Starkville High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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ik Q i 1 , W 'Q r ,, .y LY TWV a in X 3 HUNTER ANDREWS End STARKVILLE 6-AMQRY O After a holida y celebratinfg the Qktibbeha Count 'A.' Dairy Festival, the fackets rourneyed to firiiory to their third successive conference vietory 5 to U Reed received the openina kickoff returnina it ten yards to the QU. After failing to in i R 'Wil'-.W 4 wg, 'f 'hr 'azggigiw gggiw Y ,tt t A ,, ,,x, fra V 7' ,r x, L , 4 , -we W W, M , A ' 0 'i'Ml1,if Q ea if f 372., ' if I. L. ANTHONY FORREST PACE Tackle End STARKVILLE U-ABERDEEN 13 Both teams put perfect conference records on the line in a very hard fouaht battle at Aberdeen. This aarne between the two top teams in the Little Ten Conference, won by Aberdeen l3 to O, proved to be the battle for the championship. 59 if rrzake a first down, Anthony punted to Lowe who fumbled with Mf:He','riolds recoverina on the Pan- thers 40 A pass from Parker to Reed was inter- cepted on the QU Cn the next play Amory furn- bled a fain '.'.':ti1 fir: Frank rriakiri: the recov- er ',.' , After the first auarter wliicli was marred by rriany fumbles and intercepted passes, both teams settled down to play better ball but neither could score in the first lzalf NVilliford's kickoff went over the aoal 'xaith the return bririfririrr it out to the one Finltr '..' tlwn f'VlI'.lCCl to fgzz o'.'.'n forty' 'sxitli Heed returninr it five 'A.' ards Parker and l. ff,sff-'.' :nt tzie line aitf,-rnatvlr' trotti tziis point with lffoslf-1' rridkirt r the snare. This ended the scorinfr althoxr ::i the fa ff k e t tlireaterzud :several more ftItlr'f3 before the final whistle. Mosley Scores Against West Point Since Aberdeen finished the season undefeated, our boys finished in second place by winnina their remainina Conference aames, Aberdeen's hiah scorinir attack was held in cheek by our fine defensive line play, combined with Anthony's lonfr punts, until shortly before the half when Bourland, the R u l l d o a ' s sensational fullback, crashed over from the two yard fine. After trail'- infr 7 to U at halftime, the fackets came back with a determined effort to even the score in the third aixarter, but never manaaed to aet the piaskin across the double stripe. Aberdeen's second score came early in the fourth auarter with Bourland rr rain doincr the scorina on a nine yard aain, late in the ball 'maine the fackets resorted to pass- irirr with Rfarikerisliip handlina the tossing for the first time of the season. He completed one long rafts to Melts-'.'rifffcl:s, wiiicl: was our first complee ticri of the 'ye-tri, but failed to produce a scoring Ciw- i Y . BRIAN GROGAN End ,asf- Mt

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GLENN MULLINS NICKIE STRATAS Guard Guard STARKVILLE 14-GRENADA 7 ln the inaugural game for our new stadium the Yellow- jackets, captained by Anthony and Mosley, slipped and slid to a lil to 7 victory over the Grenada Bulldogs. Grenada took a 7 to U lead in the first guarter after a blocked punt on our Z9 yard line set up the score. Chatram scored the TD. with Hendricks hitting the line for the extra point. With less than three minutes to go before halftime, Timmy Parker, fleet tail- back, reeled off a beautiful 64 yard run behind good blocking for a score, and by far the best run of the game. The fackets came back strong in the second half, making long drives but had a hard time scoring. Late in the third guarter the fackets took the lead of 8 to 7 when a Grenada back tried to punt from behind his own goal and was tackled by Shropshire and McReynolds. On the following kickoff from the 20 yard line, the fackets drove to the Bulldog one but failed to hit pay dirt. The ball changed hands with Hendricks attempting to punt on the first down. Stratas blocked the kick with losey falling on the ball for a touchdown. Due to Grenada's weak offense which registered only two first downs in the ball Game, our entire second string saw action during the last half