Enfield High School - Blue Tide Yearbook (Enfield, NC)

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SIARII G ll I- UP Don Harris, REQ Stanton Viver- ette, RT, Aaron Clay, RG5 Arnold Pope, C3 Robert Mann, LG, Billy Graham, LT, Kevin Viverette, LE: Jack Wood, QB: Eddie Hick- man, FB5 Matt Wood, WB: Alton Gossett, TB. igfE?Q!9 Zggima E , -- ff ' a .4151 A A K X, O., D '-a r f i eq G ' s 1, Q VARSIIYIIAM FRONT ROW: Don Harris, Stan- ton Vive rette. Aaron Clay, Arnold Pope, Robert Mann, Billy Graham, Kevin Viverette. SECOND ROW: Johnny Burt, Errol Neville, Matt Wood, Jack Wood, Eddie Hickman, Alton Gossett, Kenneth Barnhill, Barry Newsome. THIRD ROW: Mr. Yates, Coach, Edwin Barn- hill, J. R. Fisher, Albert Ellen, Lewis Ba r ne s , Tommy Weeks, Philip Purrington, Billy Matthews, Preston Leggett, Cary Whitaker.

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F00lBAllIHGH lIGHlS The football team of Enfield High School opened its season September 17 at Fireman's Park as we trampled a hapless South Edgecombe squad 68-0. After this massacre the Earthquakesjourneyed to Oak City and came home with a 39-0 win. Next came another game with South Edgecombe, this time on our home soil. With several players out with injuries, Enfield won this time by a smaller score - 34-6. Next week with the cripples healed, the Earthquakes scored and upset 6-0 victory over Littleton. The Enfield tailback, Alton Gossett, made the only score of the contest. In another game the Earthquakes ran up the largest score ever made by an Enfield team as we romped over Jackson 75-0. The following week we played Oak City again and were victorious by a score of 34-6. Comingup next was a game with Murfreesboro - supposed to be a tight contest, but the Earthquakes walked away with a 51-0 triumph. The following Friday we played Aurelian Springs in the most exciting clash of the season. As the final quater began, Aurelian Springs was leading 13-6. Then the vaunt- ed Enfield attack exploded for two touchdowns and a 19-13 victory, Kevin Viverette and Alton Gossett, both scored. The team was never quite so good after this gruelling contest, but we had enough to beat Jackson the next week 41-0. Then we played our final regular season game with Rich Square there. The two teams skidded and slipped to a 7-7 tie on a field that was a sea of mud. Then the Earthquakes suffered their only loss of the year. In the first annual Goober Bowl Game, a heavier, more experienced Scotland Neck team team pulled out a 13-0 victory. The Enfield team closed the season with the honor of being the highest scoring high school football team in the state. ' Arnold Pope BASKllBAll HHHllIGHlS ' The Enfield Blue Birds started the basketball season with the boys winning over Leggett with a score of 37-30 while the girls lost 38-18. Next we played William R. Davie. At this game our luck changed, and the boys won 74-30 while the girls rolled upa victory of 38-24. In another game on our home court the girls lost to might Littleton with a score of 36-29 while the boys won by leading 42-37. At this time the girls were beginning to think that the home court was jinxed. Next came the game with Aurelian Springs in which we were forced to add acomplete loss of both games. The girls lost by 53-20 and the boys 41-35. This was the boys' first loss of the season. On January 18 we won from our rival team, Scotland Neck, with the girls having a score of 27-21 and the boys with a score of 39-31. This gave the girls their fourth straight win from them in two years. The following game was played on January 21 on Enfield soil against Weldon. The girls played a hard game but lost by a score of 38-26, while the boys stepped over with a victory of 38-37. The next game was with Whitakers, where the boys lostwith a 25-44 score, and the girls won by 22-15. This was the first time Enfield girls had taken a game from the Whitakers team in five years. In the next game with Scotland Neck, both boys and girls won, the girls by 23-18 and the boys witha close 38-36. This was the girls' fourth win of the season. Once again the Blue Birds were up against Aurelian Springs, but the girls made the A.S.H. girls work hard for their 28-18 win, while the boys were victorious with a 50-41 score. This was the last game we were able to record for the En-Hi-An. ' Shirley Futrell and Spooner Keeter 24