Stratford Academy - Overlook Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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The STraTTord Eagles opening Their season againsT The Tough SouThland Team relied on Their sTrong deTense To eke ouT a win by The score oT 7-O. The games only Touchdown came on an I8 yard run by Tailback Bruce Bishop in The TirsT Tive minuTes oT The conTesT. Bobby l-lix added The PAT. Brown praised linebacker Rich- ard LiipTerT and Tackle JeTT Allen Tor Their Tine play. STraTTord lumped OTT To a I3-O TirsT half lead againsT Ravenwood Academy. The Raiders broke loose Tor Three second half Touchdowns To deTeaT The Eagles 2I-l3. The Eagles rolled by Riverview's Vikings 34- l2. Guards Marc Corsini and Wendell James, Tackles Phil Seagler and Mal Lawrence, and cen- Ter Wade STubbs were The oTTensive linemen who helped move The ball. On defense, Richard l.iipTerT and Sam SwygerT and Tackles JeTT Allen and Mark Farriba led The charge. Earriba's excellenT punTing kepT The Viking's in poor Tield posiTion mosT oT The game. l-le averaged 46 yards on Three booTs. ATTer 5 plays Trom 5I yards ouT. l-lix ran Tor I2 and Bishop added The Tinal I8 yards Tor The score. The PAT was good. The Viking's scored on a 52 yard run buT The 2 poinT conversion was smoThered. l-lix, aTTer 8 plays, negoTiaTed a 25 yard dash and Bishop wenT in Trom 3 yards ouT. JusT before The halT, Blaine Barnes, behind superb blocking, raced 47 yards To make The score I9-6. ln The Third quarTer, Bishop wenT over Trom I2 yards and LiipTerT added a 2 poinT conversion making iT 27-6. l-lix hiT Rudolph Jones wiTh a 22 yard pass in The nexT drive and passed To STeve GarreTT Tor 40 yards and a Touchdown. The Vikings scored once more making iT a 34-I2 Tinal score. T39

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