Ripley High School - Riplian Yearbook (Ripley, TN)

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l3OOTlNtILlL 9 G 'll TQ sql., 'Bag n 871. W 411 58'7,3x7w, 75 fl tx 451 iv' 1- 5'W '- .4 Y M 5 3 WWW' aff- S First Row- Ray Jennings, Jerry Jones, Watt McCallum, Mgr., Jimmy Summar, Mgr., George Brown, Mgr., Buddy Haynes, Elry Briggs, Royce Campbell, Jim Porter Chipman. Second Row- Louis Wheatley, William Best, Jack Halli- burton, B. L. Brown, Thomas Marks, Peter Jones, Tommy Caldwell, James Ryan Miller, Harold Smith, Jerry Best. . A 'pa' e ,wx C: fi lm Q77 - . A 4' 'fn . ff . . ,, -L .N , 37.-' 4 Walter Rainey, Captain lm Que? X73 mf Y. fb Third Row- Earl Halfacre, Lynn Drumwright Jack Fish Jr., Floyd Crain, E. G. Lockard, Walter Rainey Sanford Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Ripley Total 59 Braden, Tony Taylor, C. J.- Rorie, Homer Adkerson Fourth Row-- Charles Duggan, Rozelle Criner Bill Thom pson, Don White, Grover -Crowder, Lawson Crain Bud Taylor, Billy Martin, K.O.BogueJr.Wyamond Richardson Humes Paris Bartlett Covington Dyersburg Ridgley Tiptonville Somerville Brownsville Halls

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Jack Halliburton Earl Hglfggpg Using reserves, Ripley rolled to a 19-6 victory over Ridgley's lighter and less experienced team. An entire second team started the game and the main team was not used until the third quarter. The Tigers added another victory when they defeated Tiptonville 27-21. Jones scored all four of Ripley's touch- downs, two of them in the first period. Playing in a downpour of rain, Ripley topped Somerville 7-6. The pass combination of Smith to Jones accounted for both the touchdown and the extra point. Because of the wet field, both teams punted frequently. ' Ripley was defeated by a score of 20-7 after a hard-fought game with Brownsville. The passing team of Smith and Jones made Ripley's lone tally, though the Tigers threatened sev- eral times. The annual game between Halls and Ripley' was a fitting climax to a good football season. Again Ripley won by an extra point in a thrill-packed game between two evenly matched teams. Jones made the three Ripley touchdowns and one extra point, while Smith added the other point. 61 Tony Taylor Don White Bill Thompson