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Louisburg Upset, Rams Sink Waves McDonald Bites The Dust Pho'? by F"',r Ayden Takes 13-12 Thriller By Clint Fuller Times Sports Editor Louisburg's inability to score points after a touch down cost the Bulldogs their second one-point defeat In a row here Friday night as de fending Class A champion Ayden edged the locals 13-12 in a bruising gridiron battle. Louisburg fumbled the opening kickoff giving Ayden possession. However, the Bulldogs held and as the first period ended, had the ball on the Tornado nine-yard line. Danny Oakley picked off a Larry Fuller pass as the second period got underway to kill the Louisburg threat. With nine minutes left in the half Louisburg's Boo Boo Pergerson recovered an Ayden fumble on the Tor nado 18. Randy Seidel ran to the 13 and then picked up a first and ten on the the Tor nado nin? With 6:39 remain ing in the half, Fuller hit Robbie McDonald with a pass good for the touchdown. Ful ler's pass to Jimmy Wrenn fell incomplete on the point-after attempt and Louisburg took a 6-0 lead. Charlie Hobgood inter cepted an Alan Wilson toss at the five minute mark giving Louisburg the ball on their own 39-yard line. After com pleting a pass to Robbie McDonald inside Ayden ter ritory, Fuller had his second interception of the night on the Ayden 21. Jimmy Wrenn returned a Mike Tripp punt at the 1:46 mark to midfield but the Tornadoes forced the Bulldogs to kick with 30 seconds left in the half. Johnny Pernell drove Wilson out-of-bounds as the half ended with Louisburg holding a 6-0 edge. Three minutes into the third period, Ayden had moved to the Bulldog twenty _r -yard line with the aid of two 15-yard penalties. The Bull dogs was then taxed with a five-yarder on an offsides, giving Ayden the ball on the Louisburg 15 and a first down with five yards to go. Wilson was thrown for a loss. On the next play, Carey Wrenn ran Wilson out-of -bounds on the Louisburg 15 where the Bulldogs drew another 15-yard penalty. Charlie Hobgood killed that Ayden drive with a fine save on a Wilson pass. At the 7:39 mark, Robbie McDonald returned an Ayden kick to the Louisburg 15 where a clipping penalty hit the Bulldogs for 15 yards on the second play from scrim mage. The Bulldogs failed to move the football and with 5:23 left in the third frame. Fuller kicked to the Ayden 43. Another clipping penalty was assessed against Louis ?? mmmi ^ I ^ OlVt C)p(MlOK< I By CLINT FULLER Louisburg will soon be getting a complex about this one-point loss business. The Bulldogs couldn't move the football into the end zone on four tries Friday night and failed to make the two conversions and had to settle for a o he-point loss to powerful Ayden. \ * It was an emotion-filled contest with both team! wanting the win. Perhaps none thus far have been as hard fought as this one. Louisburg played one of its best games. There was a great deal of criticisn of the officiating following the contest by local fans. A number of obvious mistakes were made and when the four men working the game stayed on afterwards and tried to explain some of their actions, the situation got rather sticky. It pointed up the need for more control over officials and for better training for them. They have a tremendous responsibility and those here Friday niffit almost allowed the situation to get out of hand. With the exception of the Friday foursome and those working the Scotland Neck contest, officiating this year has been exceptionally good. And the fact that Louisburg lost these two games by one-point has nothing to do with the statement. Win or lose, the fans have a right to expect good officiating and more importantly, to do the players on both teams. Donnie Beckham of Franklinton was chosen Linesman of the Week by the Durham Herald for his ten tackles, several assists and a pass interception which resulted in a TD for the Rams against Norlina. Bobby Kearney and Cliff Williams scored two touchdowns in the game and Jerry Simmons and Tim Leonsrd scored one each. It is unusual to note that The Herald has placed Oxford Orphanage ahead