Lampasas High School - Badger Yearbook (Lampasas, TX)

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NOLAN PAYNE 'ss NJ, Xt, END The Badgers defeated the Temple B-Team 30 to O. The Kittens had a good,fast team and played hrrd the whole game. Eubanks , O'Neal, and Brandon scored one touchdown each. Bris- tol scored tw o, Hammett played a good game as quarterback and was outstanding as a defensive s afe ty, intercepting two passes and running back several punts. Thoyce Bland, game captain, and W. T. Rush dealt the Kitten backs lots of misery, spilling them for losses tirne and tirne again, BRANDON SCORING AGAINST TEMPLE B . 1 Fail' t PY KLINE WHITIS END Lampasas and Durneharchrivfi ls , entered the game tied for district. It ended that way also. ln the first quarter, Burnet passed to the Badger two, Payne tackling the receiver from behind. The line showed up niagnificently, holding Burnet and taking the ball over on the seven on downs. ln the fourth q ua r t e r, Hammett intercepted a Bulldog pass on the Badger 45 yard line and ran it for a touchdown which was called back because of a penalty on the play, Lampasas did not play the ir best game, while Burnet w a s keyed up. The game ended a scoreless tie. THOYCE BLAND GUARD A TENSE MOMENT IN THE GAME

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BILLY ROY THOMAS CENTER Lampasas jour neye d to Fredericksburg for the annual Badger- 'Billy c1assic,always one of the best games of the season. Captain Dennis was hurt on the third play after the kickoff while carrying the ball for six yards andafirstdown. This injury was to keep him out for the rest of the game and most of the remaining season. After recovering a funible deep in Hillbilly territory,the Badgers drove for a touchdown, O'Nei1 carrying it over. In the second quarter, Lam- pasas barely missed a touchdown, Fredericksburg getting the ball on the one foot line on downs. On the firstp1ay,the 'Billy back was dropped for a safety by Hetherly and Lanc a s te r. The kickout was alrnost carried back for a touchdown by Hammett, In the third quarter, Elliott, Badger end, r e c e ived a dislocated elbow and was helped off the field. O'Neil scored again in the third quarter. The Hillbillys we r e never out of the ball game, and only inspired play by the Badgers kept them under check. Whitis, Wilson, and Elliott intercepted passes at oppor tune moments. Itwas the hardest and most fiercely fought game of the season and a vic- tory to be proud of since Fredericksburg went on to win district. ALBERT JO DENNIS BACK JOHN LANCASTER GUARD A BILLIE BACK IS DOWNED FOR A SAFETY BRISTOL IS TACKLED AFTER A GOOD GAIIN

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LAMPASAS SC ORE AGAIN The Mustangs played fair ball butwere beaten by the Badgers 18 to O. Hetherly passed to O'Ne'i,l in the f i r s t quarter for the first score. In the second quarter. Dennis passed to Payne for the second tally. The Badgers took it easy the remainder of the game, putting ona concerted drive late in the fourth quarter, Brandon scor- ing w ith thr ee minutes left. Payne intercepted a pass as the game ended. BOB ELLIOTT END V. O. MURPHY TACKLE A6151 VAN HETHERLY BACK The u.nderratedArmadillos put up a real battle andheld the Badgers to a scoreless tie. SanSaba backs broke loose twice inthe game, W T. Rush tackling one from behind in the second quarter and Hughes downing another from behind in the fourth. Lampasas fumbled away two chances to score, one on the Arm adillo one ya r d line, and one on the ben, the 'Dillos recovered both times. He the r ly played a good game a s the man under in the T formation a nd a s tailback in the double wing, O'NEII.. IS TACKLED: TOO LATE