West Plains High School - Zizzer Yearbook (West Plains, MO)

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JIM COBLE CLINTON HAMMOCK REX HENRY MERCER RICHARDSON JERRY J End-1 Letter Tackle-1 Letter Back-1 Letter Guard-1 Letter End-Proxisional HOUSTON Revenge is sweetest to those that wait. At least that's what West Plains thought when they trounced Houston 45-0. Wheeler scored on the first play then came right back and hit Roberts on a 40 yd. pass for the second touchdown. Finley then sped for 6 points in the last minutes of the first quarter. For the fourth T.D. Bryson intercepted a pass and ran it back 55 yards. Finley opened the second half with a 70 yard jaunt, and again with a 10 yd. run. Murrell ended the game with a 6 yd. plunge. A happy group of boys left the field. LEBANON The ZIZZERS met their second and last de- feat with Lebanon. The Yellow Jackets scored D D 'VIURRELL 1113 acks the i skin a ainst the - 4 1 . D DB E 1-107, GRIFFIN 1613. ALBIN 1201, and BUFF 1601 3 touchdowns to West Plains' one. The ZIZ- ZERS got their only score with D. D. Murrell passed to Bob Roberts. Lance Brown kicked the conversion. After the game all the boys agreed that this was one of the roughest games of all. AVA Under the watchful eyes of the Homecoming Queen the ZIZZERS won their 3rd confer- ence game. Bryson scored twice, first on an 8 yard carry and then again on a 4 yard plunge. Finley made another one of his fam- ous kick off returns running 85 yards. Murrell wrapped it all up with a 6 yard run in the last quarter. Willow Springs Bears behind BRYSON 1313, DUGGAN

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MELVIN BRADLEY Tackle Provisional 1 1 WILLOW SPRINGS The West Plains Zizzers invaded Willow Springs and came back home with a 39-0 victory. The scoring was as follows: Harold Wheeler - one T.D., D. D. Murrell - two T.Dfs John Finley, two T.D.'s, and Virble Stubbs a converted full back - one touch- down. This proved to be a very valuable game because all the Zizzers got to see a lot of action. MOUNTAIN VIEW Playing without the services of five starters the determined Zizzers whipped Mountain View 20-6. Mike Duggan scored first with a 4 yard carry. Floyd Bryson made the second score on a pass from Wheeler and also made the third T.D. on a 6 yard run. JOHN REED DAVID STEPHENS MIKE COCHRAN End-Provisional Back-Provisional End-1 Letter The Zizzers, cold but happy, looked forward to their last game. THAYER The annual last football game proved to be the hardest fought game of the year. Thayer and West Plains both were in the running for conference title. The team winning would be co-champs. The first half was scoreless although both teams were fighting hard for the goal line. The third quarter was also scoreless. Then in the early part of the fourth quarter Floyd Bryson plunged to the 2 yard line only to fumble the ball, which rolled over the goal line and was recovered by Bob Rob- erts. Brown split the standards and the score ended 7-0. That night the boys went home champions, a fine ending to a hard fought season. And as for you Duggan Coach Clingan roars at the half-time pep talk at Cabool,