Natchitoches High School - Chinquapin Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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i l L-4 A I948 FOOTBALL soufio FronT Row: Springer, Norman, Welch, Sharp, Kendrick, Jolley, Gahagan, Bailey. Second Row: l-lilTon, Miller, Young, D.: BaTTen, Young, G.: Monk, Worsham, Rachal, Byles, Miller, Red : Foshee. Third Row: Coach Tom Elkins, Sibley, MeThvin, CarringTon, Scroggins, Landrum, FleTcher, Buckley, Simpson, KnoTTs, Morgan, Murphy, STevens llvianagerl. FourTh Row: MinTurn, l-licks, Crocker, L.: Crocker, J.: Koonce, BonneTTe, Clemons, Palmer, l-loTho, BobbiTT, STevens, Aulds, DeThloTT. 7948 PIGSKIN pdfzxafa The i948 TooTball season saw The NaTchiToches Red Devils as a Team of The TighTingesT, mosT de- Termined bunch of young TooTball players ever To be assembled on The same Team. IT's True Thai' The players Themselves were lighTer, younger, and less experienced Than The i947 Red Devils: buT The spiriT ThaT dominaTed Them Throughoul' every game was Truly remarkable. On foreign Tields oT acTion, whaTever The score may have been, sporT fans have remarked ThaT a more deTermined bunch oT young men They have never seen. In The season opener wiTh Winnliield, The Devils losT a hard ToughT baTTle ZI-I9. The following Two weeks saw The Devils Trampled by Two of The rnosT powerful Teams in The sTaTe-Byrd and Baker High. Scores: 32-O, 34-l2.

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USUAL STARTING ELEVEN Linemen: STewarT CarringTon, David Young, O. K. Welch, RoberT '.'Red Miller, Roy Buckley, Norman FleTcher, Richard MeThvin. Backs: Archie Worsham, Sonny HilTon, Charles Byles, Dwane Murphy. AssisTanT Coach Graham On OcTober I, The Devils' oTTense began clicking, and They chalked up a I9-6 vicTory over Mansfield. The nexT week end saw The Devils run wild Through The be-wilderd Leesville invaders To give TheiWampus CaTs a 3849 lashing. ln a season Thriller The Devils meT a sTrong Vivian eleven, buT The Tinal whisTle saw The Devils Trailing l8-O. On OcTober 22, The iniured, pracTically riddled, Devils were loeaTen mercilessly by a revenge-seeking Bossier CiTy BearkaT eleven, 64-6. WiTh wholesale injuries adding To Their lack OT experience, The Devils dropped The nexT Three games in succession: Minden, 32-Og RusTon, I9-O: and Menard, 44-20. In Their Homecoming game wiTh highly Tavored ST. Johns The Devils played brillianTly, louT The