West Memphis High School - Cotton Boll Yearbook (West Memphis, AR)

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Record-Breaking Crowds Supported the Blue Devils in Their First Season in AA Conference The West Memphis Blue Devils played their first season in AA ball this year. They played against such perennial powers as Forrest City, Stuttgart, Hel- ena, Newport, and Jonesboro. Although losing all these games, the Devils played good ball and held halftime leads in three of these tilts. They lost those three in the final minutes of each game as superior bench strength paid off for the winners. The '4Big Blue Team won three games over lesser opponents by 39-0, 53-0, and 39-0 scores. The Devils had a disappointing year, but they played many exciting games, and record breaking crowds attended each home game. In all, West Memphis scored 239 points to their opponents' 180. 5D Hi A W , Robert Fite, Assistant Junior Coachg C. R. Brethrick, Head Junior Coachg Leon Underwood, Head Senior Coachg Ray Paschal, Assistant Senior Coach All M K lm.. wwf., K. , ' 7 as se' .af -K . as My - ' . gig sf .. Ms . t E6 s 1' ,N rdf. 4 First row: Rodgers, Naylor, Holmes, Slaughter, Davis. Second row: Coach Underwood, Blankenship, Dunston, Holmes, Sharp. Third row: Manager Kenedy, Bowers, Bruce, Carpenter, Black.

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Martin stopped hy Rice-birds. TIGERS SHOW THEIR CLAWS The Devils were beaten on their second start by a good Whitehaven heam. The 'gBig Blue Teamw played good ball and led at halftime 14--13. Whitehaven dominated the second half as their superior bench strength showed up. Billy Holmes and Robert Murphy scored for the Co-Captains 'me' NJ ,, F 'lt Jxri v:---v'v-:.7 t,. ,fi fr... . :.,,.- .ga Mt! MW 1 my 1,-,,. In as . ,A ll FZ. H l a- . I 1 A' - .mu ZLQW- li i' 7 ' A.. .,t, NVE, ? ti. INDIANS EDGE DEVILS A highly favored Helena team came to West Memphis and they were happy to leave with a 20-14 victory. West Memphis outplayed the Indians throughout th e game, but superior bench strength paid off for Helena as they scored with less than two minutes remaining to pull out a 20-14 victory over the hard fighting Blue Devils. HURRICANES STOP DEVILS The '6Big Blue Team fought violently in their sec- ond conference game of the year, but were beaten 12-7 at Jonesboro. West Memphis scored first, but couldnlt quite hold to the lead. RICEBIRDS STORM DEVILS The WMHS Blue Devils opened their season against the highly touted Stuttgart Ricehirds and were beaten 37-13. Billy Slaughter plunged for one TD, and Billy Holmes connected with James Price on a 30-yard losers, bus it was not enough ii . ,J 1 ' P E t pass for the other. to overcome the Tigers, who my ' A won 27-14. V 1 'll' i t ,W , . 'Ti BILLY SLAUGHTER J. T. HOLMES ALBERT SHARP DAVID LAMBERT WALTER CARPENTER PARKER EUBANKS GARY HARCROVE Two letters Two letters One letter One letter One letter 4 Qgaigglifha L g by Dk A . . V... ' , . 1 ' A f , '-'... If - f.,, HK .,,. , I ,V i, 5. A .. f I 5---ff 5 L V, Vkgq I .. f f' 'll Q ef e F ., Eff' X- 1 . . .. I 3- , , ,.,11M:l is fs we fg .-,' f 4.54 My , , ,-,- ,z l L. 2