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 The Coaches Behind the Team The great success of the foot- ball team depended chiefly upon the coaching staff. Because of the time and patience each coach gave toward the team it held together under any circum- stances. Head Coach Tom Atwell dealt mainly with the offensive backs. Coach Bobby Milton is in charge of getting the offensive line in shape. The defensive line depends on Coach . ' , . Mr-, , ' A waz. Coach Crowley Coach Virden TOP RIGHT: Coach Arwell and Coach Milton 'I72 Gary Virden for instruction. Coach Crowley had control of the defensive backs. Coach Vir- den and Coach Crowley put together a very tough defense which held the opposing teams to relatively few points. Coach Leon Williams selected good runners with good hands to make up the offensive ends. Coach William Smith is the Head Coach of the -I.V.,s, Coach Smith Coach Williams 1 1. Coach Atwell smiles on as the Big Red Machine takes control of the game. 2. Mike Smith gets bawled out by Coach Virden.