Gruver High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Gruver, TX)

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G TWO THE AMARILLO DAILY NEWS, AMARILLO. TEXAS anhandle Is lven Blast RUVI-ZR Sept 5 fSpec1al1 Grux er Greyhounds bounded r the faxored Panhandle Pan rs mth a score of 40-6 here to- e Leon Chapman coached m showed earlyf season class t.he uctory before a home wd numberrng approvnmately FIRST QL KRT! R Sunm Blankanshm from 'ln Rlrhle Fletcher 1ar1 romerslnn LFCOND QI ARTPR Darrell P1erce from F R1rh1e Pletchrr ran mnxerslon I h Fl k f 1 D T1 Ut' l 0l'Tl Rlch1 Felrhrr fr rn 19 THIRD QI ART! R John Cluck from 1 FOLRTH QI ART! It Donny Prater 1nu-rrebted Pass n Leland Adcock from 1. ALL REGIONAL Sonny Blankenshlp B111 Sloan 2nd TEAM Wayne Wrnkle r HONORABLE MENTION John Cluck Bruce Ayres Donald Cotter P. ruvet Team ams Steam In 50 14 Wm SPEAPWIAN Oct 17 fSpec1all Playlng before what 1 as est1 mated to be the largest s1ngIe gathertng LVER ln Hansford County Gruxer tromped Spear man 50-1-1 here tomght The estlmate of the crowd 'IP- provumately 2000 for thxs D1str1ct A game was made by 0f'lClHlS of the Quarterback Club The wc tory kept Grux er s season record tarnxshed The Greyhounds record of 6 0 d1d all thelr scormg quarter and held the n scoreless untxl the er 1ounds made a plus hmg durmg the f1rst er the team moved a1r on the strength mg or mtercepted 1 d1d much of the est run from scrlm 1de by Fletcher The tnts were made on eyho s Gr1ndP ound arrllp Hounds B BV BOB BAILEY Datly News Sports Wrlter GRUVER Oct 24 Gruvers Greyhounds after be1ng outplayed badly tn the fxrst half came back strong 1n the th1rd perlod to blank 'tough Stmnett 6 U 1n a D1slr1ct l A game here tomght THE WIN WAS the seventh stratght for the Greyhounds who rematn undefeated It was the second conference Wln and lt makes the Greyhounds a strong lavortte to w1n the GRLXER RALRED up tw ftrst downs the f1rst t1me It had the ball but fatled to make an other zn the f1rst half I MEANWHILE S T I W N E T T wtth Joe Bam and Donn1e Ander son leadxng the way pncked up seven the Rattlers rolled for 109 yards on the ground and two rn the a1r wh1le Gruver managed only 46 yards durmg the fxrst ha STINhETT S LON GEST run of the might was a 15 yard Jaunt by Donn1e Anderson whlle R1ch1e Fletcher turned rn two 10 yard runs for Gruver GRLXER NEWER got nearer than 41 vards of the Stlnnett goal BLANKENSHIP WHO cons1st ently turned 1n 1mportant runs for Gruver had home town fans cheermg from two tremendous of the game dur I arman was tackled ruver tlll ndefeated By BOB BAILEY Daily Ixews Sports Vlnter RIAER hos 14 Gruver tho only undefeated untied s A team ln the Panhandle o Grevhounds stand all alone 5 9 0 record after dropping viously unbeaten Stratford, 12, ln a game that declded District 1 A championship re Saturdav nlght lth their quarterback Richie tcher sidelined wlth a leg ry early ln the game the eyhounds cashed in on three tford fumbles to gain the Both Stratford touchdowns camo after recovering ser fumbles aowvogwo The Greyhounds wlll now go into the Class A state playoffs with White Deer winner of Dlstrlct 2A tho bl district op ponent Bv sw eeplng through the reg ular season undefeated coath Leon Chapmans happy crew cltmaxed one of the greatest comebacks ln the school s hls tory Inst year Gruver man aged to win only' one game Donnie Prater and Nilke 'VIII ler were the boss who cashed ln for Gruver on the Stratford mistakes Blll Sloan led a hard charging Greyhound llne and Sonny' Blankenship fumlshed the Greyhounds their scoring uv...