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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