Morristown Hamblen East High School - Itakha Yearbook (Morristown, TN)

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8-2 record . . . MORRISTOWN 7-GREENVILLE 14 The Hurricanes suffered their second loss of the season at the hands of Greeneville. The Greene Devil's defense proved to be too much for the Hurricanes. Morristown got on the scoreboard by Danny Scott picking up a Greeneville fumble and racing 50 yards for the TD. Tommy Sanders was chosen as,player of the week. MORRISTOWN 20-BRISTOL 0 Morristown won their third Conference game by defeating Bristol. Ronnie Palmer took the opening kick-off back for the TD. The keyed-up Hurricane squad held the Vikings to a mere 34 yards rushing. Eddie Rhines and Stan Draper paved the way on offense, Paul Wemlinger and Dana Wampler provided the punch for defense. Rhines earned player of the week. MORRISTOWN 14-KNOX YOUNG 0 The Hurricanes rolled to a 14-0 victory at the expense of Knox Young. The Morristown defense played superbly as Gary Horner, David Whitehead, David Wade, and Danny Scott constantly threw the Yellow Jackets for losses. The Hurricanes secondary did an outstanding job by picking off three Young passes. Ronnie Palmer ran two TD's in the last five minutes of the game. Player of the week was Danny Scott. MORRISTOWN 13-JEFFERSON CITY 0 Morristown underestimated the power of Jefferson City and struggled for a 13-0 win. Playing well for the Hurricanes were Paul Wemlinger, David Wade, and Joe Brooks. Paul Wemlinger won the player of the week award for his fine blocking. MORRISTOWN 7-ELIZABETHTON 0 In the final game of the season the Hurricanes defeated Elizabeth- ton in a Big 7 tilt. Grover Jarnagin scored the only TD. Dennis Inman, Festus Talley, and Ricky Teague led the attack on defense. Teague tumed in the outstanding performance for player of the week.

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MHS finished season with MORRISTOWN 34p-ERWIN 6 Morristown, winners of last year's Big 7 Conference, picked up their first conference victory of the '64 season with an impressive win over Erwin. Tolmmy Davis was chosen as player of the week with another outstanding game of defense. MORRISTOWN 6-KINGSPORT 14 Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett handed Coach Davis' Hurricanes their first defeat of the season. It was a hard fought battle that cost Morristown its number three ranking in the state. Mike Wright, Dennis Inman and Grover .lamagin did the best job for the MHS gridders. Ronnie Palmer was player of the week. 90 MORRISTOWN 26-KNOX EAST 7 The Hurricanes rolled over Knox East for their first victory of the season. The Orangemen aided by the 94 yard TD run by Ronnie Palmer netted 215 yards to East's 96. Tommy Davis led the way on offense with two TD's. Tommy Sanders, Gary Homer, and David Whitehead led the attack on defense. David Whitehead was named player of the week. MORRISTOWN 7-JOHNSON CITY 0 The state's number three ranked team, Morristown heat highly ranked Johnson City in a. savagely fought battle at Burke-Toney Stadium. Grover ,Iamagin pulled the Hurricanes through with a twist- ing 20 yard sprint in the last five minutes of the game. Defensive standouts were Gary Needham, Festus Talley, and Danny Scott. Grover was elected player of the week. MORRISTOWN 54-NEWPORT 0 Morristown bounced back from the first loss of the season by batter- ing outclassed Newport 54-0. A variety of the Hurricanes got into the scoring column, including Grover Jarnagin, Ronnie Harrold, and Eddie Rhines. Ronnie Harrold was player of the week.

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Freshman football team . Front Row: John Hall, Clyde Byard, Mike Cole, Jerry Helton, Mike Shuck, Randall Erwin, Steve Watkins, John Chance, Ronnie Beene, Danny Powell, Kenny Scott, Steve Watson. Second Row: Steve Combs, Warren Conway, Leslie Toon, Gray Trent, Steve Wright, Gary Antrican, Richard Carter, Bill Horton, Bobby Marcum, Eddie Price, Mike Purkey, Chuck Hicks, Billy Shockley, Larry Collins. Third Row: Coach Gibson, Gary Holt, David Brooks, Bill Adams, Lynn Hurley, Allen Jones, David Darnell, Tommy Walker, Merle Chamberlain, David Noe, David Adams, Steve Patrick, Tom Bivens, Dan Reagan, Coach Williams. Opponent We They Lenoir City 32 0 Bristol 20 13 North Jr. High 7 10 Elizabethton 27 0 South Ir. High 14- 0 Erwin 19 20 Greeneville 14 0 Central 7 19 Joe Brooks gets the works 'from trainers, Billy Harrison and Walter Thorn. Cheerleaders: Claudia Capps, Pat Cranford, Becky Gratz, Martha Magill, and Becky Penland. 92