of Louisburg in the Class A ratings. Since The Herald only rates the four Franklin Area teams, this is ridiculous. Louisburg beat Oxford and has lost to a 2- A school and to defending state champs Ayden-by one poirjt in each game. Oxford has lost two, one to Louisburg and a second to 3-A Hope Mills. The Rams tackle the No. 1 team in the state Friday night as they travel to Weldon. With the Rami clicking thii year, thii should be a good game and what a chance to collect a bit of glory. Louiiburg will play Weldon in the playoffs on November 14. A neutral field it now being selected by the two schools and a meeting will be held soon to settle a number of incidentals pertinent to the all important contest. Sm* Ayden players said Friday night that Louisburg it tougher than Weldon. Warrenton and Norlina have earlier reported the tame. The Bulldogs haven't played Weldon since 1963 and that 40-6 lost is remembered here. burg and Ayden moved the ball to a first down on the Louisburg 27. On second and eight, Louisburg drew an off-,' sides penalty followed by a first down picked up by Wil son on the Louisburg 19. Oakley carried to the \1\ then to the 11 with Wilson moving the ball to the sue yard line and a first down. On first and goal Wilson scamp ered in for the Tornado score. The kick was good and the Tornadoes led, 7-6. As the third period ended, Fuller carried for ten yards to the Ayden 42. Neil McDonald carried to the Ayden 37 where Fuller hit Seidel with a pass good on the Ayden one yard line. Then followed the Bulldogs' most frustrating ex perience of the night. Trailing by a point, with 11 minutes left in the game, a fumble recovered by Louis burg hurt, Seidei tried to score and tailed; Fuller's knee touched on an attempted handoff and the young quar terback was nailed on the three yard line when his re ceivers were covered on fourth down. The failure to score here cost the Bulldog the game. At the 7:28 mark, Jimmy Wrenn returned an Ayden punt to midfield and on first down, hauled to the Tornado 32. Wrenn was tackled right in front of the Louisburg bench and a heated argument took place following the play. The disagreements halted play for several minutes as officials, coaches and local law officers converged on the scene Reports from the sidelines say that an Ayden player threatened to take a punch at Wrenn after the Louisburg flanker was grounded. Louis burg coach Tommy Twitty cautioned the Ayden player and this prompted three Tor nadoes to threaten Twitty. When the smoke cleared, Louisburg--as it had all night was taxed with a 15-yard penalty. The reasons were not given. The Louisburg drive, was halted a play later when Wil son intercepted another Ful ler toss with 7:09 left. On the Ayden first and ten, Neil McDonald recovered a Tor Out Of It A lady approached a sur geon and asked him if he would perform an operation. "What for?" he inquired. "Oh, anything you like. You see, I attend a lot of women's bridge parties and, never having an operation, I simply cant take part in the conversation." Hunting Material The Soph: "How do you pronounce your name, sir?" The New Professor: My name is Tkklefeather-pro nounced just as it is spelled." The Soph: "Thanks, I'm chairman of a class com mittee on yells and I'm look ing for something that sounds ridiculous to put into a new one." Two New Installments "How do you like my new frock. Jack? I bought it on the Installment plan." "Better take It back and get a few more installment!. We're going to a respectable party." nado fumble on the Ayden 15 and carried to the Tor nado 12. With 6:33 left, Seidel ran for the score from the Ayden 12. The point after attempt ended with a fumble on a handoff and Louisburg took the lead, 12-7. Louisburg kicked off at the 6:27 mark, Wilson return ing the kjck to the Ayden forty. On a draw, Wilson moved to the Bulldog 47 and then picked up a first down on the Louisburg 39. Stopped once, Wilson picked up another first down at the 4:36 time mark. Then Wilson hit Debro Blount with a pass on the Louisburg five yard line. Oakley was stopped on the first carry, but Wilson