Robert E Lee High School - Scabbard Yearbook (Montgomery, AL)

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.. Anna , P I I I ' WADE JOHNSON BOBBY ENSLEN LOUIS PRIESTER Senior End Senior Quarterback Senior Halfbuck An alert Robert E. Lee defense accounted for victory as the Generals rambled past the Etowah County Blue Devils 34-20. Etowah took the opening kickoff and drove 52 yards for the flrst score of the game. Kenneth Wood's fumble recovery at the Devil 24-yard line put the Redshirts in the ball game. The Generals tied the score in 7 plays on Jerry Henderson's touchdown and David Welch's PAT. Early in the second quarter, the Generals took the lead for good when Louis Priester scooted I5 yards around right end. The extra point try went wide, and Lee held a l3-7 margin. Before Lee followers finished celebrating the TD, Joel Stevenson intercepted a stray pass and scampered untouched for the six-pointer. Another Welch PAT made it 20-7 in Lee's favor. Another TD and PAT put the Blue Devils back into the ball game, 20-14. After Connie Frederick punted 49 yards he recovered another fumble at the five. Priester then scored from the four. A Welch PAT gave Lee a 27-T4 spread. Etowah fought back into the game with a 69-yard TD march, making the score 27-20. With less than six minutes to play Terry DePasquale deflected a pass and Sammy Johnson picked it out of the air, racing l5 yards to paydirt. Welch's fourth PAT ended the scoring for the night. Enslen Stops Blue Devil 149

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