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

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118-B on The 19751976 Red Devil basketball team ended this year s season on February 27 Although the team was very young, a strong will to win helped them to a con- Several times during the season, the Devils were tied for high spots in the con- ference standlngs by winning some tough games. Coach Mike Burk summarized by saying We didn t win as consistently as we wanted. We had a lot of young players and had no returning starters to build a strong team around. Our team should be even E . N, 1, ference record of five wins. ice ,if fr M 5 Alt ' fijgsi. 1 alfa' Jays . wg , .. , win f 'sn A t 6 g 5- 1 x 1 2 ,j..,,,.,, . . M 'P'Wh U , :se-tt' . 1'-aug, -fr 1, Coaches: Mike Burk, Ed Hamilton. 2,The action-packed season is shown as Robert Mayo and Bryan Cook go high for the ball. 3.The 1975-1976 season is summed up on the scoreboard, the over- all record was 9 wins and 16 losses. 4.1975-1976 Red Devils: 1st row KL-Rl: G. Bollen, E. jackson, A. Steels, C. Utley, T. Tademy, R. West. 2nd Row CL-Rl: D. Willis, R. Holmes, T, Williams, B. Cook, R. Mayo, K. Gwin. stronger next year. ' .Q N 30 un. ,f

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Devils look ahead fo next year fContinued from Page 1161 13-7, it was up to the defense to hold a still tough Conway team. They did just that, and with 54 seconds left, the Devils offense ran out the clock, winning before a Homecoming Crowd by a score of 13-7, giving the Devils a record of 4-6, and ending a four-game Wampus Cat winning streak. Benton On November 16, the Red Devils met Ben- ton at Benton for the last game of the season. Benton won the game 7-6, but as Coach Reed had put it during the week that it would go down to the wire. It went a little bit further than that. The Panthers took the opening kick-off to the Devil 26, On first and ten the Panthers tried an option play that the Devils read perfectly. Matt Henry hit the pitch man who then fumbled with the Devils recovering the ball at the 21 yard line. The Devils couldn't sustain a drive and kicked the ball away to the 50 where the Panthers took over. Benton couldn't do much with it either. On the ensuing punt the Devils were called for roughing the kicker and the ball was brought back. With the ball at the 36, the Panthers started a drive. But on third down the Panthers fumbled and jacksonville recovered as the first quarter ended. The second quarter opened with the Devils starting from their 36. On the first play from scrimmage Mike Fortson carried the ball 24 yards but couldn't hang on to the ball any longer as the ball was jarred from him. Benton recovered the fumble but the possession was shortlived as the Devil de- fense forced them to punt, A fake punt was called, but the Devils read it perfectly. The Devils got the ball then but it wasn't long before they had to punt it away. The Panthers started a drive that carried them to the Devil 13. On first down Benton quarterback dropped back for a pass. He threw it into the wrong hands. lt was picked off by Mike Polston who returned it four yards out of the endzone. The half ended before the Devils could start rolling. Early in the fourth quarter Benton began a drive that finally ended in a score. T he loss brought the Devils disap- pointing season to 4-7. The Devils wound up with sixth place in conference. 1.Tony Tademy shakes off a Cougar defender to gain more yardage. 2.Greg Bollen breaks through the line as Rocky Mantooth and Mike Stoneking look for someone else to block. :W f'-NV Vi' F . P. 1 t We ' -4 Oman 117

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Devils do well ogoinsl lough conference schedule l A Texarkana player tries to get through the defense. 2. Coach Burk gives the Devils some strategy. 3. Tommy Williams waits for ball as Bryan Cook takes the opening tip. 4, lL-Rl Ricardo Robinson, Steve Gil- Steve Van Nostrand. 5. Eddie jackson the ball down court as the offense sets up. l sl, -'Us gi' J' sf' Basketball-119