Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Running back Terrence Cobbs heads out of the backfield and into the hands of the defense with teammate Robert Ricks in front as a blocker. Mills Comet Football scores us them 21 Ole Main 14 14 Sylvan Hills 7 13 jacksonville 9 ' 39 Marianna 0 ' 31 Watson Chapel 14 19 Hall Q, 14 9 f McClellan 13 13 Catholic 30 10 V Pine Bluff 6 22 Parkview 0 6 , ES Northside 17 Mike Horton Mike Horton As his offensive line slowly closes Senior Terrence Cobbs rambles to the around him, senior quarterback jason right side for along yardage run in a reg- Welch steps back to throw a pass. ular season game this year. Football 27

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fi W 1 Football Q The Reconstruction period relived M'k Horton Sports Editor Reconstruction: The time period following the Civil War. It can be said that this was a time the South put its pieces back together. In much the same way, the Comet football team fitted the pieces back together this year. When the puzzle was complete, the Comets had come away with a second place finish in the confer- ence andavisit to the state playoffs. One of the biggest changes between this year and last year was this year 26 Sports we have the right attitude about working and prac- ticing, Tony Foust said. This year's team com- piled an 8-3 record, in- cluding a 5-0 mark against non-conference oppo- nents. One of the most impressive wins was a 39-0 shutout of Marianna. The Comets then continued into their conference schedule defeating Park- view, Hall, and Pine Bluff, but fell short in losses to McClellan and Catholic. The second place finish in the conference gave Mills the right to face Fort Smith Northside in the first round of the playoffs. I think that the real story was that we motivated each other this year, which is something we didn't do last year, Dexter Bunting said. When all the consolida- tion puzzle pieces were in place, Mills had an impres- sive number of 80 young men to turn out for football. This provoked a sense of spirit among the players known as Comet Pride. Comet Pride turned into Comet wins, and the Mills football program had been put back together again.

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Several injured players lay heaped in a pile after the completion of a play dur- ing the dramatic football game against Hall. junior Aron Glass holds an ice pack on an injured knee while on the sidelines watching the playoff game against FS Northside. i Injuries The bad part of the Comet Sports Editor ln most good books or movies, there's a good part and a bad part. The good part is usually when good finally triumphs over evil. The bad part is gener- that way, This had bad ally just something happens along the such as an injury. year's Comet team their fair share of parts, but not in any way were these novel injuries. f'l was really excited about playing, but l was sorry that jason got hurt. l felt l did a pretty good job, Caleb Kerr said. 28 Sports These injuries played a key part in deciding the fate of the team's record. ln the Comets' two con- ference losses, tailback Robert Ricks was out with an injury. For a large part of the season, the Comets shuffled around players to replace our many centers. Several other players land- ed on the injured list: Knoxie Hall, Keith Robin- son, Aron Glass, and Kevin Ward. The final injuring blow was scored when starting quarterback jason Welch was injured. The worst part was get- ting all the way to the L U storyline ,t playoffs and then getting injured and not being able to play, Aron Glass said. ln the end, the Comet injuries healed. There was both sadness and happi- ness in this, happiness be- cause they were healed, but sadness because the healing came too late. As unhappy as the players might have been with their various injuries, a therapy was found: a visit to the state playoffs. Many Comet football players stretch before an intense practice in a measure to prevent future injuries on the field.