of the fourth guarter, STARKVILLE 12-WEST POINT 7 Paced by sensational runs by Mosley and Parker, the Yel- lowjackets took a close one from the West Point Green Wave, l2A7. Starkville won the toss and elected to receive. Caales kick was downed on the Starkville 25 and the Yellowjackets went right to work by making a first down. On the next play Starkville was penalized and Anthony punted out of bounds on the West Point 30. After failing to make enough yardage for a first down, Pennebaker went back to punt but his kick was blocked by McReynolds who fell on the ball on the Green Wave 22. After a couple of plays, Parker took the ball over for the score, The try from placement for the extra point was wide. Williford kicked to Elliott who returned to his 30 yard line. After a couple of downs, one of West Point's men got in the open and caught a pass for a touchdown. Cagle con' verted for the extra point. Starkville was very lucky when the Green Wave had their second touchdown called back. Gne of their linemen was off sides on the play, Starkville's second touchdown came early in the fourth guarter. Begin' ning on their own 20 where Wofford took one of Burney's punts, the lackets went down the field without relinquishing the ball and Mosley scored from the 9. The attempt for the extra point was a running play but failed to make the neces- sary yardage. The Green Waves say we were just lucky, but in that case, we have been lucky for l3 consecutive years. IAMES MCREYNOLDS End sxllia IIMMY PARKER Tcxilbcrck DONALD MOSLEY Fullbcxck W9 , T ,M T.. ' QI' sayin M 1' , ' Q. , 1 ,v X I 'O H, v , 4 ff -

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a . + DAVID BOYD ELLIS SELF DON IOHNSON Tackle Blocking Back Center STARKVILLE 27-CORINTH 2 Our boys fighting spirit was aroused when Reed was tackled behind his goal on the opening kickoff giving Corinth, a Big Eight team, a 2 point lead. After Storkvilles kickoff, Corinth failed to gain, and punted out of bounds on the lackets' lU yard line From here the lackets really went to work starting the longest drive of the game. Mosley Scored on ari ll yard run capitalizing the QU yard drive. johnson converted for our first extra point of the season. Starkville rnade sev- eral more drives before the half but were unable to score. Early in the second half, a lacket line- man covered a furrible on the Vffarrior 40 yard line which was the beginning of another touch- down march. Mosley again scored from the one yard line with lohnson aaain converting. Later another fumble by Corinth set up a 20 yard run by Mosley which ended the scoring. For the first tirne of the season the second string played nearly a guarter holding the heavier Warriors to a virtual standstill. STARKVILLE 33-NEW ALBANY 14 After our one sided victory over Corinth, our boys were all set to take on the league leading, undefeated New Albany Bulldogs. Captained by Ward and lohnson, they journeyed to the upstate city to furnish the hornecornina opposition for-the favored Bulldogs. Starkville received the open- ing kickoff and before the game was a ininufe old, Wofford scored on a 35 yard reverse play. Minutes later the Bulldogs intercepted a pass deep in Yellowjacket territory and turned it into a touchdown tyina the score. N. A. scored again when the lackets fumbled the kickoff on the 33 yard line giving them a seven point lead. Al- though the lackets threatened twice and New Al- bany once in the second guarter, neither tearn could score. The second half was a different story. The lackets scored on the fifth play after Mosley intercepted a pass on the N. A. 36 and returned it to the 4. Six plays later Mosley gal- loped from his own l9 for 81 yards and another score. Seconds later Red Dot , Starkville's ter- rific tackle, recovered a Bulldog furnble on their own ll with Parker taking the ball over for the score. Minutes later l'l3ed Dot recovered an- other furnble which was turned into another TD with Reed hitting pay dirt, making the final score 33-l4. Here Are the Girls Practicing for Friday Night!