Oakhaven High School - Marauder Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Owls, Lions and Panthers One of Oakhayenls lnlst defensive hacks. Frankie llitto. proved to he a great hlockcr all season. llr-re Frankie holds firmly against an onslaught of Nl.U.S. play:-rs. Oakhavenls opening onslaught saw tailhack Wes New- man lead the Hawks to victory over Crawfordsville 48-0. with two touchdowns on runs of six and thirty- two yards. Scoring on single runs were J. C. Brasher. Terrell Sides, Tom Nahors. Bohhy Wilson, and Staten Grisham. Germantown too. was handed a sound defeat as the Hawks once again racked up 13 points against an op- poser. Terrell Sides scored for Oakhaven on runs of forty-seven, forty-five. and sixty-five yards. fl. C. Brash- er scored on two six-yard plunges. and Wes Newman hrought in runs of nine and four yards for tallies. The Hawks were gaining quite a following with their 2-0 record. Ralph Thornton accounted for the first Oakhaven touchdown against Collierville when he Caught a fif- teen-yard pass from Wes Newman to score. Tom Nahors Leading the scoring attack against Harding was Ronnie Rid- dick, who accounted for three touchdowns in the game won by Oakhawn 63-6. recorded the winning marker on a four yard plunge and another Shelby team bowed to the Hawks 14-6. ln one of the season's closed games J. C. Brasher marked up a third quarter touchdown over the Panthers to maintain the Hawks' winning streak, 6-0. The defen- sive standouts of the game were Mike Murphy and Paul Newland. who played hrilliantly all season. ln their fifth contest. the Hawks smothered an out- classed Harding when fullback J. C. Brasher and tail- hack Bonnie Riddick led the scoring on three touch- downs each. Tom Nahors scored twice and Terrell Sides added a marker. The final whistle found the score standing at 63-6 for the Hawks. With only four minutes gone in the game with Memphis University School, J. C. Brasher ran twenty- one yards around left end for the first of two touch- downs. His second success was on a seven-yard dash. J. C. BRASHER TU FRANKIE DITTO BB Height 5' 10 Height 5' 9', Weight 175 Weight 164 BEST BACK BEST ALL-ROUND PLAYER JAMES ClDDENS T ST.-XTEN CRHHAM E Height 6' 2 Hi-ight 6, Weight 210 Vlfeight 155

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View im Newest Lea fue Team 2 5. 5, l ... ,-gf , sf ,T V, B we ff. f. , ' ,F--....,, MIKE MURPHY G TOM NQBQRS TB PAUL NEWLAND T WESLEY NEWMAN TB Height 6, 16,7 Height 5 6 Height 5' ll Height 5, 10 Weight 166 Welghr 150 Weight 165 Weight 165 Showing the determination which made his play outstanding, Terrell Sides, who scored once in the Kingsbury game, makes J. C. Brasher drags several would-be Whitehaven tacklers as a gciod gain, ably assisted by a blocker, Frankie Ditto. he gains valuable yardage for the Hawks. 78