Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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TIGERS TAKE COYOTES, CARROLL I2 ALICE 8 The pass-conscience Alice Coyotes led the favor- ed Tigers for forty minutes, but finally yielded to Robert Rincon late in the last period of play. Carroll got off to a bad start. fumbling on the opening kickoff and giving Alice the ball. Three and a half minutes later, the Coyotes held an 8-0 lead. The Tigers finally started moving midway in the second period when they absorbed 80 yards in 11 plays. Willie Hardcman carried the touchdown play. but the Coyotes still lead, 8-6. Rincon's timely expedition saved the day. when he broke loose from the Tiger 42 and ran 58 long yards for the winning six points, MEET WITH STATISTICS Carroll Alice I5 First downs I2 226 Yards rushing 77 33 Yards passing 96 II Passes attempted I9 3 Passes completed 9 I lntercepted by 2 3-28.7 Punts 6-33.7 3 Fumbles lost 4 7-85 Penalties 6-60 STATISTICS Carroll Victoria 8 First downs I0 42 Rushing Yardage 221 93 Passing Yardage 0 ll Passes Attempted I 8 Passes completed 0 0 lntercepted by 2 5 Fumbles lost 2 6-55.2 Punts 6-l6.7 I0-68 Penalties 7-35 CARROLL 6 VICTORIA I9 The Tigers found that the Stingarees really do have stringers on their tails, which they exhibited and wielded to the tune of 19-6 before 4,000 spectators' in Victoria Those same fans watched both teams get penalty after penalty and the Tigers lose possession of pigskin five times to have important drives halted. Robert Rincon ran back a kickoff early in the second period to start the Tigers on their first-and last-touchdown. After his 27-yard run, Rincon shared in nine gains to the Victoria 45. From there, Jines and his airy crew left the ground with a series of iab- hill? DHSSQS and lit msmv vnrrls later nh OHV dirt. jam while Spruce. Fulton and Sharp look for the ball which seems to be lost Laine and Wilkes create a log

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Coaches: Dave Donnan, backfield coachg Ken Bearden, line coachg Vernon Ashton, head coachg Murray Mitchell, line coach. WORKS AS UNIT The Tiger's competent coaching staff, headed by Coach Ashton, are certainly not strangers to sports. Two of Cotton's able subordinates, Coaches' Dave Donnan and Murray Mitchell, attended college togeth- er at Sam Houston State, with each lettering in foot- ball-Donnan as a back and Mitchell an end. Coach Mitchell also lettered in track and basketball, and Coach Donnan has played semi-pro baseball. Ken Bearden, the youngest of the bunch at 26, lettered at end each of his four years at Howard Payne College and Bruce Lawrence lettered two of his four years at end at Colorado University. Coach Ash- ton lettered in the backfield and track at N.T.S.C. Hilti TIGERS SCHEDULE '58 Sept. 12 Here Carroll Travis lAustinl 6 Sept. 19 There Carroll Victoria 19 Sept. 27 Here Carroll Brackenridge lS.A.l 0 Oct. 3 There Carroll Alice 8 Oct. 10 There Carroll Edinburg 8 Oct. 18 Here Carroll Rcbstown 6 Oct. 24 There Carroll Harlingen 36 Nov. 2 Here Carroll Miller . 18 Nov. 7 Here Carroll Ray 44 Nov. 14 Open Nov. 21 Here Carroll Edinburg 8 39 lure.-iv' VERNON 'tCO'l'l'ON ASHTON, head coach Co-Captains, Harry Beavers. John Hardin and Johnny Boyd talk over season. They are elected by the whole football team

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REE OSSES OFF HOME Fl STATISTICS Carroll Edinburg Flrst downs Yards rushlng Yards passing Passes attempted Passes completed Intercepted by Fumbles lost 5 29 5 Punts 6 22 5 6 50 Penaltues 5 35 CARROLL 6 EDINBURG 8 Larroll xx ent au av to Edrnburg slrghtlx favored over the Bobcats and came back beaten bv a conver sron the frrst of what later proved to be two such slrm losses to the alert cats Fumbles marked Carroll s de feat wrth three drrves halted due to shck frngers Carrolls touchdown came three mmutes before the half when John Hardrn snatched a Bobcat fumble on the cats 30 Hardeman brought rt up close wrth a 22 vard run and two plays later Bobby Spruce took rt on to pav drrt Beavers krck was blocked makrng score 6 0 The Bobcats were held untrl mrdway rn thrrd per rod xr hen thev marched 20 xards for the fateful erght CARROLL 8 HARLINGEN 36 An rnrured bunch of Trgcrs ucrrt south to bc defeated by a ground gobblrng Harlrngcn ruggernaut 36 8 Despite frne dcfcnsrxe plav bx llarrx Beavers Srdnex Beauford and Rrchard Gallrghcr the Carclr nals totaled 322 ground xards and fnc touchdowns The 'lrgcr s lone touchdown came late rn thrrd perrod vs 1th Jrnes completmg passcs to Bobbv Sprucc and Vtrllre McKn1ght to sct up a 25 yard scorrng can ter by Wrllre Ilarcleman Jrnc pass to Wrlkes was Both tcams had entcrccl the game urth four vrctorrcs under therr helmcts but Harlrngcn xr as favored STATISTICS Carroll Harlingen Frrst downs Yards rushrng Yards passing Passes attempted Passes completed lntercepted by Fumbles lost 4 40 Penalties 6 90 438 Punts 427 Gallagher, Vkrlkcs Bcaxc-rs and Ras llarclrn come rn to help Spruce uho has been blocked aftcr hrs tackle 5 ' 9 109 ' 134 ' ' - - ' r- -r 1 , 46 ' 26 , I - . A ' , ' . . 3 5 E ' x x ' Y ' R r 1 ' 0 0 I . s x ' I . 5 2 - F' ' H ' .. good for the extra two and the Tigers tailed. 20-8. L 7 . 1 ' . ' , - ' 4 ' 16 . 47 ' 323 r ' , . 29 ' 75 s . . 9 8 ' - 5 5 V H Y , I v - i -I 'I - ' ' . . ' . . - 1 0 l