Woodward Academy - Phoenix Yearbook (College Park, GA)

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M.D. Collins 26-11 In the first quarter of play, Woodward Academy started the game off right when quarterback. Bill Archer, scored on a four-yard run. The extra point, attempted by Charlie McNash, however, was missed. Duane Carter scored during the second quarter on a three yard run. Afterwards, a two point play was tried, but the attempt failed. At that time the score stood 12-0. Bill Archer scored in the next quarter on a one yard run, and the extra point was good Meanwhile, M.D. Collins had kicked a fieldgoal to make the score 19-3. In the last quarter of play, Howard Dclashmit scored on a one yard run. The final score was 26-11. Overall, Woodward Academy had 300 yards rushing. Defensively, the Collins running game was completely stopped, but they gained over 200 yards passing. Walker 24-22 Unlike the last Woodward Academy victory, the game against Walker was very exciting. On the War Eagles ' first scoring drive, quarterback Bill Archer marched 67 yards downfield, and Howard Delashmit ended the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run. The next score of Woodward Academy resulted from a costly mistake made by Walker. Micheal Bebee, Walker ' s quarterback, fumbled in Walker territory, and Thomas Cooper ran the ball in for another War Eagle score. Walker reduced the Woodward lead on their next drive, and a costly fumble in Woodward territory set up another Warhawk score. With the last score, the game was tied up. However, before the half was over. Charlie McNash kicked a fieldgoal to make the score 17- 14. Woodward Academy ' s first drive was rewarded with another touchdown and extra point to set the score at 24- 14. Walker did score another touchdown, but they were not able to defeat the War Birds, as Woodward Academy chalked up another victory. Besides the outstamding performances of the offense, the offensive line also contributed greatly. Specifically, Jeff Ramey, Tim Murray, and Joe Minor threw awesome blocks which, without a doubt, saved the offense. The final score in this close contest was 24-22, in favor of the War Eagles. Lithonia 17-14 Woodward defeated Lithonia 17-14 to clinch the Region 4-AAA championship. Key turnovers and strong defense paired with strong rushing and passing games enabled the War Eagles to keep their State Championship hopes alive. Howard Delashmit, Tim Murray, and Bryan Turner had excellent games offensively. The foot of Chcirlie McNash proved to be a deciding factor in game as he kicked two extra points and a field goal. Defensive stars for the state bound War Eagles were Greg Carlson. Thomas Cooper. Bryan Turner, and Gerald Browner.

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Harris 47-6 On October 17th, the War Eagles played against Harris County in thei r first sub-region game. Unlike other War Eagle victories, this contest was not very exciting. As Coach Hixon commented after the game, We dressed out 35 players and played them all. On the defensive side of the game, John Bazemore, Thomas Cooper, Howard Delashmit and Jerome Rossetti all played outstandingly which limited Harris County to only six points. Offensively, Duane Carter, Mike Chance, Roger McFarlin, and Bill Archer each ran for one touchdown. Leading scorer was Geoffrey Rhue who ran for two touchdowns. Adding to the score was Jim Olsen who threw a touchdown pass to Bryan Turner. Last but not least, kickers Thomas Cooper and Charlie McNash added three and two points respectively. Henry 49-0 By halftime in this totally offensive game. Woodward Academy led 21-0. Scoring in the first half were Bill Archer and Bryan Turner. In the second half, the flying War Eagles could not be stopped as John Pemberton, Tim Murry, Roger McFarlin and Jim Olsen all scored, making the total and final score 49-0. However, the awesome Woodward defense played as well, if not better than the offense, destroying every hope of a Warhawk score. Troup 28-0 Coach Hixon expected a much harder contest than that which he received at Troup County. The 28-0 Woodward Academy victory could be called a complete shutout. Scoring that night were Bill Archer, Duane Carter, and John Pemberton. Not much can be said about this lopsided Woodward Academy victory except that it provided a vacation for the Eagles.

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Crisp County 12-7 In the quarter final playoff game against the Crisp County Cougars, Woodward Academy again emerged victorious. The awesome War Eagle Defense proved to be the contributing factor to the Woodward Academy win. Though the Woodward offense made three costly fumbles, the Cougars were able to capitalize o n only one of these mistakes. If not for the excellent play by the defensive front of John Bazemore, Thomas Cooper and Gerald Browner, this game would probably have ended all hopes of a State Championship. The winning touchdowns were made by Mike Chance, who ran in from the 5-yard line and John Pemberton, who also had an excellent run. With this victory, the War Eagles increased their winning streak to eleven consecutive games. Early County 17-3 They just beat the heck out of us, said Early County coach Sam Williams after Woodward ' s 17-3 stomping of the Bobcats. He was right; the War Eagles and their fans didn ' t travel 200 miles to taste defeat. Through awesome play by both the defensive and offensive teams. Woodward completed the semi-final portion of the playoffs and continued on to meet Marist for the State-Championship. The Bobcats actually hurt themselves as quarterback Trey Woolf threw six interceptions with two of these landing in the hands of Bryan Turner. John Pemberton ran 20 times for 78 yards to lead Woodward ' s 213 offensive total. Bill Archer ran eight times for 57 yards. The first touchdown for Woodward came with 9:09 left in the third quarter when Pemberton took the ball into the endzone after a 31- yard carry. Charlie McNash added the first of two PAT ' s. On the next series, McNash kicked a 32-yard field goal after an interception by Freddie Blackmon. With 8:22 left in the fourth quarter. Archer completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Turner. Woodward had 152 yards rushing and Archer was 4 of 7 passing for another 62 yards. Marist 14-10 Unlucky breaks at the start of this class AAA state football championship game were to blame for Marists 10-0 lead late in the first half. During the third quarter, Woodward Academy had taken the lead, and Marist was given possession of the football. With possesion, Marist drove to the Woodward 3 and gained a first and goal. At this point, the Marist War Eagles moved the ball to the 1 yard line, but were not able to score. Woodward Academy took over at the 1 yard line at the start of the fourth quarter, but was unable to score. One last possesion of Marist was doomed when a Marist fumble was recovered by Greg Carlson. With 1:50 left to play, Marist knew the end was near. We did want it as much as they did!