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Red Devils Spike Pike 38-14
by Frank Hearn
Coach Tommy Car
michael’s Red Devil football
team is still alive in the
sub-region wars this date.
Friday night in Pike County,
quarterback Tim Kersey got
his chance to lead the Devils
and did a commendable job,
although on a third and six
from their own 45 Tim had
his pass tipped into the air
and a speedy Pike Pirate
piked it and pickled it 35
yards to put his scrappy red
uniformed teammates in the
lead. A tough run over the
left side gave the all Red
Pirates an eight point margin
on this chilly night.
Kersey brought his troops
back down the field after the
kickoff was returned to their
own 40 yard line. After
pushing for a first down at
the “52” the Devil machine
stalled and David Brown was
forced into a punting situa
tion with fourth and yardage.
Brown was roughed on the
punt, as they do these days
for anything a little rougher
than a stand up tackle it was
called a no-no. At any rate
Jackson received new life at
the 15. Willie Ward scored
from the 15 but a procedure
flag brought it back only for
Kersey to pitch out to Ward
again and repeat the exercise
for real and six. The two
point conversion was muffed.
Following the kickoff the
Pirates could not move,
thanks in part to a vicious
tackle by Reggie Henderson
on the Pirate QB at their 28.
punt went out of bounds
at the 45 of Jackson. Kersey
passed to Brown at the 31 as
the quarter ended. Merrill
Folsom, Henderson, Bill
Fears and Ward moved it to
the 8 yard line but another
flag for procedures, impro
per set it up back on the 15.
Again Ward scooted behind
excellent blocking by Bobby
Pinckney, Bennon Prine and
Jeff Loftin to score. Again
the two point conversion was
muffed.
Midway the second quarter
neither team could move for
first downs so they recipro
cated punting, the Devils
getting the better of it when
Brown rolled one dead at the
Pike Pirates nine. Again a
stout defense forced a punt
and Jackson acquired excel
lent field position at the
enemy’s 30, from where
Ward scored in three plays
from 24 yards out. The two
pointconversion was muffed.
Jackson went out at intermis
sion up at 18 to 6.
Pike County was a young
scrappy team that was and
still is hungry for victory.
They did not fold any tents at
the half. In fact, in eight
plays after recess they had a
touchdown and the gap'had
closed to four points. A
beautiful fake into the line, a
dropback and a long pass to a
Pirate split end plus a two
point conversion was the
formula for close-up. How
ever in six plays Terry
Shivers ran beautifully for 51
yards over center for a little
comfort at 24-14. The two
pointconversion was muffed.
Pike came back on another
march for three first downs
before Stan Nelson intercept
ed at mid field. Bill Fears
hootlegs on second down to
th > 29. W. W. moved to the 20
and a first down. Shivers ran
for four then Fears hit
Robert Anderson for the
touchdown. W. W. swept
right for a “finally" two point
conversion.
With the score 32-14 and
firmly in command, the
* Devils began to play reck
less. The defense took
command, Esca Pace and
Stan Nelson applied pressure
on a third down play and
forced the Pirates to punt
again. Ward and promising
lrosh Carey Thaxton moved
if t\i\ \n finlrl ♦*' f''* *l*
Vikings and
Falcons Are
Winners
Thursday night, October
28, was the makeup games of
a rainy Monday night. With
the temperature falling
quickly after sundown, temp
erature at game time
was in the 40’s and still
falling. In Junior League
action some 75 to 100 fans
braved the cold weather to
watch the Mclntosh State
Bank Vikings defeat the
Progress-Argus Packers
22-0. Scoring for the Viking 6
in the first quarter was
Robbie Kinard, who went the
final 4 yards for the score.
Late in the 2nd quarter,
Terry Etheridge broke loose
and ran 52 yards for a
touchdown and then scored
the extra point to make the
score at halftime 14-0. The
3rd quarter opened with a
boom as Packer WB Randy
Hutcheson connected with
Bobby Carter for a big
ground gainer. Carter, the
big tight end of the Pack, was
caught from behind on the 5
yard line. The play was good
for 75 yds. However, the
Vikings line dug in and held
the Packers. Late in the
fourth quarter, the Vikings,
Terry Etheridge, scored
from 9 yards out and
teammate Lance Smith add
ed the 2 point conversion to
make the final score Vikings
22-Packers 0.
