Huntsville High School - Hornet Yearbook (Huntsville, TX)

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TOMMY HUNT Junior Quarterback One-Year Letterman Countz stop up the hole. Hornets Claim First Victim? Trojans Fall I8 O Huntsville rebounded from their first loss with a decisive 18-0 Win over the Forest Park Trojans. Both teams were plagued with mistakes in the first half. The Hornets finally got roll- ing in the second quarter. Quarterback Mike Murray ended a 40-yard drive when he lunged across from the one. C The Green and White rolled again in the third quarter. Halfback Milton Whitt climaxed the drive by hauling in a 21-yard pass for the score. In the fourth quarter Whitt sprinted 30 yards setting up a 31-yard pass play from Murray to halfback Gene Stokes. Three touchdowns and no extra points later the Hornets walked off the field with their first victory. ROLAND SCOTT Junior Fullback One-Year Letterman GENE STOKES Junior Halfback Two-Year Letterman Tommy Hunt unsuccessfully attempts to block a Forest Park punt during early third quarter action. Trojan back finds little running room as linebacker Joe Boetbcher and tackle Tommy

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Sllsbee Downs Hornets in Season Cpener I6 6 Fullback Joe Boettcher gets mobhed by a pack of Silsbee Tigers afber short gain. The Hornets dropped their season opener 16-6 to the powerful Silshee Tigers. Silsbee took the opening kickoff 65 yards to paydirt. The try for two was good. Then the Tigers picked up a Hornet fumble and took it in from 47 yards out and made two again. The Hornets left the field trailing 16- 0. Huntsville put their first six points of the season on the scoreboard early in the third quarter. Quarterback Mike Murray climaxed an 80-yard drive with a one yard quarterback sneak. The extra point try failed end- ing Hornet scoring for the night. The last quarter turned into a de- fensive battle and the Hornets found themselves on the short end of the scoreboard as the game ended. Cornerman Kenny Wilder picks off a Silsbee touchdown pass while linebackers Tommy Hunt and Joe Boettcher ook on. 1

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Jackie Heard, executes one of many defensive moves putting the stopper on Liberty quarter- back, Dan Carter, as Gene Stokes, defensive halfback, rushes in to assist. Huntsville Squeeks by Liberty 2I-20 With less than two minutes showing on the clock, Huntsville's Hornets snatched a 21-20 victory from the claws of the Lib- erty Panthers. The Panthers took the opening kickoff and returned it 81 yards for a touchdown. They scored once again on end sweeps and power plays to make the score 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Hornets proved that they still had fight when Gene Stokes returned the kick- off 90 yards for a Hornet score. The Horn- ets scored again on a pass to Terry Jackson from 15 yards out. Then the Panthers drove for another touchdown making the score 20-14. The third and fourth quarters proved to be a struggling defensive battle. With about one minute left in the fourth ,lackson blocked a Liberty punt and returned it to the 19. The Hornets stalled for three downs. Then Mike Murray passed to Halfback Kenny Wilder for the score. Murray kicked the PAT giving the Hornets the one point margin and the win. JOE MCMILLAN KRAEGE POLAN DENNIS VERMILLION CLAUDE McCLEES Junior .Fullback Junior Guard Junior Halfback .lunior Guard Une-Year Letterman One-Year Letterman One-Year Letterman One-Year Letterman