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

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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.

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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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Phil Bushkar fires over a Halifax defender as Bob Bushkar heads for the basket. Steve Yost shoots over two Fleming defenders. V, -, 3.1 'iii f X' Patriot fans board a bus for the Glass game in Lynchburg. Wayne Dodson drives hard against Danville. .. . l-lurt by the loss ot tour starters trom last year's 20-2 squad, the basketball team tin- ished the '67 season with a IO-IO record. Although lacking in experience, height, and team co-operation, the Patriots had no trouble getting started with two quick victories. All dreams were shattered when Andrew Lewis rolled by the lvlossermen in an easy 82-58 contest. Lewis' Coach Miley summed up the rest ot the season when he said, Patrick Henry is a hot and cold team. They loolc great once and terrible next. Tied tor third in the district at season's end, the Patriots edged Fleming tor' the third time, 73-7l, in the district tournament, but lost tor the third time to E. C. Glass, 59-49, who later became state champions. Phil Bushlcar tinished sixth in city-county scoring with a l9.6 average, made the All- Western District and the All-City-County squads, and placed on the second state- wide team. Sophomore lvlilce Quigley, brought up trom the Jayvees at mid-season, contributed a great deal in the center position. Wayne Dodson, with a I7-2 average, made the second team All-Western District. Patriots Suffer Hot-Cold Season