Tucker High School - Tiger Yearbook (Tucker, GA)

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F, yker Roars Q lo lop 4-B , 'Ie Conlention By GLENN VAUGHN -nec-ini to The Atlanta Journal VCKER, Ga., Oct. 19-The er Tigers Friday night be- : the front runners for the on 4-B title by rocking the nmore and junior laden :dale County Bulldogs, 41-0. fore the night was over les Bannister, Tiger captain ace booter, had split the :hts five out out of six times had crowned JoNan Freeman lomecoming Queen of Tucker i School. . capacity homecoming crowd the Tigers take command ot game the first time they got Jall. Quarterback Buddy Bar- tore through the middle of Conyers line for 15 yards and first Tiger score after good s by halfback Edwin Beck. -ack John Taylor and end ry Johnson. the second quarter speedy r halfback Gary Moon took mdoff and jetted around end ling up 20 yards away with her TD. tockdale's one impressive ve came in the second quar- . spearheaded by short. ck, classy passing by Rich- L Lott. mother Tiger score in the -sec- quarter was sparked by an around play by Bobby John- which netted 41 yards. Then lick pass to Moon and zz keen ' by Barrett put the ball on Conyers one. Billy Crowder 'eled over to score. ith Moon and Crowder scored ln in the third period from ioffs. Tucker Topples Morgan County Special to The Constitution MQXIJISON, Sept. 15 - Tucker Higi-'s Tigers pulled the biggest football upset of the young football season by edging Morgan County two-time state defending Class B champs. 13-12. here Friday night. The loss was lXlorgan's first in 28 games over a span that begun in 1954. -frm' Tucker Tigeig' H Enfoy Rebirth Q -ny BILL JACKSON Tucker Ro 5 ri 1' 1 Tucker's Tigers showed iful drive and a well-geai Nearly three weeks ago, Tucker High scored ani upset over State Class B Champion Morgan County, 5 and the victory looms as the biggest boost ever Blade in. ,contributed two ,gm ami Coach Terry Hodges progra The win over a team which had rolled up an unbeaten mark of 29 games created a new spirit . in the school. Heavyweights, mid- dleweights and lightweights made a belated start, allowing the Re- gion 4-B Tigers enough young- sters for a B team. However, only one of the new- comers has a chance of moving into a regular job before the end , of the season - fullback J o h nt Taylor. But Hodges is looking tot the future with a little gleam. The interest picked up after l we beat Morgan County tlfl- i 125 .... Some big boys came out for the team . . . we even started our B team program a year ahead of time, Hodges commented. The lack of experience is they biggest burden for the Tigers? Three starters -- quarterhackt Buddy Barrett, halfback Gary Moon and tackle Charles Ban- nister--returned from the 1,9561 Ti eleven. l i i l l i i Besides the rcturuecs, the Ti-5 gms have little cxpcriencei Wc're pretty green. Hodgesi said. Even Hodges is making hisi head coaching start, succeeding D. D. Brooks. 5 MI couldn't say much about ourg pros-ports this season .... Onlyl had the one good game twhilel winning two and losing onel .... Q We have a chance of matching1 last' year's 5-5 season, and that! i 1957 Tliflil-1l't FOOTBALL R0r2'l'l:.lt l Xlls - Hi-'ve llsm-limes 11503. .lolin 1 'l1a'tEiu.is ilS:'1 B llgv y,,lI-,mn pgf . it-.V J, ni. ,,., ..:-, Julian Nicholson fliii. 'llrfl iluulu-s HQGB, i VTAFIQLXZS -- Ciiailrs ltzivm-if-i' MASS, hziri hinitli 11632. Rl.lwi't lic:-iiiiitlg U35-, Guinld Nli'l.l.'illiams 'Nor V Gl'ARDi-Tlolwrt ltussi-ll 11501. Rich-' ard Grolcoifs t2tf?f. Bohm' l iirEog1,g ujjji Bobbi' tounn tl.50'v. Bien linri-i-it ilot-.2 -l'l1N'l'l'fRS-i,:ll'l'lf Russ tl55'. llrck Mi'-E Lnril HELL llhzarlcs 'lkillisiiai 'lS5i. , QI',HtTl'LRHAt'RY - li ii tl tl .Y lltirrt-it 3 tl-Nl. Nlnriin lrlurlson tl-lift. L ll.-XI.Il'llAl K4--llillx xiao'-wltrz' fliil. lift- l Will lim-ck tldfll. Gary 'Wi--i mgili John l ns' liz-pnos 112451. R-iw fl the-E--i' 0.27: i iii l.Ll'i.'tC'Rw - l lrwd Anile-isiin ti5OP,i John 'lniloi' 'tofu t ....-........ W.. . , , ,- A i YH. 'c .r- Qlense in 'defeating South lnett, ,QQQH oi, e Tucker fi l . K g 1 Boi y .Johnson dlidw ttiarry Moon opened the tscoring activities in the 'quarter by going seven ya N i the off-tcakle route for the - l first touchdown. A Buddy ufto .Johnson pass racked A second Tucker touchdown. -1 Tucker. Wa rms or Clarkston G Moon and Beck-Led Tigers Race by Stone Mountain, 34-7 Special to The Atlanta Journal STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga., Oct, 26-Tucke making plenty of noise in the Region 4-B tWe usozl Stone Mountain to sharpen their claws weeks showdown against Clarkston. Tucker ripped up Stone Moun- W M '7.II-SEX tain, 34-7, Friday night for itslriioiusa iw sronni - 10 Fi t D the fancy running of Gary Moon and Edwin Berk. And now, the Tigers and Clarkston pit un- beaten marks next Friday at Clarkston. The Tigers pushed across three third period touchdowns to turn the game into a rout. Tucker lcd fifth straight region triumph on 'gpg iss zo at halftime, 14-0. Moon, a 150-pounder, scooted 43 yards for the first touchdown, :intl then Buddy Barrett and Boh- liy .lohnson combined on the final play of the first hull' for ll four- yard scoring pitch. Charles Ban- rs own Yards Bushi Yards Passil Yards Penaliz I jnister's two placeme: ,the margin. A pass interceptio Gary Smith produce touchdown for Tuckt i plays of the second t leaped into the ai ioff the stray a rumbled 15 yards foi Beck went 29 yards score, and Marvin l yard throw to Mooi the evenings work. Buddy Russell da yards t'or Stone Moun down in the final pc: Tix--l-:wr , . ..... .. 7 Simi Mountain ..,.. tl nilwi' Scoring: TDS-- runs t-2. T l-, miss rrrnn Hui miss from liarrettl lmss init-ri-c-zitiiiiilr Bet l'.X'l' llti'.iiisli . S'vs.t .Voiziibtiiin Scorilll till. runl. l'Al'---tArc1'y, l i 1 s

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