Woodward Academy - Phoenix Yearbook (College Park, GA)

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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!

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J.V. Football: F uture All-Americans The Junior Varsity Football team ended the season with a very impressive record of 6-1. Teams the War Eagles opposed included: Marist, Westminster, Heritage, Troup County, Harris County, and St. Pius. The J.V. won against all of these teams except Westminster. Long hours of practice proved successful because the team showed vast improvement over the last year. Their record improved from four wins and three loses last year to six wins and one loss this year. Under the leadership of coaches Jay King and Don Cardell, the Junior Varsity War Eagles showed determination and initiative to be winners. Throughout the rough season, the entire team displayed dedication to keep their season a winning one. All promise excellence on the future Varsity team. BOTTOM ROW; Coach King. R Duncan. D Cooper. E. Archer. W. Jones. R Rogers. T Gresham. S Woodall. John Rainwater, S. Smith, Coach Minor. ROW 2: A. Adams. J Whitehurst, D. Randolph. M Dohertery, S. Smith, R. Rodriquez, L. Soto, T. Brown. ROW 3: Coach Blume. Coach Hixon. B Copeland. M. Wilson, T Cochran, J. Hammond. P. Fritts, E. Vanderslice. J. Ericson, B. Shockley, Coach Stallings, Coach Cardell. ROW 4: H. Shin, C. Young, Y. Wilson, W Roush. V. Mundy, S. Rollins. J. Sumner. Jody Rohrl, D. Pridgen. ROW 5: J. McMiliian. J. Wolbrecht. C Stallings, C. Whitmire. G Ebmger, C Day. H Pan. fW ' ' ■ ' Ef alV- ' - t-r-. 1 ' - T -w ' f-- ■1 oM-t« ff 111 m BOTTOM ROW: S Aldredge, C Turner, G Spence, C Daniel, J Buchanan. J Witherspoon. J Spears. ROW 2: V Gibson, G. Sumers, R. Lane, M. Under, R. Smith, J. Miller, M Lewis. ROW 3: E. Thomas, B. Elliott, D Williams, D Williams, C Bouvette, R Vanderslice, J. Temple, ROW 4: W. Rodie, R. Whitley, S Barid. J Spratlin, C Wyatt, P McElroy, J. Ferguson. G. Escalera. ROW 5: B. Wilson, A. Ferguson, K Lane. K Hudson, B Hill, R Snellgrove