Harding High School - Aquila Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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f964AW!!I!6' 6' .f'0U!'6Q94.5'f6'0 Southeast's dazzling passers opened the Harding season on ct sad note and handed the Eagles their Worst defeat in 12 games. The Spartans scored in every quarter and allowed the Eagles to get close only once. Southeast dominated the first half as the Eagles never put on a sustained drive. Running off spread, single-wing, and T formations the Spartans kept Eagle defense-men fooled with their wide-open. brand of play. Southeast led at the end of the half 14-O. It looked as if the Spartans would score again late in the third quarter when substitute rightrhalf Bruce Holmes grabbed a South- east fumble in the air and sped 70 yards to the Spartan six. John Neaves hit for three, Holmes for one, and Ierry Lehman took the pitchout around right end for the touchdown. Charles Mugg kept for the conversion. Within a minute and a half Southeast had scored again on o. long pass and the Eagles were out of the game. O Guy Iones reaches tor a pass that tell incomplete at the 25. George Metcalfe and Ierry Lehman pile up a So theast ballcarrier at the Hard ng seven yard line

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HAHUXXV6' 0 fl!06'fHWf5'f?? In the second game of what is rapidly becoming a fierce rivalry, Northwest out-defensed the Eagles for three quarters and then turned on the scoring steam. The Eagles' battle against the best class AA team in Oklahoma was hampered by driving rains which didn't stop until long after the game was over: showers held the crowd down to a sparse 200. Despite a defense which didn't allow Harding a first down during the opening half, the Knights led by only 8-O at the beginning of the third quarter. Late in the game, Northwest added two more touchdowns and a conversion, using their sparkling pass attack. Although the rain made it tough to hang onto the ball, several short tosses took their toll and ran up the score. Harding was able to make yardage only in the final minutes. Hilliard Shacktord leaves the game after only a few minutes ot muddy action. The scoreboard shows Harding's