Appomattox High School - Traveler Yearbook (Appomattox, VA)

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Getting In Gear - S, 3 y a See Phillip Seay, Ronnie Preston, John Hudson, Bobby Harris, R.L. Harris, Robert Dyess, Jay Franklin, James Burks, Walter Mosley, Buddy McFadden, AJ. Johnson, John Rothgeb, Freddie Mitchell, Andrew Kelso, Darrell Schrock, Terry Woods, Robert Harding, Ron- nie Abernathy, Donald Parris, Joe Fraley, Byron Roach, Jerry Woods, David Harvey, Chris Johnson, Kevin O’Brien, Greg Cheatham, Bob Dunnam, Paul Krajewski, Ernie Chenault, Larry White, Scott Paulette, Jimmy Baxter, Troy Stanley, Luis Garcia, John Foxwell, Tony Ferguson, Ronnie Robinson, Tivey Booker, Charles Wilkerson, Ray Archer, Stuart Justus, Plicky Williams, Myron McCoy, S.L. Ferguson, Phil Paulette, Duane Gilliam, Greg Pugh, Glenn Gilliam. Although they had to get in their gear every day for the grind of practice and on Friday evenings in anticipation of Aug. 26 Covington 0-28 the big game, the young team didn’t really get “in gear” Sept. 2 Gretna 15- 8 until the season was well under way. Not until then did Sept. 10 William Campbell 9-12 the Raiders reach their potential with a drive unmatched Sept. 17 Rustburg 3-22 by other teams. Sept. 23 Nelson 20-28 The season saw its first game miles away against the Sept. 30 Altavista 25- 6 Covington Cougars where the scoreboard failed to show Oct. 7 Brookville 3-20 the tough fight put up by the Raiders. The hard work paid Ons -14 Jefferson Forest , 22-14 off the following week, though, with a victory over Gretna. Oct. 21 Liberty 33- 6 ‘ The next few games, except for the Altavista match, Nov. 9 Amherst 22-42 proved discouraging for the relatively inexperienced team, still rebuilding after graduation took most of the starters. Tri-Captains: Robert Dyess, Jay Franklin, Joe Fraley. After a hard-nose campaign of learning and suffering, Coach Justus’ players realized improvements and ex- perience, and grew weary of surrendering. This they proved in the upset of the night against Jefferson Forest, a team with three shutouts to its credit, when the : Cavaliers were handed a 22-14 defeat. Positive attitudes drove the Raiders on to a whopping 33-6 victory over Liberty, adding to the spirit of Homecoming which was also the last home game. Ap- pomattox dominated the game with John Rothgeb’s | total of 227 yards rushing and a tight defense led by ; Robert Dyess and R. L. Harris. An open date coupled with postponment due to rain in the next week threw the Raiders into a slump before their final game of the season. The loss to Amherst marred the record slightly as the team came out 4-5, 4-6 overall, but opponents had discovered that the Raiders are for real! 90