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DECEMBER, 19 74
THE HEXAGON
PAGE FIVE
Blue Devil Football Banquet Held
The annual Elbert County High School
Blue Devil football banquet was held Dec. 9
at Camp Harmony with former Clemson Uni
versity Coach and Athletic Director Prank
Howard, center, as the featured speaker.
Jackets arid awards were presented to mem
bers of the team and the cheerleaders. Sing
led out for special recognition were (1 to r)
Donnie Coho, winner of the L. O. Picdrillo
Memorial Scholarship award; Brian Lunsford,
winner of the Sportsmanship Trophy; Jack
Watts, co-winner of the Most Valuable line
man award; Coach Howard; ECHS Head
Coach Billy doer, who was master of cere
monies; John Strong, co-winner of the Most
Valuable lineman award; James Tate, win
ner of the Most Valuable Back and the “Mr.
Football” awards. Gifts and gift certificates
were presented to members of the coaching
staff. Approximately 250 players, cheerlead
ers, parents and friends attended the ban
quet.
Coaches, Players and Cheerleaders
Recognized at 1974 Football Banquet
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BY STEPHEN BRYANT
The 19‘74i Blue Devils’ Foot
ball season came to a close
Monday, December 9 th, as the
annual football banquet was
held at Camp Harmony. Fami
lies, friends, cheerleaders,
coaches, and players made up
the 250 people attending. A
roast beef dinner was prepared
and served by Beefy Eaves.
The invocation was offered by
Mr. Paul Abernathy, principal
at ECUS.
Following the meal was the
recognition of guests and
coaches by. Coach Cloer. Mrs.
Carol Goddard, cheerleader
sponsor, then presented the
cheerleaders with tokens of ap
preciation for their perform
ance during the season. Next
was the presentation of jack
ets, trophies, and plaques to
the players and managers. All
senior players received their
jackets and a plaque, com
mending them for a well done
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job. Other players and man
agers received their jackets
which sported a new EC letter,
a Devil oni the right sleeve and
the player’s number on the
left. Coach Cloer then pre
sented the Most Valuable Back
and “Mr. Football” trophies to
James Tate. Coach Glen Hen
drix presented the Most Valu
able Lineman award to co-win
ners Jack Watts and John
Strong. Mickey Palmer of
WiSGO presented to Brian
Lunsford the Sportsmanship
award. Next Eddie F'endley
presented the L. C. Piccirillo
Memorial Scholarship award to
Donnie Cbbo.
Guest speaker for the ban
quet was Frank Howard, form
er coach and athletic director
at Clemson University,' who
was introduced by Mr. Frank
Griffith, once a. player under
Howard. Coach Howard spoke-
humorously of his experience
playing college football at Ala
bama and coaching at Clemson.
He stressed to every member
of the team that, “If you want,
something badly enough you
can get it. Never start with a
negative attitude.”
An evening enjoyed by all
was closed by Mr. Bob Willi
ford, as he presened gifts to
Coaches Cloer, Hendrix, Dunn,
and Roberts and then adjourn
ed the banquet with a prayer.
merry happy for him
There was 1 only one question
on the exam, but the student
couldn’t answer it. So he sub
mitted h|is paper with these
words instead of an answer;
Who knows? Merry Christmas.
When the test papers were
corrected and returned, he read
these words below hie own:
Who passes, you fail. Happy
New N©w Year.
Elbert Rips Hartwell
In Dec. 10 Rival Matches
BY RITA BROWN
The Devils and Devilettes
upped their record December
10 by utterly destroying Hart
County in very exciting games.
In the girls game, high scor
er was Patricia Griffith with
11 points. T’ammie Melton and
Pam Bryant both popped in 8
points apiece. Two steals by
Gwen Tate late in the game
helped to preserve the victory.
The game was really pressure-
packed but the Devilettes
struggled to come out on top
as the final score was 36-33.
Ronnie Hood was top scorer
in the boys game as he juggled
What Happened
BY TRACEY EDWARDS
Christmas has been fully
commercialized! Special paper,
cards and decorations have been
designed to make money, mon
ey, and more money. The ulti
mate thing is the artificial
Christmas tree. They have white
ones, silver ones, and even red
ones. Whatever happened to
a real Christmas tree and home
made popcorn and cranberry
streamers?
People give and receive pres
ents. Children make mile long
lists about what they want from
Santa Claus. Shoppers find
themselves in the “Christmas
Rush”. Does anybody remem
ber the true meaning of Christ-,
mas?
Basically all the real reasons
of Christmas have disappeared.
Recently something happened
in 28 points. Mike Moon and
Anthony Gary both helped the
team with 16 points, each.
Three crucial baskets by Greg
Fortson helped to give the
Devils the beat that carried
them to victory. Marvin:
Denny came off of the bench to
play a good defensive game.
He also gave the Devils some
cool floor leadership.
After being pounded by a
score of 81-75 1 , Hart County
retreated to the dog pound.
Sophomore Roosevelt ‘ Tur
man racked up 31 points to
pace the victory for the B-
Team hoys.
to me to make me realize this.
I was talking to a young child
the other day. I questioned the
child about why he thought we
had Chrismas. He replied quick
ly, “You mean you don’t know?
We have Christmas so all the
good little kids like me can,
get lots and lots of presents.”
When I told him the story about
Jesus, he replied, “Nobody ever
told ine that before”. Does any
one remember?
Christmas Lights
Blazing color
Dripping with icy fire.
Sparkles glittering and
flashing
With iridescent brilliance
Strands of twinkling color in. *
A darkened world
Kindle a flash of pure love
With the eternal light
Of Christmas.
—By Donna Willis.
Ronnie Hood, (10) anxious to rel&ound while, Anthony 1
Gary (15) shoots, in our opening victory against Thomson,
at home.
