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

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Cards Cru h Silsbee, 21-O Bridge City took on Silsbee in their opening district match, and the game proved to be an omen of things to come. Im- mediately following tbe opening kickoff, B.C. 's Blue team went into action. They proceeded to run as many plays as they could as fast as possible, and the effect on Silsbee was evident. By half-time the Cards had worn out the hapless Ti- ger de fenders while also crushing their vaunted offense to come out on top by a 21-O verdict. ROBERT PLAGENS alertly breaks up the completion of a Tiger aerial in the end zone as RONNIE CLARK comes up to help. DONALD HEBERT snags a flat pass in the opening seconds of play against Silsbee. 90 Minuteman JOHNNY MILLER sets sail around left end for a first down as the Card's Blue team wore down the Silsbee defense early in the game.

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JOE LANGSTON rambles around left end for 15 yards on a quarter- back option as Big Red bowled over Channelview in a non-district tilt. The state-ranked Cardinals complete- ly outclassed a fighting Channelview football team in their final non-confer- ence tilt, 31-0. After shaking off a bad start, B.C. was never in danger as they tacked up their second shutout in four games. Bridge City's fast-improving Cardinals turned in their most dramatic performance of the year by edging arch rival Orange 14-13 in their third game of the season. The Class AAAA Tigers had previously never been beaten by B.C. , but that all changed by the end of the game. Orange scored first and made their extra point, but on the ensuing kickoff Jerry Jaynes returned the ball 90 yards for a Card touchdown. At this point in the game the extra points made the differenceg and the Cards who failed to convert theirs, trailed 7-6 at the half. Early in the second half Orange scored again, but their extra point kick was blocked, leaving the score at 13-6. But as they did in the first half, the Cardinals stormed right back, marching 73 yards to tally their second touchdown. Bridge City went ahead to stay as Mike Jaynes made a clutch grab of a low aerial to give the Cards the two extra points and the eventual winning margin. But the contest was far from over. Orange marched steadily down the field in a final effort to overtake the Cardinals, and with 45 seconds show- ing on the clock, they had a first down and goal at the Card one-foot line As the seconds ticked away the Tigers tried three times to dent the Red- birds defense, but were pushed back decisively each time. And even as they failed to score on fourth down the clock ran out of time, giving Bridge City a victory which had been a long time in coming. STEVE WORSTER turns his talents to defense as he puts the stopper to a Falcon back behind the line of scrimmage. Cards Club Chcmnelview 31-0 89

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Freshman MIKE MCELHANEY QZOQ hesitates long enough to let LAWRENCE DEROCHE 1671 slap down a would- be Bulldog tackler as he scampers for a long gain in third quarter action at Jasper. Bulldogs Bow to B C 32-13 O O After a shaky first half against Jasper fthe score was 14-13 with B.C. aheadj, an aroused group of Redbirds came back to demolish the upstart Bulldogs, 32-13. With the Red team leading the way, the Cards broke gaping holes in the Jasper defense time after time and scored three touchdowns while holding the outmanned 'Dogs scoreless in that ex- plosive last half to squelch any threat of a major upset. As a Jasper defender tries in vain to slap the ball down, MIKE JAYNES, standing in the end zone, readies to haul it in for a touchdown. 9l