Battle Ground Academy - Cannon Ball Yearbook (Franklin, TN)

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eh igi a ¢ facsitMad (ie . Be Cel - r ((, RESHMAN) Vow a ® fai THE FRESHMAN TEAM—Bottom Row: Andrews, Phipps, Warfield, Thomason, Ross, Haffner, Simonton, Ambrose, Green. Middle Row: Matthews, Rodgers, Goldstein, Broder- son, Billington, Armistead, B. Smith, Harrison, S. Smith, The Freshman Football team under the direc- tion of Coach Smith compiled a 2-4 record this year. They were handicapped by having three of their most outstanding players, Moran, Armistead, and Hoover, spend the entire season with the var- sity. The Freshmen opened up the season with a commendable victory over C.M.A. After falling to Murfreesboro and Springfield, they defeated Hen- ay = ae See ase ey 4 ae ey j Ec’ FRESHMAN FRESHMAN | f pRESAMAN | oy ¢ FRESHMAN | ot Hume, Manning, Dudley. Top Row: Coach Parsons, Coach Reynolds, Duke. Hall, Boyd, Sutton, Funte, Morrison, Mc- Daniel, Harper, Jones, Moench, Philpot, Lykins, Coach Smith. dersonville soundly, 19-6. Their record is not a proper judgment of the talent and spirit of the team. Some standouts of the team and future var- sity prospects were: Broderson, Philpot, Hall, Phipps, Duke, and Thomason. With these boys moving up to the varsity we can expect good teams for the next three years.

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It wasn’t a bad year for parties. The Seniors had established a precedent in the winter of their Junior year when they persuaded the faculty to allow the sponsorship of a combo after a basketball game. It was such a success that they decided to continue the practice this year. For the first after- game party Buzz announced, “We’re bringing in a band all the way from Nashville.” The band was one of the many Nashville Shadows, and they per- formed well. The next combo was the best. ‘The Exotics agreed to perform after the Shelbyville game for a nominal sum. They played in their usual smooth, professional manner, which brought comments from the crowd such as, “How did we manage to get somebody that good?” Nobody ex- pected the performance that the up-and-coming Rubber Band, featuring our own Jere Ellis, gave : after the Jackson game. When Mr. Cobb finally : turned off the lights, they turned on their strobe : light and “psyched out” to the tune of Jimi Hend- rix’s ‘“Purple Haze.” Page 30