Vernon High School - Jacket Buzz Yearbook (Vernon, FL)

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n to Victory The Iackets' A-Team Qabovejg Clinton Hicks, Guard, Wadell Jenkins, Guard, Jim Harrell Forward David Mitchell, Guard, Rodney Parrish, Forward, Buddy Dietz, Center, Hilton Kelly, Forward Johnny Calhoun, Forward, Herman Jenkins, Guard. Kneeling: AdronCoatney, Charles Simmons, Managers Coach Mitchell, and Danny Kolmetz, Manager. At the state tournament last year Rod Parrish and Buddy Dietz, both seniors, helped win the beautiful trophy Coach Mitchell is holding. Scoreboard vHs-- --37 vHs-- --59 vHs-- --56 vHs-- --51 vHs-- --60 vHs-- --49 vHs-- --49 vHs-- --54 vHs-- --54 vHs-- --43 vias-- --44 vHs-- --51 vHs-- --41 vHs-- --45 vHs-- --40 vHs-- --43 vHs-- --55 vHs-- --69 vHs-- --45 vHs-- --so vHs-- --41 vHs-- --38 Bonifay - - Bonifay - - - Graceville - - Baker ---- Baker ---- Grand Ridge - Blountstown - Greenwood - - Chattahoochee Greenwood - - Graceville - - Blountstown - Cottondale - - Ponce de Leon Campbellton - Port St. Joe - - Ponce de Leon Chattahoochee Campbellton - Grand Ridge - Cottondale - - Port St. Joe - -

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..,....,?... 76 WADELL JENKINS CLINTON HICKS HERMAN JENKINS Guard Guard Guard Berng our arch rrval Cottondale IS a team we always want to beat Thrs year was no exceptton Before our frrst game wrth the Hornets thrs season Coach had burlt us up and we had burlt ourselves up to the POIHI where we were ready for Cottondale We drdn t have exceptxonal materral thrs year and from the f1rst Coach stressed the fact that we would have to have a team effort to wrn We had a team effort on Saturday nrght January 25 when we beat Coach Hxckman s Hornets Everybody felt good and wanted to play that nxght We played an excellent defen srve game man for man We worked the ball well on offense and rebounded off both boards It was by far the best game we played thrs year and we won because we had frve boys on the floor playrng together Cottondale went on to wm the State Class B Champtonshrp Qwhrch we won last yearj and our havrng beaten them was a feather rn our cap Among other thlngs because Coach Mrt chell went to college wlth therr coach the Campbellton Wrld Cats are also rmportant Jacket rxvals And the games played wlth them were rmportant ones However the game agarnst Walnut H111 rn the Drstrrct Tournament was a crucral game s1nce attendrng State was contingent upon our wrnmng rt The game was mp and tuck and nerther team ran off mth a brg lead at any trme Vernon frnally got ahead and held a one point lead trll the end of the game Through rnaccurate scorekeeprng and a mrsunderstandrng we had to play a tre and lost Yes lost our chance to go back to State Tournament