In the 2nd game, it was the
Parrish Drug Falcons de
feating the American Mills
Dolphins 20-6. The Falcons’
Kenny Smith opened the
scoring for the birds as he
rambled 13 yards in the first
quarter, the extra point
conversion failed. That gave
teammate Marvin Smith the
OK for another score as
Smith ran 41 yards for the
second score of the game.
With the Falcons sitting on a
comfortable 12point lead, the
Dolphins decided they would
put a little scare into
Dooleys’ and Allens’ Birds.
"On fourth and long yardage
the Dolphins went into punt
formation. A bad snap from
center caused the ball to go
bounding over quarterback,
Vincent Wse’s head. He
promptly gathered the ball in
and tossed it to the tight end,
Big Bruce Taylor. Taylor
rambled 57 yards for the
score on one of the best
displays of running ability
I’ve seen this year. Score at
halftime was Birds 12 Dol
phins 6. The third quarter
turned out to be a match for
the defense, both held good
until late in the fourth
quarter, Scott Folsom, scor
ed from 8 yards out and
Marvin Smith got the
conversion. Final score Fal
cons 20 - Dolphins 6.
Team records are as
follows: Ist Place--Mclntosh
Bank Vikings 4-0, 2nd
PI ace-Parrish Drug Com
pany Falcons 3-1, 3rd
Place-American Mills Dol
phins 1-3, 4th Place-Pro
gress-Argus Packers 0-4.
Allstars for the Junior and
Pee Wee Leagues will be
picked by the coaches this
next week and announced on
Monday and Tuesday nights.
Only 5 boys from each team
Jackson’s final score. Char
lie Stewart scored from 21
yards out to cap the scoring
at 38-14.
We play “open" this week
to gel ready for Mary
Persona in two weeks. An
outside chance still exists for
a sol) region victory but it’s a
scramble. Next weeks games
mas shed more light on
Hum’s
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
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WILLIE RAMBLES AGAlN—Willie Ward, Jackson’s stellar freshman halfback, is
shown beginning a 21-yard excursion around end that carried him across the Pike County
goal.—Photo by Donnie Norsworthy.
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SCRAMBLE OR RAMBLE?—Jackson quarterback Bill Fears seems a bit undecided
while being pursued by Pike County tacklers during the Jackson’s 38-14 romp on Friday
night.— Photo by Donnie Norsworthy.
will be selected for Allstars.
Cheerleaders will also be
selected Allstars from their
teams. Coaches will also be
in charge of selecting 5 girls
from each team.
The girls have been
selected from both leagues to
represent their team in
running for the title of Miss
MEET THE RED DEVILS
KZR.\ KIKKS
Ezra Sikes, 6’B”. 281 lb.
Junior split end, is the son
of Mrs. Sally Sikes. Ezra
moved to Jackson last
year from Monongohelia.
Michigan. He is one of the
most talented athletes to
ever play for the Red
Devils. Ezra has been out
most of the season with a
pulled thyroid gland. He
should be recovered and
at full speed for the Mary
Persons game on Nov.
12th. Ezra can run a 9.7
100 yard dash and can
catch a football better
than anyone on the
Hockey team. Ezra could
be a Rhodes Scholar by
the end of this year if he
can pull up his grades in
Personal Hygiene. Ezra
now plans to attend
PARRISH DRUG CO.
Phone 775-7424 Jackson, Ga.
Junior or Miss Pee Wee
league Football Queen. One
(l> representative was
si lee ted by the football
players to represent that
team and they are as follows:
From the Pee Wee League
Representing the Tiger s-
Sonya Evans. Cowboys-
r- 'dflnjb,
DANNY PATTERSON
Danny Patterson, 5’9”,
150 lb Junior lineman, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Patterson of
Jackson. Danny is one of
the most versatile line
men on the Jackson High
football team. He has
played every position on
the offensive line. He
started the season as an
end. was then moved to
guard, then played center
for a couple of weeks and
has now played tackle.
Danny is one of the most
improved ball players on
the Jackson team. Danny
should be a starter on
next year's team.
Auburn on a poultry
sc hoi arship.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1976
Betty Ann Childress. Bull
dogs-Kelly Storey. Eagles-
Shirley Barlow.
