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

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St. Joseph Flash By DAVE CONOYER Sports Editor Al Crutchfield and Mike Rob- maw scored in the first quar- er: Sandy Preston and Crutch- ield. again, scored in the sec- nd; Doug Grissom scored twice in the third; Robshaw, Terry Drozd and Archie Martin scor- ed in the fourth. Poor little Maranatha. The St. Joseph Academy Flashes won 67-0 over the hap- less Maranatha crew and it might have been worse than that had coach Ed Drozd fielded THE ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD Weekend Edition. Sept. 19-20, 1970 Page ? Flash Stars Glitter By BILL SANDERS Record Correspondent The night was full of stars over Keystone Heights Friday night, but the biggest star of the evening was a 180 pound defen- sive end by the name of Jimmy Young who pounced on a fumble in the end zone to score the only touchdown of the game as coach Ed Drozd ' s St. Joseph Academy Flashes won their opening game of the season 6-0 over Keystone. STATISTICS St. Joseph Keystone 15 First Downs 8 300 Yards Rushing 61 Yards Passing 15 120 Yards Penalized 40 The Flashes once again prac- ticed their fantastic hex on Key- stone as Drozd ' s valiants won their fourth consecutive game over their rivals. All games between the two teams have been thrillers, but Friday ' s hard-earned victory was probably the toughest opener for mzny years. St. Joe received the opening kickoff and marched 65 yards to the Keystone 1 before a fumble caused the Flashes to turn the ball over. Al Crutchfield had a run of 40 yards and sensational sophomore Steve Hubbard dashed for 25 more on the drive. Neither team could get their offense going in the first quarter and the ball changed hands frequently. As the second quarter opened, Crutchfield, Hubbard, Doug Grissom and Jimmy Colee alter- nated running to take the ball down to the Keystone 5, but a number of penalties forced the Flashes to give up the ball again. With three minutes remaining in the third quarter, the fear- some trio of Bobby Thomas, Marion Williams and Greg Vac- caro tackled quarterback Strick- land and caused him to fumble the ball. That ' s the point where Young fought off three Keystone backs to recover for a Flash TD. Keystone threatened the Flash goal line with 13 second remain- ing in the game, but four plays after taking possession, Strick- land ran a quarterback keeper and was stopped at the one yard line by the bruising tacl Thomas, Norman Her and Williams as the gam ed. Archie Martin, 190 pou fensive end, picked up a stone Jumble late in the qarter and dashed 52 yai a Flash TD that brought th capacity crowd to their feet, bu the effort was called back on i penalty. It ' s hard to imagine that oui offensive backs ran for a tota of 300 yards to only 61 for Key stone and only scored su points, coach Drozd said aftei the game, but any victory ovei Keystone is a great one. The 17 penalties hurt us, bui the defensive team won the game. If we can get both team: together, we will have one whah of a ball team. Crutchfield led St. Joe ' s grount gains with 145 yards in 23 ear ries, followed by Hubbard witl 92 yards in six carries and Gris som with 59 yards in 11 carries Outstanding defensive per formers were Sandy Preston Carl Thomas, Bohby Thomas Jimmy Colee, Bill Creech, Ar chie Martin and Ricky Hall. TD PLUNGE-After sidestepping a for the goal line for the Flashes first 17 yard scoring run, 67-0.

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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.

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5 Plaster Jax Maranatha, 67-0 Friday September 2k, 1970 ! strength. nalha made its debut in man football last week ik a somewhat less solid ning. 63-0. at the hands Interlachen Rams. ier team was really try- you do when nearly every first posing quarterback carried a ber of penalties which cost the down is a touchdown and the kickoff into his own end zone Jacksonville academy 83 yards opponents move backward fast- and dewned it. er than they move forward. Maranatha- goj two first Out of St. Joe ' s total of 11 downs, 21 yards rushing and 11 fust downs, 9 were for tallies, yards passing on one connection Besides that, the Flashes scored in eight tries. It was pretty well run it up, but what. can three safeties, one when the op- negated by a prodigious num- mostly for delay of game. St. Joe made 426- yards on the ground, a good part of ifr in long TD sprints, completed one pass in one attempt .for 1£ yards and- notched another suc- cessful completion for a two point conversion. Preston did most of the extea point -damage with accurate jayvee Terry Drozd and a l2- ' boots on three occasions and handled the kicking chores in .£ high ..fashion for the Flashes. End Jimmy Young and hall- back Doug GrisEom forced safeties. The Flashes made their six- point tallies on a 17 yard run by Crutchfield; a 45 yard jaunt by Robshaw; runs of ■ 25 and 4? yards by Grissom ; a 34-yard sprint by Robshaw; a 40 yard runback on an interception by yard Paul Thomas to Martin toss. Thomas also made good on ' i pass to Drozd for two extra points on the first TD of the fourth period. Coach Drozd expects a better game from Bunnell when the Flashes meet the Bulldogs here next Friday despite Bunnell opening loss to Umatilla. The meeting is set for 8 p.m. Oct. 2 at St. Augustine High stadium. good part of the Maranatha Academy defense, St. Joseph Academy fuUback Al Crutchfield plunges touchdown in a high scoring evening. The Flashes went on to crush Maranatha after Crutchfield ' s