Roanoke Rapids High School - Ro Rap Yearbook (Roanoke Rapids, NC)

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iiawkins three passes and Fondren got Three went wide ght for ¢ plays iater Boone rds and the Joe High eight tackles assists after es evade i 3; Blackwel was were y Hux (38 the kickoff Hux a bef ore Jackets Roll Over Washington 33-0 Jackets Win 14-0 STATISTICS First Downs Cooke went weer fro: yard line. Arthur ran the oc rT itors an 8-4 the State Hoyle Piel Parbors, will RR WIL 5 ) ¢ a North “ 4 tern Confer give t 48 the Jackets ‘ 4 In other games Friday night eastern teams, tout Edenton Carteret good yardage s in the second edged Tarboro walloped hn Cooke Reancke celebrate Rapids Homecoming oppocnent for the East Carteret were biasted 7040 by Friday night ids Yellow hed 6) yards th a the bai Cart y Hawkins, wh picked 45 arries yards in six m the drive, went the ting Rams decision by Northern Nash last BY THOMAS LYNCH Sports Editor - week ke Rapids scored quick Th iate = Wiianston om Havelock to the » M18 Northeastern nce victory Hoyle Jackets travel to then held xt week to battle non. back @ eenwaves in B league re the An exchange of fumbles ied Friday tp the first touchdown by the Jackets. Havelock kicked off te start the game and runs of 3 yards by Arthur Ray Hawkins put the Jackets on the Havelock four. A fumble turned the ball over, but Orlande Moody pounced on Ram over Field Jackets in the 2 3-1 mark overall defeat was a M4 eft the con. and 15 lead for the first will next week at Hovle Pleld and the event will be The Marine Tarbors with Cooke f one again terback sneak the biggest yard night, picking up f iM’ yards in 2 lawkins had 88 in Kenny Dickersor carries Hux Was six »y the Jackets in the entire Ne it took the Patriots 14 plays ¢ first downs te cross the arries goal line. Another important for 1 irive was that it seven minutes of mddie Harper All-Conference part of the rough with twe vonsumed time off th (oand Robbie es final lock five tit ive tin goal line i uckets The play wa tes and were hat carried the e the Wes Cartere lefonse could get set and st the Jackets, t marched t pening quarter touch 0K Le tawkiry 2 before he went had the touch. int the Jacket right on of te count i had n the pull them through Robbie ’ckerson de Moody ky Fond another one es at defensive and vine tackles and four assists with Harper jed nine 28-1 in the second quarter tt a Hux added 4 in 19 and Rams gave the Jackets qui trips; Cooke had 53 i 13 tries; scare for the rest of the The Rams moved the the field in ti 18 points Dickerson Carries. bat over and cut Jacket mar 42 yard scoring pass in the minute of the half. Tt from Jim Dargin Godette Key crucial thing that kept Havelock f changing the outcome of game in the second half we’ defensive play times the was Rapids, picking up 67 y, Hux hada te ickerson | arries had

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wee est J. W. Boone, III R. T. Fondren S. R. Blackwell A. M. Harris End Center, End Guard Guard All-Conference All-Conference All-Conference C. D. Peedin, Jr. G. M. Evans Tackle Halfback J. F. Meyer J. A. High Halfback Tackle Kicker Tackle

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YS — Act een the Roar rn af Elizabet! rter photos of e } cket Defense Sparkles In Second s, DAILY HERALD, Sun., Oct Tarboro Hands Jackets 32-8 Defeat ISTICS BR TARBORO JOWNS 2 ishing ck a) salir 5 i i 38 slow Jackets and s seen here in first and W) vielory. At the Conference win over Rapides here Friday Reanoke conference play, wall West Carteret next week ee ee is here Friday 41, 1976 ang everyone was other thriller. er had the crowd on ike Rapids, eptions a 0 Elsewhere around the cor es Lost 2 1 erence, Northeastern biankec jeg 1S Havelock 7-0 and Was ix y dirt Bret with e by quarters topped West Carteret ihe opening GRO 732 8 43-32 Fans starting to pour t, a oo EL AG 9 4.4 wands a Hove, Field deleaso’ were s s aka and pene before the game got underway suiled 0 ¥ THOMAS LYNCH, and by game time, there were Tarboro Sports Editor few seats to be had. Tur’ ball on the 2 Wouchdown passes by erback Muson Lilley ali hopes for an upset and the red hot Turbore S @ 32-6 Northeastern Talk NSE — Roanoke Rapids was a ro running game for most of the game here Friday Arthur Hawking (24) and John Boone (66) show fine defensive play. Hawkins was also the offers 4, SUNDAY HERALT Haw DSOR — The Roanoke % Yellow Jacl joued | BRASOR, High hada large delegation to fil visiters bleachers. gridiron about some ; meetings of these two fine Sur, was echoing arcund th team pieving fired up Jackets ble to hold the strong Ge We RE haifsack race with id about been said dg ded 4 ke undisputed of second place in atandings, Washington closed with 4 record.of $42 to Jackets 61 The defense.which has been outstanding all year, picked ap the first score of the game Rosnoke Rapids’ Greg Taylor punted to the Bertie ane yard line anid Allen Harris and Orland Moody hit the ball left, fullback Timmy Hux (38) stands straight and happy after getting up from scoring the only offensive touchdown, a four yard juant which climaxed a 68-yard march, Other dackets seen are Glenn Moody (22), John Boone (66) and pas: defense and went to the air. A pass to Lester Johnson covered the final 2 yards to the end zone. Carnell Boyd kicked the extra point, It took the Jackets fust one. and-a-half minutes to get the peinte back and ge ahead 7. Arthur Ray Hawkins broke up the middie and raced t the sidelines and out ran the ‘Tarboro team 57 yards to the end zone. Hawking got the call again.on the conversion and put the Jackets out in front 7 at the end of the first period. Tarboro scored twice in the second period, with Lilley’s passing accounting for one racing 57 yards for the ory Jacket touchdown in y Fondren (86) is the other identifiable son Lilley (45) and Ronnie Crisp, the ball are the Tarboro players kins Scores RK BER 14- toast] fr Ke and for the went the score bounded back to close zap with spectacular yard iWekoff return by John Aas who cul through the defense like a super plese blade 1 teams moved the ball in ihe secund period, bul neither could get into the end zone. Bertie got to the Jacket three yard line just before the half ended and tried a field goal on fourth down, but it was wide and the teams went to the dressing reams with Roanoke akey pias tally and setting passed 26 yard, to put the Jacket 4 Crisp plunged 4 Moments later a Jacket was recovered o Lilley connected 44 storing sounded to ent Yarboro was Defense took o the third periad though the visitar: pick up a lot of could not pen deep in their terr The longest drive for the winn ye the TALE OVER talks over a Utile in the night. The chal was Jackel touchd oy Railing Honnie B quarter, Two plays later Edd and scored to put the gam were al i re here Pridwy fetlowing the y the only the right eige of the end ing 19 yards for the Rogacke Rapids ace complished one thing ix defest it scored the only points chalked up against the Vikings in sla gamed this season. The Jackets had a total of 140 yards offense while five previous opponents had only a net of 206 on the rugged defense Jdehn Boone were the ¢ Athletic Director Hoyle and Mason Harp eteran Coach onored Here SUNDAY HER Jackets Lose Fir: t Pg. 8