five young men met together for the purpose of building the football team ior V.H.S. for the 1948 season. They knew very little about many oi the tech- niques ot the game, but through hard work and a determination to overcome these hurdles they ac- complished their goal. They were ' a group ol young men who now know the value ot coaches or p 1 a y e r s needed ' H M , team work, sportsmanship, and also how to take defeat with their chins up. They know how to proiit by their mistakes! In all, they have learned much from the game oi football, and in return these young men have set a standard for the boys to tollow that is high in morals and the best in sportsmanship. They have acquired the determination to do their iob well no matter what the odds might be. Q