Marceline High School - Marcello Yearbook (Marceline, MO)

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BROOKFIELD In the second game of the season Marceline played Brookfield, their first conference opponent. Again they turned in a victory. The Tigers, dominating the play throughout the game, did not score in the first half, although they penetrated to the eight yard line once and to the ten yard line another time. At half time the score stood 0 to 0. Starting the third quarter, Marceline kicked off to Brookfield. On the third play Marceline intercepted a pass. Two plays later, Bob Couch, sophomore halfback, cut over his left tackle and gallop- ed thirty yards behind good blocking to score standing up. Jerry Burgener sliced off right tackle to add the seventh point. In the fourth quarter the Tigers made a sustained drive from their own 40 yard line to Brookfield's 18 yard line where Jerry Gooch, halfback, sprinted the 18 yards to pay dirt. Stephenson's pass to Metzger for the extra point waffo good. UNIONVILLE Journeying 71 miles to Unionville, the Tigers came through againg this time to the tune of 19 to 0. The Tigers showed in this game a better, hard-hitting offense than they had revealed before. The first quarter was all Marceline, but the Tigers seemed to lack the extra bit in power that it takes to score. Burgener, Tiger fullback, opened the scoring in the second quarter with an off-tackle plunge from the six yard line of the Midgets. Trying the same play for the extra point failed, leaving the score 6 to 0 at the half. ' 715 I