Hughes Springs High School - Mustang Yearbook (Hughes Springs, TX)

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polnter Bxlly .Toe Szmpson passed to Anderson for the f1nal tally and Guard Floyd Currey blasted through for the po1nt br1ng1ng the total to 41 7 BOGATA CRUSHED BY HUGHES SPRINGS 59 6 Every Mustang saw act1on and even the tlurd team scored as the Mustangs humbled an outclassed Bulldog eleven here Arm1st1ce afternoon svnmss on scuoom. .5 I down to the score parade Johnny Welch Ph1l1p Goolsby and Carol Leftw1ch were outstandmg and guards Floyd and Preston Currey along wlth tackles Ha1rlPr1ce and Cyrus Reeder all played a good game. MUSTANGS WIN DISTRICT TITLE BY TROUNCING THE ONCE PROUD DAINGERFIELD TIGERS 39 7 Coach Joe Blount's Hughes Spr1ngs Mustangs became the D1str1ctChamp1ons by harshly drubbxng the Damgerheld T1gers here Nov. 19th by the lop s1ded score of 39 7. ! I 1 Q i - A ' in t I , . it . 1 'Wai-17 -wi:-I .- l . l A .e.. .n 3 4 - l I l In the th1rd quarter Goodson 1ntercepted a Txger pass and went48 yards for a score w1th McDan1el clearlng the way Leo Duck plunged for the po1nt Shortly thereafter McDan1el raced into the end zone and took Anderson s pass for another sxx Anderson carr1ed the brunt of the attack to notch two touch downs and passed to Tommy Morgan for another score Before be1ng 1nJuredW1tt dashed for twotouchdowns on runs i of 43 and 41 yards D1tter Weeks replac1ng W1tt played a stellar game comp1et1ng pass after pass and add1ng one touch Ends Wayne Russell and Joel McDan1e1 played heads up football and caught several touchdown passes B Strlnger Hump Russell xntercepted a Bogata pass and set up a Mustang score

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Recexvlng the T1ger k1CkOff on the1r own 35 Watt and Ander son marched down f1e1d behlnd the best blockmg of the season to score on the 8th play of the game Wxtt collected 19 pomts to add to h1s prev1ous 140 to end the ten game regular season w1th 159 and a secure spot among the state s top scormg fra termty Other scores for the Pomes were made by Doc Anderson on a 16 yard sprmt and 18 yard pass 1ntercept1on and run back by Wayne Russell an extra pomnt by Anderson a pass from W1tt to McDan1elfor anextra poxnt and a pass completxon from Wxtt to Johnny Welch Flfteen Mustangs carrxed the brunt of the attack but every s1ngle Mustang and Colt saw act1on agamst the Txgers Welch Reeder Goolsby Pr1ce Floyd and Preston Currey Leftwxch, Wltt, Anderson Goodson S1mpson, Morgan McDan1e1 Wayne Russell and Leo Duck played mspxred ball sendmg the Mustangs 1nto b1 d1str1ct play agamst Brownsboro BROWNSBORO BEARS OVERPOWER HUGHES SPRINGS FOR BI DISTRICT TITLE The bears were just too beefy for the Mustangs to handle zn bl d1str1ct play at G1lmer Dec 1 The Mustangs were out classed and Oufplayed but never outfought as they met thexr only defeat of the 1949 season 34 6 Injurxes had a lot to do w1th the loss The fxrst quarter ended 0 0 but by that tlme 7 Mustangs had been mjured wxthburly Prxce and McDan1e1 s1de11ned for good Joby Wltt gave the Hughes Sprxngs fans thexr only thr111 when he galloped through the ent1re Bear l1ne for the Mustang s lone tally Mustangs that were red hot and carned the Red and Black banner the lnghest were Capta1ns Currey and W1tt Center Leftwlch Tackle Goolsby and Freshman Leo Duck