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

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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

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This sifualion shows a look of defeal in fhe Seminole game and besl reflecfs lhe season as Chocfaw suffered ils fhird losing season in fhe I6 years foofball has been here. BREAKING THE SPIRIT HOOP: Breaking fhrough before lhe Blackwell game was Johnny Mounce 'who led fhe squad al- mos+ every game. Trying hard fo pull ahead of McAles+er Jimmy Smifh l32l scooped in a pass from Kenny Lilly fhal developed info a 63 yard second quarfer TD play. HALFTIME: Quarferbaclx Kenny Lilly +rying +o gel plays s+raigh+ discusses maHers wifh Coach Jensen and fhe squad. .1