Pineville High School - Kepi Yearbook (Pineville, LA)

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56 Ronnie Kaiser Leo Dcslatte John Goodwin Jim Williamson Twisting to keep his balance, fullback Martin tries for extra yardage in the J-H tilt. Jojcesbtvt Wo fc 14 - £Ml$ 6 Costly to the Rebel cause were a penalty and a fumble as our gridmen fell to a determined Jonesboro-Hodge eleven by a score of 14-6. Junior end C. J. Butler shifted to fullback for this contest, scoring the lone Rebel TD early in the second period. On this play Butler received a serious knee injury that required surgery. Two lapses in the third quarter by the Rebs gave the Tigers the chance they needed. A roughing the kicker” penalty enabled the Tigers to continue the one good drive that they mounted all evening, and eight plays later they scored. On the next Rebel drive after the ensuing kickoff junior fullback Gary Girod lost the pigskin after being hit hard, and it fell right into the hands of a J-H defender who scampered sixty-seven yards for the score. The game ended with Pineville on the Tiger goal line unable to push across. Closing in for the clincher arc Rebels Besson, Goodwin, and Martin while teammates Rcnegar and Huffman move in to help.

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Sweeping end. quarterback Hates heads for paydirt during the 41-7 rout of district foe, Jena, at the annual Homecoming. Bowing his head. Funderburk gets a couple of extra yards before being brought down by Winnfield defenders. Dan Melichar John Snyder RM! 18 - Notfektocfies 0 John I.indsey Charles Almond The Pineville Rebels with senior halfback Doug Fine leading the way extended their winning streak over district opposition to eight games with an 18-0 whitewashing of the Natchitoches Red Devils. Fine scored two of the three touchdowns on runs of ten and fifty-eight yards. He also put together 120 yards rushing on nineteen carries during the night for a 6.3 game average. Reserve halfback Gerald Huffman set up and scored the Rebs’ final six-pointer when he ran back a Red Devil fumble thirty-two yards to the Devil eight yard stripe. Three plays later he dove into the end zone. The Rebel defense which blanked the Devils was led by stalwart tackle Mike Pecvy. 55

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R26 - Ue i a L 6 Pincvillc defeated cross-town rival Menard 26-6 to repeat for the second straight time as District 3-AA champs. It marked the third time that the Rebels have won the district title in the school's ten-year history. Making the contest more interesting was the fact that both teams came on the field with perfect 3 0 district marks, thus setting up the championship game. Big Wayne Martin, Reb fullback, scored the first marker for the Red and Gray on a two-yard plunge after J. C. Rachal recovered an Eagle bobble on the two-yard line. Martin also ran the PA.T. Quarterback David Bates sparked the win with his timely passes and runs. He passed to David Funderburk in the fourth quarter on a play that covered thirty-nine yards. A twenty-three yard pass play to end Charley Frantom in the second quarter was his other TD tally. Funderburk got his other score in the second quarter on a forty-two yard run from the double-reverse play. Menard s lone score came in the second quarter on a two-yard plunge by quarterback Buddy Ceasar. Helping to win the district championship against Menard arc defenders Besson and Frantom, along with Pcevy, Funderburk, and Rachal. Jejuunqs 48 - RpJwJk 12 Tommy Webster Vada Westbrook Pincvillc suffered one of its worst defeats in history as the Jennings Bulldogs overran the proud Rebs with a score of 48-12. Pincvillc scored first on a drive following the opening kickoff when fullback Gary Girod sneaked over from the one. When the Bulldogs were unable to get a ground game started they took to the air and scored three times and set up a,fourth TD. All were thrown by All-State tailback Ken Cormier. The Rebs received a jolt when All-District tackle Mike Pcevy was ejected from the game after the first Pincvillc TD. The game wa consistently marred by penalties. The defending State Champs were still in the thick of the game until the Bulldogs pushed over their fourth tally. Then it was all Jennings with Pinevilie's second and last marker coming on a one-yard smash by Wayne Martin late in the game. Lindsey Bowen Robert Waites