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• • TKe Westfield Hornets
marched into the heart of
rtjvepview Viking territory
Friday night, pillaged the
Norsemen stronghold and the
Norsemen 20-7, and rode back
toJ’erry with the SKA IS l-AA
• lead Disdaining use ol
• stealth, the green-clad Hor
; nests resolutely thundered over
itif Norse defenders behind
attacker Malt
Mellette’s two touchdowns
and 192 yards rushing
At the conclusion of the
contest. Westfield Head Coach
Marvin Arrington and several
disconsolate Vike lans had the
same opinion of the “key to
the Hornet triumph The lans
were overheard to reflect,
“Their line just plain whipped
ours all night long.” Arrington
agreed, citing both his of
fensive front wall and
defensive first line as giving
“100 percent”
Memories of a 1973 36-8
lashing applied by the Vikes to
Westfield no doubt spurred the
Hornets to emotional heights,
tnil after the 4H minutes ol
battle were done, the Hornets
emerged clearly the best ol
the two teams Mellette
played perhaps one ol his very
l>est games ever wearing the
Westfield green, showing both
Defensive Sigmtlvnller Phil Gentry
. . . Converses II ith Couch Arrington
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Hard Rush Thwarts Passing
. . . Simpson Ilf , Wills Put On Heat
sprinter speed and bull like
power in piling up the 192 yard
total on 23 hauls, an 8 4 yards
pgr crack average.
On defense, gang-tackling
fiercely proved the spirit of
the Hornets, but junior
linebacker Phil Gentry earned
high laurels Gentry, probably
the most consistent player on
the team, opened holes all
nighl as an offensive guard,
and punished Vike back Grant
Loosier Gentry and mates
held Loosier to 50 yards on 20
carries, tar less Ilian the 163
yards Loosier obtained a year
ago.
On the offensive front,
guards Gentry and Stan Wills,
along with center Donnie
Fountain, provided daylight
for Mellette and stablemates
to ramble through On
Mellette's three long runs, the
three sprung him free.
David Hryanl and Donnie
Fountain served as co
captains for the Hornets., and
the pan correctly called the
coin loss Westfield electing to
receive the football. Hut on
their initial series ol downs,
the Vikings proved lough to
run against and Westfield
surrendered the pigskin via a
punt to the Uiverview 35.
An illegal motion penalty
and two overthrown passes
forced QB Bryan Condit to loft
a 41 yard punt to Westfield's 13
yard stripe There a fumbled
handofl forced Hornet QB
Tom Malone to fall on the
pigskin, forcing a punt to the
Vike 49. with 6:40 left in the
lirst period
A minute later, Hornet
middle guard Edwin Ellis
recovered a Condit fumble on
the Hornet 29, halting a Viking
foray into enemy territory. At
this point, the “Mean Green “
proved to themselves they
could move oh the Norsemen,
ripping off a 15 play, 50 yard
drive at the teeth of the Vike
wall A screen pass from
Malone to FB Jep Liipfert
highlighted the march, as the
pass gained ten crucial yards
to the midfield stripe.
Lady Luck frowned on the
“Green", however, as a hard
hit separated Matt Mellette
from the football on River
view's 26 as the first quarter
came to an end.
BLOCKING SPRINGS
MELLETTE LOOSE
Two minutes later Edwin
Ellis picked up his second
fumble, giving the Hornets
possession on the Vike 38 yard
line Hut again Kiverview held
and took over on their own
twenty.
A razzle-dazzle play failed
lor the Vikes, who were get
ting a little desperate, trying
to ligure out how to penetrate
the Hornet line. Seconds later
QB Condit bombed a punt 49
yards to Westfield's 28, with
(i: 12 left before intermission.
David Bryant broke for
seven yards on a reverse, then
Matt Mellette gained five to
the Hornet 40. A keeper by QB
Tom Malone got four to the 44.
