Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Place Three On All- The Rickards Redskin football team came into it's own this year and became a maior regional and state power. ln it's third year as a high school, Ric- kards football buildup from junior high began to tell. The Redskins won the Regional Class-A Cham- pionship with a iunior-heavy team. Next year, Coach Jack Gaskins hopes to win the state cham- pionship despite a rough schedule against AA teams. Rickards also gained some instant football power this year from the mcny transfers from the now non-existent Lincoln l-ligh and from Florida A and lvl l-ligh. Being an instant high school has created prob- lems for the football team. Since Rickards has been a high school for only two years prior to this, it is not in an established football conference on the Class A level. Since the Redskins have become such a strong team, several of the Class A teams in the North Florida area no longer wish to schedule games against RHS. This leaves Rickards faced with playing Class AA teams from much larger high schools, including Leon High next year. For exam- ple, Leon l-ligh had a lO-O season record and were ranked among the top lO high school football teams in the state. state Class A Team looks on, above. warmups, at left. I sc, Keith Houck holds for Eric Nelson to practice his field goals while Rodney Montgomery Co-captain Larry Strickland and Keith Houck lead the Redskins onto the field for pre game Moon Kelly, Larry Strickland, and Ted Knight receive awards from coach Jack Gaskins for being selected on the all-stale team, below .

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Redskins Win Regional Championship First row left to right: Sonny Pondexter, manager, Allan Washington, Johnny Rivers, Milton Watson, Don Adams, Joe Prevatt, Charles Lawhorn, Edward Johnson, Keith Houck, Mike Johnson, Rodney Montgomery, Kent Dickens, John Way, manager. Second row left to right: Eric Nelson, Freddie Davis, Roger Lingerfelt, Burgess Owens, James Henderson, Bernard Kelly, Bill Harrell, Wally Stewart, James Wood, James Sanders, Tommy Roberts, Charles Hall. Third row left to right: Ronnie Williams, Alvin Liscomb, Ronnie Lingerfelt, Kendall Williams, Jeff Reeves, Tommy Schuler, Ted Knight, David Stoutamire, Charlie Ash, George Johnston, Larry Strick- land, Leslie Kirkland. Va rsity Sco reboa rd Rickards 46 Marianna Rickarols 3i Quincy Rickards i3 Orange Park Rickarols i7 Rutherford Rickards 33 Woodhom Rickards l4 Lake City Rickards i4 Monticello Rickards Qi Perry Rickards 34 Florida High Rickards O Lake City Co-captain Keith Houck receives the outstanding sportsmanship and leadership award from Booster Club President Ed Townsend H2

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Redskins Break Three Year Pigskin Jinx i -back Burgess Owens shows The speed and agility which helped The Marianna l Burgess Owens and Moon Kelly Took Top back and lineman honors of The Big Bend as The Redskins ripped Marianna High 46-O. The Redskins jumped off To TasT sTarT ThaT leTT Marianna Tar behind The enTire game. Quincy Rickards broke a Three year iinx To defeaT The Quincy Tigers There Tor The TirsT Time in Redskin his- Tory. Burgess Owens handled mosT of The scoring wiTh Three Touchdowns, while Eric Nelson seT a school record wiTh a 35 yard field goal. Orange Park RHS Took iTs TirsT loss of The season as Orange Park Took a l9-l3 win on Their own field. Leslie Kirkland and Eric Nelson scored one Touchdown each, keeping The Redskins ahead l3-i2 unTil The lasT Two minuTes. Then a mis up in Rickards defensive backTield led To a Raider Touchdown To puT Them ahead To sTay. k Ins io u greclf y EOF. Quarferbaclx Keith Houck pitches The bull To a T Te as he is Tc Two Mar 114 iuna pluye ckled by