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October 13, 1972 THE FULL MOON Page Three ’Dog POW’s Released Myron Harrington scores one of his two touchdowns in the Bulldogs 28-7 victory over Kannapolis. Football Wrap-Up ’Dogs Lose 18-6 ’Dogs Are Upset The Albemarle Bulldogs were downed 18-6 by the Thomasville Bulldogs in a South Piedmont Conference gridiron clash Sat urday night, October 2, at the Junior High Stadium. Thomasville got on the board early with a one yard run by Keith Williams. The point after failed. The ’Dogs couldn’t sustain a successful drive the first half, but Thomasville struck another blow with an 82 yard punt return by Keith Williams. The two point conversion play failed, making the halftime score 12-0. Thomasville came back in the second half with another touchdown late in the third quarter. The extra point failed, making the score 18-0. Albemarle began to move the ball better in the last quarter and finally managed to get on the board with a three yard scamper by Myron Harrington. Albemarle’s point after fail ed, making the final score 18-6 in favor of Thomasville. ’Dogs Up K-town The ’Dogs of Albemarle gained their first conference victory over the Little Wonders of Kannapolis in a 28-7 win Friday, September 22, at Kannapolis’ stadium. Albemarle’s first score came when Myron Harrington raced nine yards for the touchdown. The extra point by Boyce Baucom was good. That was the only score of the first half, and the score at halftime was Albemarle 7, Kannapolis, 0. The ’Dogs scored first in the second half when Myron Harrington ran around the left side of the line 44 yards for the score. The extra point by Baucom was good. Albemarle scored again in the third quarter when quarterback Bobby Daurity threw a 22 yard pass to Joe “Beaver” Watkins. The extra point again by Baucom was good. After superb play by the defense, the Bulldogs got the ball back and scored on a 20 yard run by Lew Smith. The extra point by Baucom was good. In the fourth quarter the Little Wonders scored their only touchdown when Donny Ham rick plunged over from the one yard line. The extra point by Billy Kremminger was good making the final score Albe marle 28-Kannapolis 7. A last second touchdown by Salisbury’s Johnny Stratton, threw the Bulldogs for their second conference loss by the score of 23-20 Friday, Septem ber 15, at the local stadium. The ’Dogs received the ball first, and behind the running of quarterback Tom Knotts, drove down to the Salisbury ten yard line. On fourth down, Albemarle scored when Bobby Daurity threw a pass to Hal Ingram for a touchdown. The extra point by Boyce Baucom was good. In the second period, the Hornets scored on a four yard run by quarterback Johnny Stratton. The score at half-time was Albemarle 7, Salisbury 6. Salisbury scored first in the second half with a 33 yard field goal by Tony Leach. Salisbury scbred again in the third period on a three yard run by Hap Turner. Leach kicked a success ful extra point. The ’Dogs quickly got on the board again with a 19 yard pass from Tom Knotts to Joe “Beaver” Watkins. The extra point was no good. This moved the score to Salisbury 16, Albemarle 13. With four minutes left to play, the Hornets were threatening again when Bobby Daurity picked off a Hornet pass. With fourth down on the 20 yard line, Tom Knotts complet ed a pass to Hal Ingram for a 27 yard gain. After a series of penalties on the Hornets, Myron Harrington ran four yards to score, putting the ’Dogs ahead 19-16. Bau com’s extra point was good. Salisbury got the ball, and quarterback Johnny Stratton connected with Anthony Holt for a 50 yard gain inside the ’Dogs ten yard line. With three seconds left to play, Stratton raced around right end for the score. Leach’s extra point was good. The final score, Salisbury 23-Albemarle 20. Come Tonight And Support Our Bulldogs Tying for the offensive player of the week against Kannapolis were seniors Bobby Daurity and Myron Harrington. Daurity. starting his first game at quarterback, complet ed nine out of 21 passes for 108 yards and passed for one touchdown for the Bulldogs. He said. "The offensive line blocked great!” Concerning the victory over the Little Wonders, Bobby stated, “we finally put it all together, worked