-. punch Prater recoyerod the first two Stratford fumbles that led to Gruver scores Miller recov ered a loose ball ln the end zone for the conversion after tho first score and lntercepted a Stratford pass on the Gruver 20 seconds before the half to stop an Elks' drlxe Vllth Fletcher on the slde llnes the Grus er offense which gained onlv nine first downs all night and onlv two in tho flrst half couldnt get started Fletcher had alreadv contrlb uted runs of 20 and 14 vards to the Greyhound cause before he went out ruver and Stratford attle of the Year 1 punts The f1rst was a 60 yarder that d1ed on the Stmnett two The second a 52 yard qu1ck ktck pushed Stmnett back to tts owm 11 m1dway the fmal qua.rter STIVLETT GOT ITS only drne started of the last half Wllh less than 4 mmutes rerrva1n1ng ln the :aaa-not lbllltlll STINNEIT l Flrst Downs lket Yards Rushlnl Net Yards Passlnz Total Yards Famed Passes Attemrlterl Passes Completed Pas es Interrcntcd By Xamber nf Punts Punt Axerarle 0911 Fumbles Recovered X h 1 P lt 1 u'n er n ons 1es Xards Penallzed lihlhbl game lllth Ba1n turnmg tn two seven yard runs to lead the way the Rattlers moxed from t.l'1e1r own 20 to the Gruxer 45 THEY WINKLER snared a Larry Anderson pass 1n the last mtnute to glxe the Grevhounds DOSSESSIOD on thelr own 39 They moved down to the Stmnett 46 on three plavs before t1me ran out ' d1str1ct txtle WAYNE VVINKLEK leaped hrah tn the cnr lo intercept a Stxnnett pass in the last minute of play to stop the onlv Rattler threat of the last ha f , SONNY BLANRENSHIP droxe oxer from the three to cap 3 59 xard Grexhound drne early 111 the second per1od After farmg me kmkoff the' drxve saw the Greyhounds make fue f1rst downs mth all four backs R1tch1e Fletcher Hanken 1 shlp John Cluck and DOHHIE Prater contrrbutmg almost equal THE GREXHOLNDS attemptf ed to run the extra pomt but1 ,were stopped one yard short THE GRLWER LINE whxch was excephonallv tough on de- fense all mght opened up plenty of runmng room for the backs durlng the scormg march Fnst downs were dmded equal lv at 11 each and Gruver held only a sl1m margxn of 187 to 177 1n total offense for the nght Gruxer was unsuccessful 1n two passmg attempts and Stmnett h1t only one of sewn and lt ga1ned only two yards The C'I'6Vh0uhds 0Ulg31hSd the Rattlers 133 to 61 ,yards 1n the last half Deep Cruvet Dashes By Dal rouzett DARROUZETT Oct 10 lSpe c1all The Gruver Greyhounds romped over the Darrouzett lpng horns 420 here tomght There was no scor1ng 1n the flrst Qual' ter In the second quarter JOHN Cluck halfback ran lz Yard for a touchdown Echol Blankenshxp end ran 1 yard for another score ln the same quarter In the th1rd quarter B111 L08 ston back ran f1VE yards for a touchdown R1ch1e Fletcher quar terback ran s1x vards and Sonny Blankenshlp r1ght half ran 13 yards for two more touchdowns In the f1nal quarter Langston ran 1 yard for a touchdown The scorm: SLCOND QI KRTER C' D lohn Cluck halfhack l yard run I-'rhol Blankenship end lyard THIRD QL XRTPR B111 Logston back Syard run Sonny Blankenshxll rrght half COI'lXE'l Sl0n P1rl'11e Fletcher quarterback 6 :ard run J wood: locked pmm Sonny Rlanltcnsnm nzht half 13 rt tar run J Hoods lacked Dmnt FDLRTH QLARTI-It Blll Loiston Losston hack 1 yard run Greyhounds, Rattlers ln Wttked Meet By BOB BAILFY Dany News Sports Wrncr Three conference games one ln each of the three area Class A districts hlghllght the A and B football schedule tonlght Stlnnett and Gruser clash on the latters home field and the wlnner will be a strong fasor ite to um the 1 A t1tle Cana dlan wtth only one loss in dns trlct play travels to Whlte Deer to take or the tlhdefeated Bucks in 3 tcp 2A game and Anton ls at Farwell 1n the tug 3 A fllt Accordmv to records Gruser would seem to have a deflnlte edge on Stlnnett as the Grey hounds are undefeated in sl! games whlle the Rattlers have three wins a loss and two tres Howeyer the Rattlers hate played a much tougher sched ule and Gruver will be onlv a ' slight fasorlto because of its home field . 1 I 1 . , , . 