Jacksonville High School - Red Devil Yearbook (Jacksonville, AR)

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Devils burn Wompus Cots QContinued from Page 113j Catholic On Friday, September 17, the jacksonville Red Devils traveled to War Memorial Stadium to do battle with the Catholic High Rockets. The game was very hard fought, but at the end of the half the scoreboard showed the Rockets on top by the score of 15-7. The Devils turned the ball over four times in the first half, running only six plays during that period. The defense played well, and their efforts held three Rocket drives in the first half from ending in scores for Catholic. The defense was sparked by good plays from Devils Brennan Hammond, Mark Dewey, Rocky Mantooth, and Ray Cardwel. Cardwell was also credited with three punts for a total of 1 16 yards. Catholic was the first to score with a touchdown from middle linebacker Buddy Beavers. Beavers recovered a Devil fumble and ran it back all the way for six Rockets points. After making changes in its offense the Devils came into the second half to win. The Devils drove 69 yards with the ball, and taking the ball on the five yard line, Mike Fortson charged over the goal line for six points. joe Holcomb's kick was good, and the game stayed tied 7-7 until the fourth quarter. The tie was broken as Rocket Hank Hooper got through the jacksonville defense for a touchdown. With the score 13-7, Catholic attempted a two point conversion. The attempt was good, and the score was 15-7 in favor of Catholic. The Devils had two chances to score in t fourth quarter. As jacksonville was puntii Catholic was called for clipping, and the Dev retained possession of the ball on their own with a first and ten. The Red Devil offer failed to move the ball again. In the fir seconds of the game, jacksonville again had t ball, and went to the air. The offense mov the ball 45 yards, but failed to score as timer out. Coach Puyear, as he was watching films the game, said, lf there hadn't been so mag turnovers in the first half and the defense hx held in the second, it would have been, different story. Puyear also remarked on t fine job the defense did, playing during all l: four of the first half, and in holding 1 Rockets during the second half. 1 Red Devils jerry Gordon, Matt Hen3 Hugh jernigan, Bryan johnson, and To Tademy combined in rushing for 135 yards 24 carries. Forty-five yards were also gained passes by Gordon. Other statistics in the gal were: eight Devil first downs with fo penalties and four turnovers. X 1.An aggressive Devil offense comes off the, line as the ball is snapped. 2. The Devil defense does it again as they stack up a Sylvan Hills runner for a loss. The whole defensive line was in on the tackle. 3. Tony Tademy is stopped for a loss by two Catholic defenders. 4. Mike Stoneking puts a hard hit on a Russellville runner. l 114- Football

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Devils upset Jonesboro kicked the ball away to the Texarkana 34 yard line. There the Hogs took off and Ronnie Robertson broke loose at the 23 to score six The point after was good and the Hogs lead was stretched to 10-O. The second half was all Texarkana as they scored twice. One score was on a Devil fumble at the 41 which took only two plays to produce the score and the other on a Ray Cardwell punt to Hog's Robertson, who ran it back 80 yards for the score. That made it 24-0 Hogs. The Devils threatened a drive late in third quarter as jerry Gordon connected on passes of 16 to joe Towsley and 20 and 27 to Mike Fort- son. But a Devil fumble halted the drive. The Hogs then returned the ball back and the Devils took over at the 30. jerry Gordon raced 21 yards to the nine. They could get no closer as the Hogs threw them back to the 20. Then on a fourth down joe Holcomb's kick fell short. Late in the fourth quarter jerry Gordon fumbled and a Hog defender picked it up and raced 30 yards for the score. The point after failed and that's the way it stayed 30-0. jack- sonville then fell to 2-3. jonesboro jacksonville Red Devils upset 10th ranked jonesboro 6-O in a hard fought game. The only score came as Eddie jacksonn ran back a jones- boro fumble 96 yards. Both offenses never got on tracks as both teams produced defensive play after play. ln the second quarter the Devils drove the ball to the 17 yard line then turned it- over on a fumble. The Hurricanes then drove 11 yards and fumbled back to the Devils. But the drive was futile as the Devils turned the ball over again on four down. The only good drive of the night was by the Hurricanes as they drove from their 41 to the two yard line. The Devil defense with- stood them on two downs and drove them back a yard. On third down and three, a jonesboro halfback fumbled the ball and jackson recovered it and raced 96 for the score. The point after was no good and the Devils led 6-0 at the end of the first half. The second half was all defense as both teams dominated with defense. Ray Card- well led the Devils with 18 tackles and Eddie jackson who had two pass interceptions as well as the long scoring run. iContinued on Page 114j 1.David Smith slips by a Red Devil de- fender in full stride en route to along gainer in the annual Red-White game. 2. Brennan Hammonds stacks a Hot Springs runner after a short gain. Bobby Casey and Mark Ratcliff look on.

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McClellan l N jacksonville received the kick-off and started a drive with three penalties on the first three plays against McClellan. The Devils got no further the next three plays and oiley Ray Cardwell got off a poor punt and McClellan got the ball on their own 43 yard line. The Lion's could move neither. An exchange of punts and McClellan had the ball back at their own 35 yard line. ln two plays the Lions were at the Devil 33. The Devil defense then went to work and s-topped McClellan on fourth and two. i The Devils offense still couldn't get on tracks and punted away to the 22 yard line of NlcClellan. The Lio'1s finally got it in gear and drove the ball 78 yards in l2 plays. Rusty Tripp carried the ball in from the seven yard line for the score. The point after was good and McClellan lead 7-O, early in the second quarter. With a minute left the Lions intercepted a jerry Gordon pass. Unable to move the ball the Lions kicked a 26 yard field goal with three seconds left. That made it 10-O at the half. Late in the third quarter the Lions drove to the three yard line where Greg Mogness went over for the score. The kick was good and the Devils fell behind l7-0. In the fourth quarter the Devils were hampered with three turnovers. With this the Lions scored once more from the two, The kick was wide and that's the way it stayed 23-0. Russellville The Red Devils of jacksonville outplayed their opponent Russellville, everyplace except on the scoreboard. lt was an all defense game like the games jacksonville has played before. The Devils outgained the Cyclones 78 yards total offense. On their Hrst possession the Devils drove the ball to the 27 yard line before turning the ball over. Again on their second possession they drove to their 16 before turning the ball over again. We moved the ball well but then stopped ourselves, said head football coach Bill Reed. We stopped ourselves twice with penalties, once by losing a fumble and one on the 'punt'. 'That punt' came early in second quar- ter when another jacksonville threat was stalled at its own 45. Ray Cardwell was back to punt and the left side of the Cyclones defense broke through and blocked the punt. The Cyclones took over at the Devil 29 yard line. Aided by a trick penalty the Cyclones pushed it over the score. The point after was good. The Devils came back with a sustained drive that again fizzled at the goal. The drive depended on draw plays at crucial moments for long gainers. At the Cyclone lO Greg Bollen rolled around to the right but under- threw his receiver on fourth and four. fContinued on Page 'I l6l l. Ray Cardwell iust barely gets off a punt as Russellville put on a rush. 2. The Devil bench anxiously watches the game. 3. Mike Fortson heads downfield as a Panther is hot on his heels. 4. An unidentified Devil manhandles a Sylvan Hills runner to save a score. ,- .A. s. -4 v ' '- xi' Football 1 15