as a team and came out on top.” Myron scored two touch downs and said it was the first game the Bulldogs had played four good quarters. When asked to comment on the offense. Harrington related, ‘‘Right now I’d say we’ve got one of the best offenses in the conference. Everyone works together.” The defensive player of the week against Kannapolis was Sammy Ferguson. Sammy, a senior, made nine tackles from his left defensive tackle position. Sammy stated, concerning the defensive line, “Everyone did an outstanding job; that’s why we won. I’d say it was our best game yet.” Ferguson added, “We had been working real hard, and beating Kannapolis proved we can win if we really want to.” The offensive player of the week against Salisbury was Leonard Hawkins. Leonard, a I V Coach Pease relates the advantages of co-ed physical education classes. The Man Behind The Scenes . . . Norton A familiar face around the halls this year is Norton Pease. Helping in the area of physical education, Norton’s duties in clude being trainer, manager, coach, “fill in” P.E. instructor, J.V. clock keeper, scout, and general handy man. Norton says he likes his job but plans for the future are indefinite. Girls Join In A change this year for the physical education classes is coed gym. The girls are learning football fundamentals. Every Monday the girls walk to the bridge and do exercises. So far, the only sport being offered is football. Coaches Wheeler and Pease are in charge of this new course. Coach Wheeler stated that the idea of boys here and girls there is outdated and that coed gym is opening new avenues Jn physical education. When asked if he thought the program was going to be a success, Coach Wheeler said, “Everything is going along real well, as expected.” Concerning his job, Coach Pease says, “It’s given me a bigger insight into the respon sibilities of being a coach. I never reali/,ed the time and elTort that go into it. It goes further than just watching the boys practice and standing on the sidelines during football games. At first the title of ‘coach’ was a joke, but I think the boys have gotten used to it and now they even come to me for advice.” Head Coach Wheeler stated, “(’oach Pease is a tremendous asset to our coaching staff. He is continuously working hard and performing his duties with enthusiasm and desire to do his job well.” Why Wait to Order Your Class Ring? ORDER TODAY Four-Week Shipment Lifetime Guarantee School Colors Achievement Panels STARNES creahihy V Mf senior, plays the position of offensive tackle. In the game Leonard blocked exceptionally well against one of the best defensive tackles in the conference. Concerning the Bulldogs’ loss to the Hornets, Leonard related, “Everyone on the team did real good, Salisbury just did better.” Eddie Burris was the defen sive player of the week against Salisbury. A Senior, Eddie was in on eleven tackles for the Bulldogs. When asked how he felt about the Bulldogs’ loss to Salisbury in the last five seconds, Eddie stated, “We were a little over confident because we were ahead, but from now on we’re going to play hard until the clock runs all the way out.” 3^ ^ ^ ^ % 3^ 3)c Joe Watkins was the offensive player of the week for the Bulldogs against Asheboro. Joe played the position of split end in the game and caught two important passes. Joe, a junior, said the main mistake on the Bulldog’s part was the fact that the line wasn’t blocking as well as it was in the first two games. Watkins added, concerning the game, “Asheboro’s team was bigger than ours and they were ready to play; we weren’t.” Darryl Ellis, a senior, was the defensive player of the week against Asheboro. Playing defensive halfback for the Bulldogs, Ellis said, “On our aggressive defense, I have a good chance, at my position, to hit a Jot of people real hard.” Darryl was asked his opinion of the coaching staff. He stated, “It’s better than last year; there’s more work on funda mental football. We’re going to have a winning season this year because Coach Wheeler has got his stuff together.” Scoreboard us THEM North Stanly :50 14 South Stanly 19 0 Asheboro 11 14 Salisbury 20 23 Kannapolis 28 7 Thomasville 6 18 □ □ SNUGfr'S HftS R LTGHT
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