Then, on second and six at the
44, Matt drilled between his
right guard and tackle, swept
past a linebacker, and bolted
52 yards down the sideline,
being pushed out of bounds on
the Viking lour yard marker.
A penally moved the ball to
the* two, then Mellette carried
to the one. With .46 inches
separating Westfield from
paydirt, QB Tom Malone
drove right up the middle lor a
score with 4:44 left in the
second period. Matt
Mellette's BAT kick was good,
and the "Mean Green" led 7-0.
The remainder of the first half
was scoreless.
■ FI HE IN THEIR EYES”
Viking head coach Dale
Dover evidently hiked his
charges up at intermission,
because Kiverview came out
with lire in their eyes. Held to
just two lirst downs in the first
24 minutes, the Norsemen took
the half opening kickoff and
drove it 67 yards on 14 plays,
QB Bryan Condil scoring on a
one yard rollout. Dwight
Myers' BAT lied the score
with 6:41 left in the third
period. Highlighting the drive
was a 22 yard pass reception
by Grant Booster and a 15 yard
personal loul levied against
the Hornets.
HORNETS RETALIATE -
QUICKLY
Westfield seemingly said,
So What?" to the tying score,
as they came right back, going
ahead 14-7 ninety seconds
later. After George Hicherson
brought back the kickoff to the
Hornet 42, Westfield was faced
with a second and 9 situation
at their own 44.
Then Matt Mellette ran off
right guard, through a gaping
hole, swerved to his right, and
motored 57 yards to paydirt,
pulling away from all pur
suers Mellette's heroics came
with 5:07 left in stanza number
three, the BAT kick was
blocked.
The two teams then
swapped punts, before Grant
Loosier, stung by the Hornets'
Ken Simpson, coughed up the
lootball with 46 seconds left in
the period. Stan Wills fell on
the pigskin on Riverview’s 30
yard line.
INSTANT REPLAY -
ALMOST
Mellette gained live to the
Norsemen 25 as the third
period ended. Then Matt
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Here Comes A Touchdown
. . . Ellis Blocks For Mellette
swept around left end, broke
clear down the sideline, and
raced into the Viking endzone
with 11:53 showing on the
fourth quarter clock.
Mellette's HAT kick was true
and Westfield led 20-7.
GEORGE TOES ONE
The Vikings were desperate
now and the 9:30 F.M. South
Georgia air was filled with
loolballs. But a hard rush by
Mayo Sexton forced an errant
aerial on third and eight from
the Kiverview 30, so QB Condit
punted to Westfield's 32 with
10:48 remaining.
On fourth down, several
minutes later, Westfield's
punter George Hicherson was
true to (he occasion and sent
the football soaring high into
the atmosphere, forty-nine
precious yards to the Viking
28. George’s punt in effect put
the game “on ice" lor the
Hornets.
Westfield got a scare
seconds later when Condit hit
a flying Bill Blackburn down
the sideline lor 38 yards to
Westfield’s 23, but Blackburn
lost the handle on the football
there, and David Bryant
seized the pigskin. After
Westfield killed the clock lor
three minutes, George
Hicherson again sent the ball
lar upheld to the Viking 40,
with 3:47 left.
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The Houston Home Journal
PAGE 4-B
SEPT. 26, 1974,
Weik
Fires
‘Ace’
Perryan Dick Weik had two
of the biggest thrills ot his life
last week while tiring 18-holes
at Perry Country Club. Weik
shot the lowest score he has
ever carded, a 76. but topped
that with a hole-in-one on the
par three thirteenth. Dick
used a six iron on the 134-yard
hole and it rolled right in the
cup
Witnessing the double-1 irsl
was Weik's playing partners
Al Vuxta, Ed Cain and Moody
Mulkey.
The Hornets got possession
on Riverview's 40 with 1:15
remaining and QB Tom
Malone almost got the Hornets
another score. Eschewing a
handoif, Tom drove over
center three straight limes,
tor 4, 6 and 6 yards to the Vike
15. But there the clock ran out,
as happy Westfield chants of
“We’re No. One” began to
echo.
