Kirksville High School - Regit Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Milan - Scoring all five touchdowns and kicking two extra points, Dave Conyers led the Tigers to a 32 -19 decision over the Wildcats of Milan at Milan. Unleashing a powerful ground attack, Halfbacks Conyers and Jack Wilson, Quarterback Epperson and Fullback Dave Turner all helped to run the Wildcats ragged. It was strictly a team victory all the way, Trenton - Chalking up their third NCMC Conference win, Kirksville ran over the Trenton Bulldogs on October 19 at Stokes Stadium. Trenton drew first blood but Kirksville came back springing Conyers around end for one score with Paul Schnucker snaring a Conyers' pass for an- other, Frank Epperson scored first in the second half soon followed by Tiger Tackle Jack Ma- gruder who raced twenty -five yards with a Trenton fumble. Dave Turner plunged over in the final period to make it 31-7, Chillicothe - The Chillicothe Hornets passed for three early touchdowns and added another in the fourth quarter to down the Kirksville eleven Z5-13 at Kirksville. Conyers added both Tiger tallies, going over from the four and the one, converting after the first TD. Marceline - The Kirksville Tigers exploded for five touchdowns in the last twelve minutes as they wracked the Marceline Tigers 67-12 at Marceline. Scoring was divided among eight men with George Lehr and Dave Conyers each scoring twice, and Larry Rogers, Gene Martin, Larry Ratliff, Gene Pickett, Jack Wilson and David Turner each tallying one. Conyers kicked six extra points and Gary Sallade one. It was the most points the Tigers have scored since entering the NCMC Conference. Macon - Smashing for two touchdowns in the final six minutes, the Tigers closed their season victoriously with a thrilling 18-IZ decision over Macon at Kirksville. Halfback Dave Conyers scored his 10lst point of the season for the Tigers first score, and Sophomore Fullback Dave Turner clinched the verdict with the final two touchdowns. Q ifggm. , K K Y 5 - . K V ' if ' .. , ' k if . Q, 55352 W M. figs: . . - 1 W H K . N J Q W -1 . V i W . as ' 'fi ' . Lookin' for a free ride to the goal line 7 ? yall'

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Kirksville High School Football l95 Moberly - The Kirksville High Tigers opened the ir 1952 football campaign at Stokes Stadium by downing the Moberly Greyhounds 14-8. Halfback Dave Conyers scored one touchdown and kicked both extra points for the Bengals. End George Lehr grabbed a pass from Frankie Epperson in the zone for the other Kirksville score. Columbia - The Tigers rallied for two touchdowns in the final period but were unable to catch Hickman High Kewpies of Columbia at Columbia. Quarterback Jack Lasswell went over guard the initial TD and minutes later Dave Conyers swung around end for six more points. Paul Schnucker converted after the last score. Brookfield - Coach John Spainhower's charges dropped their opening NCMC Conference tilt at Brookfield, 8-6. Stymied by over 100 yards of penalties, the Tiger scored only as Lhrold Tarr blocked a Bulldog punt and Guard Gary Sallade recovered the ball in the Brookfield end zone for a touchdown, end the for Unionville - Back on the winning trail, and celebrating homecoming, the Tigers rocked the Unionville Midgets Z8-6. Leading the scoring for the Bengals was Halfback Dave Conyers who raced 19 yards for one TD and kicked all four extra points. Quarterback Frank Epperson scored once, and End George Lehr and Halfback Paul Schnucker each grabbed an Epperson pass for the two Kirksville counters. xi 'WMM as 1-.ML -ji! .i x Homecoming Crowd .and press box -- Vve were all here glgaf night. we-A

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flllftlbffftftflltfftlltltfo The crest of the football season was on October 3, the KHS annual homecoming. Who can forget that snake dance to Robinson field at breakneck speed or the large bonfire and the cere- mony of the dummy which was made by Bob Hinton and Russ Nemer? Former KHS athletes made speeches which were noted for the ir briefness. The co-captains of the team, Darold Tarr and Dave Conyers, who were on the program as speakers,were conspicuous by their absence. lt was said that the boys were learning how to put balls into a pocket in an uptown business establishment. Then the next day we all arose early to construct the floats at high school. The parade began, as usual, late: but we did have a warm sunny day for the affair. Home Room 302 won the float contest with Don Ames' Model T crashing up against a brick wall. After the parade the excitement increased until kickoff time that night at Stokes Stadium, The climax of the festivities came when Judy Beltzer was crowned Homecoming Queen, during the impressive halftime ceremonies, by co-captain Dave Conyers. We'll all remember that Judy's escort, Fred Acuff, almost fell upstairs onto the float. The Tigers made the homecoming com- pletely successful as they rolled to victory Z8-6 over the Unionville Midgets. lt was the Tigers' third consecutive homecoming victory, After the game, Judy and her attendants, Lini Fair and Nina Hays, held court in Greenwood Gym, as they reigned over the homecoming dance. The excitement finally subsided late that night as another glorious homecoming came to an end, The Queen holds court at Stokes Stadium