Gurdon High School - Gurdonian Yearbook (Gurdon, AR)

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Football 21 Go-Devil defense converges on the Junction City back. Cieve Clark and Carlton Ollison put the stop on another J C back. As Clay McMaster tends to an injured hand, Thomas Allen gazes intently at the action.

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Conference Champs Lines Of Success Without a doubt, 1987 was the year of the Go-Devils. Starting in August with two-a- day practices, the De- vils set high goals for the year. Gurdon start- ed off right winning Head Coach Jim stiffler their first two games against Smackover and Lake Hamilton, but ran into a little trouble against AAA Oak Grove. The Devils also lost their first con- ference game to For- dyce. Losing both games by one point, the Go-Devils got their heads right and set their minds on the con- ference champion- ship. The Devils went on to defeat Stamps in This record (7-2) Homecoming and gave the Go-Devils the highly ranked Junction most successful sea- City for the second son in many years, tre- year in a row. Coming mendous fan support, back from an open and a berth in the state date, the team defeat- play-offs, ed Nashville. The De- vils put the icing on the cake with revenge against Prescott, win- ning for the first time since 1979. Chris Harper was named Democrat AA player of the week for his play against Prescott. Knocking off De- Queen then gave us the well-deserved 7AA Conference Champi- onship, which had not been accomplished in twenty-seven years. Scoreboard us Them 27 Smackover 14 21 Lake Hamilton 7 21 Oak Grove 22 14 Fordyce 15 21 Stamps 0 28 Junction City 14 29 Nashville 13 49 Prescott 14 17 DeQueen 14 •-Conference Games Kevin Davis takes a breather while the offense goes to work. 20 Football

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Scoreboard US THEM 34 Farmington 27 21 Greenbrier 6 23 Dardanelle 13 13 McGehee 40 All-District Chris Harper, Kevin Davis, Thomas Allen, Carlton Ol- lison, James McNeil, Brett Kuhn All-State Kevin Davis Chris Harper State Runners Up Lines of Force After wrapping up the 7AA Champion- ship, the Go-Devils worked hard for the first playoff game against Farmington. Their hard work paid off as they defeated the Cardinals in the last couple of min- utes left in the game. With the state cham- pionship in their minds, the Devils had to face the Greenbrier Panthers in their next playoff game at Little Rock Mills. With packed stands and great support, the Go-De- vils knocked off Greenbrier and ad- vanced to the state semi-finals. There they would have to face No. 1 ranked. undefeated Darda- nelle at War Memori- al Stadium. Thrilled by the fact that they were getting to play on the turf one week early, the De- vils had no com- plaints. Then, on a drizzly Friday night, the Go-Devils upset the Sand Lizards and gained the respect of not only Gurdon, but people across the state. Running back Chris Harper re- ceived Democrat and Gazette Player of the Week for his out- standing perform- ance. After celebrating the big win, the De- vils went back to work for the AA Championship game — something the school has never ac- complished. Now, ranked No. 2 in the state, the Go-Devils had to face the No. 1 McGehee Owls. In front of a large crowd on a cold Saturday night, the Devils started the game off systematically driv- ing the ball down the field for a score. But mistakes cost the Devils the ballgame and ruined their dreams for the State AA title. Having noth- ing to be ashamed of, the Go-Devils set- tled for being No. 2, but in their hearts and the town of Gur- don, they will always be No. 1. While Kent McClelland throws a good block, Chris Harper makes a huge gain 22 Football