Hillcrest High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Simpsonville, SC)

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Hillcrest- 7 Ccirolino - 7 The Rams jumped off to an early lead over Carolina in their annual rivalry, but the Trojans tied the score before half-time. Eddie Rice scored for the Rams and Butch Collins split the up-rights for the extra point. The Rams defense made several goal line stands. Larry Snipes and Chuck Kear- ney played well for the Rams also. Hillcrest- 7 Palmetto - l9 The Mustangs racked up two quick touchdowns in the opening minutes, then held on as the Rams outplayed them the rest of the game. In the final quarter the Mustangs could not penetrate within the Rams 40-yard line. But the only score the Rams could tally was a pass from Sammy Sloan to Howard Hewitt. The final score was 7-19. Hillcrest- O Wolhollo - O The Rams played host to the Wal- halla Razorbacks on a very soggy, cold, and windy field. Two long runs by Cary Long broke it open in the second half, as the Rams absorbed their fifth loss, 20-0.

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Hillcrest- 7 Laurens - 7 Looking like a different team, the Rams batted Laurnes High around for a quarter and then scored on a 19- yard pass from Sammy Sloan to Dan Balcome. Butch Collins kicked his third extra point of the year. But the determined Laurens team scored in the second half to tie the game 7-7. H lcrest - 7 Blue Ridge - O The Rams picked up their second victory of the season by defeating the Blue Ridge Tigers 7-0. Howard He- witt took a pass from Sammy Sloan and scampered 25-yards to paydirt in the final period. Lawrence Blakely. Larry Snipes, and Chuck Kearney played well on defence for the Rams. Hillcrest- 7 Daniel - 24 Living up to their praise of being a l00?2 better team than last year's, by Daniel's head coach, the Rams fought hard for one of their best games of the season. Daniels, being one of the strongest teams in the conference, scored in every period, but had a hard time doing so. The lone Ram score came in the final period when Howard Hewitt took a pass from Sammy Sloan. . v - in . .mum ma

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Hillcrest - O Easley - 34 The Easley Green Wave rolled over the Rams 34-0 in the final game of the season as fumbles plagued the Hillcrest team throughout the game. One fumble led to a Green Vifave score, and another stopped a Hillcrest drive on the Easley 12-yard line. Seniors Juniors The Senior-Junior game was main- ly a defensive battle, being played for the most part between the twenty yard lines. In the picture Leonard Sprouse, Dave Richardson, and Chuck Kearney rush Sammy Sloan who tosses a pass to Buddy Long. Seniors - 7 Juniors - O For the first time a Senior-Iunior football game was played, with the Seniors coming out on top 7-0. Al- though the game was primarily a fund raising activity, it created a great deal of interest among players and fans alike.