Rock Hill High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Rock Hill, SC)

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,g . if WW' Ma-D. . , .. U W W I , I f ,ew W nf! ya 1 A Q , y ,A,,. V it as ? a ' A ' 1 bw' '5 gi l ' t Q Q my . ,,,,,aw . N. . ,ge .. First row. left to right: Harold Saverence. Butch Phillips. Eugene Mothershed, Lowell Ramsey, Benny Corley. Karl Grice, Iimmy Gallman. Second rcw, lett to right: Coach Ienkins. Iim Neal, I-'ennell Craig. Richard Haley. Bobby Rudder. Buck George, Charles Spencer, Bobby Falls. Coach McCaw. Third row. left to right: Billy McGill, Swain Wright, Iohnny Brunson, Iimmy Phillips, Doc Herlong. Bobby Tinkler. Iimmy Neely. Franklin Williams. Coach Avery. The Bearcats, however, weren't buying any of that gloom, thank you. Even after Harding beat them 2l-O in the season's opener, they just worked harder and aimed for the win column. Before the year was over they had put tive notches in that column and numbered among their contests Gaffney, Brookland-Cayce, Lancaster, Florence, and Georgetown. They tied or powerful Columbia team rated as one of the best elevens in the state. The other loss was to Sumter, losers only once during the year. lndividually it was also a good year. Bobby Tinkler, captain and end, and Bill MCGill, alternate captain and guard, were named to the South Carolina squad for the Shrine Bowl game in Charlotte. Tackle lohnny Brunson also won honors and was selected as a member of the Up-State tearn which played in the Horse Bowl game at Camden. There you have a brief picture ot the Bearcats of '49 who stayed in the fight all the way. The High School and the folks of Bock Hill are justly proud of them.

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iv-W jigufe ,i,.w'Mf W 30 UA., BEAR From a green, inexperienced squad in September to a well-balanced, smooth-working football machine in No- vemberrfthat is the story of the 1949 edition of the Bock Hill High School Bearcats. When the final whistle blew Thanksgiving Day the scoreboard showed that the Bear- cats had won five games, lost two, and tied one. For the fifth straight season, then, the Bearcats marched to a successful season. High praise for that success goes to Head Coach Walter Ienkins, assistant coaches, Calvin ww ,,. , -- L My ,vi at W A . lt r 1 'F A V 44 W W I CATS McCaw and Gene Avery, and a squad of players who didn't know the meaning of the word quit. lt took plenty of hard work. Any coach will tell you that there is no substitute for the long, tiring hours on the practice field. But the Bearcats and their coaches were willing to pay the price. Even now the players can prob- ably hear lenkins yelling over and over, run it again, run that play again, and McCaW shouting block hard drive, drive, drive. at .

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'01 li IIM NEAL Back BOBBY TINKLER End IOHNNY BRUNSON Tackle IIMMY NEELY Tackle HAROLD SAVERANCE Back QQ 9' 1 ROCK HILL 0 HARDING 21 Frrst Qame J1tters proved costly to the Bear cats ln the1r seasons opener Wrth a veteran Hardmq team A crowd of about 5000 fans saw the Char1otte team take a 21 0 dec1s1on The v1s1tors scored on the openrnq krckoft The ball soared mto the Rock H111 end zone and when the Bearcats falled to cover 11 Gene M1tche11 tell on the prqskln tor a Hardlnq touch down Hardmq scored aqaln before the half w1th Ioe Wh1te passmq to hm McCa11urn Fleet Ray Morr1s added the last score 1r1 the t1na1 perlod wlth a 17 yard dash off tackle MOTIIS klcked all three pomts Rock H111 threatened several t1mes and once went to the Hardmq one foot 11ne but was un able to score The prettlest play of the game was a 60 yard run by Harold Saverance Bear cat fullback Other outstandlnq Bearcats were ends Irm Ph1111ps and Bobby T1n1c1er and guard B111y McG111 Robert Grant played a qood detens1ve qarne ROCK HILL 13 GAFFNEY 6 The Bearcats surv1ved three costly IIYSI half fumbles and numerous pena1t1es to get the1r thelr t1rst w1n of the year at Gaffney Two last half touchdowns gave Rock H111 a 13 to 6 de BILLY MCGILL Guard IIMMY PHILLIPS End BENNY CORLEY Center KARL GRICE Back BUTCH PHILLIPS Back BOBBY FALLS BUCK GEORGE Buck Back