Bulldogs Offense: 90 Points In Two Games
Louisburg fullback Neill McDonald is shown above on his way to his second touchdown of the night as the Bulldogs walloped
Norlina 50-0 here last Friday. Blue Wave defenders rushing in a fruitless effort to twart the Bulldog onslaught are: Lester Knight
(18), Francis Alston (22) and David Vaughn (24). Bulldogs on the ground, left Steve Perdue (80), and right Jimmy Wrenn (10).
Knight was injured late in the game and remained in Franklin Memorial Hospital until Monday with an inured neck muscle. He
will be out of action this week but is expected to be able to play in the Waves September 26 meeting with Weldon.
Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
Bulldogs Defense: No Score In 96 Minutes
Bulldog defenders move in against Norlina's sophomore fullback Francis Alston (22) and David Brantley (27) or Donald
Wimbrow, (also listed as No. 27 on the Wave roster). The Louisburg defense has had opponents scoreless in two games with the
deepest penetration being the twenty-yard line. Bulldogs pictured above are Steve Perdue (80), Steve Roberson (74), Dan Hayes
(73), Mike Leonard (64), Johnny Pernell (71) and Robby McDonald (XI). Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
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Bulldogs Down Norlina 30 - 0
It took them ten years,
but the Louisburg Bulldogs
gained long-awaited revenge
from the Norlina Blue Waves
Friday night as the locals
dumped the visitors, 50-0. Oil
September 25, 1959, the
Waves slaughtered the Bull
and although the locals had
grabbed satisfying wins in the
intervening years, Friday's
was the-one they wanted.
Running back Randy
Seidel scored three touch
downs In eleven and a half
minutes to throw more water
on the drowning Waves. The
fleet-footed former Rocky
Mount, Vi; star; carried nine
times for 190 yards all but
one trip coming in the first
Rams Dump
Garner" B 's "
The Franklinton Rams
picked up their second win of
the season Friday night as
they downed Garner High
School's "B" squad, 33-12. It
was the highest scoring
splurge of the season for the
Rams, who had defeated Gas
ton, 12-6 in the season
opener nd fell to Oxford Or
phanage, 28-0 last week.
Both teams scored in the
opening frame Friday night,
but the Rams went out in
front in the second quarter to
take a 13-6 lead to the dress
ing room at halftime. Garner
scored again in the third
frame with the Rams getting
a TD and a two-point conver
lion. Franklinton struck
twice in the final quarter.
The Rams scored on runs
of 10 and 17 yards by quar
terback Jerry Simmons and a
twelve and a 67-yard run by
halfback Bobby Kearney.
Donnie Beckham intercepted
a Garner pass and galloped
for 48 yards for the fifth
Ram TD. Warren Collins
kicked one of two extra point
placements and Simmons
tossed to Glen Phelps for the
two-pointer.
The Rams play host Fri
day night to the Louisburg
Bulldogs in a Franklin Area
Conference game and the tra
ditional Franklin County
Championship tilt. It will be
Hoemcoming for Franklin
ton.
half. Seidel broke away for
runs of 79.30 and 35 yards.
His 79-yarder moved him into
fifth place in all time TD runs
for Louisburg. The distance is
just shy of William Rowe's
98-yarder against Norlina in
1962, B. T. Rowe's 95-yard
romp against Siler City in
1958, Bill Williamson's
86-yard haul against Warren
ton in 1964 and Bob Hob
good's race for 82 yards
against Franklinton in 1962.
Neill McDonald jumped in
to the Conference scoring
lead by tallying on a 37-yard
run and one for five yards as
he scored two touchdowns
and two two-point conver
sions.
Jimmy Wrenn made an un
believable catch of a Larry
Fuller pass, good for 38 yards
and a touchdown and Charlie
Hobgood rushed from the
three for another Bulldog tal
ly
Norlina kicked off to
Louisburg and the Bulldogs
fumbled. The defense held as
it was to do all night and
Louisburg on the first play
from scrimmage sent Seidel
over the middle. He carried
from the Bulldog 21 to the
Norlina end zone for his
79-yard gallop that put the
locals ahead. Fuller's pass to
Wrenn was no good and the
Bulldogs led 6-0.
Steve Perdue recovered an
on-side kick following the
Louisburg score. Mike Sea
man, of Norlina, intercepted
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a Fuller pass on the Norlina
20 but the Bulldog defense
quickly regained control.
With 2:04 left in the first
period Seidel carried from the
Norlina 30 for his second
touchdown. Neill McDonald
ran the extra two points to
give the Bulldogs a 14-0 edge.
A minute and a half ex
pired in the second period
when Seidel once again car
ried, this time from the Nor
lina 35. McDonald again
made the two-point conver
sion and Louisburg led, 22-0.
With 5:03 left in the first
half, Robby McDonald inter
cepted a Mike Seaman pass to
set up the next Bulldog score.
At the 4:51 time mark Fuller
threw long to Wrenn and the
fleety halfback grabbed the
pigskin on his fingertips in
the end zone. Seidel 's run for
the conversion was not good
and Louisburg took a 28-0
lead.
