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

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lOHN BLANKENSHIP Fullback ROBERT CARD Guard Reed Takes a Tumble After BILLY SLAUGHTER CHARLES MCELROY Tackle Blocking Back STARKVILLE 19-KOSCIUSKO 35 The Kosciuslco Whtbbets, favored by about four or five touchdowns, ron into much more trouble than they expected when they defeated our fighting Yellowjoclcets 35 to l9. The Whippets arobbed a lil oofnt lead before Mosley broke through the center of the line for ct 4U yard touchdown run early in the second quarter. llGolden Toe fohnson converted. Kosciuskos next score come on a fourth down boss after the lockets had but up C1 determined aoorl hne Stond. lust before the half. 'Footsu went off tockle for o beautiful 70 yard run to make the holftune score Ql to lf? The third quarter woe full of bod breaks for the lockets Two fumbles ond CI por- tially blocked punt mvt' the Vllltfprrtrftss the ball deep in Yellowf jacket territory fSf?Vf'f'fll fluxes, but mifff-llerit hne ploy kept them from scorina unttl late in the qurirter, when Vhnkler ron 35 yords around fend Thr- l.f'M::1rgf+rtfs fzcored Vluifllll tn the fourth quarter on LI fren 'yrzrd lbflfifj Thr- lwrkfetsg never duff futzhtincr with Mosley fIOll'l'I on rv yfud Jrturit to the Vv'lllil'Wl'5Vf lf? just before the rmrne ftflClf'd Two gtft1',':'s later, Hftftfd r1111'11n scored on o 7 yard off triftlilef plc,1',' Picking Up a First Down. Spring Practice. 8

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' M ,m'5,m.3mm32' BILLY GOLDEN BUDDY WOFFORD GEORGE WOFFORD Guard Wingback Guard STARKVILLE 7-TUPELO 37 The Yellowjdckets crowned o Hornecorning Queen in pre- gdnie festivities, but could not uncrown Mike Mosk ond Zerk Wilson, who set themselves up ols running royollty, os the much hecrvier, rnore experienced, Big-Eight teoin engulfed the Yellowjockets 37 to 7. Beginning his reign on the third ploy ot the ggnie, Mosk gdlloped 72 yotrds behind beautiful blockf ing. Only minutes ldter, he scored dgdin on on eight ydrd jotunt alter cr long drive through the fighting but vostlv under- manned Yellowjocket line. Mdsk scored dgain neor the end ot the iirst guorter, dtter on intercepted poss, Wilson scored on C1 five vord line buck in the second guorter to leove the lockets troiling 25 to U ot holltirne. Qur boys, deterniined to nioke or better showing tor the large Hornecorning crowd, rnode quite o bottle out oi the second hell, but Tupelo's power end reserve strennzth wds just too much. The olckets yielded two 'l'D's in the second halt before Word recovered d Tupelo turnf ble on the Colden VVove's 30 yord line. Cn tour running plays, Mosley corried the boll ocross the double stripe, scoring troin the live yord line. lohnson kicked the extro point. Goal Line Stand Against Grenada I. E. LOGAN Guard Yeilowjackets Victory Yell after West Point Game.

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BUDDY MCLAURIN EDWIN IORDEN Wingback Tackle STARKVILLE 39-OKOLONA 19 Seventeen ot our stars ended their hicih school football careers by a sweeping victory over the Okolona Chieftains. 'lMurderer Mosley oot thinos started hy aoinri over trorn the three alter a long: drive which started the tirst tnne the lackets got their hands on the hall. l'Duck also skirted end tor the extra point. Atter Okolona was torced to punt, Heed and Mosley alternated in carryina the hall down to the two yard line with Mosley atiain scorinvi, l'Horse Willitord, atternrutina his tirst extra poirit of the year, niade- the score lil to U, The score remained the sarne until the last play ot the halt when llRun 'lim Raaaed' Reed went around riaht end tor a 55 yard touch- down oalloo Not satistied with their Ql to U halt-time lead, the lackets came hack to score on the openina play ot the second halt when Willitords kickoff went over the Chieftain coal with Kirkpatrick niakinqi a darina dive coverina the hall tor the TD Minutes later Qkolona recovered a lacket tutnble deep in our territory with Caven, scorina the touchdown. Starkvilles last two scores carn-rs on lonfi runs hy Mosley and heedg Mosley runninu 75 yards, Reed 55 Lady Luck seerned to he auainst Parker as he had two lona runs, one a 55 yard TD riallori, called back because ot penalties. With our second and third strinrzers in the maine, Okolona aot their passina ottack workini: which paid olt with two quick touchdowns rnakinzi the final score 3919. Cv LOUIS IONES Tackle -rum A f 1. Hu E9 it fi se r .iii FY A f rf .nfl -1 - 4 f ,A f ti, , ,Q , ,Ain ,.7, ,, , vi in - J M - 3932! V. . V 3' WICK MALONE End Big Fffmkn Gets In the Pile UP! Getting Ready for Next Fall