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Westfield tunes up for Stratford
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sport* Editor
After two games where the
starters for the Hornets were out for
the evening at the half, Westfield
coach Ronnie Jones was looking
for some competition, for a game
that forced his starters to play the
entire game.
And, Friday night against the
Windsor Knights, the Hornets
found the competition they were
looking for, winning their first re
gion game of the year 28-6, setting
up a rematch of last year's state
championship match with Stratford.
Even though the "Hornets won
by a 22 point margin, the Knights
were still in the game until Tim
Allen went over from two yards out
for the final touchdown of the game
for the Hornets with 4:40 left in the
game.
Undefeated Hornet
By PHIL CLARK
Sports Editor
In 1974, Westfield was playing
just its thrid season of football, un
der Marvin Arrington, who started
up the program in 1972. The
Hornets of 1974 went 10-0 in the
regular season, the only unbeaten
regular season in the school's his
tory. That team, twenty years ago,
also holds the school record for
fewest points allowed in a season.
Special teams mistakes lead to PHS loss
By PHIL CLARK
Sports Editor
Perry’s defense did all it eould do
Friday night, but finally gave up a
long drive to open the second half
as West Laurens improved to 5-1
overall and 4-0 in region 3AA with
an 18-0 victory at Raider Stadium.
It was the special teams that did the
Panthers in. On almost every punt
or kickoff, the Panthers return peo
ple showed a lot of indecision,
often failing to field the kick, and
putting the Panthers in a hole.
Fact is, in a 3-0 first half, West
Laurens gained just four yards total
with just one first down, yet had a
field goal to take the lead at the
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"It's been a long time since our
starters had to play more than two
and-a-half starters," said Jones, who
said that he wanted his starters to
have to play four quarters before the
Stratford game. "We had a lot more
intensity (tonight) then we've had
in the last three-four weeks."
Westfield received the opening
kickoff and drove the ball down the
field on the Knight defense for the
opening score of the game.
Early in the drive, Homet quar
terback Matt Shepley misfired on
two pass attempts, with Westfield
gaining the ground they needed be
hind the running of John Morton
and Michael Davis. However, faced
with a third-and-four from the 15,
Shepley forgot about his early
troubles and hit tightend Brian Nash
up the middle for a seven yard gain.
Brian Staines rushed for seven
79. That 1974 team, along with the
cheerleading squad, will be recog
nized Friday night during halftime
at the Westfield-Stratford game.
The g;une itself would be enough to
fill the seats and the standing room,
but the fact that this outstanding
team will be honored will bring
countless others to the game.
Let's reflect a bit, to 1974. Can
you recall this team? Can you re
half. The Panthers' defense was
stiffiing in the first half, stopping
the talented running back Freddie
Pooler almost in his tracks. But on
the opening drive of the seocnd
half, the Raiders, running out of an
I-formation, pitched the ball wide to
Pooler instead of trying to go up the
middle, and the big senior re
sponded with 54 yards in the 80-
yard drive, with reserve tailback
Navorro Evans taking it in the final
seven yards for the first touchdown
on the game.
Whitney Alligood, who passed
for 80 yards on seven completions,
hit Pooler on a 14-yard scoring play
in the fourth quarter to make it 16-0
after Casey Sirmons kicked the
point after. But the Perry special
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yards to bring the ball to the one
yard line. Allen got his first touch
down of the night on the one yard
plunge, capping the 14 play, 70
yard opening drive with 6:08 re
maining in the quarter. Alex
Gambill hit the first of four extra
point attempts on the night, giving
the Hornets a 7-0 lead.
The next two Hornet posses
sions ended on a punt and a fumble.
And, the first Homet possession of
the second stanza started out in a
bad position, the Westfield five yard
line.
Jones used his fullback Morton
to carry the ball twice, getting the
ball out to the 23. From there,
Davis took over, taking die ball the
remaining 77 yards. With 6:13 left
in the half, the Hornets had the 14-
0 lead.
For the next 12 minutes of the
team meets Friday
member those outstanding players
who made up the team? Let me
help you. The offensive backfield
was solid. In fact, it is one of the
best all around backfields the team
has had. Matt Mellette, the leading
rusher and also the team MVP, was
an outstanding two-way performer,
also playing in the defensive back
field. There was the fleet-footed
David Bryant at running back.
teams were still having troubles.
Earlier, a high snap had aborted a
field goal try while the score was
still 3-0, late in the first half. And
late in the game, a high snap on a
punt sent the brill over Jason Brett's
head and out of the endzone for a
safety, the final points of the game
in the 18-0 blanking.
Tim Dixon, the second year
WEst Laurens coach, was happy
with the win. "We have four wins
in the region. Last year we didn’t
win a region game, so sure, it feels
good." John Stephens, though,
didn't have a lot to shout about. His
defense played well except for the
80-y;ird march to open the second
half. But offensively, West Laurens
shut the Panthers down when they
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game, the Hornets would play give
away, turning the ball over to the
Knights on an interception, the half
and a fumble. Windsor would hike
advantage of the lull, scoring with
4:18 remaining in the third quarter
on Denny Bryant's three yard run.
The PAT failed, cutting the Homet
lead to 14-6.
But, the Hornets would quickly
regain control of the game. In a
march reminiscent of their first
score, the Hornets would drive 59
yards in 12 plays, overcome a clip
ping call that brought back a touch
down and run 6:14 off the clock.
Davis ended the drive with a six
yard run for six on fourth down.
The PAT made the score 21-6.
"The offense and defense played
hard," said Jones. "But, we still
made a lot of mistakes."
David, a year later, would set the
school single game and single sea
son rushing records with 256 yards
against Pineland and 1656 for the
season. Both records still stand. But
in 1974, Bryant was one of a host
of Hornets who could carry the ball.
Fullback Jepp Liipfert, quarterback
Tom Malone and flanker George
Richerson were also dangerous with
the ball in their hands.
got into scoring position, primarily
because of the outstanding play of
linebacker Patrick Home, who re
peatedly made big defensive plays,
including two quarterback sacks.
Stephens said, "We moved the hall
pretty well in the first half, but
couldn't score, then they just shut us
down in the second half". The
Panthers rushed for just 75 yards,
adding 124 through the air, a lot of
them late in the game with fresh
man John Brewer at quarterback.
Perry gets set for another very
important region game Friday night
as they play the Dodge County
Indians. Dodge is 3-1 in the region,
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