East Ridge High School - Musket Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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PIONEERS CLOSE OUT SEASON WITH IMPRESSIVE STRAWBERRY BOWL WIN Following East Ridge's brilliant game against the Baylor Red Raiders on the previous Friday, the Pioneers could only manage a 14-0 win over the hapless, winless Tyner Hilltoppers. Following a lethargic, scoreless first half, Mike Odom scored from the 8 yard line after a timely fumble recovery by Jackie Miller on the Tyner 12. Also, in the last five minutes of the game, the Pioneers managed to crease the scoreboard on a Julian-to-Weir pass good for 10 yards. Enraged as a result of their colorless showing against Tyner the previous week, the Pioneers completely humbled BGA by the score of 61-7 the following Friday. Mike Odom scored four touchdowns personally and passed for yet another, while Johnny Hodges con- tributed two. Not to be outdone, John Jeffery and Ralph Guider contributed one 6-pointer apiece. The defense again rose to the occasion, as Captain Bobby McLeroy led his cohorts in holding BGA to 125 yards total offense. In a boiling cauldron of dust at Hixson on Halloween night, the Pioneers nipped the Wildcats by the score of 10-7 on the strength of Jerry Luther's 41 yard field goal. Luther's long boot came on the heels of Mike Odom's 2 yard plunge in the second quarter, ending the Pioneer scoring for the evening. However, the game was far from over, as the Pioneer defense, although receiving one long, constant test in the second half, never cracked. 84 Perhaps, they didn't need those halfbacks' all, as a host of Pioneers waylay one from Baylor faboveJ and Notre Dame Cleft . In the first annual Strawberry Bowl Dayton, Tennessee, Johnny Hodges Mike Odom sparked the Pioneers to glittering 17-7 win over the Soddy Dai Trojans. Following a scoreless first ha wingback Johnny Hodges scored tv quick touchdowns, one on a 22 ya1 scamper up the middle and the other c a 20 yard pass from Ralph Guider. La in the fourth quarter, Jerry Luther addf his second field goal of the season, thu Odom along with Hodges carried t brunt of the Pioneer attack while Jo Jeffery, Robert Weir, Richard Julia Bobby McLeroy, and Kenneth Hob proved stellar on defense. The main c in the staunch Pioneer defense, McLer received the honor of Times' Linema of the Week for his efforts. providing additional insurance. Mil U . U . I , h 1 I o o

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FGOTBALL LIFE INCLUDES . . Team determination . . . even child's play . . . injuries . . . utter amazement . . . coaching assistance . . . congratulations . . . a lot of sweat and hard work