Stratford Academy - Overlook Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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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

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5TraTford combined a rugged defense and a superior kicking game for a 28-O vicTory over biTTer rival Monroe Academy. Taking a 7-O lead inTo The second half, Hix underThrew Nolan, who compleTed a 68 yard scoring play. A 48 yard swing pass moved The ball down The field beTore l-lix sneaked in from The one. When 5TraT- ford nexT goT possession of The ball, l-lix hi+ Farriba in The back of The end zone for 25 yards and 6 poinTs. A Farriba punT of 55 yards backed Monroe inTo poor field posiTion and They soon had To punT. Three plays laTer Hix found Danny Skinner open in The end zone for The final score. A sensaTional performance by Ed Hamlin paced The Eagles To a 33-O SEAIS-AA vicTory over cross-Town rival TaTnall Square Academy. Hamlin churned Through The Troian defense and muddy TurT for 239 yards and 5 Touchdowns. An inTercepTion by Don GuriTz seT up STraTford's lasT Touchdown, buf a run for 2 failed making The final score on The boards early in The Third. 5TraTTord relied on iTs sTubborn defensive uniT and 4 Turnovers for a hard earned I3-O vicTory over Jonesco Academy. The rugged defense, led by Don GuriTz, Mike Tarver, Sam l-lighfower, and Chris McLendon, lim- iTed Jonesco To l28 yards. l-lamlin scored firsf, Then Andy McKay inTercepTed and reTurned a pass To The 45. The final Touchdown came when Wendell James plowed over from The Two. The PAT failed, making The final score I3-O.