Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Mine? Chris who? Chris Moynihan shows his resemblence to Archie Manning in more ways than his 18 jersey. Buckle up for safety. Chris Sweeney looks out of his protective shell during exercises. Football 81

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Your Option Or What yard arc they on? The Callaway side sideline watches the game intently. Down and out. Wayne Stover crumbles in a ball of agony. Oranges can be tough. Mike Hooper, Robert McLendon and the rest of the Big D take it easy as Wes Peters glares from behind. Callaway has had more than her share of winnir g teams: 12-0, 9-2, and 10-1 in past years. I nevitably Humpty Dumpty would fall off the wall so to speak. This happened, unfortunately, to the seniors of ' 78 and their football team. Numerous factors combined to cause this happening. Lady Luck had her part in the season. She never did dress out for the Orange and Blue. Injuries plagued the team all year. And of course every other team in the state gunned for the Beasley Road Gang. Callaway started the season off ranked number nine — the highest she would go. The Gulfport Admir- als showed the public that by de- feating the Bic-C 34-18. Numver- ous mistakes of all sorts by the Chargers characterized the game. The athletic ability of Cleo Arm- strong shined as the one bright spot on the team. He showed that he could catch a football as well as run with one. Cleo scored all three of the Oranges touchdowns against Gulfport. The Chargers came back the next week defeating Vicksburg on a su- perb defensive effort. This put the Big C in a good position for next weekend, Greenville. The word, re- venge, didn ' t express the game as the Hornets slipped by Callaway 14-12. The loss of the game did not prove half as bad as the loss of Cleo Armstrong. A broken arm and wrist eliminated one of the premier running backs for the rest of the season. Later in the year. Coach Allman commented that the Green- ville game was undoubtly one of the most crucial. The other crucial game for the chargers arose in the conflict with Wingfield. Going into the game with a 2-2 record, the Char-(Continued on page 83.) 80 Football

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C - ' Z ¥. I rs Field Marshall. Coach Charles All- man looks intently at the fast nwvi ng ' f AVfi V V ., ' i, HhnuuiiiUS The Orange curtain stands attentive to Chris Moynihan as he calls the next play.