Falfurrias High School - El Azahar Yearbook (Falfurrias, TX)

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Jerseys Lose To Raymondville Surprised, the Jerseys lost their first district game to the Raymond- ville Bearkats. After starting out to be one of those nights for the Fightin' Jerseys, as the final score turned out to be 24-14. At the half, the Jerseys led 14-6, but the Bearkats came on strong after the half to take the lead and win the game. Daniel Dal Bosque is shown here making one of his great touchdowns. White seems to be the color as stopped after bursting through the Daniel Del Bosque, 32, is being defensive. DD V i 1 N i Daniel Del Bosque, 32 is heading off a gain. Will he make that touchdown?

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Jersey Football Schedule For 1970-71 Season OPPONENT Robstown Gregory-Portland Bishop George West Hebbronville Raymondville Rio Grande Donna Mercedes Edcouch-Elsa Won 3, Lost 7, Tied 0 THEM 8 40 O 46 21 24 13 13 25 21 Jerseys Drop Three Games Falfurrias dropped a t r io of games to three non-district teams, two of them pre-season picks for state contention. jerseys dropped the first game to Gregory-Portland Wildcats by a score of 40-0. The Wildcats were led by All-State candidate, Marty Akins. Gregory-Portland went on to reach the 18-3A State Foot- ball semifinals. The next loss came at the hands of the George West Longhorns. jerseys fell 42-14 to a strong team. Again an All-State candidate led the way for the victors: he was Cliff Hoskins, a running back. George West also advanced up the line to a bi-district berth. The third loss came at the hands of a close neighbor and rival. Heb- bronville Longhorns fielded a dis- trict champion team this year: they downed the jerseys by a score of 21-8. 44 '

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Jerseys Made Winning Score The Fightin' jerseys desire for a win paid off when the Jerseys won the first district game against the Rio Grande Rattlers. jerseys won by a margin of 18-13 in a very hard fought and crucial game forboth of the teams. Lee Cruz taking over for the injured joel Hinojosa in the early part of the first quarter handed off to Daniel Del Bosque who with a great desire for a score went in from the nine to put the Jerseys on the scoreboard and the extra point was unsuccessful. Late in the second quarter Lee Cruz scored on a quarterback keeper which made the score 12-O. Extra points was successful leaving the score at half-time 12-6. Rio Grande came back in the third quarter to take the lead, but with 8 minutes left in the game the jerseys mounted a 65 yard drive and fullback Ray McCall made the touchdown to give the Jerseys their first district win. Putting the stop is cornerback joe with help from safety Balde De Garza, 11, after a substantial gain Luna, 23, The secondary is kept very busy Garza, 11, make the runner kiss as Balde De Luna, 23, and Joe the ground.