Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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Straining for One More Foot. A hidden Midlothian defender drags down Calvin Flowers after a 15 yard gain. At Midlothian-- 24 Varsity Football

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Varsity Football Team. Front row: Gary Harris, Allan Ross, Bobby Williamson, Tim Jones, Calvin Flowers, Steve Janosik, Brad Birchett, Steve Daniel, Kevin Howlett, Ernest Roberts. Second row: Malcolm Garrard, Mike Hartsell, Greg Lambert, Doug Jones, Mickey Cole, Mayes Marks, Jeff Brown, David Miller, Mike Lane. Third row: Frank Cancino, Jim Henderson, Mike Sharman, Leroy Wallace, Chris Webb, Ted Lowder, Chris Durham, Mark McCabe. Fourth row: Coleman Jones, Steve Fuzy, Jim Gay, Robert Turner, Paul Dunston, Chris Bear, Marvin Coleman, Sam Northington. Back row: Stephen Kitchen, manager; Assistant Coach Herman Henderson, Assistant Coach Marshall Parker, Head Coach Jack Mullins, Assistant Coach Bill Mackey, Merle Comfort, Trainer. D-E-F-E-N-S-E. Blue Devil defense stops this run by Tim Thacker as Mike Hartsell gets unidentifiable help to bring the runner down. Ernie Roberts and Jim Gay look toward the play. Devils fell to Highland Springs 33-7 1. Hot Pursuit. Leroy Wallace pursues Keith Bosher of Thomas Dale while Coleman Jones trails the play. Hopewell lost to Thomas Dale 13-7. Varsity football. . . practice in August and every day of the season except Sundays . . . sore backs . . . practice ... leg cramps . . . pulled hamstrings . . . practice . . . winning . . . concussions . . . practice . . . losing . . . scoring a touchdown . . . missing a pass that hit you right in the numbers . . . practice . . . broken fingers . . . catching a pass . . . sprained ankles . . . kicking the extra point... Is being a football hero really worth it??? Ask any member of the team and you’ll get the same answer . . . YES . . . Our winning 6-4 season may account in part for this answer but according to Coach Jack Mullins it is purely a love of the game — win or lose. Commenting on the 1975 season Mullins said that the defense could have been better but he was particularly pleased with the offense. VARSITY FOOTBALL HHS 14 George Wythe 0 HHS 25 Dinwiddie 0 HHS 7 Thomas Dale 14 HHS 28 Midlothian 8 HHS 7 Highland Springs 33 HHS 42 Colonial Heights 24 HHS 27 Meadowbrook 15 HHS 8 Petersburg 45 HHS 21 Manchester 14 HHS 0 Prince George 8 WON 6 LOST 4 Calvin Flowers turns the corner and heads down field against the 25-0 rout over Dinwiddie. Varsity Football 23

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Breaking Midlothian’s three-game winning streak in a late September game at Midlothian gave the Devils a 3-1 record. This is how it happened . . . There was no score in the first quarter, but a 67 yard drive put the Devils on the Trojan 5 at the start of the second quarter. Malcolm Garrard ran in for the touchdown and Tim Jones kicked the extra point. A Midlothian scoring ended when Leroy Wallace intercepted in the Devil end zone. Officials spotted the ball at the Devil 20 and a sustained drive culminated in Mike Hartsell’s TD pass to Kevin Howlett. Jones’ PAT made the score 14-0. Hopewell received the kickoff at the start of the second half. The 68 yard drive that followed included two runs by Calvin Flowers totaling 35 yards. Quarterback Hartsell ran in a touchdown from the 1 and Jones added the PAT. Midlothian’s only score came after a turn-over at the Devil 35. The scoreboard read 21-8 after the two point conversion. Trojan hope for a comeback ended when Hopewell regained possession following an on-sides kick. Once again the Devils rolled down the field; Hartsell scored from the 1, Jones made the extra point and the score was 28-8. Midlothian’s dying effort was a fifty yard pass on the last play of the game. Chris Webb made a diving tackle at the 8 yard line to prevent the Trojan score, ending the game at 28-8. Varsity Football 25