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

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Il ll. . . LARRY ANGLEA OSCAR TUT BOZE WEST MEMPHIS 12 - STUTTGART 42 ll sf' 4' 315 WEST MEMPHIS 14 - MARIANNA 13 Sophomore Bill Flanagan stunned the home crowd in his first senior performance by scoring both touchdowns in leading the Devils to a 14-13 victory over Marianna. West Memphis struck first with the combined running of Mur- phy, Britton, and Flanagan. Flanagan went around end for the marker. The Porcupines scored in the second quarter when Rogers plunged over from the one. Their extra point try was no good. Near the end of the half the Devils were disappointed when an ineligible receiver was downfield on a TD pass from Scott to Bell. Marianna took a 13-7 lead in the third period on a pass from Allen to Key. A pass from Scott to Johns for 50 yards set up the second TD for Flanagan. Moving the ball to the one, Flanagan went over. McCarley kicked his second all important conversion, this being the margin of victory. Traveling to Stuttgart for the second game of the season, the Demons were given a rough time by the Ricebirds. The loss was the first since 1957 and only the second in 19 games for the Devils. Stuttgart scored five times in the first half to put the game on ice. Looking like a new team in the second half, the Devils racked up two TD's to one for the Ricebirds. Scott returned the opening kick- off to the Stuttgart 36, setting up the touchdown. After an incomple- tion Flanagan threw a pass to Anglea for the distance. The Devils rallied again in the third quarter, but a fumble stopped it. Then in the final stanza Bell picked up a fumble and went 37 yards for the Demons' score. Stuttgart added another TD later in the period. Though the Devils fought hard in the second half, they could not overcome the 35 point lead the Ricebirds had built up in the first half. Flanagan goes of Stuttgart. in for bruising tackle on Baser :tiki- -11 it . NN ss .i Q X. x NN EB sg JIMMY McKAY JIMMY coauRN ROBERT SCOTT GUY KENNEDY JERRY JOHNS

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McKay puts stopper on Wynne quarterback. This year the West Memphis Blue Devils were plagued by inexperience because of the loss of key players by gradua- tion. The Devils fought hard, but were able to capture only four victories in eleven starts. The Demons, however, sprung two upsets by taking Nlunford, Tennessee, on homecoming, and the Blytheville Chicks of the Big Nine Conference in the last game of the season. The Big Blue won three of six on the home field, but had trouble on the opponents, winning only one out of tive. Larry Anglea led the team in scoring with seven touchdovvns-42 points. 6 N W 'sfo W Boze tripped up by Stuttgart defensive man

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WEST MEMPHIS 6 - EARLE 26 Handicapped by illness and iniury, the Devils were beaten by the county rivals 26-6. Only one TD was recorded in the first periods with Smith of Earle going in from the three. Earle struck paydirt early in the fourth quarter for their first of three TD's in that period. Smith scored the second of three for himself. Boze faked a punt and raced around end for 54 yards to put the Demons in scoring position. Murphy went in from the three Earle scored twice more before the final whistle blew. WEST MEMPHIS 13 - PARAGOULD 7 Britton's punt return goes for good yardage in homecoming game against Munford. as 'EEF awk.. 7 I . . 5 1 ' .s 1 s 5 gf - -15 ' f . Q v . 5. fi .SJ :Q-xg . Y f it a.y,,5,.,y . K 4 -4- at 'X . s gi A fog. fs - sa f . ' . - tQ D' ii pf . -,., 'Z Alva '50 gf X.: Q-, . Tifvii . - ,LV -!- VM' Q' var.. .' k Q 191-Q :5,'Q,:f?5Q:.'z if .- ,.e 1... Q . A wwf :iii 11 - .f .. ..x1:i: 1 7ft' TOMMY BURNS Paragould took an early lead, but were unable to hold it as the determined Blue Devils evened their record at 2-2. Paragould capitalized on a blocked punt in the second quarter to score their TD. Everett scored from six yards out. A pass from Scott to Bell covered 37 yards to the Bulldogs 12. After two plays from scrimmage Anglea took a pitchout frorn Scott and raced 15 yards for the score. R. Callan recovered a fumble on the Paragould 21 to put the Devils in scoring position. Anglea again went over for the score. This time from the ten. McCarley converted to make the score read 13-7 in favor of West Memphis. West Memphis found the Bulldogs a little tougher than expected, but they looked much improved over their last performance. up in the opening minutes of the game. pass from Gibson to Wolf. Anglea skirts end for a few yards before Earle tacklers stop him. WEST MEMPHIS 7 - JONESBORO 39 Three fumbles contributed directly to scores for the Hurri canes in the disastrous first half. The Devils were outplayed in that first half, but came back from intermission to show Jones y boro they were a football team. However the Big Blue lust couldn't overcome the 32 point lead that Jonesboro had built Boze dashed 30 yards to set up the plunge by Scott for the Demons' only TD. McCarley kicked the extra point the score being 32-7 after three quarters. Three Hurricane drives were stopped by the eager West Memphis defense but in the fourth period the Hurricanes put an end to the scoring with a 63 yard