Ashdown High School - Panther Eyes Yearbook (Ashdown, AL)

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Pagc Twenty F1x e 1 41 Co Capt un Co Captam RAY HEDGECOCK CRIM LOCKE FUI DTR al I 'Ih1s x car Coach Bob Young took a squad of seasoned xeterans and moulded them 1nto onc of thc outstandmg Panther juggernauts of all time Playmg xx hat xx as probably thc xoughc st schedulc made out for an Ashdovxn team of recent xears the Panthers won clght games and lost three Hxghhghtmg these games xx ere x tctortcs ox er Hoxatlo De Queen Texarkana Prescott and Foreman Four scnlors composcd a versatile backficld that enabled Ashdown to ax er age twenty two polnts a game The passxng by whlch Ashdown scored fifteen touchdowns vxas done by Co Captam Ray Hedgecock wmgback L1mber hmbed Claudc Franks another wlngback was the prxnclpal break away lunner Plovx em under Palmer Morehead finlshed h1s thlrd year at blocklng back and he also added h1s b1t to the running attack Co Captaln Grlm Locke quarterback sparked the attack wlth hlS darmg and lmagmatlon and also dld most of thc hcaxy runmng Tvxo 5kI1lOI'S Jack Crawford and Eunlce Splgner decorated the ends and prox ed themselves qulte capable although they were qulte hght Dan Grounds showed all the ear marks of a sensational tackle whlle Fred Caldvxcll vxas cquallx potent on the other slde Both these boys were sennors Frank Lambrxght and Charles Hedgecock JUDIOTS were txvo smashmg tearlng guards xvho along wlth Junxor Sethff center also a Jumor held up the mlddle of thc lme that held opponents scoreless ID slx encounters Sllbbtltlltt lettcrmcn xxcre Charles Morehead sophomore end Bxlly Bow den semor end Donald Bustlon 200 pound Junior tackle Alvm Ferrell hard hlttlng senlor guard and Wendell Lea small sophomore back Other squadmen were John Garrison Bnlly Joe Puckett Douglas Jester Joe Orxllle Stevens Harold Phllhps Buster Ford and Kenneth Cravx ford On Thanksglvmg Dax the Panthers croxx ned thelr queen Mary Ann Wheehs and then slaughtered the1r tradxtxonal foes the Foreman Alhgators 610 'lhxs scolc sct tn mll tnme record for 1 h1c,h score betvxeen the two r1x al teams As a chmaxc to tl c season each first and last xear lettcrman xxas presented a pulplc and gold xcxerslble Jacket and the three second xear lettermen xccexved s1lxc1 rmgs Coach Young and Bob Ward student manager of the team wcrc also prcsented Jackets ' x '- r R K 'I 4 'V V' ' - C - V I 4 J J 'V V V V v 'L V ' I , V V V' V , - V , V I ,. . , V V V ' x V V'V 'V- V V ' V V V V V - fx ' -V Vx ' V v - V V- ' .V VV' 'V 1. . V V V V V - ' ' ' - ., , , . . x 1 . - V -V V V . . . . '- - w ' V V - ' V ,V . V, ,V ,V V Qi. 4 . .V V V . ' V V, VV. V, V V ' . ' V V V V V V V . I . v . . ' V' V V 1 vs - ' - V V V v 1 v ' V V V ' V 1 v V V 4 I . . V V V V. ' . . ' V V V . A .. Y Y . V , V V V V ' V V x ' ' V V V . V V V .V '. V V V L c ' z 3 V Y ' .y i V' V - V V V V V . t c . ' V I .,, V V V V V , VVV' V' V,. ' . V . 3, , V V s V 'cc . .

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Page Twentx If our -NW' is QW l94Z Ashdoml Hlgll bcllool Pdllllltln Slttllig fleft to Flgllll John Garrlson Bxlly Joe Puckett Douglas Jester Wendell Lea Joe Orxllle Stuuns Harold Phllllps Buster Ford 'Ind kenneth Crawford Kneelmg Charles Hedgecock Dan Grounds Junlor Setlnff Charles More head Ray Hedge-cock Alvm Ferrell and Jack Crawford Standmg Coach Robert Young B1lly Bowden Eunnee Spngner Frank Larnbrlght Fred Caldwell Donald Bustlon Claude Franks Jr Grlm Locke Palmer Morehead and Supermtendent H E Tye SUMMARY OF THE YEAR Ashdovx n Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Ashdown Horatlo Valhant Mxneral Sprmgs De Queen Glenwood Mlneral Springs Dlerks Texarkana Prescott Prescott Fmeman

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Page Twenty'-Six 1912 A-lulossn Hugh 5111001 I .mthc utte- Seated lx4Clll8 Ford lola Bowman Alma Pennlngton Jo H111 Janle Bow man and Mlldred McClendon Standlng Syb1lCra1q Geraldme Metcalf Durrell Altenbaumer Coach Bob Young Helen Mellus Kathleen Ward and Bertha Lee Gray The Ashdown Pantherettes coached by Mr Young pulled out of an early season slump and went on to win the last half of thexr g.,ames and the Lxttle Rlver County champlonshxp Durmg, the first half of the season the g1rls were handxcapped by mexpertenee but as the season wore on they overeame thls obstacle Mamstays of an attaek that beyuldered opponents yy ere Helen Mellus lol 1 Bowman Duxrell Altenbaumer and M1ld1 ed MeClendon All these glrls eould really h1t the basket as shown bv the champmnshlp game wlth Foreman when Durrell scored 16 points lola 10 Helen 9 and Mlldred 9 Flrst strlng guards were Alma Penmngton eo e xptam Jo H111 co eaptam and Sy b1l Cralg These glrls had all the fight 'md p111t necessary and often tlmes held taller opponents to a low score Other players were Nellle Ford Janle Bowmxn Cerlldlne lVlete1lf Kathleen Ward and Bertha Lee Gray