From the Junior League
Representing the Vikings--
Wanda Bell, Paekers-Kathy
Head. Falcons-Barbara Ann
Head. Dolphins-Valencia
Brooks.
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TERRY SHIVERS
Terry Shivers. 5’9",
160 lb. Junior fullback, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Garfield Shivers of Jack
son. Terry has done an
excellent job for the Red
Devils this year in the
offensive back field. He is
the second leading ground
gainer on the team. Terry
has 301 yards in 58
carries. This gives him a
5.6 yards per carry for the
year. Terry has been a
dependable blocker all
year and has been one of
the big reasons for the
Red Devil offense moving
the ball. Terry has one
more year left on "the
Hill" and should be well
remembered as one of the
best fullbacks ever at
J H.S
ARCHERY SEASON
( LOSES AT PIEDMONT
The archery season on
Piedmont National Wildlife
Refuge was closed October
10. Refuge Manager Sam
Drake announced.
Piedmont Refuge was open
on a permit basis from
October 2 to 10, but now bow
and arrow enthusiasts should
hunt elsewhere for the
remainder of the archery
season. Anyone caught hunt
ing on Piedmont Refuge after
October 10 will be prosecut
ed.
ALUMINUM PICK-UP AT
FLOVILLA NOV. 10-24TH
The big red, white and blue
Reynolds truck that picks up
scrap aluminum for recycl
ing will be at the Flovilla City
Hall on Wednesday, Novem
ber 10 and Wednesday,
November 24th from 1 to 2:30
p.m.
The company pays 15 cents
a pound for all-aluminum
cans, it taking approximate
ly 23 cans to make a pound.
They also buy clean house
hold aluminum, such as foils,
pie-plates, and snack-type
containers.
RED DEVILS REST
UP THIS WEEK
Jackson High’s Red Devils
will have Friday night off to
rest up for their big game
next week here with Mary
Persons of Forsyth.
Next week’s game may
still have a bearing on the 5-A
regional championship, de
pending upon the outcome of
several games this week end.
The Harmon Football Forecast
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1— MICHIGAN
2 L A.
3 GEORGIA
4 CAL
5 PITTSBURGH
Saturday, Nov 6—Major Colleges
Alabama 22
Arizona State 28
Arizona 31
Arkansas 24
Auburn 24
Ball State 27
Brigham Young 41
California 24
Central Michigan 24
Citadel 21
Colgate 21
Colorado State 25
Colorado 27
Cornell 21
Dartmouth 14
Dayton 20
Delaware 38
Duke 24
East Carolina 20
Florida State 27
Fullerton 25
Georgia 24
Harvard 20
lowa State 27
Kent State 30
Kentucky 27
Long Beach State 30
Louisiana Tech 22
Maryland 23
Massachusetts 28
McNeese
Miami, Fla 21
Michigan State 28
Michigan 44
Minnesota 26
Nebraska 27
New Mexico 28
North Carolina 24
Notre Dame 30
Ohio State 28
Ohio U 24
Oklahoma 33
F*enn State 28
Pittsburgh 34
Rutgers 21
San Jose State 29
Southern California 38
Southern Illinois 22
S.M.U. 24
SW Louisiana 27
Syracuse 24
Temple 28
Tennessee 21
Texas Tech 40
Texas 27
Toledo 32
Tulsa 21
UCLA 37
Vi Ila nova 23
Virginia 23
Washington State 22
West Texas 2S
West Virginia 21
Western Michigan 24
Wichita 23
William & Mary 30
Wisconsin 23
Yale 20
Other Games—East
Alfred 21
American Int’l
Bates 21
C W Post 20
Connecticut 26
Franklin & Marshall 21
Glassboro 26
Hamilton 2?
Indiana
Ithaca 53
Lafayette 24
Maine 24
Middlebury 30
••Montclair 38
New Hampshire 28
Norwich 34
Shippensburg 24
Slippery Rock 35
Southern Connecticut 25
Trinity 23
Tufts 26
••Upsala 20
Wagner 23
Wash'ton & Jeffson 24
Wesleyan 22
GAME ANALYSIS
Statistics courtesy Charlie Brown
and Johnny Morris
J ACKSON :w PIKE CO. 14
14 FIRST DOWNS 9
310 YARDS RUSHING 68
68 YARDS PASSING 42
378 TOTAL YARDS 110
12 PASS ATTEMPTS 10
5 PASS COMPLETIONS 2
1 HAD INTERCEPTED 2
2 FUMBLES 2
0 FUMBLES LOST o
2- PUNT RETURN o
3- KICK-OFF RETURN 6-97
8-70 YARDS PENALIZED 4-50
1-43 PUNTS & AVERAGE 5-30
JACKSON 6 12 14 6 38
PIKE COUNTY 8 0 6 0 14
Rushing: Ward carried 15 times for 111 yards and three
TDs. Fears 4-57. Folsom 18-60. Shivers 2-53 and one TD, R.
