Warwick High School - Warwick Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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A Warwick Farmer lowers the boom on a Newport News runner. 1964 Snowmen were: Row 1 — J. D. Stainback, Phil Kinney, Wally Mc- 1 Culley, Art Morgan, Co-captain, Don Horton, Co-captain, Ken Cooke, Frank Batkins. Row 2 — Charles Carter, manager, Ronnie Tice, manager, Ranny Blanchard, Ed Parsons, Billy Mitchell, Vic Kitchen, Gene Matthews, Frank Coleman, Billy Pittman, Norman Hamilton, manager. Row 3: Gregg Youens, Don Wiseman, Mike Carmean, Wade Heath, John Samos, Randy Hutchinson, Marty Bonnett, Bobby Pelletier, Lou Cartin, Ray Smith, Randy Willard, manager, Coach Sonny Quesenberry — Back Coach, Coach Jim Snow — Head Coach. Row 4: Tom Secules — Back Coach, Jeff Apple- gate — Line Coach, Pat Carmean, Christopher Louis, Claude Branch, Rick Brown, Stu Garrett, Steve Spriggs, Gene Hutchens, Jimmy Warren, Wayne Heath, Pete Gwaltney, manager. 159

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Farmers Take Wind Out of Typhoons; Stomp Crabbers This will be the year! we cried, and it was! The Warwick Varsity football team made a first class effort and although the record didn’t show a great many wins, it likewise didn’t show the importance of the games won. At the beginning of the season, Warwick experienced some sharp disappointments with losses to Oscar Smith, Maury, and Kecoughtan. In the Oscar Smith game, Warwick had two chances to score with penetrations to the Smith 10 yard line, but was unable to break through their tough defense. In our next two losses, Warwick was statistically on top, but failed to score the needed points. In the Maury game, the Farmers had the ball on the Maury one yard line with 1:14 left, but counldn’t put it across due to a mix-up in the backfield. WHS gained 234 yards in the air in the battle with Kecoughtan and held the Warriors to 88 yards on offense, but again were unable to come out on top in scoring, losing by three points. In the next two games, Warwick surged ahead with wins of 7-0 and 12-6 over Granby and Norview, respectively. In the Granby game, quarterback Ranny Blanchard connected on a 26 yard pass to Stu Garrett for the single touchdown. Against the Nor- view Pilots the Farmers pulled off a fine victory. With Blanchard’s pass completions amounting to 1 1 1 yards and Morgan’s recovery of Norview fumbles, the Maroon and Gold defeated Norview for the first time since 1957. The next week Warwick suffered its fourth and worst defeat at the hands of the Great Bridge Wildcats with a score of 27-6. Although Warwick threw 44 passes, we were unable to complete enough to make up for their strong running game. We beat Newport News!” The Farmers defeated unbeaten Newport News 16-6. A real team effort was shown, but particu- larly in the limelight were Ranny Blanchard, Marty Bonnett, and Stu Garrett who executed a razzle-dazzle play resulting in a touchdown, and Vic Kitchen, whose 36 yard field goal gave the Farmers three points. Don Horton reflects that extra effort that defeated Hampton as he scores on a pass from Bonnett. Warwick 0 Warwick .... 0 Warwick 20 Warwick 7 Warwick 12 Warwick 6 Warwick 16 Warwick 19 Warwick 39 Warwick . 7 Oscar Smith 14 Maury .. 6 Kecoughtan 23 Granby 0 Norview 6 Great Bridge . 27 Newport News 6 York 19 Hampton 27 Ferguson 21 Victory, but also defeat . . .

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In Warwick’s explosive win over Hampton, Ranny Blanchard and ends Stu Garrett and Don Horton did most of the damage, moving the Crabbers out of contention for the Eastern District title. Horton blocked a Hampton kick, scooped up the ball and plowed 42 yards for a touchdown. Fans were brought to their feet when J. D. Stainback seemed t o high jump the Hampton line to gain the one yard necessary for another touchdown. Also scoring was Vic Kitchen who received a pass from Blanchard to complete a 44 yard surprise pattern. In the last quarter, the Farmers led by the large margin of 39 to 14 before putting in some of the inexperienced players. This was only the second time in the last decade that Warwick has defeated both Newport News and Hampton in one season. Trying for the first winning season since 1961, the Farmers dropped a 21-7 verdict to arch-rival Ferguson despite the school spirit of Farmer Day and the newspaper’s predictions. Leading 7-0 going into the second half, the Farmers lost the game on two off side penalties and an intercepted pass which was returned for a touchdown. Some of the seniors who played their last games this year were co-captains Don Horton and Art Morgan, Ranny Blanchard, top rated peninsula passer, J. D. Stainback, Billy Mitchell, Wally McCulley, Billy Pittman, Ken Cooke, Phil Kinney, Vic Kitchen, our leading scorer, Frank Batkins, and Eddie Parsons. Although the loss of these boys will leave a gap in the Farmer line, Coach Snow expects to see plenty of action with returning players and members from the undefeated J.V. team. The fighting Farmers in action. Warwick closes in on Hampton runner to hand the Crabbers their first loss. 160