Choctaw High School - Faces of the Future Yearbook (Choctaw, OK)

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,W E fag - HIS was a sporfs year CHS fans will always be able fo loolc back on proudly. Alfhough foofball, for +he firsf fime in years, was 'down' fhe ofher sporfs picked fhings up. Baslcefball boys shared fhe conference crown and for 'lhe firsf +ime wenl' +o fhe sfafe playoffs while fhe girls won fhree fourneys and 23 games and gained fhe finals of +he regionals. Wresfling squad and frack feam, also winner of 'rwo invifafionals, won fheir firsf conference championships. The baseball feam rounded ou+ fhe sporfs year by reaching fhe regional finals and winning ifs own fournamenf. Wresfling . . . firsf conference champs Baseball . . . winner of own fournamenf. 'Y

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.4 M g Basllefball . . . 'fwo championships fha same night 1.-lr i fy 5 ii in 4 sins? ,K I V . ,, a '55 3 , -.Nu ' H 2' 9 , 3 Z E L wwf ru, A if ff W' I L Q 'W Track . . . firs+ conference championship. Fooibeil . . . for 'Phe firs+ fime in years, 'down'

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Becoming fhe All-Disfricf myfhical foofball selecfions were Fred Ramos, cenfer, Johnny Mounce halfback, Larry Wakley, end, and Jimmy Smifh, halfback. A familiar sighf wifh Blackwell was fhe offensive line riddling a hole for Jimmy Smifh, halfback. ACKETS BAG O LY E WI Would you believe Chocfaw did nof fake honors in ifs disfricf fhis year? Even wifh I200 pounds of offensive line and affer sixfeen years of collecfing numerous frophies pafches, and honors Chocfaw, moved from Class A fo Class AA, found compefifion rougher. Alfhough winning only one game fhe Jackefs were ahead of mos'r opponenfs af one fime or an ofher. Spearheading fhe feam and making All-Disfricf were Jim Smifh, halfback, Larry Wakley, end Johnny Mounce, halfback, and Fred Ramos, cenfer The Jackefs opened fhe season by losing fhenr firsf grappler fo Gufhrie, 6-0. They handled fhe foofball 60 fimes buf could nof infrude on fhe Blue Jays' door for fhe fying TD. The Jackefs' revenge drive sfarfed from fhe Jays' 22 yard line only fo sfop on fhe 3 yard line when fhe horn sounded Seminole, fhe second foe, refurned a 69-yard punf for fhe opening lead and fallied again in fhe fhird quarfer affer Chocfaw held fhe ball for only fwo firsf downs. The Jackefs' besf drive fofaled 79 yards of seven firsf downs on shorf passes. A 53-yard Seminole TD pass derailed fhe Jackefs from fhe road fo vicfory I9-I4. The besf season fhriller was played af Woodward The game developed from a no score half, fo a pos sible win, fo a good fie, and finally defeaf, again Trailing af half fime, 6-O, fhe Jackefs overpow ered fhe Boomers 'wifh fwo TDs in fhe second half fo scamper up a lead of I4-6. Wifh forfy-seven seconds left in fhe game If looked as if fhe Jackefs had rallied for fheir flrsf win of 'lhe gridiron season. Buf fhe Jackefs' defense was unable fo hold back fhe Boomers as fhey crashed fhe goal line fo fie fhe score af I4-all Thirfy-seven seconds were leff and if appeared as if fha Jackefs would have fo seffle for a he Buf fhey fumbled fhe charging on-side kick wifh fhirfy seconds leff and were unable fo hold fhe Boomers who scored in fhe lasf fl-:ree seconds fo apply fhe fhird loss. If a foofball game were played in one half in sfead of fwo fhe Jackefs would have obfained a disfricf win or fie from McAlesfer. The Jackefs led 7-0 in fhe firsf half when a score ing drive rambled from fhe Jackefs' 35 yard line fo fhe McAlesfer 9 yard line from where K. Lilly com plefed fhe TD pass wifh fwo minufes leff.