Henderson 2-3, Thaxton 2-7, Stewart 1-19 and one TD.
Passing: Bill Fears threw 7 and completed 3 for 47 yards
and one TD, Kersey threw 3 and completed 1 for 10 yards,
Ward 2 with 1 fw 11 yards.
Receiving: Brown caught 1 for 10 yards and Shivers caught
1 for 1 yard, Anderson 1 for 15 yards and one TD, R.
Henderson lfor 31. Kersey 1 for 11.
Punting: Brown punted 1 for 43. His longest punt was 43
yards.
Scoring: Willie Ward sewed 3 TDs, and 2 PATs, Shivers
sewed 1, Stewart sewed 1 and Anderson scored 1. Brown
made 1 attempt fw a FG.
Defense: Wally Cawthon led the defense with 8 tackles.
Brown 1-0. Stewart 1-5, Barber 0-2, Pace 4-4. Smith 3-0, R.
Henderson 4-2, Pinckney 1-0, Loftin 0-1, C. Henderson 3-1,
Nelson 2-1, Stewart 2-1, Colwell 0-1, Wood 2-0, Prine 2-1,
Anderson 0-5. Evans 2-0, Brooks 3-1, Fletcher l-O, Kersey 1-0.
Pass Interceptions: Dodson 1 and Nelson 1.
Kick-Off Returns: R. Henderson 2-26 and David Brown 1-9.
Punt Returns: Esca Pace 2-13.
VOGEL STATE PARK
LAKE IS DRAINED
Draining of the lake at
Vogel State Park began
November Ist, so that
necessary repairs could be
made on the docks on the
lake shore,
lake shore.
6 NEBRASKA
7 OHIO STATE
8— TEXAS TECH
9 COLORADO
10— NOTRE DAME
11— OKLAHOMA STATE
12— FLORIDA
13— MARYLAND
14— OKLAHOMA
15— ALABAMA
L.S.U. 21
Air Force 12
Wyoming 30
Baylor 13
Mississippi State 23
Indiana State 10
UTEP 6
Washington 17
Eastern Michigan
V.M.I. 13
Bucknell 14
Idaho
Missouri 24
Columbia 12
Brown 6
NE Louisiana 13
Davidson 0
Wake Forest 16
Richmond 10
South'n Mississippi 16
Pacific 24
Florida 10
Pennsylvania
Kansas 21
Hawaii 13
Vanderbilt 13
Fresno State 27
Chattanooga 17
Cincinnati 17
Holy Cress 21
SW Louisiana 20
Boston College 10
Indiana 14
Purdue
Northwestern 20
Oklahoma State 17
Utah 20
Clemson 15
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Bowling Green 22
Kansas State
No. Carolina State 17
Army 10
Louisville 15
San Diego State 20
Stanford 12
Illinois State 13
Rice 20
Arkansas State 19
Navy
Drake 10
Memphis State 16
TC.U. 0
Houston 23
Northern Illinois 6
V.P I 20
Oregon 0
Marshall 14
Lehigh 21
Oregon State 15
Lamar 17
Tulane 17
Miami (Ohio) 14
New Mexico State 22
Appalachian 28
lowa 20
Princeton 6
Rochester 6
Central Connecticut 14
Bowdoin 21
Edinboro 10
Boston U 21
Moravian 20
William Paterson 13
Worcester Tech 13
California State 6
Rochester Tech
Gettysburg 12
Northeastern 12
Union 10
Jersey City 6
Rhode Island 13
Delaware Valley 6
Clarion 13
Lock Haven 6
Cortland 20
Amherst 12
Colby M
Seton Hall 19
Hofstra
Grove City 23
Williams 21
The lake will be refilled in
late spring before the
summer season begins.