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SEPTEMBER 6.71958 there, O 6 ound ln omp ny Bon BAILEY Dolly News Sports Wnter CLARENDON Sept 19 Heavy showers two hours be fore the game falled to dampen Gruvers Splflfs and the Grey hounds romped over Claren dons Broncos, 18-0 here to- mght Quarterback RlChlE Fletcher paced a Gruver ground game that plled up 314 yards and tackle B111 Sloan led the Gruver defense that held Clarendon to 82 yards rushmg and flve flrst downs The wet fleld caused the ball to change hands srx tlmes on fumbles Gruver was the vlctlm on four of those occastons The Greyhounds also e- celved three 15 yard penaltles that helped Clarendon hold the score 60 going into the flnal Gruver Groom, GRUVLR Oct 3 tSpec1all The Gruver Greyhounds won a 30-6 vlctory over the Groom Ttgers here tomght before a homecoming crowd of 1 200 Gruver undefeated ln three ,games eastly powered past the Ttgers but fatled to make a smgle conversion Rlght halfback Sonny Blankenshlp scored on a 70 yard run tn the ftrst quarter a 72 yard run rn the second and then ran 11 yards tn the flnal perlod Gruvers left halfback Mrke Mtller scored from 10 yards 1n lthe hrst quarter and quarterback Slam 0 punt 70 yards tn the second quar ter to make the fmal s core Gruver 30 Groom 6 Groom s lone tally came m the fourth quarter after the Tlgers recovered a fumble on the Gruver 0 and rrght halfback Robert Reew earned the ball across from 1 vard out slx plays later The scortmz l FIRST QUARTER Cruwer Groom Sonny Blankenshxp 70 yards Mlke Miller 10 ards Sl' COND QLARTLR Rxchre Fletcher 10 yard Punt re turn Blanks-nshtp Tl yard punt return THIRD QUARTLR Robcr 'lead 1 yard run I-ULRTH QUARTER C ass A and Stars Nam d By Boa nanny Greyhounds N14 5 The Dally News Sports Writer Area stars m Class A and B were agam numerous maktnv the Daxly Nleus Players of the Week sclcctlon a tough Joh The fmal Chmfgg, were Sonny Blankenshlp Gr u x t r and Gene Shlpman Claude Blankcnsl-lp sped to three touch donna as Gruxcr remalned unde fr-amd mth 3 30 6 mn ox er Groom and Shmman also had three scor mg runs as Happy ox erpoucred Cl ude 43 O Bankenshlp opened scoring In the game mth a 70 yard run in the first quarter Then ln the thtrd perlod alter hug I ammate Rxtchre Fletcher had just run a punt back .0 yards for a score Sonny took a Groom punt and galloped 1 yards to the goal hne He then concluded scor ing in the game with an ll yard run in the final period Loaded' The 1958 Gruvcr Greyhounds are loaded for bear accordmg to the latest rumors' In fact, many obserxers are ratmg U19 Hounds at the top of the ladder tn the Dts met 1A Anyway we Proudly present the Greyhound Roster prmted below A total of 34 boys have report ed for practrce The Hounds lost four bovs by graduation last year They were Jon Hart and Hank Stewart backs and Leshe Barkley and A1 McClellan lmemen Coaches for the Greyhounds Leon Chapman and Laddo Math ews Wayne Wtnkler Curtis HSITIS Jerry Thurman D A Cator Doy le Sturman, Ronrue Rtley Eu lme Green Donme Prater Jlm my Etlmg Eschol Blankenslup Donald Cotter Mlko Miller Dan ny Barkley Bruce Ayres B111 Sloan B111 Logsdon Wayne Schott Arnold Beck Ronnie Wxlhams John Cluck Wtlllam Sonny Bl ankenshlp Darrell Pterce Roger Vernon Dereld Crawford Jerry Wnlhams J J Wood Jay Fulfer Rrchre Fletcher Dale Knxght Du am Adcock Davld Murrah Har quarter Fletcher carrxed the ball only seven times but plcked up 131 yards for an average of 19 yards per carry He scored on runs of 32 and 49 yards The ftrst quarter ended 0-0 wlth only Gruver threatenmg durmg the perrod The Grey hounds moved to the Bronco 10 yard lme only to lose the ball on thelr sole threat Gruver almost scored two other times early ln the sec ond quarter The ball went over to Clarendon on one oc caston on the f1ve yard lme Then wlth 3 11 remalnlng fullback Donnle Prater crashed over from the one to cap a 50- yard Gruver drive The Grey hounds attempted to ktck the extra pomt but the ktck was blocked Clarendon made tts only sen ous scormg threat early ln the fourth quarter The Broncos blocked a Gruver plmt and took over the Greyhounds 32 