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READ THE NEWS-TIMES FOR LOCAL SPORTS COVERAGE CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES SECOND ANNUAL FOOTBALL SECTION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1968 MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA PAGE ONE? SECTION TWO Teams Build Fine Record in 1957 Eagles Go Undefeated To Capture AA-C Title The Morehead City Eagles were the class of the state AA-C teams last year. There are plenty o f fans who will argue that the Eagles could have defeated any high school team In the state on a ? given night. This Is one point that will nev er be settled, but there is no doubt that the Eagles were clearly Mt of tbe class of most of the teams they played last year. The Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs gave the Eagles more trouble than any other team. It wasn't until the final two minutes of the game before the Eagles were able to push across a touchdown for a 19 14 victory. The following paragraphs tell the story of the Eagles march to the state championship: In the first game of the year the Eagles scared a rousing 28 0 vic tory over Camden. Several hun dred fans turned out to the local > ball park to see the 1957 version of the Eagle machine. James Guthrie was the big gun in the winner's attack. Re scored 20 points on three touchdowns and two extra points. John Glan ey scored one touchdown on a quarterback sneak and Gerald Jones went across for two extra points. The Eagles traveled to Swans boro for their second game, intent on making up for a 7-0 loss to the Pirates last year. The Morehead City eleven ran wild to score a 42-0 victory. Oace more it was Guthrie who led Che scoring for the Eagles. He scored three touchdowns and ? an extra point for II points. , Jones scored one touchdown and two extra points, as dM FmVtte Oglesby. Willi* scored a touch down and Glancy scored ?ae ex tra point. Farmville was the third victim of the Eagles. When the dust cleared away from the Morehead stadium, the score stood at 31-0. Six Eagles had scored points dur ing the contest. Jones was the sparkplug in the 25-6 victory over Jones Central the following week. He ran for three touchdowns and one extra point while Guthrie scored once. A Jones Central player picked .up a fumble and ran" 63 yards to score the first touchdown of the year against the Eagles. The traditional battle for urn Mullet Backet was number five for "the Eagles. The Beaufort Sea dogs went down to a 47-6 defeat playing on their home field. Jones tore the Seadog defenses open as he scored four touchdowns. Guthrie scored twice and Glancy hit paydirt once in the rout. Extra *points were scored by Willis and Oglesby. One of the roughest games played by the Eagle* resulted In a 4M victory ovrr the Camp Lejcuae Devil Pops Bath teami were fired ip for the game a ad went all-oat to win. The Eagles reached their offen aive peak against Pamlico Central. In racking up a 52-0 victory, they scored the highest total made by an Eagle team in three years. Dlxan had cancelled its game with (fee Eagle*, so the Big Bed was idle the next week. A (la epidemic Caused the Morehead City school to close and post pone the game with Havebck scheduled for the following week. The game was aever played siace the Eagles were busy in play-offs from then on out. The first round of the play-offs law the Eagles pitted against the Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs. The teams met at Swansboro with the game rated a toss up. The Bulldogs struck first when Willie Plner grabbed off aa Eagle fumble and raced 34 yards to paydirt. He booted the extra pointt to put the- Bulldogs into ? 74 lead. James Guthrie knotted the score with a touchdown and extra point minutes later. The Bulldogs moved back into the lead with less than a minute remaining in the half. Trail lag 14-7 with seconds re maining, Coach Clark seat la a play from tha bench. A screen paas from Clancy to Guthrie clicked and covered ? yards to fen EAGLES, Pag* 2. fectiaa X Z" " Photo by bob Seymour Rap Perry, eiecntfvc secretary of the North Carolina Hi*h School Athletic Association, presents the state AA-C championship trophy to Eagle co-captains Richard Powers, right, and Gordon Patrick. Look ing on are Thomas Oglesby and Cyach Norman Clark. Norman Clark Has Coached Morehead City to 37-5 Mark Morehcad City Eagle Coach Nor man Clark's teams have compiled a fabulous record of 37 victories and five losses since be began coaching in ISM. During that time the Eagles have been in the state play-offs three timea and won the state championship once. Coach Clark gives his players credit for doing most of the hard work. "I just tell the boys what to do and try to show them how to do it," he explains. Coaches of opposing teams (ay that there is more to Clark's suc cess than that. They say the secret of the success of Eagle teams is due to the burning desire to win