Once the lake is refilled, the
Game and Fish Division of
the Department of Natural
Resources will restock the
lake with trout.
16— MISSOURI
17— IOWA STATE
18— ARKANSAS
19— SOUTH CAROLINA
20— TEXAS
West Chester 31
West Va. Wesleyan 17
Widerrer 26
Other Games—Midwest
Akron 28
Ashland 20
Augustana, SO
Baker L 23
Baldwin-Wallace
Butler 3i
Central Arkansas 37
Central State, Ohio 21
Colorado Coliege 41
E. Central Oklahoma 27
Eastern Illinois 23
Eureka 21
Findlay 27
Franklin 27
Friends 26
Hastings 24
Millikin 25
Missouri Southern 21
Missouri Valley 23
Muskingum 17
NE Missouri 17
Northern Colorado 21
Northern Michigan 42
Ohio Northern 27
Rolla 21
St Cloud 28
St. John’s 30
St. Joseph's 25
SE Missouri 24
SE Oklahoma 27
Stevens Point 24
Wayne, Mich 27
Wilmington 24
Wittenberg 34
Other Games—South and Southwest
Austin Peay 21
Concord 26
East Tennessee 20
Eastern Kentucky 22
E!on 28
Emory & Henry 23
Fort Valley 27
Georgetown 28
Guilford 22
Henderson 38
Jackson State 22
Jacksonville 26
Martin 24
Maryville 14
Millersville 23
Norfolk 26
North Alabama 17
Ouachita 27
Presbyterian 21
Randolph-Macon 33
Rose Hulman 22
SE Louisiana 23
Southern U 24
SW Texas 35
Tarleton 22
Texas A&l 48
Texas Lutheran 29
Trinity 20
Troy 28
Western Carolina 31
Western Kentucky 23
Wofford 27
Other Games—Far West
Cal Lutheran 30
Cal Poly (S L. 0.) 38
Central Washington 24
Colorado Mines 23
Colorado Western 37
Davis 24
Eastern New Mexico 28
Lewis 4 Clark 24
Linfield 23
Los Angeles 25
Mesa 22
Montana State 25
Nevada (Las Vegas) 24
Nevada (Reno) 33
Northridge 23
Oregon College 26
Pacific Lutheran 33
Portland State 27
San Francisco State 26
Western Washington 19
Whitworth 34
••Friday Carnes
Cheyney 6
Geneva 6
Muhlenberg 20
Western Illinois 10
Evansville 17
North Dakota 22
William Jewell 20
Denison
Wabash 13
Central Methodist
Hillsdale 15
Kansas Wesleyan 6
Washburn 14
Youngstown 13
lowa Wesleyan 6
Taylor 24
Indiana Central 21
St. Mary 13
Nebraska Wesleyan 19
Carthage 14
Missouri Western
Graceland 17
Capital 10
Central Missouri
No. Dakota State 16
Omaha 0
Wooster 10
Washington, Mo 13
Michigan Tech 23
St. Olaf
DePauw 20
SW Missouri 16
Central Oklahoma 20
River Falls 13
Grand Valley 15
Defiance 21
Heidelberg 6
Murray 17
Glenvilte
Vers head 14
Tennessee Tech 20
Newberry 6
Bluefield 21
Savannah State 7
West Va. State 27
Winston-Salem 21
Monticello 6
Texas Southern
Livingston 20
Tennesee State 21
Southwestern, Tenn. 7
Washington 8 Lee 7
Virginia State 8
Nicholls 16
Arkansas Tech 6
Gardner-Webb 19
Bridgewater
Centre 16
Delta State 14
Howard
Howard Payne 13
Sul Ross 14
Sam Houston 6
Bishop 10
McMurry 13
Mississippi College 12
Lenoir-Rhyne
Middle Tennessee 17
Catawba 22
San Diego U
USIU 0
Oregon Tech 6
New Mexico Hi'lands 13
Westminster 6
Santa Clara 20
Southern Colorado 13
Pacific 8
Willamette 15
Azusa 6
Southern Utah 20
Northern Arizona 17
Boise State 23
Sacramento 10
Cal Poly (Pomona) 22
Eastern Washington 6
Whitman 6
Puget Sound 12
Humboldt 24
Eastern Oregon
College of Idaho 6
