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

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fx Winning lsn't Everg- Thing lt's the Only Thing Although unrecognized for much of last season, the Rebs jelled at just the right time in the playoffs and cap- tured Arkansas' most coveted high school football award, the state AAAA crown, by shutting down Parkview and its star tailback, James Rouse, 9-6. Second-year Rebel head coach Bob Gatling was especially pleased with the defense's feat. The defense played great. They really pleased me, he commented. Southside's defense was led by lineman Jeff Boyett and linebackers Brett Hood and Larry Fulford. Fulford was selected to the Arkansas Super Team. The game was especially special to him. lt's a feeling l've never felt before, he commented. When I was in the ninth grade in Georgia, we won the state championship and I made a goal to win the state crown when l was a senior. So, with his dreams realized, the Rebels ended the season with a 11-2 record and the No. 1 ranking in the state - and, of course, that football trophy which the players worked so hard to achieve. Southside fans flock onto the field to help celebrate the State Championship with the players. Senior linebacker Larry Fulford leaps into the air to block an extra point attempt by the Patriots. Senior Mark Moore is tackled by a , Parkview player in the State Championship game. After the most exciting game of the season the Rebels hold up their State Championship Award. Senior Bobby Martin, quarterback, prepares to hand the ball off to junior Doug Wyatt 4142. .ff

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V A Tearing through Nor- thside's defense is halfback Adam Fulford. ' ix' w sa. ff for Southside, junior Don Fthyne As Junior Brady Paddock hands the ball yardage against Northside in a off, sophomore Adam Fuiford strives to game. gain more yardage for Southside. REVING Johnny Bebs players prepare for varsity F ollowing in the varsity's footsteps, the junior varsity football team's season went extremely well, ac- cording to head football coach Bob Gatling. Sophomore Alan Condren and Darren Beckham agreed with Gatl- ing, but Beckham added there was one shortcoming. I felt the season went well except for the Northside game, he explained. Southside went through the entire season with but one blemish, that coming to Northside in a home game. The Johnny Ftebs got back at Nor- thside the next week though, defeating the Bears on Grizzly turf. Coach Gatling feels that JV players will be able to step up next year and fill the void left by graduation on the varsity. We'll get some good play from them, he summarized. s. X- -,ts U. ,, ,f g V. ,, K Wk A ix i ., -wg Q- Q , . wggsrnx, MQ..-L.. k, M . x.. S, ?,tm g,g..i

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Ol F44 'Sv' L4-bb AA 1.4 wf QW Q -M I of Bobby Martin, senior, throws the ball, as the passing game was part of the 9 to 6 win.