Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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pt MONTEVALLO HICH SCHOOL | FRI. We Did It! The face of victory on the Bulldogs after defeating Thomp- son Warriors The game oft year, Should've been there ear, Should've been there Junior tight-end Gary Johnson, shows his concentration as he pulls in a Monte- vallo pass for the first six points of the game

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Don’t Tell Me It Can’t Be Done ‘They said it couldn't be done. We were counted out even before the game started,’ said senior Michael Kimbrell, “and nobody gave us a chance.”’ But after twelve years, on the night of Sept. 13, 1986 the mighty Dogs put the Thompson Warriors to shame by thrashing them 24-15 Halfway through the first period, se- nior quarterback Slade Blackwell con- nected with junior Gary Johnson for a four yard touchdown pass. In third quarter action, senior fullback Deme- ts Pasche} ran jor p46 Birdy a down and earned Channel! 6 Back-of- -Week htonor The Wariorm truck We K An we Rr J j UC yy wn pass to make the Score 14-7. As the bull- dogs. felt the score tighten, the Dogs mounted a 56 yard drive with a 34 yard field. goal coming. from Slade Blackwell. Late in the fourth quarter Thompson tumbled on their own 45, from there the Dogs put the bail in the endzone with senior running back Charles Devinner scoring on a 9 yard run. With only a few ticks on the clock Thompson scored to make the final Slade Blackwell tucks the bal rdage against Thompsor fullback Demetrius Paschel bolts for r a TD against the Warriors iors lead the Bulldogs to the victory e Warriors — We Did lt score 24-15 After defeating 5A Thompson the Dogs faced 5A Powerhouse Bibb County. Their only score of the night came when Montevallo took the open- ing drive 76 yards for a touchdown. Charles Devinner took the pitch on an option and tight roped down the side- lines 25 yards for the score. Slade Blackwell added the PAT to end all scoring. The Dogs had opportunities but fumbled 3 times within striking range. The rest of the game was a defensive battle T H O MePS ON WA Rew !I OR §

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Coach Pierson cheers on the defensive stand by the Bulldogs » Big Dog -. On the road, the Bulldogs faced 10th ranked Jemison Panthers for their second area game of the season With both teams held scoreless in the first quarter, the Bulldogs were able to cap a drive of 81 yds with an end-around run by Senior Charles Devinner The second score came after the Bulldogs took advantage of a short punt by the Panthers. Senior Demetrius Paschel took the hand-off from Senior Slade Blackwell and romped to the 3 yd line. There Devinner bolted around end, and over the top for the score. With just seconds left in the first half, Blackwell booted a 27 yd field goal that later proved to be the final score in the game. The Bulldogs captured their first area win, 17-0 The newly 10th ranked Dogs traveled to Briarwood looking for an easy victory. But Briarwood had thoughts of victory too, as it was Briarwood’s homecoming. Briarwood scored late in the first quarter on a 1 yd run and late in the second quarter on a 10 yd pass, to make the half-time score 0-14 On the second play of the third quarter, quarterback Slade Blackwell ran 80 yds for the only Montevallo TD of the night “We played our worst game of the year, we could have scored two or three more times but we failed to execute,’’ commented Coach Richard Gilliam after the game. The final score, Briarwood 14 Montevallo 7 Rebounding from an upsetting loss to Briarwood, the ’Dogs faced their first 6A team of the year, the John Carroll Patriots. The Patriots had a 33 game losing streak coming into their first game against a smaller school and their homecoming. The 'Dog’s surprised the Patriots early in the game by capping a 63 yd drive for a TD with Demetrius Paschel taking the pigskin 52 yds for the first score. Slade Blackwell made the score 7-0 by adding the PAT Next call was Devinner from the 9 making it an 81 yd drive for the ‘Dogs second TD. Then came John Carroll back with a strong drive taking it 42 yds for their only score of the game. They failed to convert the PAT. The Patriots’ bad luck struck once again as they fumbled the ball into the hands of Danny Kelly on the 19 yard line. With only a few seconds left in the half, Blackwell booted a 29 yard field goal. Leaving the half with MHS 17 and JCHS 6 Coming into the second half it was stand still until Blackwell booted a 38 yard field goal late in the fourth quarter to close the game at Montevallo 20 John Carroll 6. blocking, Hazan Monk holding, Slade Blackwell boots a 38 yard field goal Carroll