Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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Victory Sacrificed For Experience Although the Montevallo Bullpups finished their season on a losing note they were able to accom- plish many of their goals. The main goals accom- plished were conditioning, both mentally and phys- ically and gaining playing experience. Under the leadership of Kurt Pnazek the pups fin- ished the season 2 wins and 4 losses, with wins coming over Briarwood and Chelsea. Leading ground gainers were Jimmy Sailes, Charles Devinner and Slade Blackwell. Leading the receivers was Dan- ny Kelly. At the conclusion of the season several members were moved up to varsity for playing exper- ience

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The Guts To Cry Game XIl On November 18, the Bulldogs’ hopes of being State 2A football champs were crushed by the Handley Ti- gers at Theron Fisher Stadium. The Tigers defeated the ‘Dogs 34-14 in the second round of State competition The Bulldogs opened up the game driving 71 yards on their first possession to go on top 7-0. Handley In the second half the Tigers took advantage of cru- cial Bulldog mistakes to widen the lead Knowing there was finally no chance to win, the Bulldogs still managed to suck up their pride and drive for one final touchdown. which ended with a one yard score by Jeff Chism, ending the game and their dream season 009 O showed no let up as they came back with two scores of their own. As time ran out in the half, MHS drove des- perately toward the goal line in hopes of tying the score. But as the horn sounded a Blackwell pass fell to the ground uncaught, and the Bulldogs wenf to the dressing room six points behind.

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Just Getting By ... With A Winning Season Due to the extended football season the Basketball team was postponed from playing for about two weeks. But that did not seem to bother the round- ballers as they quickly tallied wins over Jemison, Briarwood and Chelsea. But again, as in football, Thompson ended the winning streak with an exciting 63-57 win. Rebounding off the difficult loss the Bulldogs went on to have big wins over Maplesville and State semi-finalists, the Vincent Yellow Jackets, to post a final season record of 13 wins and 12 losses. Not wanting to go without be- ing noticed, the six graduating seniors had many accomplish- ments: Leslie Rutledge set a new assist record against Chelsea with 10 assists. Terry Rutledge was All-Tournament in the Vin- cent Christmas Tournament. Taylor Blackwell was All-Tourna- ment in the Vincent Christmas, County and Area Tournaments — was named Player of the Week by the Birmingham News, was honorable mention All-Metro and Unanimous pick for All- County by the Coaches — also he is 15th on the All-Time scoring list at MHS and set a new field goal record of 80 %: against West Blocton. Tyrone Bell was All- Tournament in the Area tourna- ment and was honorable mention All-County. Also the team set a new point record for a single game with a 120-70 victory over West Blocton, breaking the old record of 99 points. 000 Ge Sports Basketball