Appomattox High School - Traveler Yearbook (Appomattox, VA)

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The team was honored by the Lions Club with a banquet at John Mosby Inn. Chuck Boone athletic director at UR was the guest speaker. Awards were: Andrew Kelso—Most Improved Back; Myron McCoy—Most Improved Lineman, Honorable Mention All- District Defensive End; Ronnie Abernathy—Best Lineman, 1st Team All-District Guard; Jay Franklin —Best Back, Offensive Player of the Year; Robert Dyess—Defensive Player of the Year, John Rothgeb camies the pigskin for the Raiders in his best game of the season when he Honorable Mention All-District Linebacker, 2nd Team All-Area got 227 of the 343 yards rushing for a big 33-6 victory over Liberty. Guard; Joe Fraley—Raider Award, Honorable Mention All-District QB; Freddie Mitchell—2nd Team All-District Kicker. Coach Wilkerson watches intently as Coach Archer points out the problem and offers some “patient” instruction. John, R.L. and Walter call timeout for a water break. Totally involved in the game, Coach Justus stoops to get a view at the level of the ball while Duane and Donald wait for their signal to go in. Joe calls the signals to get the offense go- ing in the middle of Red Devil country. we ; if

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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

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Coaches Williams, Justus, and Archer look on as the play moves forward. Going into the 3rd quarter down by 4 points, the offense looks for a break. 92 The Raider defense watches in anticipation as the Devils snap the ball. Now defending the other goal, the Raiders tighten their “D” against Rustburg. ie) bs t ee, Vince McElroy, Lawrence Sayer, Hunter Martin, Walter Higgenbotham, Roy Lee Trent, Chris Dunnam, Mark Wooten, Mark Kelso, Cecil Hunter, Andy Dalton, J. R. Harvey, Mike Rixey, Henry Fleshman, William Scott, Johnny McFadden, Bobby Wingfield, Tommy Smith, Herbert Allen, Dean Page, Timmy Webb, Tony Webb, Sylvester Watkins, Bruce Drinkard, Roy Hopkins, Leonard McCormick, Alonzo Dillard, Darrell Trent, Matt Ranson, Emest Day, Warren Baldwin, Ray Cheatham, Todd Scruggs, Kenny Wayne Burke, Tommy . Campbell, Robbie Robinson, Coty Dickerson, Marvin Johnson, Shane Abernathy, Roger Walton, Ralph Totty, Mike Campbell, Jamin McCoy, Rob Stewart, Jonathan Pickett, Richard Trent, Brian Webber, Tom Forrest.