HORNET RUSHING: Matt
Mellette - 192 yards on 23
rushes; .Jep Liipfert - 27 on
7; David Bryant -7 on 1; and
Tom Malone - 46 on 12 --
Crucial Contest For Westfield
Hornets Home Friday
To Battle Red Raiders
That old saw, “How the
mighty have fallen”, is
probably being applied to the
1974 Kavenwood Red Raiders
Irom Meigs, Westfield's
Friday night opponent at the
Hornets Nest. But old saws
aren’t necessarily so, and the
horsemen will be a difficult
toe lor the Hornets to over
come.
The burning memory of the
(i 1-0 thrashing applied by
Ravenwood to Westfield a
year ago in the Meigs pecan
grove still carves a scar on
Hornet tans' hearts, but all
know that even last season the
Red Raiders were not 61
points better than the “Mean
Green", The lopsided score
could have been a blessing in
disguise, as several of
Westfield’s 1973 foes un
derestimated the Hornets the
rest o( the year.
Two of the major architects
in that worst of all Westfield's
defeats are gone - tailback
Clint Friediander and
Fullback Jerry Parker, Both
were unstoppable a year ago,
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Malone Keeper a
.. . Gains Crucial Yardage I
TOTAL - 262 on 44,
HORNET BASSING: Tom
Malone to Edwin Ellis - 9
yards; to Jep Liipfert - 10;
and to David Bryant - minus
6.
VIKING RUSHING: Grant
Loosier - 53 on 19; Stan
Brinson - 0 on 1; Bryan
Condit - 0 on 6; and Tinsley
Dozier - 6 on 2 - TOTAL - 59
on 28.
VIKING BASSING: Condit to
Loosier -22; to Loosier - 10;
to Blackburn ■ 10; to Black
burn - 48; and to Dozier -6,
and the Friedlander express
rang up three touchdowns on
long runs. But returning lor
their swan song this campaign
are QB Jimmy Anderson and
Tackle Hank Autry. Both are
All-Stale caliber. And both
were thorns in the Hornets’
sides in 1973.
Westfield will probably be
favored coming into the 8:00
P.M. kickoff Friday night, on
the basis of its 4-0 record and
20-7 triumph over the
Riverview Vikings ol
Baconton. But Hornet Head
Coach Marvin Arrington
warns that Ravenwood has
played a tar tougher schedule
thus tar in 1974 than has the
“Mean Green”. The Red
Raiders have met Stratford,
River North, and Deerfield
Academy, as well as the
improving Southwest Georgia
team.
Their 1-3 record may very
well be deceiving, as only one
loss (to Deerfield) is in the
region. Coach Murray Wor
sham of Ravenwood has
reportedly advised his boys
WESTFIELD HIVERVIEW
8 First Downs 6
44-262 Hushes-Yds. 28-59
3-3-0 Passing 6-13-0
13. Pass Yds. 91
3-2 Fumbles-Lost 6-4
5-49 Penalties-Yds. 2-7«
47 Offensive Plays 4r
6-34.5 Punts-Avg. 5-41.2
36 Return Yds. 63
26:17 Possession 21:43
that one more loss, and the
Red Raiders are out of the
region title picture.
Westfield Head Coach
lered a scouting report.
“Their boss is tailback Ken
Stanaland, a 175 pound junior.
He’s a good one. They run out
ol a slot-1, split backfield, and
QB Anderson is a chunker. He
throws quite a lot and our pass
defense has left something to
be desired.”
Arrington said the Red
Raider weights read across
the line: 145, 210, 180, 170, 207,
200, and 176. The backs are
170, 170, 175, and 170,
Arrington says Westfield is
“taking things one game at a
lime.” He confirmed that
Monday was a good practice.
Westfield
Photos By
David Hurley * *