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THE LEXHIPEP
December 19, 1947
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“The ONLY High School Newspaper in the U. S.
That Gives A Hoot About L. H. S.”
DOUG GRAVER
Editor
POSTER WOOD
Assistant
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L. H. S. Football Honorees
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BENNY WAIxSEB
PETE CLARK
BILL EANES
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SAM EVERHART
BILL BLALOCK
Football Review,
1947
Another fall and another football
season have passed for Coach Mans’
marauders, another hard fought sea
son comprising a difficult twelve
games including the Uons Bowl,
emerging with a record of 8 wins, 2
ties and 1 loss.
“First come first served,” as the say
ing goes; so Salisbury came first and
was served a 13-0 defeat.
The Statesville Greyhounds came
down and went home with their tails
between their legs and 35-0 setback
tag around their necks.
“Two’s company three’s a crowd,”
so the jackets crowded 61 points on
the score board to the dismayed Ashe-
boro’s 0.
The only defeat of the season and
one of the two teams that scored
against the Jackets came at the
hands of Children’s Home. It was a
hard-fought battle, and the stubborn
Methodists grabbed 7 points late in
the game and hung on.
Then the Orange and Blue went to
Barium Springs and ruined “their”
homecoming by wading through mud
and rain to score 31-0, “natch”.
Blood flowed and bones broke when
the Jackets and Bulldogs met, but
neither would yield to the stings, so
the game ended, 0-0.
Then an overrated Monroe eleven
came down quite confident of victory
and went home very much broken
hearted, digging into dirt for a 39-0
defeat.
, As usual Thomasvllle was quite
stubborn and held the Jackets down
Local Gridiron Stars Honored
Walser, Eanes, Everhart,
Blalock and Clark Picked
Man for man, the peopl of Lexing
ton Hi think that they have one of
the finest teams in the state and that
all its members deserve much credit:
but as things are, only a few could
be chosen for definite honors. The
following are the five who were for
tunate enough to be picked for certain
laurels:
CO-CAPTAIN BENNY IVALSER^A
hard charging and last tackle whose
brutal blocks and excellent defense
work game after game placed him on
the starting lineup as the North Caro
lina team took the field against the
South Carolina squad in the Shrine
Game. In doing this, Walser beat out
some very fine candidates, some of
which were placed on the All-State
team. His fine playing and team spirit
also placed him on the All-Conference
team for the second year.
BILL EANES—For the second time
the rifle passing arm of Bill Eanes
plus his equally talented foot have
placed him on the All-State team; they
also netted him a tie for an all-Con-
ference spot. His great job of line
backing also figured in greatly for both
choices.
SAM EVERHART—Sam returned
once more to L. H. S. this year, and
his wonderful job of backing up the
line and centering won him his place
on the team from Western North Car
olina that met the Eastern division in
the Optimist Bowl in High Point; also,
an honorable mention spot on the
Charlotte Observer’s “All-Star” team.
Jackets Whip Wildcats in
Lions Bowl Battle, 6-0
Huge Crowd Follows Success
ful Team to Victory
Lexington High School rolled into
Hickory November 29, took in the
parade, rolled out to College Field,
took the Lions Bowl Game, and later
partook of a delicious banquet.
Numerous private cars and a spe
cial Carolina Coach took hundreds of
enthusiastic fans, cheerleaders, band.
for the first half, but the locals came
back and racked up 30 points before
the final whistle, and ’Thomasville
went home in defeat.
’The typical weather for an L. H. S.,
Concord game hung over Webb Field
as Concord pulled one out of the
bag to get the lead on the Jackets, but
the muddy Jackets came back fight
ing and the game ended 6-6.
The regular season ended at Albe
marle with a 7-0 score in favor of
Lexington High School, despite a stub
born Bulldog line plus “Goo-Goo” and
Kirkpatrick.
Then came the Lions Bowl game
mostly a battle of lines, which the
Yellow Jackets took from Morganton
in a hard fought duel, accompanied
by shouts and cheers from loyal fans.
More Bowl bids came, but Coach
Mans’ chargers closed the gates for
another season amid the noise of
“Auld Lang Syne” on the Lenolr-
Rhyne campus.
major and majorettes, and L.H.S.’s
football queen, Mozel Perrell, to cheer
a crack team to a thrilling victory.
The Jackets opened up with a bang
early in the first period with Jaybird
McCrary carrying to the Morganton
goal line only to fumble. Morganton
tried to kick out, but Co-Captain Ben
ny Walser rushed through to block
the kick. Pete Clark picked up the
ball and raced 30 yards for a score,
only to have it nullified by a penalty.
In the second and third period.
Stinky Gibson zipped through for sev
eral long gains, but for the most part
both periods were quite a defensive
battle, with the locals putting on a
goal line stand in the third, the ball
going over to them on their own six
yard stripe.
In the fourth period Bill Eanes
dropped back to pass, and the entire
line and the line backers rushed
through fast with a sunny smile on
their pans and in their warped little
minds pictures of a 20-yard loss only
to find the rosy picture shattered.
They found themselves hopeless vic
tims of a screen pass as Clark took
out the last man in the way, while
Cook galloped 35 yards to glory to
climax a 96 yard scoring march.
Lexington led in yards gained rush
ing, 93-80, and 68-0. in yards gained
passiiig; while Morgantop held the
upper hand in first downs, 9-6.
Everhart was a great asset to the team
and will undoubtedly be missed next
year (unless he should return again).
BILL BLALOCK—“Bull,” one of the
largest boys on the squad, was also
placed on the Western team in the
Optimist Bowl. “Bull” held down the
left tackle slot for the Jackets this
year. His hard charging blocks wUl
certainly not be missed by the oppo
nents next year.
PETE CLARK—“Pete” will be re
membered by Lexington football fans
for his catch that clinched the Albe
marle game this year; but the oppos
ing teams remembered much more
than that, apparently, for they voted
him to a tie for the end position on
the All-Conference team.
These five stars, as well as the team
at large, deserve much credit for a most
successful season, and LH.S. is duly
proud of them.
basketball schedule
Jan. 13—^Mills Home -..Here
Jan. 16—Mooresville There
Jan. 20—Children’s Home Here
Jan. 23—MUls Home - There
Jan. 27—^Mooresville —Here
Jan...30—Thomasville - There
Feb. 3—Kannapolis There
Feb. 6—Children’s Home There
Feb. 10—Kannapolis Hera
Feb. 13—Albemarle There
Feb. 17—OPEN
Feb. 20—Albemarle Here
Feb. 24—OPEN
Feb. 27—Thomasville ..._ Here
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
1948
Apr. F 2—Statesville Here
Apr. T 6—OPEN
Apr. F 9—Albemarle There
Apr. T 13—OPEN
Apr. F 16—Thomasville There
Apr. T 20—Albemarle Here
Apr. F 23—Spencer There
Apr. T 27—^Thomasville Here
Apr. F 30—OPEN
May T 4—Spencer Here
May F 7—Kannapolis Here
May T 11—Kannapolis There
May F 14—OPEN
MayT 18—States'ville There
May F 21—OPEN