hauled for the score with 3:25 left. The PAT kick was blocked and Ayden took a 13-12 lead. Larry Romero returned the Ayden kick off to the Louisburg 35 and a five yard penalty against Ayden on the kick resulted in Louisburg having possession again on the 35 after the second kick. On first down, Fuller's pass was incomplete; his' second toss was missed by Steve Per due and Mike Griffin inter cepted on fourth down to kill the Bulldogs chances. Ayden ran out the clock on the ground following their take over at the 2:32 mark. An offsides penalty against Louisburg aided the Torna does in maintaining ball possession in the closing moments. Rams Romp 47-0 Over Norlina The Franklinton Rams kept up their winning ways Friday night as'they defeated Norlina 47 to 0. It was the Rams 4th win in a row and brought them to a 6-2 record. The Rams scored the first time they received the ball. Oh the 6th play on offense Bobby Kearney ran for a 16 yard TD with 6:46 left in the 1st period. The PAT was no good. The second TD came with 11:35 left in the second quarter when Kearney scored from the 5 yard line. The PAT was no good. Jerry Simmons ran a quar terback sneak for 10 yards and the third TD with 9:55 left in the half. He also ran the conversion for 2 points. With 1:26 left in the half Cliff Williams ran for a 1 yard TD and the PAT was no good. As the half ended the Rams enjoyed a 26 to 0 lead. The Rams next score came in the third quarter when line backer, Donnie Beckham, in tercepted a pass and ran for a 40 yard TD. The PAT conver sion was made by Williams. On the next series of downs for the Rams, Cliff Williams ran for an 85 yard. TD longest of the year for Franklinton. The final TD came on a 7 yard pass from Glenn Phelps to W. B. Tim Leonard. As has been the case time after time the Ram defense rose to the occasion when needed . to stop the Blue Waves from scoring. As usual it was a team effort both on defense and offense. Al though some boys gave out standine Derformances, Donnie Beckham seemed to be in on almost every tackle, David Thompson played one of his best games at defensive end. Bobby Ayscue, Al Sand ling, and Buck Pearce did fine jobs at their respective posi tions. Everette Frye at center gave a fine performance on offense. Cliff Williams earned 14 times for 156 yards for an average of over 11 yards per carry and scored 14 points. Bobby Kearney carried 14 times for 91 yards rushing. The Rams had 5 boys score TDs. The total offense gained 314 yards rushing and 125 yards passing for a total of 439 yards. On Friday the Rams travel to Weldon to take on the No. 1 team in he Eastern Class A Division. Franklinton Bowling Results ' W L Police Dept 22Vi 9V4 Sterling Cotton Mill 22 10 Alley Cits 20 12 Tom Cats 20 12 Fire Dept 16 16 Chargers 9 23 Pin Busters 10 22 Rescue Squad 8"/4 23H I HIGH TEAM 3 Games Police Dept _ 2378 Fire Dept 2371 Police Dept 2365 HIGH TEAM Game Police Dept 876 Sterling Cotton Mill 854 Police Dept 848 HIGH INDIVIDUAL 3 Games Johnnie James ^96 Andy Hobson 556 Johnnie James 553) HIGH INDIVIDUAL Game \ Andy Hobson 225 Leo Edwards 220 Andy Hobson 217 i mi m Photo by Clint Fuier. Jimmy Wrenn On The Run JERRY SIMMONS 1TD, 1 Conversion i TIM LEONARD Caught TD Pass BOBBY KEARNEY 2 Touchdowns Rampaging Rams Photos by Cindy Secor. CLIFF WILLIAMS 2 Touchdowns i DONNIE BECKHAM Ran Intercepted Pass TD Youngsville Boosters Meet Youngsville - Mr. L. A. Woodlief, president of the Youngsville Booster club, pre sided at the first meeting of the new year which was held at the school cafeteria Thurs day night. Plans for the club were discussed. To get the year off to a good start, efforts will be concentrated on a membership drive. Citizens interested in support ing the athletic program of the schools are invited to join the club. Membership fees will be used in financial sup port of the athletic depart ment. Club Treasurer Rudy Evans gave the current fi nancial report. A nominating committee appointed to recommend a slate of officers is composed of Ben Hudson, Gpp Cat let t and Bob Cheatham. 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