yard hne They moved to the etght before losmg the ball on a fumble Gruvers second touchdown came early m the ftnal perxod when Fletcher on a keeper play broke through the lme to hls right reversed the fleld and raced 32 yards to make the tempted to run the pomt but falled Vlxth 1 21 remammg Fletcher after turmng tn a 13 yard run only two 49 yards mg The fell short on the converslon try Gruver plays earlxer raced to closeout the scor attempted run agam led ln flrst downs Greyhound defense held Clarendon wxthout a ftrst down unt1l only 1 19 remained 1n the flrst half Only mne passes were attempted slx by Clarendon Each team con nected once Clarendon punted mne txmes for a 30-yard average and Gru ver booted the ball four trmes for an average of 40 yards Bucks om Before 3,400 Class A Fans By BOB BAILEY Dinh News sports Wrlttl' WHITE DEER, Nov 21 Acting as though they were can- pletely unaware that Gruver wal the top defensive Gas! A team ln the state White Deer's Bucks blasted the prewously undefeated Greyhounds 46 6 m a bitistrlc! game here Fndav mght before n Jam packed crowd of 3 400 PUVBI' Don SUNRAY Nov 7 iSpecxall 1-leavmly favored and undefeated the Gruver Greyhounds came through as predtcted to smother the Sunray Bobcats here Fnday 36-0 The game s pace was set ln the ftrst play from scrrmmage when John Cluck Gruver halfback Gruver Grands Follett 43 0 Quarterback Rlchle Fletcher and halfback Sunny Blankenshtp were the gxb guns for Gruver there Frlday night as the Greyhounds romped over Follett 430 Fletcher plunged over from the one for the ftrst score mxdway tn the flrst quarter after a 70 yard run by Blankenslup Half back Darrell Pierce ran for a TD tn the second quarter and also ran the conversion Fletcher plled over again from the three m the thrrd and J J Wood ktcked the extra pomt Blankenshtp ran for two TDs tn the fourth quarter Hts flrst TD w s made on a 25yard run and 'ns secord was a 70 yard punt retum John Cluck and Brllv Logs don went over the TDs tn the latter part of the game and Fletcher passed to Bruce Ayres for a converslon The scorlng Fletche Sun rocketed down t.he yards and the first of touchdowns O O O Other scormg came mg arms of Cluck Fletcher a keeper plunge over center Th scortnz HIST QUART lohn Cluck 59-yer Mil-e Miller ran SECOND UUA!! Sonny Blsnkenlhlp from Cluck Bruce Ayers 253' Rlchle Fletcher Mlke Mlller eau our from Fletche THIRD QUAB1' Fletcher '10-ylrd Fletcher ran Conv l'0LllTll QUAB Donnle Prater one Blankens Lew1s Ch Sonny Blankensht explosrve halfback Lewts Groom s c back are the top p week ln Class A a Each played a role as h1s team Frlday night Blan ed two touchdowns knocked off Stratfor Lewts accounted f Groom scores He two and ran the oth Wm over Claude Blat kenshtp clrcl for Gruvers flrst s yards out He then second from exght almost talhed the seven yard run but on the one yard lm l'3Il erher Sta By BOB BAILEY nothxng but prars Daily News Sports Nr er Rtchle Fletcher a heads up leader Charm-em SH quarterback fro l Class A Gru Ways Picks the mg ver and Garv Herber who holds boys have confldence the same nosmon vuth Class B not 3 fast mn,-,er bu Darrouzett are the Da1lv News to follow Interference Players of the Week tn their re spectlve classes head Fletcher led surprising Gru ver to its third straight wln and l-lerber only score as its first ru endon 18 0 an Beaver, Okla Despnte a br trcs Gruver on 6-0 golng lnto tl was at thls pc took over Early ln the f er broke throul of the lme sldes be tacklers cut and outran the 1 ary 32 yards to Then with lee utes remaining raced 49 yar score Prlor ALL DISTRICT Sonny Blankenshlp HB John Cluck B111 Sloan Wayne Wlnkler Bruce Ayres Znd TEAM Ronme W1ll1ams Donrue Prater Arnold Beck R1ch1e Fletcher Donald Cotter turned in a 185 For the mght he nan rot yarns gamed on onlv 7 plays Fletcher IS only a junior and 15 ln hrs secord year as a starter Hts coach Leon Chapman has