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

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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.

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GB' TEAM UNBEATE The second half fhe Jackefs were sfopped cold by fhree TD's for a 22-7 defeaf in fhe firsf disfricf game. Wifh fhe air full of homecoming fesfivifies fhe Jackefs pulped Blackwell, 34-7, for fheir firsf win. The fans nearly dropped fheir false feefh on a play in fhe firsf quarfer. K. Lilly 'fhrew' a 'bad' pass behind fhe line fc D. Gleason who sfomped fhe ground as if fhe pass were bad. Everyone down field lef up, fhinking fhe pass was incomplefe. Buf a pass behind fhe line is a laferal and sfill in play. Gleason picked fhe ball up and lobbed a pass 45 yards fo J. Smifh for six. Blackwell was never able fo recover and CHS wenf info fhe vicfory lane, 34-7. Shivering specfafors saf fhrough fhe coldesf game of fhe season as Moore defeafed fhe Jackefs, 26-0. The femperafure was in fhe low 30's wifh gusfs of wind up fo forfy mph. HE inside sfory of foofball is nof always seen by fhe common fan, and unlike fhe game fhe rifuals go unapplauded and unnoficecl. Abouf an hour before fhe game fhe players gel' fheir equipmenf ready before fhe warm-up. Affer a lasf second discussion fhey break fhe spirif hoop and have fhe group spirif huddle. Af halffime fhe players go over fumbled plays before refurning for fhe second half, where fhe game seems fo be won or losf, fo play unfil fhe final gun sounds fo refire sides for fhe lasf fime. Then pull fhe dirfy, smelly, uniforms off and refresh wifh a shower 'ro venfure ouf affer a hard nighf of a foofball game, off fo anofher nighf's work . . . usually a da'l'e. The second half fhe winds picked up along wifh fhe Lions as fhey complefed fwo passes affer fhe Jackefs had held fhem fo a scoreless firsf half on fhe frozen ground. For a half if looked as if fhe Jackefs were going fo gef fheir second win af Crooked Oak. The Jackefs foughf hard fo keep ahead buf fhe Rufnex exploded fhree second half TD's fo puf fhe game ouf of reach for fhe Jackefs who fallied fwo TD's, shorfing fhe score fo 33-20 and leaving Choc- faw wifh ifs sixfh loss. Tackling Edmond on home ground proved no help as 'rhe Bulldogs blanked fhe Jackefs, 9-0. The Jackefs held Edmond fo a scoreless firsf half, buf springing back second half fhe Bulldogs floored fhe Jackefs wifh a TD on fheir firsf series of plays followed by a field goal fo spell fhe sevenfh loss. The unbeafen B-Squad lef R, Sfamback ll5l show Tecumseh how fough fhey were when he made a 6 yd. TD run wifh help from x P. Lowery l84l 'Throwing fhe final block. .- gg z EXTRA POINT: Jim Smifh assisfed by Coy Whife on exfra poinfs and field goals. Coy made 5 of his firsf 6 exfra poinf affempfs. COIN TOSS: J. Mounce and Wakley won fha firsf 7 fosses