Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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4 , . ... . 1966 PH football team: Sitting: B. Evans, D. Richardson, J. Ross, H. Standing: M. Hicks, B. Andrews, B. Terry, J. Kephart, B. Dodson Brown, W. Dodson, H. Norris, D. Copenhaver, T. Collette, W. R. Knapp, B. Blane, M. Thompson, B. McCabe, C. Ellison, J. Bays Stanley, and M. Yuhas. Kneeling: L. Utt, P. Bushkar, R. Eddy, B. G. Price, B. Wallace, B. Tucker, C. Aliff, L. Yancey, R. Hall, G Bushkar, B. Kirk, J. Bailey, K. Dodson, S. Yost, T. Delaney, J. Har- Thacker, J. Blane, D. Camper, C. Hall, and P. Klein. man, B. Williams, B. Kregloe, and M. Adams. Pass eludes Steve Yost in Fleming game. 4 1 . X, Bob Blane rolls out against GW as Bruce Kregloe takes out a defender.

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84 Bill Kirk recovers on-sides kick against Homer Ferguson. Bruce Kregloe throws a block against George Washington. Typical of PH's iniuries was Bill Kirk's knee, hurt in the Northside game. PH Hit By Injuries Worst Season Ever Coach Al ivicClearn's TirsT year as head TooTball coach was Tull of disappoinTmenTs and TrusTraTions. Plagued wiTh iniuries, The gridders 'Finished wiTh a 4-6 record, The worsT in The hisTory oT The school. Basically a sTrong Team, The PaTrioTs began The sea- son raTed as a conTender Tor The WesTern DisTricT TiTle. l-larry Norris received a severe knee iniury and was soon joined on The sidelines by Danny Richardson, Bob Bushlcar, STeve YosT, Trey Delaney. Wayne STanley, lviarTy Yuhas, Jimmy Richardson, Jim Bailey, Jaclc Ross, Phil Bushlcar, Joe KepharT, and quarTerbaclQ, Wayne Dodson. All were eiTher ouT Tor The season or were slowed down by iniuries. Andrew Lewis, always a sTrong conTender Tor The sTaTe championship, soundly beaT The PaTrioTs in The opener. l-lowever, JeTTerson and Halifax Tell by scores oT 26-I4 and 48-7. Two school records were seT during The l-laliTax game: The mosT poinTs and The mosT exTra poinTs, when Bob Blane lciclqed Tor six. Fleming dropped The PaTrioTs wiTh a 24-0 Trouncing, a biTTer deTeaT because oT The rivalry beTween The schools.

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Homer Ferguson Tell I3-7 when Terry Col- leTTe and Wayne Dodson each scored Touchdowns. PaTriclc Henry Then hiT iTs lowesT poinT of The season: Three sTraighT deTeaTs To Richlands, Danville, and E. C. Glass. Richlands rolled over The PaTrioTs 24-O. Danville won I3-7 as The PaTrioTs could noT musTer an oTTensive punch. Glass deTeaTed The PaTrioTs 7-O in a TerriTic de- Tensive baTTle. Dee Copenhaver was named OuTsTanding Lineman oT The Week by The Roanoke World News Tor his deTensive eT- TorTs. AT NorThside The nexT week, aIThough hampered by more iniuries. PI-I rolled pasT The Vikings I4-O. The season concluded wiTh The homecoming game againsT KecoughTan-a PaTrioT loss, 28-7. A losing season does have one advanTageg iT gives hard-won experience To many play- ers who mighT noT have seen acTion. Fresh- men were ioining The line To-replace in- iured varsiTy men as early as The NorThside game. Their perTormance nexT year should reTIecT Their seasoning. FooTbaII Scoreboard Jack Ross leads Wayne Dodson through hole in Fleming line. Injured co-captain Harry Norris can only watch. OpponenT PI-I Opp. Andrew Lewis 6 2l JeTTerson 26 I4 I-Ialifax CounTy 48 7 William Fleming O 24 I-Iomer Ferguson I3 7 Richlands O 24 GW ,oT Danville 7 I3 E. C. Glass O 7 NorThside I4 O KecoughTan 7 28 Qylx ssissg , fl 2, 5. We if y a 3 E? 86 Coach McCIearn's expression reflects season's outcome.