Rockwall High School - Jacket Yearbook (Rockwall, TX)

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by Harold Chenault Gary Anderson f p A Tackle ' Fullback, F I . x ' . ' W x - A u ' w. . DUNCANVILLE GAME r November 23, 1962: The Jadkets took on the Duncanville Panthers at Williams 1Sta- diuflil in Garland for the Bi-District Champ ionship. The result of a Cad to Anderson pass which hugged the sideline and out- distanced the Duncanville 's selcondaryl to cross the double stripe, gave the Jackets a 7-0 lead for the halftime scorf. Atkihs kicked the extra point. y 5 The Jackets gained possession of the ball on their own 5, and then went 95 yds.2 on a series of plays for the TD byj Ji. Ander- son carrying over from the 2. The Pah- thers lost 2 yds. on a series of plays arid punted out. 'The Jackets fought' back for 70 yds. and a third TD by Cade. Again Atkins' kick was good. T R Rockwall's fourth TD was made by ljloel and 3 plays later a 4 yd. pass from Terry to Crow in the end zone. A v Final Score: Rockyvall -- 27 Duncanville - O Q 2 - l N K l l l E l

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nnptr 115 Qfintkfzxall Bob Anderson End James Crow End ' November 16, 1962: After a very slow start, the Jackets scored 2 TD's in the first half. R. Atkins turned in a wonderful 46 yard run for the first one. J . Ander- son contributed the 2 pointer. Barnes blocked a Cooper punt, gathered in the ball, and raced 44 yards for the other score. Rockwall poured on the steam in the last half. I. Anderson scored on a short pass from Cade. Cade got the 2 pointer. FB G. Andesorn blasted through the Cooper Defense and went 40 yards for a TD. Atkins converted shortly thereafter, and raced 44 yards for another score. The final score of the night was a 91 yard journey by HB Marc Noel with the half of a key block by Spillman. Final Score: Rockwall - 43 Cooper - O

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1.1, ..- N . 'V me AQ ,. 4 ,, L W? '. Y xiii M. Q 1 Q 1 W lj, ,Q J. .W , in . It was a perfect night for football in the Gopher Bowl at Grand Prairie when our Rockwall Yellow jackets' matched their thiry-two man squad against the high-rated Iacksboro Tigers. ' ' ' Eight-thousand fans packed the stadiumspthat Friday night to see a game which left both sides in a daze. Jacksboro struck- by us first after recovering a fumble on our own fifteen yard line. Wheelis was the player responsible for the touchdowng and Leach made it 8-0. This did not remain long. After one drive had died on the Jacks boro 14, our Jackets marched 45 yards in 5 plays with Marc Noel adding the final I tonches from the 3: Tommy Norman Cade then passed to Bobby Anderson to tie the score at 8-8. A few minutes before the end of the first half Wheelis connected with Winton on the 1. From there Wheeliscarried it across and passed to Baker to make it 16-8 at half time. A - N . ' L After intermission the Rockwall offense and defense really 'began to click, but the game ended with the ball on the 11 yd. line. - Rodney Smith Tommy Cade Halfback Quarterback 149