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

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ing for itself the scoreboard reads Southside 15, Northside 8. The Rebels won rolae a 12-year losing streak against the Grizzlies, October 21. The Rebels evened their conference mark at 1-1 at the expense of tteville, 6-0, at Mayo-Thompson Stadium, September 23. Sagely ed the winning touchdown with a little more than a minute remaining t the Rebs on top. In that contest, the Southside defense, which was responsible for h of the Rebels' early season success, held the Bulldogs to only six s rushing in the contest. The defense dropped Fayetteville's backs losses throughout the second half. Linebacker Rob Falivene inter- 'ed a Bulldog pass to start the Reb TD drive. The win kept Southside in the league race. But the next week fate and Rogers wrecked the Rebel conference es. The Mountaineers rolled over Southside 29-O, there, September 30. rterback David Eames was injured earlier in the week and unavailable ction. Backup Ken Clark was also sidelined from an injury received in ior varsity contest. Coach Jim Rowland was forced to open with Tom rick. On the opening kickoff, Rogers returned the ball for a touchdown took control from the beginning. The loss left the Rebels at 1-2 in A-West warfare. After the defeat by Rogers, Southside took a short vacation from Ccontinued on page 1025 ,iq ,qs .w A A ' kd V f 1 . qui.. by Celebrating the first Southside victory over Northside, senior Gary Casebier flys a Rebel flag ftopj while, junior Paul Porter falls for a first down fabovej against the Grizzlies atMayo-Thompson Stadium. The Rebs defeated the Bears 15-8. 101

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REBS GRIN AND 'BEAR, IT fcontinuedj WIN OVER NORTHSIDE BRIGHTENS '77 SCHEDUl . 1 v ' X K Showing her approval of the final score, junior Sara- jane Phillips frightj cheers for the Rebels after the win overNorthside. Seniors lleftj Bruce Stroud 1381, Pat McGuire f76j, andjun- ior Jeff Marvin f65J Qouer a punt against LR McClel- lan. Southside beat the Lions, I7-12, October 28. F.- y.V .'.v,y,f'!:q., xii.,-g'.m,QAqggs,,qgQ,i' - ' f 'LW JN L, A,g',,, X Q, ,W 5 ,45flq,,7jggm A, if Y M .fi?.,-14? vigg.. ffv4x?lZfE -'TQN L' ' ., ' io! 100 L

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