that Coach Clark has instilled in the boys. The urge to win, just like physi cal courage, is contagious. Coach Clark, an outstanding athlete him self, got into the habit of winning while he was still in high school. Faar-Letter Man He was a four-letter man at the Bonita, Calif., High School. Clark was an end on the same football team with Glen Davis, Mr. Out side of the Davis-Blanchard inside outside powerhouse at Armj dur ing the Cadet's stay at the top of the national football ratings. Clark was even more outstanding as ? baseball player. In high school he played the outfield and pitched. When be graduated from high school, he was swamped with scholarship offers aid accepted a full scholarship to play football and baseball for the University of Southern California. After a year at USC, Clark en tered the service for a three-year hitch. As soon as he was dis charged, the Cleveland Indians signed him up and put him in their farm system as an outfielder. Works Way Up Because of his strong right arm, Clark was shifted to pitcher and he worked his way up to Class A ball in just three years A shoulder injury he picked up In the service came back to bother him in the third year and be had to give up professional ball. In 1182 a ark entered East Caro lina CoUegs aid resumed bit col. Norman Clark ? . . Eagle coach lege studies. After graduating from ECC, Clark worked on his master's degree (or a half-year before ac cepting a position at Plymouth. He taught there during the 1953 54 school- yur and came to More head City in the fall of 1954. During Clark'i first year as coach, the Eagles lost two gamea. They dropped a 20-14 decision to Edenton, state Class A champs that year and a 3-0 thriller to Washington. Lose In Play Offs In 1955 the Eagles were unde feated going into the atate play offs. The Wallace Bulldogs stopped the Eagle victory string with a 20-6 verdict over the Morchead City grkkjers. In 1956 The Eagles dropped a 7-0 decision to Swansboro and lost a play-off game with Tarboro by a 27-14 margin. Last year, of course, the Eagles were undefeated in 11 straight gamea aa they captured the AA-C state championship Coach Clark aaya you have to put the Individual boys above wiUiM m losing ? ball game. Ha works ith hits as an important knows every boy on the team and person. The Clark living room is crowded with medals and trophies the coach won as a player and coach. Among the trophies is the Seashore Conference Coach of the Year award, initiated by THE NEWS TIMES, which Clark has won for three years. Seadogs Select Best Players Larry Kirk was selected by his teammates as the outstanding player on the Beaufort football team last season. Selected >? the best defensive J>laycr on the team was Clayton Hunnings. Danny Willis won the offensive award. Gordon Beeton received the most valuable player trophy and John Smith was recognized as the best blocker on the team. Only two of these players arc on the Seadog squad this year. They are Bccton and Smith. All' the others have graduated, leaving Beaufort team short on experi ence. Coach V. M. Morrison is count ing heavily on Becton and Smith as the nucleus of a strong forward wall. Both smith and Becton were on the All-Seashore Conference second team last season. Other Beaufort players who made the honor team were Bobby Good v?ic and Alex Copcland. Seadoga who made honorable mention were Charles Hasaell, Cal vin Jones, Kirk, Jim Guthrie, Da vid Perry, Dallas Willla, Butch llassell, Raymond Gillikin, Danny Willis, ' Hunnings, Joe Pake, and H. D. Paul. The Beaufort Jaycees sponsored a football banquet laat winter in which all these boys were honored. The banquet, conducted at the Scout Building, is an annual affair lor the Jaycces. i ? Carteret County football4 teams compiled an overall record of 24 victories, three losses and two ties last year. The most impressive record, of course, was that of More head City's state champion ship squad. The Eagles rack ed up 11 victories without a defeat. The Beaufort Seadogs won the Class A championship of the Sea shore Conference with an overall mark of six victories, two losses and a tie. The Seadogs then tied Farmville in the state play offs in their final game of the season. The Queen Street Knights went all the way to the finals for the eastern championship of AA col ored schools before losing their first game of the season to Chapel Hill. The Knights wound up with a 7-1 mark. It is no accident that schools in this county, year after year, are able to produce winning teams. Backed by civic organizations and parents, coaches have fewer wor ries away from the field. They are able to devote a great deal of their time to the individual players and weld individuals into a strong unit. After a break for World War II, this county has come back strong to field better and better teams. Queen Street was the first school in the county to field a team after the war. In 1949 Coach S. H. Bar