North Miami Senior High School - Conestoga Yearbook (North Miami, FL)

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If NORTH MIAMI , 3 25 PALMETTO, W 0 Tom Baxley scored three touchdowns to lead the Pioneers to their first vic- tory of the season, a 25-0 conquest over inexperienced Palmetto. The game highlighted a tight North Miami defense and potent running game. Baxley returned the opening kickoff 80 yards to the Palmetto five and scored from there on the first scrimmage play. Bill Hughes, the rushing leader, scored on a 12 yard, quarter run. Page Two Hundred Thirty-Four BED RAIDERS .... 33 PIONEERS 13 Edison's Rocketing Red Raiders hand- ed North Miami its fifth straight Orange Bowl defeat on Friday, September 18, as a crowd of 10,612 turned out to see the Pioneer's first Big Ten Came. The first ten minutes of the game spelled doom as Edison made three touchdowns to start their 33-13 victory. Tom Baxley and Chuck Fieldus teamed up to roll in 177 of the 235 total yeard gained for the, not too hap- py, Pioneer squad.

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.A1NY'.1l. DEFENSIVE FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT R Church TO RICHT D Roller K Iaworslu R Salzman D XV Kates S Long L YV1nston C 'vlelnlck S Smlth Hmon I KIOFCS C Sf0116 P Lee BACK Coach BACK Caach Gxlbert D Hester I Iarus B Hunger Cl T11 R Flufv C F10ldUS VV HUF-,hf'S T BWXICY buhler R CUISS O Vlattxcs Coach DelBello Coach C01cl1 Sl1ll1N U1 Coach Clark Bog1rt CHe1d Coachl OFFENISIVE FRONT LEFT The 1959 footb1ll se 1son marked 1 new era of ggfga footb Ill pl1v It North Mnmx The Proneers entered the B12 Ten Conference the top r1nked conference 1n the st1te for the flrst trme Thu mrde th1s tr1ns1t1on xerx well bv postmg 1 fn e 1nd flV6 record T re se1son st 1rted on 1 poor note for the North Nflldml eleven IS thev lost the opener to St1te Champlons Vlllml Echson 33 13 Hoxxexer the men from North VI1 1m1 Wert IH flne shape bv the second game of the se 1son IS thev be rt P1lmettto 750 Another v1ctorv w1s brought to the Green md Cr IV IS they downed N yi H 5 VISITQRS Ft L1uderd1le Wltll two touchdowns 1n the l1st s1x mmutes of the g1me SCOREBOX 13 33 Edison The fourth g1me of the se rson saw North Mlaml 25 0 Palmetto t1k1 1n 11rlx le1d only to lose to the too powerful 12 0 Ft Lauderdale Cor 1l C1bles te 1m Blclx home lgrilfl the Ploneers ran 626 Coral Gables oxer 1 determlned Curlev te lm 130 The next three 13 0 Cuflei' glmes xx ere 1mh1ppv ones for the P1oneers as they lost 04 Miami Hlgh to NI11m1 Hrgh XI11m1 1ckson and Jax Hrgh of ack 0 Jackson Sonvlue 2 27 Lagndon The sp1r1t of the team was put on dlsplay 1n the next 2 H 1 h two gf 1mes IS thev clefe1ted jacksonwlle Landon 27 14 1 9 la ea md H11le1h 179 Thus the squad posted the1r flrst Blg Ten wxn IS well as thelr flrst Homecomlng vlctory I thmk we must all agree w1th Head Coach Bo gart when he remarked Id say that the football season was prettv successful Only one correctlon Coach WVe had a great season' Page Two Hundred Thnrty Three 1 . . - . , , , , , 1 . . , . , . , . . , . , . , .1 , . , 1 , . , 1. , . . : . ' ' - .01 ' . , , 1 ' 1' 1 - 1 - 7, - fr- 1 - .1 - -7 ' -1 - 1 1 , . 1 , .11 , 1 , 2' Q, 1 '. 1 1 1 . A , , 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 T .1 ' I 1 1. 1. 1 . kr 7 L . '1 ' -.1 1 ' 1 ' I 7 1 , , . . 1 . 1 1 1 , . 1 '11 . 1. .1 1 L v 5 , ' 7 .t . .w - 7 7 1 1 , . .1 . B. . Q 1 1 , 1 1 . ,. J . . - - ' , 1 , 1. I 1 1 , ..1 . I 1. 1 1 11' 1 . 1 . 1 1 1. .' 1 . 1 . . . . T ' ' C C. 1 '1 '1 7 1 , ' ., 2 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 . 1 ' 11 , ' ' 1 1 -. ' 1 ' 1 ,1 1 1 . . 1 . . . . 1. , J - , . . 1 ' - . .sf af , K 1 Q 1 1 1 ..-. 1 ' ' . 11: 7 xr . it 1 Y !! ,... .

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fi- ,I 5 RED AND GRAY L L L or 26 GREEN AND CRAY ci- 6 North Miami went down to their sec- ond defeat of the year at the hands of Coral Cables, 26-6 in the Orange Bowl. Pioneer mistakes and their in- ability to gain necessary yardage in the clutch spelled out defeat. Bogart men jumped to a 6-0 first quarter lead, but Cables came roaring back to take a 12-6 lead at the end of the first half. Tuggle dashed 28 yards and end, Bob Spires rambled yards with a North Miami fumble for the final Gables score. PIONEERS , - -- -.w., 12 FLYING L,S FL-- L ,- 0 It took North Miami 42 minutes to get their offense out of low gear, as they scored twice in the final six minutes to down hard luckl' Fort Lauderdale, 12- 0 in the new Lickhart Stadium. Charles Fieldus pitched a 35-yard strike to standout end, Randy Lee for the first score. A ten-yard, Fieldus to Lee, aerial set up the second touchdown scored by Captain Tom Baxley on a one yard plunge.