May High School - Tiger Yearbook (May, TX)

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A-v1v'S1 'ff 'VW wiki' 1' 'fs-'uf' The May T1ger Football team of 1955 reported 9 lettermen and 10 squadmen to the Coach before the start of school rncludlng 5 seniors Danny Chambers B1lly Medders Benny Cook Dewam Wllkerson and Donald Westerman The opening game was a 6 0 vrctory over Rlsmg Star when a pass was lntercepted and was carrred for 65 yards Wh1Ch was the only score The T1ger team achteved the1r second vrctory the followrng week when the brg rough Woodson Crew went down before the Tlgers 13 0 on May s home f1eld Lometa became the th1rd v1ct1m 14 0 rn heavy mud and ram The May T rgers showed great determrnatron m this one pamcular game Our next game was wrth Moran They romped us 20 '7 for our flrst loss The followmg week the tummg pomt of the season occurred when hard lt ck and the first serres of mjurtes accounted for a 7 6 loss to Rochelle the f1rst conference game After a week s rest the offense rolled but not enough to overtake Eden however the Trgers played a better game than the score mdrcated In the f1rst Homecommg game s1nce World War II The Txgers fought gravely be fore hundreds of exeg but lost 13 0 to Blanket The Trgers met therr arch r1va1 Early team next at Early wrth several 1nJur1es and a 57 0 loss Rrchland Sprmgs came to May wxtha 32 0 vrctory over the Trger team The last game of the season was close rough and hard fought when May met M81V1H on the Bulldog f1eld The frnal score was 26 19 ln the Bulldog s favor The Season ended wrth 3 wtns and '7 losses

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