Bridge City High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Bridge City, TX)

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STEVE WORSTER spies an opening in the Black Cat line as he blasts for 13 yards on third down. Big Red Blasts Bay City 21-3 Bridge City, fresh from their bi-district rout of Conroe, took on the Bay City Black Cats at Memorial Stadium in Baytown, and if the Cats had any intention of winning, they were far off course, for Big Red and Steve Worster were unstoppable this night. Worster, with the help of superb blocking, time and again bowled over Black Cats on end sweeps, compiling three touch- downs and 196 yards rushing, his best game of the year. And the Big Red defense, so much a factor in prior games, came through again, allowing only a late third quarter field goal to Bay City in the Cards' 21-3 quarterfinals victory. STEVE WORSTER rockets around right end, picking up 20 yards in a quarterfinals effort that netted him almost 200 yards rushing. glift. l U' .4-'Ii

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Cards Crown Conroe 52-8 am Q f ft, ,, 1, , Conroe's playoff-wise Tigers were shocked by fledgling competi- tor Bridge City as the Cards trounced the Tigers handily 52-8. In fact, the outcome was never in question as the Cards led '7-O before any time had elapsed in the first quarter fthanks to a kickoff recovery in the Tiger end zone by Mike McElhaneyJ. B.C. 's front line forces gave way to the Blue team early in the game and the reserves ran rings around their dazed Conroe opponents, opening up- a lead of 21-0 before seven minutes had ticked off in the initial stanza. The contest continued at this frantic pace through the second half, with the final score ending up 52-8, And, with a, biedistrict championship safely tucked away, the Cardinals looked for a much harder test the next week in the quarter finals against mighty Bay City . JOHNNY MILLER sets sail around right end on a keeper for 40 yards and the Redbirds third T.D. in the first quarter. 96 MIKE MCELHANEY f20j adds three more points for the Cards on a 25 r yard field goal to raise the fourth y quarter score to 45-8. With most of the Blue team block- ing for him, JOHNNY MILLER has enough time to spot an opening in the Conroe line.

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Three unidentifiable Cardi nals fon groundj hold up a Rattler back as KENT BU- FORD C54j, WESLEY FAIR- CLOTH f75J,' and DAN DEARING C723 come up to secure the tackle. Redbirds Rap Rclftlers 'l2-7 STEVE WORSTER QSOQ barrels through the San Marcos defensive line on a 15 yard T.D. run that gave the-Cards a 12-O lead late in the fourth quarter.. When Bridge City and San Marcos tangled at Del Mar Stadium in Houston for a state semi- finals championship and afinals berth, it was evident that two more evenly-matched teams could not be found, because at the end of two grueling quarters of play they were locked up in a 0-0 draw. But late in third period a 68 yard pass interception and run by Joe Langston set up the Cards first score, as he later scored on a one- yard plunge. The Cards hit pay dirt again late in the fourth period on a 15 yard jaunt by Steve Worster to boost the score to a safe 12-0. San Marcos gathered their forces after B.C. 's second score, but could muster only one T.D. , giving the Cards a 12-7 victory and a spot in the state finals. 98 DAVID ERWIN ion groundy, WESLEY FAIRCLOTH 1753, and MIKE IAYNES bring down a San Marcos ball carrier after a short gain.