Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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ball on Aberdeen's 22-yard line and Stoddard scored the touchdown sev- eral plays later from the 13-yard line. Smith slipped through center for the extra point. The change of goals at the end of the first quarter gave the Eagles the wind advantage and they tried to make the most of lt, but a stonewall defense took the ball away from them almost on the Ker- nel goal-line. Aberdeens all-state backiield ace, May, made several dan- gerous runs, the defense held him in check whenever his team reacne.. scoring territory. Content to play a defensive game, the Mitchell team made little effort to do more than keep the ball out of their own terri- tory and coasted to an unimpressive victory. Yankton Accompanied by a large crowd of fans and students the Kernels went to Yankton to tighten their grip on the conference championship, but the old Yankton jinx' trouble cropped up and took the would-be cleanels fol a heartbreaking cleaning. With the dope in their favor, they pushed thc Yankton Bucks all over the field for most of the game-except for sev- eral unhappy intervals when the Bucks were engaged in running over tn, Mitchell goal-line with the ball. And when the Kernels had the ball, they seemed to be able to carry it anywhere they wanted to take it- cxcept across the Yankton goal-line. Three times they lost the ball on breaks when they were within a yard from the goal-line, once by the half-time whistle, another time by a fumble, and yet a third time by the failure of a completed pass to make a first down less than a foot from the goal-line. If first downs and yardage gained were what wins games, the score would have been 20 to 12 for lVlitchell, but-. Huron The last game was a disheartening finish to a season which had started so hopefully for the Kernels, who seemed demoralized by the heartbreaking' game of the Week before. The team looked powerless be- fore the slashing attack of the Huron Tigers, who played most of the game in Mitchell territory. Late in the second quarter, Hal Dean get off a fine sixty-yard punt that put the Huron team back into a dange ous corner from which they were forced to put against the wind. Taking the ball on the Huron 30-yard line, Mitchell marched down to the Tigers' goal, but lost the ball on downs. Kittleson's short punt was taken by Rush, who slithered his way to the touchdown that saved the team fi om a Whitewashing. With the score 7 to 6 for Huron at the half, there seemed some chance that the Kernels could come to life and win the game during the second half, but things only got worse. The clicking Tigers ran their total up to twenty points and held the sluggish Kernels io their lone touchdown. When Devick wasn't ripping through the Mitchell line, McGinty and Hohm were throwing passes at each other- .ind completing them, too. The Season at a Glance iliSept. 22 Flandreau Indians 26 Mitchell 7 fOct. 6 Madison 0 Mitchell 12 il'Oct. 13 Sioux City East High Mitchell 13 i Oct. 20 Aberdeen Mitchell Oct. 27 Yankton Mitchell Nov. 3 Huron Mitchell Opponents Mitchell 4 'iHome games.

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Football Review Flandreau Indians The inexperienced Kernels opened the football season with a home game against the Flandreau Indians. The heavier and more expeiiencerl indians used clever ball-handling and deadly blocking to outscore the Mitchell team 26 to 7 in a hard-fought game during which the green Kernels sho-wed occasional flashes of brilliant playing. After Ellwein's recovery of a F landreau fumble early in the second half, the team started a drive which culminated in a touchdown scored by Rush on an end run from the Indian 7-yard line. Rich Ellwein bucked for the extra po-int. The powerful Indian team was led by two all-state players, Captain Sam at end and Staples at halfback, while no individual lVlitchell players were outstanding. Madison The Madison game found the team somewhat improved, but still lacking in power and smoothness, as shown by the small score. Despite their great potential superiority over the Bulldo-gs, the Kernels lacked the precision to make sustained 'drives after scoring twice in the first quarter. A 22-yard pass from Carlson to Diehl placed the ball on Madi- son's 10-yard line, from which Smith scored in two tries at the line. Stoddard accounted for the second touchdown. The only thrills of the raggedly played game followed in quick succession late in the first quar- ter. A Madison player ran sixty yards to Mitchell's 10-yard line after snatching a fumbled ball out of the air. The Kernels recovered the ball on downs and John Lindquist punted from behind the goal-line. The Madison safety man picked the ball up and then fumbled it on his own 15' yard line, where Mitchell recovered it for a clear gain of nearly ninety yards. Stoddard scored several plays later. Stubborn defenses, fumbles and lack of co-ordination kept both teams scoreless for the remainder of the game. East High The big game of the schedule keyed the team to a peak which it failed to reach again during the season. Doped to lose to the undefeated Sioux City team, the Mitchell eleven was certainly outplayed and be- wildered by the Iowans' flashy attack in the first half, which ended with East leading 6 to 0. The third quarter began with the Kernels losing ground as in the first half, but the tide turned in their favor when a quick kick by Rush set the Raiders back on their own 10-yard line, from which they were forced to punt out. The Kernels started a savage, tricky attack which brought them two touchdowns scored in the third and fourth quarters by Smith and Stoddard. The game ended with Mitchell in possession of the ball on East's 10-yard line. Every Kernel in the game starred during that hard-fought second half, which was a triumph of teamwork and hard-driving play. Aberdeen With the wind behind them in the first quarter, the team scored seven points to claim Mitchell's first football victory over Aberdeen's Colden Eagles since 1928. Playing the first half of the game in a blind- ing dust storm, neither team made much headway early in the first quarter and both punted frequently. A long pass to Lindquist put the

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