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MCHS
Basketball
Schedules
BOYS TEAM
W 83-43 vs Westminster
Christian
W 69-49 vs. Monroe Area
W 68-61 vs. Hart County
W 85-71 vs. Elbert County
W 69-47 at Flowery
Branch
L 81 -49 vs. North Oconee
W 74-47 at Elbert County
W 79-74 at East Forsyth
W 66-23 vs. Wahrut Grove
W 93-53 vs. Stephens
County
W 66-50 vs. Richmond
Hill
W 65-35 vs. Pendleton
Dec. 26 vs. TBA Opponent
Dec. 27 vs. TBA Opponent
Dec. 28 vs. TBA Opponent
Jan. 4 at Hart County
Jan. 7 vs. Cedar Shoals
Jan. 10 vs. Eastside
Jan. 14 vs. Flowery Branch
Jan. 17 at North Oconee
Jan. 18 at Oconee County
Jan. 21 vs. East Forsyth
Jan. 24 at Wahrut Grove
Jan. 31 at Cedar Shoals
Feb. 4 at Eastside
GIRLS TEAM
W 62-51 vs. Stephens
County
W 48-27 vs. Monroe Area
L 60-46 vs. Hart County
L 48-40 vs. Elbert County
W 62-29 at Flowery
Branch
L 70-46 vs. North Oconee
L 48-40 at Elbert County
W 60-57 at East Forsyth
L 47-44 vs. Walnut Grove
W 61-30 vs. Stephens
County
W 67-37 vs. Pendleton
W 38-30 vs. Winder-Bar
row
Dec. 26 vs. Warren East
Dec. 27 vs. TBA Opponent
Dec. 28 vs. TBA Opponent
Jan. 4 at Hart County
Jan. 7 vs. Cedar Shoals
Jan. 10 vs. Eastside
Jan. 14 vs. Flowery Branch
Jan. 17 at North Oconee
Jan. 18 at Oconee County
Jan. 21 vs. East Forsyth
Jan. 24 at Wahrut Grove
Jan. 31 at Cedar Shoals
Feb. 4 at Eastside
Bowl memories
By Loran Smith
With the evolution
of the college football
playoff system, the hol
iday bowls are not what
they once were, but for
tunately have a presence
in the new 12 team for
mat.
That is good. College
football would be wrong
not to find a way to em
brace the bowls which
have meant so much to
the game and to local
charities in communi
ties across the country.
Most fans who are
getting long in the tooth
will remember the sal
ad days of several bowl
games taking place
during New Year’s Day
with the Rose Bowl
coming on late after
noon and followed by
the Orange Bowl at
night. Fans would hook
up two or more televi
sion sets and watch sev
eral games at the same
time.
Since 1959, I have
seen all Georgia bowl
games except the Gator
Bowl in 1971, which
was played on Dec.
31st. New Year’s Eve
was a working day, and
I was unable to make it
to Jacksonville for the
game.
The game was an emo
tional downer for fans
with Georgia winning
7-3 over North Caroli
na. At the time, the Tar
Heels were coached by
Vince Dooley’s younger
brother, Bill. There was
much pre-game hype
about the matchup of
the Dooley brothers.
After a scoreless first
half, Carolina kicked
a field goal in the third
quarter but Georgia fol
lowed with a touchdown
run by Jimmy Poulos,
who gained 161 yards
rushing and was named
most valuable player of
the game.
Rex Edmonson, a
Georgia graduate who
was sports columnist
for the Jacksonville
Journal, had this classic
quote on the low scor
ing affair. “In the battle
of the Dooley brothers,
Vince won the toss and
ran the clock out.”
The 1960 Orange
Bowl, played on New
Year’s Day, was a low
scoring encounter with
Fran Tarkenton tossing
two touchdown passes
to Bill McKenny and
Aaron Box, defeating
Missouri, 14-0.
Dan Magill got me
a job spotting for the
CBS radio network. It
paid $25.00 as I recall.
I was paid in cash and
made me feel that I was
a wealthy Dog.
The Sun Bowl in 1964
was something special
in that nobody on the
team had ever been that
far West. There was the
allure of the Rio Grande
River which you could
walk across and the
border town of Juarez,
Mexico, the first inter
national experience for
most members of the
traveling party.
During the Vince
Dooley era, there was
usually a bowl game
every year. We did not
make it to the Orange
Bowl, except to play
Miami in the regular
season in 1966.
We could have gone to
Miami in 1968, but that
was the “winking” era
when college officials
were forbidden to com
municate with the bowl
representatives.
However, there was
undisclosed semaphore
between Dooley and
the Sugar bowl folks
in the week leading up
to the Auburn game at
Auburn, which Georgia
won 17-3.
The players wanted to
go to Miami as all play
ers did in that era. Only
the Pac 10 and Big Ten
teams could be invited
to play in the Rose Bowl
which made the Orange
Bowl the next most pop
ular bowl. Palm trees,
beaches, shirt sleeve
weather—what was
there not to like about
Miami?
Before the Auburn
game that year, Dan
Magill and I took the
Orange Bowl repre
sentatives to the best
restaurant in Colum
bus for dinner—’’The
Black Angus Restau
rant.” Bill Ward was
the spokesman for the
Orange Bowl, and I can
hear him saying, “We
really want to invite
Georgia to come play
in our game, but my in
structions from Miami,
are that we must have a
winner (in tomorrow’s
game).”
What had happened
was that the Sugar Bowl
basically said to Dool
ey, “We will take you
win or lose.” Vince took
the bird in hand which
did not set well with his
team which played the
worst game of the sea
son and lost to Arkan
sas, 16-2.
The weather was cold
which brought about a
quip from Georgia pres
ident Fred Davison that
deepened the chill for
the Georgia delegation.
At a dinner for the of
ficials for both teams
at Antoine’s, one of the
most famous restaurants
in the city, the Georgia
president, in an attempt
to be funny, said, “With
these cold temperatures,
tomorrow ought to be a
good day for a hog kill
ing.” Vince Dooley al
most suffered apoplexy.
Albert L. Stone, Jr., Attorney at Law
May all the blessings
of the season be yours.
Al and Anne Stone,
Kinsi, Nicholas, ReidandRydgeDudley
and Madison Stone
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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