Neill McDonald got into
the touchdown act with 2:05
left in the half lugging the
ball 35 yards for his first TD.J
Phillip Redmond made good
the conversion but a penalty
nullified the play. On the
second try Fuller's pass was
incomplete and the Bulldogs
had a 34-0 lead.
At the six-minute mark in
the third period Charlie Hob
good carried from the three
yard line and Carey Wrenn
gained the two-point conver
sion to move the Bulldogs out
in front 42-0.
With just over a minute
left in the third frame, Ed
"Boo-Boo" Pergerson inter
cepted a Seaman pass on the
Louisburg thirty. Johnny Per
nell, chosen by The Durham
Morning Herald as linesman
of the week, did the same
with 5:32 left in the game to
set up McDonald's second
TD. McDonald carried from
the five-yard line and ran the
convenion to give Louisburg
the 50-0 win.
Sophomore end Jerry Rig
gan grabbed a Norlina pas on
the Bulldog 48 with 2:47 left
in the game and as time ran
out, Charlie Hobgood ran
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from mid field to the Norlina
five.
Seidel was chosen back of
the week by The Durham
Morning Herald for his play
along with Pernell who was
cited for his defensive work.
The Bulldogs gained 404
yards rushing and 48 yards
passing. Fuller completed two
of ten for the 48 yards. Seidel
led the rushers with 190
yards and nine carries; Neill
McDonald ran 7 times for 87
yards; Jimmy Wrenn carried
four times for 34 and Phillip
Redmond carried 7 times for
twenty yards.
The Bulldogs play Frank
linton there Friday night in
their first conference tilt.
MEET
THE BULLDOGS
ED PERGERSON
Guard
MIKE PEARCE
Guard
PHILLIP REDMOND
Fullback
Oivo Opl#lo*/ 1
By CLINT FULLER
The Louisburg defense has not been scored on now in 96
minutes of football. The boys showed their toughness again
Friday night while the offense-as one daily newspaper put
it-continued to flex their muscles.
One of the largest crowds in years saw the Norlina game
Friday night under ideal conditions. The weather was great
and so were the Bulldogs.
Randy Seidel, Bulldog senior running back scored three
ITD s in eleven and a half
minutes and gained 190 |
yards in 9 carries for an
azing average of. 21.1
yard per carry. This gained
Ifor him the Back of the
Veek in the Franklin Area
Conference as picked by
The Durham Morning Her
ald.
Dunoog nneoacKer
StIOtU Johnny Pernell was chosen PliRNELL
by The Herald as the Linesman of the Week in the Conference
for "his job as a linebacker proved so effective that Norlina
had no serious threat all night."
Louisburg's sophomore quarterback Larry Fuller was
placed on the All State Check List by the Greensboro Daily
News last week. The honor prompted a letter from Wake
Forest University Head Coach Cal Stoll congratulating the
young Bulldog. Stoll wrote, "The coaching staff and I are very
interested in a young man of your caliber as a perspective
student athlete at Wake Forest University, and we will
certainly be following your progress with great interest."
Fullback Neill McDonald, who scored two TD's and two
PAT's against Norlina to bring his total to 32 points thus far
this season moved into number one spot in the conference
among the top scorers. He also moved into the all-time top ten
scorers for Louisburg.
Louisburg has three players in he top seven Conference
scorers. McDonald leads with 32; Randy Seidel is tied for
second with 26 and Larry Fuller is tied for fifth with 12.
Franklinton's Bob Kearney is fourth with 24 and Ram
quarterback Jerry Simmons is tied for fifth with 12.
Louisburg is the best offensive team in the east according to
the ratings. Only 4-A Goldsboro has scored more points and
the Cyclones did theirs in three games. Goldsboro has scored
95 points in three and the Bulldogs have tallied 90 points in
two outings.
Noel Smith, former Louisburg linesman (1964-67), has
written taking us to task for not giving the linesmen equal
coverage in our writeups. While we agree with Noel that
linesmen seldom get the credit they are due, we cannot agree
that this writer alone is guilty. Nor do we agree that The
Franklin Times does not give fair coverage to all the players in
keeping with accepted policies of sports reporting.
This fine young man need only look back a few months to
realize that the one Louisburg player in the twelve-year history
of the sport vtfio received the most publicity here and
elsewhere was Thomas Finch. He deserved every word of It
and than some. Finch, in case anyone has forgotten, was a
linesman.
Young Noel's letter caused us to make a check of the
reporting thus far this season. We foung that The Times sports
department has publirfied 26 pictures in which linesmen were
identified and only 12 in which there appeared the batiks. This
does not include any photos in today's issue.
We also checked game reports in three daily newspapers and
found not a single reference to a linesman in all the reports.
The same was true when we checked local newspaper reports
of last week's Wakelon-Whitley game; Norllne-Devle,
Warranto n- Park View, Va.; A yd erv Greene Central and Llttl*
ton-Midway games.
Noel is correct. Linesmen do not receive credit due them.
But we certainly try. We've been trying to accurately and
fairly report the football picture since we first covered a boy
named Pete To ml ins on making a hole for a quarterback (1165
pounds) named Frank Freemen way beck In 1967. *
Any fan knows that the backs have no place to go without
the linesmen. But we are afraid that until the rules a re changed
to allow linesmen to score touchdowns, it will el ways be thus.