Stratford Academy - Overlook Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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' ii' .Cixi We T A . s Q '-fig' .f is ' 'T' III T ,.-- Q,. Q ffz!-X, f f1221i5yy 7 ll as 'so 4 ut! wa' infix Coach Bobby Brown's '73 Eagles opened The sea- son on a winning noTe, beaTing Ravenwood I7-7. The Eagles, suTTering Trom a case oT TirsT game iiTTers, were in hoT waTer righT OTT The baT. STraTTord, down 7-O, ToughT back wiTh Ed Hamlin scoring Trom The one. The Eagles scored once more, buT The score remained I4-7 unTil Bobby Hix connecTed on a 3I yard Tield goal in The lasT quarTer. When iT rains iT pours seemed To be The sTory againsT Riverview Academy in Albany, which The Eagles won 9-8. STraTTord's lone Touchdown came on a one yard plunge by Hamlin. Hix Then kicked a 20 yard Tield goal in The Third giving STraTTord a 9-O lead. The Eagles' Third encounTer was an easy 35-8 vic- Tory over Savannah ChrisTian. STraTTord scored TirsT on a 27 yard run by quarTerback Hix, Then Hamlin broke open Tor runs of 59 and 60 yards and Two Touchdowns. A Savannah Tumble seT up a pass Trom Don GuriTz To Dan CooTs and The nexT Touchdown. STraTTord's Tinal score came on a 5I yard run by Billy Meeks. The Eagles suTTered Their TirsT loss oT The season as SouThland Academy edged Them 6-O. This was only The second loss Tor The Eagles, who were in Their TourTh season of TooTball. The only score came in The TourTh period when SouThland drove 72 yards in l4 plays Tor The winning Touchdown. -'icq K.,

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if H. T The Monroe Academy MusTangs and The Eagles foughf To a O-O deadlock in a game ThaT was so defensive Thaf The only serious scoring ThreaT came on a 30 yard field goal aTTempT by STraTford. The Tie IeT+ The Two Teams in a virTual Tie for The lead in The SEATS-AA NorTh Division. AfTer Their offense had spuTTered badly The pasT Two games, The Eagles soundly Trounced Deerfield Academy 39-6. Coach Brown praised The offense and said ThaT The win gave The Team renewed morale and confidence. AfTer The STraTford kickoff, Chris McLendon recovered a Deerfield fumble and Hamlin scored on a I9 yard slanT. The PAT was good. Sam l-lighfower recovered a Deerfield fumble aT The KnighT's 47 yard line and Hix hiT Mark Farriba for a 21 yard pass and The nexT score. John Wilson scored Two more Touchdowns and Blane Barnes added The lasT Touchdown for The final score of 39-6. STraTford raced To a 37-6 half Time lead as The Eagles coasTed To a 5I-20 vic- Tory over Edmund Burke Academy. Hamlin scored Twicesin The firsT quarTer. Then Rudolph Jones and Hix scored wiThin Three minuTes of each oTher when Jones zipped in from The I8 and l-lix wenT over from The one. Edmund Burke scored laTe in The half, buT The Eagles came righT back wiTh Hix passing To Quin Nolan for a Touchdown. A safeTy before The half made The score 37-2. STraTford scored again when Blane Barnes wenT over from The four. Early in The fourfh, Meeks wenT in from The five To make The score 5l-6. Burke goT Two laTe Touch- downs as Coach Brown empTied his bench. 133