Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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olball Fever Continues But Subsides After Strong Dose Administered by Kilgore Iunior College. K l ' 1 Players on bench show th d xXX Head Coach Sim Cooley expresses frustration in bow 9 ame. Many faithful J C followers were present at Bowl Game

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Earl Reynolds makes diving attempt for pass in Delta game. -v.-- .v.v4-w- -010 .1 3 ll This sign reflects true Bobcat spirit. 1 - ix X 4 Elmer Higginbotham, Head Coach Sim Cooley, and Tommy Parker, the mighty Bobcat coaches, led Jones through a terrific football season.

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Randy Sullivan and company get set in Kilgore game. Texas Iunior Bowl GARLAND, TEX. For three out of four quarters, the Jones Junior College Bobcats played the Kil- gore Flangers tough in the Chamber of Com- merce Bowl Saturday afternoon, December 2. One quarter the bubble burst and 23 Kilgore points came running out making the final score 30-O along with seven points Kilgore managed in the first half. Before the contest, the Rangers were ranked second nationally and the Bobcats were number five on the JC Gridwireg many people felt the win- ner of the junior bowl would be national champi- ons. The Rangers, now 10-O-1, scored in the first half on a Michael Wright one-yard run. The Rang- ers led by two TD runs by Jimmy Kegler put the game out of reach in the third quarter. A 38-yard Kenneth Sam field goal and a J. M. Marable inter- ception return for a TD capped off the scoring. After giving up only seven points in the first half, the 1200 Jones fans on hand were optimis- tic going into the second half. Kegler's 43-yard run on Kilgore's first possession dampened Jones' spirits. The PAT was missed so the score remained 13-O. With a strong wind in their faces, the Bobcats again gave the ball up in good field position and Kegler again scored on a one-yard plunge. The Rangers went for two and made it to make the score 21-O. Marbles' 28 yard interception return closed the scoring off although Kilgore tried for more points in the fourth quarter. Jones mounted a threat in the fourth quarter when a Chris Ford 34-yard pass to Junior Wallace took the ball to the six. Jones lost the ball on downs from the six. It was Jones' defense, led by Jeffery Hopkins, Al Shoemaker, Perry Murphy, Michael Chinn, and Webb Simmons, that kept the potent Kilgore offense subdued for three quarters. Our defense just had to play too long today. We could never get anything going against their defense, said Jones' Sim Cooley. Bobbie Guthrie and Wilbur Jordan had inter- ceptions for Jones to stop Kilgore drives. The Bobcat running game which is their main strength never got into operation under a strong Kilgore defensive assault. Jones managed 89 yards rushing and 29 yards passing. Kilgore kept Jones' leading rusher Junior Wallace contained almost all day. Kilgore had 289 yards on the ground and 64 yards through the air. Football X 79