row came out with his first edi- ! tion of the Knights. Coach Barrow is still producing top-notch teams I at the Beaufort school to hold the | record for this county in length of service. Beaufort's Seadogs were the sec ond county team on the field after the war. The Seadogs got in two games in 1949 and took on a full schedule the following year. Morehead City was the third school to get in on the football rush. In 1950 the Eagles got Char lie Hester as h#td coach and went all-out with the bucking of the Morehead City Jayceea. The Beau fort Jaycees were supporting the Seadog grid program. The newest county team is the W. S. King Monarchs. The Mon archs, under the coaching of John Thompson, will take the field for the first time thia year. Coach Thompson la working hard to develop a well-rounded athletic program at W. S. King. He intro duced basketball a couple of years ago and is now going all-out for the football program. He contends that the Monarchs have the ma terial to produce a championship team. With four teams playing in the county this year, fans will have a wide selection of games to attend. Football is one of the moat excit ing spectator sports ever devel oped. There is always plenty of action in every game. Go out and enjoy the drama of each game. Boys play just as hard as the fans make them. A loud cheering section con be a great inspiration for the young athletes. 1957 Seadog Gridders Gain Berth in State Play-Offs I The Beaufort Seadogs compiled ! a record of lix victories, two de feats and one tie in gaining a berth in the state Gail A play-offs last year. The Svadogs played Farm ville to a scoreless deadlock in tb? play-offs for a final record of 8-2-1. i They opened the season with ? ! rush, scoring decisive victories over Dixon, Camp Lejeune and j Vanceboro. i The first game, a 21-0 victory over Dixon, was a cinch for the Seadogs. They rolled up 307 yards on offense and stopped Dixon cold I with a minus seven yards for their day's work. One touchdown by the Seadofi was called back and two long punt returns were cancelled when pen alties were called against Beau fort. The Seadogs, despite 95 y arris in penalties, were in command throughout the game. Kirk Stars In Game The Camp Lejeune Devil Pups fell before the Seadog assault by a 262 margin in a game played at the Marine base. Larry Kirk passed snd ran the Seadogs to vic tory in this game. Kirk passed for two touchdowns and an extra point and made lev eral long runs, including a 30-yard jaunt that set up the second Set dog touchdown. The third straight victory came at the expense of Vanceboro. The score in that game was 33-19. Trail ing 19-14 in the fourth quarter, the Seadogs scored three touch downs in the final period to put the game on ice. See SEADOGS, Page 2, Section 2 t'lioiu u> to iii? ?>*>?itour Guion Dudley was one of Beaufort's best running backs last year. Here the speedy halfback picks up yardage In the Havelock game. The Seadogs and Rams battled to a 13-13 tie in the game. V. M. Morrison Brings Impressive Coaching Record to Seadog Camp Beaufort * new football coach, V. M Morrison, comes to the Seadog camp with an impreasive record built at fuch schools as Header ion, Rutherfordton and Mt. Holly. While Coach Morrison is a firm believer in the theory that foot ball is *9 per cent fundamental*, he insists that he is not a member of the old "blood and guts school." Any play will go with enough blocking and any play can be stopped with enough tackling ? that is what Coach Morrison (tresses in his practice sessions. No Secret* "There are no secrets in football. Every play f ever saw or heard of can be found in a book. Coaching and plays are a factor in a team's success, of course, but it is the boys who beat you," Coach Morri son declares. Mullet Bucket Will Mark Eighth Birthday This Year No one knows M how uiy hamburgers have brri ratci from the Mallet Bucket. At one time the 'bargers were interred for mem bers of the whoring team bat for the past two years both teams have bees Invited to Don's for free eats after the Beaafort-Morebead City game. ? The Mullet Bucket will mark its eighth birthday this year with just as much excitement ti there was when the old buckte was put on the line for the first time in 1S50. The Mullet Bucket, given annually to the winner of the Morehead City Beaufort football game, is tradi tionally filled with hamburgers for members of both teams at Dom's. The trophy waa initiated by the Morehead City and Beaufort Jay cees to raise interest in what was destined to become the greatest athletic series in the history of cither school. The Eaglea and Seadogs had played to a scoreless deadlock early in the season of 1B50 before the Mullet Bucket idea was origi nated. A second game was sche duiad tor TbukifMac day o< Um same year. It was for this game that the Mullet Bucket was brought into being. The Eagles took a hard fought 21-12 victory over Beaufort