Watkins High School - Tornado Yearbook (Laurel, MS)

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Moss Point-13, Laurel-9 The Tornadoes next attempted unsuccessfully to repeat last year's shutout of the Moss Point Tigers. The first quarter was scoreless. A Taylor pass was inter- cepted in the second quarter which lead to a Moss Point TD. The PAT was blocked, making the score 6-0. Marvin McCurdy picked up a Tiger fumble a few minutes later. Taylor lobbed short passes to move the ball downfield before finally hitting Todd Oliver for the TD. The snap was bobbledg 6 all. Taylor, having been injured. turned command over to Tim Cranford who started a downfield drive. The drive stalled, but Jason Jones added 3 points with a 26 yd. field goal. A desperation kickoff runback by the Tigers added 6 more points. The PAT was successfulg the game lost. Final Score: Moss Pointfl3, Laurel-9. ,iww wv+-,pusnsvr WW QQ? if

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Biloxi-14, Laurel-21 In the second home game ofthe season, Laurel got back on the win side by defeating the Biloxi Indians. Tony Taylor hit Alvin Gore. Bo Myrick. and Joe Westmoreland for deep gains into Indian territory. Westmoreland ran in for six points. and Brian Dennis added the extra point. Laurel took a Bi- loxi punt and set up another scoring drive. Westmoreland brought the score up to I4-0 on an Mup the middle running play. Laurel scored again in the third quarter. Taylor shot passes to Alvin before finally zeroing-in on Bo in the end zone. Dennis added his third successful PAT of the night. The Indians changed their strategy in the fourth quarter. Long passes caught the Tornadoes napping and added two touchdowns. Biloxi's onside kick failed and time ran out on the Indians. Final Score: Biloxi-14, Laurel+21, ..-V ..,.. - --v H . ,Q .. ,. J. .5 K , ii., H N K if V- -I -' .ar .5 is , as. A 'if S. Zi ,-. L fe , ' Y I 533, , K, fr K -X - A A we 3-1+ ts. 79

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' --Qilsilis M fi s 'e'- for ' K . i 1' . hA i it ani- Sourh Natchez-35, Laurel-13 The Tomadoes traveled to Natchez for a difficult con- test with the South Natchez Colonels. South Natchez scored first on a 12 yd. run. The PAT made the score 7-0. The Tomadoes came back with a Tony Taylor to Bo Myrick touchdown pass. Jason Jones added the PAT to even the score. The Colonels gained seven more points on a scoring run and PAT. With 30 seconds left in the half. Dale Davis in- tercepted a Colonel pass and ran 48 yd. for the TD. The PAT was blocked, giving Natchez a one point halftime advantage. Two third quarter Natchez scores boosted the Colonel total to 28 points. The fourth quarter looked promising for the Tournadoes until a Natchez player picked off a Westmoreland bound pass. South Natchez scored again for the final points ofthe night. tn! SHN! ,em sw. wg NW 8l