Statesboro High School - Criterion Yearbook (Statesboro, GA)

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.and THE 51151501 GAME BY GAME .-Xfter four weeks of practice under hot .Xugust skies. tl1e SHS. lilue llevils raised the curtain on tl1e 1952 football season .1s they iourneved to Nlillen for their first encounter. ilialiing .1LlY.1Dl.lgC of .1 Nlillen fumble. lhe llevils had little trouhle in getting over the first score early in the first quarter. Coach Hall cleared the bench in the second half .1s States- horo registered .1 ZS-13 victory. l'l.1ying before tl1e home folks in the next game. Stateshoro ran over .1 light 'lioonihs Central lC.1I'l1 hy tl1e 111-erwlielming score of BS-IJ. Highlighting this game were .lere's three touchdown passes to Gilbert, one of their -.petv I.1CLll.ll' plays covering 65 yards. XY'..yne .1nd Alohnny were outstanding on defense. Next on the program w.1s .1 l1e.1rtl'1ic.1ki11g loss to l,yons 7-6. .-X series of fumlules. .1 hloeked punt .ind .1 c.1ll of pass interference sn.1tched victory from SI.1fCSl3Ol'0lS l1.1.1ds in tl1e last three minutes. The boys came back the next week to win .1 hard e.1rned 7-H victory over Reidsville. lfletcher shot .1 29-yard touchdown pass to Cone for the g.ll11C'S only score. Rondal XYil- son was outstanding 1111 defense. l,l.ll'll'lg hefore .1 capacity crowd on Octo- hei' I7 Stateshoro hlasted the SylY.lI'll.l flame- coclss Z6-U on the local field. This w.1s prola- .ihly the biggest upset of tl1e year in Region 2-li, considering tl1e fact that Sylvania won tl1e cl1.1mpionship. Pre-ston's 27-yd. touchdown sprint against Commercial. jere scores a first-down-Toombs Central 859 Alba'- US 95 llighlight of tl1is g.1111e w.1s when Albert Stewart intercepted .1 pass on l1is own five-yard line and streaked 95 yards for .1 touchdown. However. in this hard-fought game St.1tesboro's players re- ceived numerous injuries which weakened the te.1n1 for the reniainder of the season. The following l'I'lLl.'lf'. powerful Y i tl .1 l i .1 clipped the Devils 34-I2 on N'id.1li.1's field. St.1tesboro's scores came on long passes from lletcher to Cone to Stewart. Next followed .1 19-lb loss to Glennville and .1 -H-U druhhing .1t the hands of the Claxton Tigers.

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8 P65811 I... llic 1952 lrdition ot the lilue lleyils, although not very successful as far .is the record is concerned. exemplified all that could he expected ol an inex- perienced. injury-ridden high school team that gave all they had vvhen the chips were down, llerhaps the main reason for our te.1m's inspired spirit that was slioyvn from vveeli to yveeli was Captain llenry' Smitlfs fine leadership of the squad and his patience. devotion. and loyalty' to our coaches and his leaininates, .Xl- though llenry' was handicapped hy' an injured linee and could never be in good physical shape, he vvill alyvavs he reniemlvered as an excellent leader and a line. Popular Blue Devil Captain' all-round boy: Henry gnmhl lfacli vear, following the close of the season, the coaches of Region 2-B liigli school football teams select an all-region team, picking the best players from the different schools for each position. Statesboro had one player to receive this award for the 1952 season-,Iohn XVehb, who was given a guard position on this All-Star Team. We sav. Give liifteen Rahs for ulolinf' From the left, top ron: john Webb, Henry Smith, Cnpluing Johnn y McGlammc-ry, jere Fletcher, Quincy Vfaters, Ronald Wilsnn, William Bland, Donald Nvayne Akins, joe johnston, Coach james Hall. Middle ron: Bobby Deal, Sidney Dodd, Charlie Joe Hol- lingsworth, Preston Barber, Al Allen, Earl Edenfield, Danny jones, Joe Waters, jimmy jones, Manager Bennie Cassedy. Bolton: ron: Eddie Hodges, julian Nwaters, Bobby Newton. Albert Stewart, jimmy Bowen, james Cassedy, W'ayne Parrish, Buddy Prcetorious, Carl Mallard. 1. w-PL-E1-s 9 V A - '? P- 5 'J , , if I v I' I LC-H f '77 .. 4- f il .5 i s i x.. N -N -f- f hr f B - p-IN , Q - :Ni -N. ,.- f Fx, A xii ,' wma? 4 out '-ml D lg V, N.-C M l , B- '-1 ,. , + 'K 6 INN 'fiizf iv,

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f!'f451 Touchdown on pass to Cone SCURVS Sept. 19 S.H.S. 25 Sept 26 S.H.S Oct. 3 ,, S.H.S Oct. 10 S.H.S Oct. 17 . S.H.S Oct. 24 S.H.S Oct. 31 S.H.S Nov 7 S.H.S Nov I4 S.H.S Nov. 21 S.H.S Millcn 13 Toombs Ln. Lyons 7 Rcidsvillc 0 Sylvania 0 Vidalia 34 Glcnnvillc I9 Claxton 44 Commercial 18 Mcltcr I4 Tension :Among the Coaches. Cioing into :lic ciOlTlI'I1L'I'CI.ll g.1n1c. l1c.1x'5 iintlcr- dogs. Shltcslmro l11.lI'l.lgCkl to liolll tl1c S.1Y.ll1l1.llll.lI1x to .in IH-7 win. l'rcston ll.1rlucr. .1 sopl1oi11o1'c scorctl tlic Blue llcvils rn.1rkc1' on .1 3X-1'.11'al off- Llclilc sprint .intl tlicn took .1 piss from l'lClCilCl' for tl1c Qxtr.1 point. Again. xlolin Wclnlw. our l1.lI'kl- cl1.ii'ging 3,:Ll.llill. played excellant on rlic dcfumlinv sitlc. Side-line Scenes Nltlltl' c.1n1c froni lvcliintl in tl1c l.1st ll1i1'1y seconds to win .1 I-4-IZ 1'it'1n1'y' over' St.1tcslm1'o, Nm'ci11lvc1' 22. in Xlcttcr. I1 xx.1s Illc' i-ll1.ll g.ll11C of lllt sc.1son for lwml1 lC.llllN .intl xiCllL'l N first win mer tl1c llcvils sincc N111 cnilwi' ll, Ili-. St.1tt-slmixi ciiultl 11111 stop tl1c l.lNl-Il1lI1LlIC Nl.ll3 of :lic Bulldogs in .1 roaiglili Pl.lf'Cki .mtl penalty l1T.lI'l'CLl contest.