in that game and took the Mullet Bucket back to the high school. The Mullet Bucket provM to be I good drawing card because 3.SOO persons turned out to aee who would take it home. The contest was dubbed the "Fish Bowl" game. The following year Beaufort had a powerhouse and copped two vic tories from tbe Eagles. The Mul let Bucket itaycd in the Seadog stronghold until 1952. Score of the 1951 games won by Beaufort were 21-9 and 6-0. Bm BUCKET, Fa** t, Section i Born in Berkley. West Va., Coach , Morrison moved to Wilmington to live with his sister while he was in grammar school. He went to New Hanover High School in Wilming ton and played football, basketball and baseball. After graduation from high school, Coach Morrison went to the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kingspoint, N. Y., where he was graduated in 1943. He served in the Merchant Ma rine during the war and left the service in 1946 as a lieutenant commander. On leaving the Mer chant Marine, he went to Davidson College for additional college work. Coach Morrison played football and basketball at Davidson. Works for Government After his gradu ..ion from David son, he took a job with the US Maritime Service at Wilmington. In 1949 Coach Morrison went back to New Hanover High as a backfield coach. In 1951 he moved to East Carolina follegc where he was an assistant to W. K. Doyle, who is now head coach at David son. Coach Morrison spent only one year at ECC and moved to llcnder son at head coach (or the three major sports, lie remained at Hen derson until 19M when he movwl to Rutherfordton as athletic direc tor and head coach. After one year at Rutberfordtoa Coach Morrison moved to Mount Holly. His first year at Mt. Holly saw his team drop seven decisiona while winning only two. The next, year Mt. Holly won U straight be fore losing to Granite Falls for the AA-C western championship. Resumes Teaching After the 1857 season Coach Mor rison accepted a position with the Wilmington Shipping Co. He de cided he had rather be back in school so he quit last October and accepted a job teaching the eighth grade at Mineral Springs. Coach Morrison is one coach who can bring hia horses with him. H? has three registered quarter horses, one on a farm at Crab Point and two at Charlotte. Coach Morirson is married and has three atepchildren, Sonny Thacker, a student at ECC; Mack Thacker, a student at Wake For est; and Barbara Thacker, who will be a Junior at Beaufort this fall. Mrs. Morrison is the former Phiena Nelson of Henderson. Seven Eagles Selected For AII-ConterenceT earn No lot than seven members of last year's Morehcad City Eagles won all-conference honors. The Eagles rolled over every team they met in the Seashore Confer ence and opposing coaches were so impressed with the Eagles some suggested that every man on the team deserved to be all-confer ence. Players making the all-confer ence team were end I -in wood Swin son, tackle I.ynwood Durham, guard Richard Powers, quarter back John Clancy, and halfbacks Gerald Jones and James Guthrie. Only two of these players, Guthrie and Durham, will be on the Eagle squad again this year. Coach Norman Clark says he is counting heavily on these boys to furnish the experience necessary to balance the green players who wiU earn starting berths. Outstanding Player Jones waa named the outstand ing player on the Eagle squad last year. He scored 123 points and was a constant break-away threat. Guthrie, the best offensive player, scored 147 points and was great when the going was hardest. Durham it counted on this year to "carry" one side of the Eagle line. He will probably be flanked by a pair of first year men who will be looking to him for tip* on i the finer points of the game. Fullback FratdM Ogelabjr made second team ill-conference last year and was selected by the coach as the most improved player on the squad at the end of the season. Oglesby was shifted from tackle to fullback Just before the season started last year. He Improved steadily with experience and by the end of the year was a solid candidate for an all conference berth. He was nosed out by Jones Central's Raymond Conway, a sen ior repeater from 1956. Honorable Mention Jackie Simpson, a senior guard last year, also won a second team all-conference spot Eagles getting honorable mention were end Rus sell Guthrie, tackle Sherman Sal ter, guard Mokey Laaltter, and backs A1 Conner, Jackie McQueen and Craig Willis. Richard Powers waa voted the best defensive player on the team ?a brilliant defensive aggregation that gave up only M points in 11 games. Clancy, Simpson and Salter tied (or the sportsmanship award. Jones and Powers were named to the News and Observer All-Eaat team. While most of the players win ning individual honora last year were seniors, plenty of the young er players showed the potential to become Just as good as the ?tat* champs.
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