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

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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

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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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Bridge City rolled to their third straight district win without a loss by crushing Forest Park 41-14. Big Red ran up 489 yards total offense while holding the hapless'Trojans to a mere 156 yards. This B.C. victory set the stage for a crucial game with Liberty, in a, bat- tle of title contenders. we Homecoming night was the date of the much-awaited invasion of the mammoth Liberty Panthers. But Liberty's line, averaging over 210 pounds on both offense and defense, could not cope with on a 45 yard T.D. pass fron Joe Langston to Mikel Jaynes again with 6:49 showing on the clock in the first quarter. Later on in the same half it was Mikel Jaynes again as he broke loose on a 44 yard scamper to pay dirtlto boost the score to 13-O. Liberty came back fighting in the second half, scoring once and adding the two extra points to make the count 13-8. But a 44 yard touchdown pass and run from Joe Langston to Gary Clark again gave the Cards a comfortable lead. Worster later scored the Redbirds final T.D. to push the final margin of victory to 29-8. MIKE JAYNES is brought down after a first down journey into Trojan territory. Redbirds Trounce Troians 41-14 Tailback STEVE WORSTER races around right.end for 15 yards as several Liberty Panthers give chase . 92 Big Red that night. The Cards were off and running as they scored 5