Webb School - Princeps Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM Bill Haslam Anthony Reagan Mark Dore John Hemmester James Wedekind Kenan Smith Sam Patterson Dwight McMillan Fred Ernest Marco Garcia Matt Gallivan Gary Jones Wade Sample Chip Denton Jimbo O'Fallon David Fladovich Bush Bell Kevin Kile Jack Robinson Ross Baker Robert Morris Carlton Mathes Hal Ernest Doug Traver Freddie Marsh Small Footballers Fiercely The Webb Jr. High football team was divided into two teams this year. The A team's seasonal record was two wins, two losses and one tie. The captain of the team was Kirby Chritton, and the co-captains were David Bradley and David Dickson. Their first game of the season was a hard-fought 0-0 tie with Farragut. The next game was with Gibbs. On the opening kickoff John Kreis ran back a 75-yard touchdown to pull us to an early lead. Kirby Chritton, Al Vesser, and Bill Arbo added the remaining touchdowns. The final score was 36-0. The third game of the season was with Halls. The injury-plagued Spartans suffered a 22-0 loss. The Carter game was very disappointing. The Spartans, behind the whole game, fought back hard in the second half, but Arbo's and Vesser's touchdowns were not enough to overcome Carter. The Powell game ended the season on a high note as Webb fought back from a 6-0 deficit. Chritton scored first to t the game, and defensive tackle Bill Yarberry scored on an interception. Al Vesser put the icing on the cake with an 85-yard interception runback, making the final score 18 to 6. This year's standouts were David Dickson, John Kreis, Bill Arbo, Al Vesser, and Marsh Frfere. The experience of this team will help the varsity team next year. Tackle the Tiny Gridiron ABOVE LEFT: Captains David Bradley, Kirby Chrit- ton, and David Dickson pose with their Coach, Larry Prater. BOTTOM: JR. HIGH FOOT- BALL TEAM: David Bradley, Kent Carter, Frank Lee, Jim Alexander, Bill Yarberry, Ward Hamilton, David Dick- son, Dennis Ragsdale. SEC- OND ROVlk Jim Ripley, Rob- ert Morris, Bill Arbo, Mark Harrison, Al Vesser, Kirby Chritton, Dean Smith, John Kreis. THIRD ROMA' Ralph Freeman, Scott Rayson, Sam Patterson, Carlton Mathes, Scott Wallace, Marsh Frere. TOP ROMA MANAGERS: Jeff Broders, Philip Duncan, Ray Tucker, Coach Larry Prater. NOTPICTURED: Bill Haslam.

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Coach Jim lVlcClain Blows His Last Whistle at Webb Jim lVIcClain has been Webb's football and track coach for six years, as well as a member of the science department. He has compiled a 32-18-2 record in football and graduated such athletes as Chip Howard lquarterback, U.T.l, Robert Leyen lline- man, Yalel, and Hank Walter lfreshman, U.T.l. The height of his career at Webb was the 1968 football season, when Webb was not only undefeated in its area games, but also went on to win the Oneida Bowl game, played in Oneida, Tennessee. lVlcClain, ,a graduate of Carson Newman College, was at Bearden High School for five years before he became head coach at Webb. He has accepted a similar position at Fulton High School. A man who has contributed as much to sports as Jim NlcClain will surely be missed in the years to come. l . wi fps f. :- -u J. ' li A Y 1 rasiitf l PE' -9

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'AW Y 1 id, ,El Undersized Spartans Suffer Through Rebuilding Year 100