Hardee High School - Wildcats Echo Yearbook (Wauchula, FL)

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W wi 'Ms-5.- ' ' 'K '---..,L- S 1 Q ., s ,,' nf, L f , . I flip , - 1 I, t gmt. will U' l V' V 'L' 'ix' tvayfqz- '...L.,Y,,J. TACKLES: Buddy Baggott, Elmo Redding, and Cary Bryan. ,SN N' f W a , 1 ' ' X H. HS. gg Q X . Y . .J s s . 1 KA l 'V , U' T .Q 1 1 HH S' 20 , , , E Lime. WA Ln Z9 -V 1.2 7 W v- W , .M , 25 , its xxfff .' by I , I 3. 1 ,-'I . ,ff QUARTERBACKS: Pat Counts and Billy McCall. , 4 ... i . r X X-4 .Q V-v .y-sr A r,Q,,4n any v 1 M513 . Nm , 4' QI' V , 4 7' Us 3 K' ' '71-L . CENTERS: Kcnnvth Benton. Maurice Gilliard, and Gary Roberts. The Hardcc Wildvats were triumphant over Ji-suit of Tampa by a score of 52-0. McCall and Simmons led tht- tram on offe-nsv. Mt-Call throw two touchdown passes to Williairls and kick:-d three extra points. Simmons madt- two tonchdowne, thc sm-cond as a result of a 41 yard run. The otht-r pointb wort-d we-rv Pat tiountf, Lynn Foske-y, and john 'Il-rrell, one touchdown each, Hard:-c had to lit' 1-ontvnt with a tit-. 20-20. with Lake Wales aft:-r leading at halftime 13-7. 'll-rn-ll. Nlvlfall. and Williamx vwri' point-makt-rx with om- touchdown oath. Yvilliams' touch- down was a 59 yard pass from Xlrffall whivh put thc Wildcats one point behind. McCall, with tln- prwfurt- on him, kit-kt-ti tht- Q-xtra point. l2l -341

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7 The first game of the season with Fort Meade was a 7-7 tie. Fort Meade scored first when Bill Gillispie of Fort Meade picked up a fumble on our 37 yard line and ran the distance for a touchdown. The extra point was good and they led 7-0. U After the following kickoff. a short pass bounced off the I hands of TV. M. Marsh to Buddy Williams who ran 30 yards for the score. Billy McCall then kicked the point and the score remained 7-7 the rest of the game. Maurice Gilliard, middle linebacker. was outstanding on defense. Gerald Sim- mons was the most consistent on offense, carrying for 66 yards during the contest. W ya 436- .!'i.f 1. . ' t af f Ei.:-Q .3 . ,. f .- COACH WILLIAMS v l' ,L I 'X I W K ltllllttllltllllltitlll 3 , - Pun? X 5 , gt X X . 4 1 6 Q ' U f 5 7 Mf'7i 'Es 7 A :sf7'. A ' ' ff , V lr, t 'L' - ' COACH POLLOCK r-K l ' Tc! . r . 4 -s . In the Plant City football game the Wilclcats M - got off to a great start in the first quarter. They f W- 1 -N took the opening kickoff and marched 15 yards f' A54 . X ,, h for a touchdown. The key play of the drive was K ML 4 4' 7 X Lynn Foskey's 47 yard run that put the ball on ' ' 'W Q: the 17 yard line. John Terrell, after the next ,- - ' I five plays, scored from the 1 yard line. The - 4 J Sig score remained 6-0 for the rest of the half. 5 . I i Foskey led the team on offense and ran a total ' ' , ' of 102 yards. Gilliard again led the defensive i i 2 ,, V 4 team. After dominating play in the first half, - Hardceis lethargic play plus the Planter's 4, A , V , 7 thoroughly fired-up squad combined for a dis- , - 1 X , R t astrous second half in which Plant City scored Right to left: and David W'ils l20 Hea 011. 26 points to rout the home team 26-6. d Manager. Eddie- Wilson: A-sistants. Larry llires.

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N. 4 .l B lu... N15 lritxff' -Q 'tm-Z, ,ag s H.,-45. 2 BARTOW HHS -f Hgmcs CrTy N' f' I' 1 'aff'-. 'y.uu,W, TACKLES: David Stewart, James Lowe. and Jimmy Murdock. 6 Q 4 1 I Q - t f is ' ', . 'Q -- it .s . L' Q r Il, - 55 J ' ' ' Y GUARDS: Bill Dickey and Raymond Disharoon. l 3 tk .W When the Wildcats played the Yellow Jackets, 1 -V ttt ffl, 'lt P 3 D' aprt. 3+ ' av 4 NN'-. Q.,-1 ' Y . 6 P ke ..fL'f'.:,' K -W' V V . , .5 sh.,.2 as -...M tif' M f y 5 it -.Ri ,fy g 4 .Mxr H X My y , F . .y gf . , H V f' U- 7 D 'W l f ,F jk! 1 .- -X.. + 1 1 ,ty fg . 1 if se t, l22 HALFBACKS: James Hinson and Bobby Buckley. Bartow won by a score of 13-O in a fine defensive game. Leading the Hardee defense was Countsg a sophomore defensive end. He stopped Bartow cold on most of their plays around his side of the line. Terrell led the offense with his dynamic running and blocking. He picked up 53 yards from scrim- mage, his longest gain being a 13 yard plunge through the right side of the line. The Haines City Hornets defeated Hardee by a very close score of 19-14. Haines City scored first with a pass play that gained a triumphant 72 yards. They scored twice more before Hardee be- gan to move with the ball. McCall went over from the 6 for a touchdown and kicked the point after- wards. The half ended 19-7. The Wildcats came back in the third quarter with McCall brilliantly scoring again and kicking, but that was as far as they were able to move the ball duvvrddgull. Mc- Call led our offensive team by scoring all of our 14 points by bucking across both touchdowns and kicking both extra points.