Kathleen High School - Trident Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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Varsity football Kathleen Downs Lakewales The Kathleen Red Devils captured their eighth victory of the season defeating the Lake Wales Highlanders 35-12. The Highlanders first score came on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Roy Leath. An 85-yard fumble recovery and return gave the Highlanders a 12-0 lead. Kath- leen cut Lake Wales lead by six with a 10-yard run by Keith Moutrie. Trailing 12-6, Neil Laxdal connected with Mike Simpkins for a 15 yard touch- down. Then before the end of the first half he hit J. D. Patter- son for a touchdown. Devils took the lead 20-12 at the half. The Devils increased their lead in the third quarter when they drove 81 yards for a score. Lax- dal connected with Greg Ander- son fot the touchdown. Kath- leenis final score came on a Mike Bowden pass to Mike Simpkins. Mike -Iacoby's kick was good. Kathleen defeated Lake Wales 35-12. lake Wales Kathleen 9 First downs 18 89 Yards nishing 262 57 Yards passing 147 9-14-1 Passing 9-19-0 7-21.8 Punts, avg. 1-42 1 Fumbles lost 1 85 Yds. penalized 45 LakeWales 12 000-12 Kathleen 6 14 8 7 - 35 Devils Disgrace Dreadnaughts The Red Devils won what they considered their biggest victory of the year. The Devils played a phenomenal defensive game holding Darrell Chapper and the Lakeland Dreadnaughts to 99 yards rushing and 57 pass- ing. It was all defense in the first quarter. But Lakeland scored quick in the second quar- ter. The score came on a 3 yard run by Darrell Chapper. Earl Miller kicked the extra point making the score 7-0 Lakeland with 9:16 left in the first quar- ter. Kathleen seemed to be on a scoring drive when Cleve Mur- ray retumed a kickoff 40 yards. But on first down Neil Laxdal fumbled and Lakeland recovered it. A few plays later Darrell Chapper went over from one yard out for the score. Giving Lakeland a 14-0 lead. Kathleen got their big break with only 51 seconds left in the half. Lake- land quarterback Butch Elsa 170 fumbled at the 37 yard line of Lakeland. john Steinhaur recovered the fumble. Neil Lax- dal went to work completing two big passes one to Mike Simpkins for 20 yards and one to john Spares for the touchdown. Laxdal hit Anderson for the two point conversion. The score was 14-8 with 29 seconds left in the half. The Red Devils scored on their first possession of the sec- ond half. They drove 66 yards for the score with Rodney Rob- erts going over from the 3 yard line. -Iacoby's kick was good giv- ing Kathleen a 15-14 lead. Kathleen Lakeland 12 First downs 12 144 Yds. rushing 99 118 Yds. passing 57 6-11-2 Passing 5-13-1 3-40.3 Punts, avg. 5-37.8 2 Fumbles lost 1 25 Yds. penalized 67 Kathleen O 8130-21 Lakeland O14 0 0 - 14 2 1, Tony Sheals attempts to pull down players experience the Thrill of Vic- Lake Wales ninningback. 2, Kathleen tory,

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Varsity football DEVILS SHOOT DOWN KATHLEEN CAGES EAGLES WILDCATS The Big Red Machine finally got back on the track, beating the Brandon Eagles' 27-O. This game was very important to the Devils because it was Home- coming and it also put them in a favorable position for the dis- trict championship. The Devils' first score began With an inter- ception by defensive back Mike Brantley who returned to the Kathleen 45. A few plays later Laxdal found Greg Anderson in the end zone for the score. That was the only score in the first half. The Devils' second score came in the third quarter when Iaxdal lofted a 22-yard pass to wide receiver Mike Simpkins to the one yard line. On the next play Rodney Roberts powered his way into the end zone. The two-point conversion failed making the score Kathleen 12 and Brandon 0. The third touch- down came when Cleve Murray intercepted a Brandon pass at the Devils' 39. The big play was a 53-yard mn by Rodney Rob- erts. Three plays later Laxdal kept the ball and scored from four yards out. Laxdal ran the two-point conversion giving the Devils a. 20-0 lead. The final score was set up by a 59-yard sprint by J. D. Patterson. Three plays later Laxdal connected with Mike Simpkins with a 16- yard score. Mike jacoby's kick made it 27-0 in favor of Kath- leen. Brandon Kathleen 9 First downs 16 93 Yards rushing 199 40 Yards passing 110 6-18-S Passing 6-21-1 5-3 1 Punts, average 6-32.5 2 Fumbles lost 0 73 Yds. penalized 23 Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 Kathleen 6 0 21 0 27 The Kathleen Red Devils pulled off a victory against the Winter Park Wildcats in a comeback victory. They were trailing 16-13 up until the fourth quarter before scoring and win- ning the game 19-16. Kathleen's first score was a 25-yard pass from Neil Laxdal to Keith Moultrie. Mike -Iacobyis extra point was good giving Kathleen a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Winter Park's score came after a Kathleen fumble at their own 36. Nine plays later the Winter Park quarterback scored from two yards out. They ran the two point conversion giving Winter Park an 8-7 lead. The Devils, second score came on a draw play with Roberts running 19 yards for the score. The two- point conversion failed giving Kathleen a 13-8 lead with 1:35 left in the first half. Winter Park came back to take the lead when joe Workman ran it in from two yards out. Russell ran the two-point conversion giving Winter Park a 16-13 lead. Kath- leen was trailing 16-13 in the fourth quarter with less than five minutes to go. Rodney Rob- erts carried it over from one yard out. The final score - Kathleen 19, Winter Park 16. Karhleen Winter Park 16 First downs 11 115 Yards rushing 163 152 Yards passing 7 9-27-1 Passing 1-4-2 3-40.3 Punts, average 3-32 3 Fumbles, lost 2 45 Yds. penalized 5 Kathleen 7 6 O 6 19 Winter Park 0 8 8 0 16 1. Neil Laxdal evades opponents' racklers. 2. Keirh Moultrie is taken down after returning a punt. 3. Rodney Roberts runs around right end for a long gain. 3 169

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