Saint Joseph Academy - Guardian Yearbook (St Augustine, FL)

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Monday Afternoon, November 2, 1970 THE ST. A St. Joseph Academy WHERE ' S SANDY? -Flash center Greg Vaccaro (50) appears to be asking halfback Steve Hubbard (30) where the ball is in this goal line pileup during St. Joseph Academy ' s homecoming game Satur- day with Sanford Naval Academy. Somewhere in the bottom of the heap is Sandy Preston scoring St. Joe ' s third touchdown en route to a Flash 26-6 win. Record photo by Phillip Whitley.

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T I N E RECORD Page Eleven is Homecoming Game Flashes Overpower Commodores, 26-6 m) r II (In 1 ' 3» 1 |9r , fl K - v ■ L bISk I M r H SiLvl • k % v» By DAVE CONOVER Sports Editor Coach Ed Drozd said this past week after the Jacksonville Epi- scopal game that St. Joseph Academy had lost a game but found a tailback. Sandy Preston, moved from an end billet to the Flash back- field to lead in yards rushing last week, pretty well bore out Drozd ' s words in the Flashes ' 26-6 homecoming win over San- ford Naval Academy Saturday. The agile junior waltzed his way to 141 total yards gained during the first half of the non- conference clash at SAHS field and wound up the evening with a grand total of 172 net yards to his credit. Preston, added to a large sta- ble of good runners which Saturday included Doug Gris- som. Steve Hubbard, Al Crutch- field, Jimmy Young, Mike Rob- shaw and Paul Thomas, helped the Flashes almost totally do- minate the first half. Not much was needed during the second half because, by in- termission time, St. Joe had rolled up a whopping total of 217 yards rushing and rammed across a touchdown on each of three possessions for a 20-6 ad- vantage. Almost unnoticed in the fracas was the passing of Flash quar- terback Paul Thomas. The 135-pound junior hit on three of four passes for 24 yards, small compared to giant ground gains, but not bad con- sidering St. Joe ' s traditional turf bound tactics which have been all they have needed in the past. Not only were the Flashes taking to the air, they were holding down what could well have been a ruinous passing at- tack, a big problem for Drozd ' s eleven in recent past games. Sanford quarterback J i m Rathbun only made good on three of 14 passes for a compar- itively paltry 22 yards. One of St. Joe ' s big problems, the long run, did come back to haunt them from last week how- ever. Sanford ' s only TD came ear- ly in the second period on a 64 yard run by leading Commo- dore runner Jim Ried. The ex- ceptionally fast halfback broke through from a first down on his own 6 shortly after taking pos- session on a St. Joe kickoff. The Flashes ' three first half touchdowns all came on long marches, the first when Preston bulldozed in from the 1 after a 59 yard haul, the second when Grissom ran the last nine yards of a 76 yard drive, and the third when Preston again crammed in from the 2 after a St. Joe trek from their own 14. St. Joe got in a final touch- down before Sanford was able to tighten up its defense and get the ball moving during the sec- ond half Statistics St. Jc isepli i Sanford 17 First Downs 10 288 Yards Rushing 154 25 Yards Passing 22 3 4 Passing 3 14 Had Intercepted Fumbles Lost 2 3 32 Punting 2 31 85 Yards Penalized 45 Thomas got the tally on a keeper from the seven. Big runs by Crutchfield and Preston and a Thomas to Hubbard pass had shuttled the ball from the op- ponent ' s 34. The only successful conver- sion of the game came on the Flashes ' first touchdown, the extra points achieved on a Thomas to Young pass. A fumble recovery by Jay Dodd had opened the drive which led to the TD. Mike Robshaw also pounc- ed on a fumble recovery during the game and Carl Thomas, Ed- die Thomas, Robshaw and Mar- ion Williams played outstanding defensive ball. St. Joe will be back on the same field Saturday for a cross- town date with Florida School for the Deaf.