Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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REBS GRIN AND 'BEAR'l STRONG DEFENSE lEADS REBS T0 7-3 SEASON , 1 is 4 Ji' ' - A T '. li il lv if-Q r i'3'5E- V, 1 LN! 1- gf'-fi-f-iz:-, if - 1 1 Turnovers plagued the Rebels in a couple of games this season-the ones that counted. South- 7-3 overall mark, but was hit AAAA-West play. All three de- side rolled up a where it hurt-in feats were at the hands of conference foes. The Rebs came out with a 2-3 conference record. The season opened innocently enough with the squad cutting North Little Rock Ole Main short, 22-14, there, September 2. Tailback Floyd Sagely led the Rebel scoring attack against the Wildcats with two touchdowns and quarterback David Eames added the other six-pointer. AAAA-West action opened early for South- side and the initial foe was conference favorite Conway. The highly-ranked Wampus Cats pulled out a last-second win in sudden death overtime, 9-6, here, September 9. The Cats scored on a field goal early in the third period. Southside kicker Jim Edwards booted a field goal from 18 yards out to deadlock the contest at 3-3 as time expired. Edwards hit another three-pointer in the extra period and the Rebels led 6-3. However, Conway came back and on their turn picked up a game-winning TD and the final score stood at 9-6. Southside quickly returned to the winning track with a 24-6 shellacking of AAAA-East Blytheville, there, September 16. Sagely picked up three touchdowns and Edwards added a field goal to lead the way. 1 Defense, a strong point for the Rebels, held the Bulldogs scoreless with the senior Jim Edwards M22 and junior Jolzn Crauens f33j fabovej while, Floyd senior, scores the only louchdown fbelowj to put Southside over September 23 at Mayo-Thompson Stadium. -ww- ,nu all l 98 I 2'1 ,4 4

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