Murphysboro High School - Crimson and Corn Yearbook (Murphysboro, IL)

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Co-Captain ED SHAW - Halfback Co-Captain RON HERRING - Guard TOM SONDAG - Tackle All -Conference 12nd teamy All -Conference 12nd teamj CONFERENCE STANDINGS FCOTBALL TEA M WI NS UOSS ES TIES Anna 5 0 Sparta 5 1 Murphysboro 4 1 Carbondale 3 3 Chester 1 4 DuQuoin 1 4 Pinckneyville 0 6 O'Leary eludes Terrier tackler for long gain. The Murphysboro Red Devils began the 1957 football campaign with a team handi- capped by lack of experience. However, they went ahead to pile up a traditional winning record which included 6 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties. HARRISBURG Murphysboro got off to a shaky start in their season openerg nevertheless, they emerged with a '7 -0 victory. Eddie Shaw was the hero of the game as he picked up a fumble with 24 seconds re- maining in the game and scampered 50 yards for the game winning touchdown. PINCKNEYVILLE Pinckneyville scored the initial touch- down on their first play, which provided the spark for the Red Devils as they came surging back to win the game handily 40 -6. Good line blocking and hard running by the Murphys boro backs were the winning factors in this game. BRUCE ALLEN - Guard All -Conference flat teamj

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DAN GLEASON - End DUQUOIN Team spirit was high as the squad traveled to DuQuoin to face a high rated DuQuoin team. However, there was never any doubt from the opening kickoff that this was Murphysboro's game as they trounced the Indians 41-0, BENTON Murphysboro continued to improve as they subdued their next foe on the list, Benton by a score of 22-6. The Devils had a near perfect first half as they held the Benton Rangers to a -4 yards rushing. WEST FRANKFORT A cocky Murphysboro team next traveled to West Frankfort where they leamed the value of being too sure of themselves. A spirited Red Bird team used a strong defense to hold Murphysboro to a 0-0 tie. The Devils drove to the West Frankfort one yard line in the closing minutes of the game, but could not get that final yard. HENRY SAUERBRUNN - Guard ,tsl Scuras gets pulled down after a 10 yard gain. SPARTA A flu stricken Murphysboro team put up a gallant fight but had to give up their first conference loss to a very strong Sparta team. Two of Sparta's touchdowns came about as a result of Murphysboro fumbles. The final score was Sparta 19, Devils O. BARRY CROMBAR - Halfback JIM SCURAS - Halfback Q39 0-Qt ii