The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 14, Ed. 1 Monday, November 6, 1978 Page: 1 of 16
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The Winkler County News
% Vol.43, No. 14
FIFTEEN CENTS
(Tax Included)
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745
Monday, Novembers, 1978
Jackets, Bronchos Battle To 14-14 Tie
Coin Toss May Decide District 7-A A Champion
By BILL BECKHAM
Voter interest appears to
be running high in Winkler
County as Tuesday’s General
Election approaches.
Winkler County Clerk
Ruth Godwin reported
Friday afternoon that 156
absentee votes were cast
before the 5 p.m. deadline.
Registration rolls show
4,447 persons eligible to vote
in Tuesday’s balloting.
Broken down by election
precincts, the number of
registered voters looks like
this: Election Precinct 1 —
1079; Election Precinct 2 —
586; Election Precinct 3 —
1147; Election Precinct 4 —
1080; and Election Precinct 5
- 555.
Locally, the main
attraction in the General
Election is a heated race for
Winkler County Judge.
Two-term incumbent
Judge E. C. Locklear, who
won the Democratic
nomination for a. third term
without opposition in the
Students To
Get Holiday
On Friday
Kermit school students get
a holiday Friday, Nov. 10,
according to school officials.
A district teacher
convention is scheduled in
Midland on Friday and
teachers who wish may
attend. However, it is a
regular teacher work day for
teachers who do not attend
the convention, officials
stressed.
May Primary, is facing a
write-in challenge from
Frances Clark, a long-time
Kermit resident and legal
secretary.
Both Judge Locklear and
Mrs. Clark have campaigned
actively for the office, and
vigorous campaigning is
expected to continue right up
to the election.
All other precinct and
county officials are
unopposed on the General
Election ballot with the races
having been settled in the
Democratic Primary in May.
Heated campaigns are
being waged on the state level
for the offices of Governor of
Texas and United States
Senator.
In the governor’s race
Attorney General John Hill, a
former Wink resident, who
defeated incumbent Governor
Dolph Briscoe and former
Governor Preston Smith
without a run-off to win the
Democratic nomination, is
opposed by Republican Bill
Clements, a Dallas
millionaire, who served as
deputy secretary of defense
under President Gerald Ford.
United States Senator John
G. Tower, the state’s first
Republican senator since
reconstruction days, faces a
challenge from Rep. Robert
Krueger, a two-term
Democratic congressman
from New Braunfels. Senator
Tower was elected to the
Senate in 1961 to succeed
Lyndon Johnson and has
served since that time.
In one of two area races,
which are of vital concern to
Winkler County, incumbent
Congressman Richard C.
(Dick) White of El Paso, is
seeking re-election to an
eighth tenn in the U. S.
House of Representatives
from the 16th Congressional
District, which includes
Winkler County. Rep. White
is opposed by Michael Giere,
an El Paso Republican.
The other contest features
State Rep. Richard C. (Dick)
(See INTEREST Page 12)
JUDGE LOCKLEAR
FRANCES CLARK
SEN. TOWER
ROBERT KRUEGER
Hugh Garage Sale
Planned By School
A giant garage sale is
planned Thursday, Friday
and Saturday by the Kermit
Independent School District
with all sorts of unneeded
goodies for sale.
The garage sale will be held
at Campbell and Poplar at the
site of the old third grade
building north of Walton
Field.
School officials said
chu-rches and governmental
agencies will have first
priority on Wednesday, Nov.
8', and the public is invited on
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Items range from used tires
to light fixtures to student
desks to air conditioners.
All items are surplus, used
equipment.
JOHN HILL
WILLIAM CLEMENTS
by COREY MATHENY
It may not have been the
'most exciting game in - the
state, but it was one of the
closest. The Sonora Bronchos
- overcame a 14-point deficit in
the fourth quarter to tie the
Kermit Yellow Jackets. The
^ game was played in Sonora
™ last Friday, Nov. 3, and
ended in a 14-14 tie.
Not only was the score
tied, but so were the
penetrations and the first
downs.
^ “As I understand it, if
^ Sonora and Kennit end up
tied for the District
championship, then the title
will be decided by a coin
flip,” said Kennit Coach Earl
Overton.
^ The Bronchos scored their
V two touchdowns in the
fourth quarter. Both were
scored by Wayne McLaughlin,
one from six yards and the
other from one yard. One
came following a Kermit
fumble on the Jacket 32, and
% the other following a short
punt to the J-acket 40.
The Jackets scored once in
the second quarter as Alfred
McGilbra raced 18 yards into
the end zone, and once in the
third quarter as Todd
^ Ethridge crashed over from
the two-yard line.
The Jackets showed their
dominance early as they
drove to the Sonora 39
before Ethridge was thrown
for a 14-yard loss as he tried
to round left end. From there
the Jackets drove back to the
Broncho 39, but were forced
to punt on fourth down.
David Fulbright
intercepted a Benny Granger
aerial on the first play after
the punt to give the Jackets a
first down on their own
42-yard line.
Ethridge moved the ball to
midfield with a nice run off
left tackle, but two bobbled
snaps and a holding penalty
moved the Jackets back to
their own 26 before fourth
down rolled around.
The Jackets’ punt only
reached midfield as a 30-35
mile-per-hour wind blew in
punter Brent Barrs’ face.
From midfield, the Bronchos
moved steadily to the Jacket
two-yard line, mostly on the
running of McLaughlin,
before on third and goal from
the two, Joey Kirby failed to
get in as he swept right end.
Mike Jones’ 22-yard field goal
attempt was wide left and the
Jackets moVed the ball six
yards from the 20 to the 26
before the quarter ran out
with the score tied at 0.
Ethridge coughed up the
first Jacket fumble on the
first play of the second
quarter as the Bronchos
recovered on the Jacket
32-yard line.
The Jacket defense held
strong, however, as they
pushed the Bronchos back to
their own 49 in three plays
and forced Sonora to punt.
After an exchange of
punts, the Jackets had a first
down on their own 46.
McGilbra moved the ball to
the five, two plays later as he
carried over left tackle for 49
yards. Barrs then carried the
ball over right tackle to the
one before McGilbra fumbled
as he was going into the end
zone and Sonora recovered
the loose ball in the end zone
to give them a first down on
the 20.
The Bronchos quickly gave
the ball back to the Jackets
two plays later as Deon
Bryant fell on a fumbled snap
to give the Jackets a first
down on the Broncho
28-yard line.
McGilbra carried for four
to the 24 and David Fulbright
added six more to the 18 to
set up McGilbra’s 18-yard TD
jaunt with 4:40 remaining in
the second quarter. Layne
Nutt added the PAT to give
the Jackets a 7-0 lead.
Neither team could
produce any. more offense
during the remainder of the
first half and the half ended
with the Jackets still leading
7-0.
Kermit came out of the
dressing room fired up and
began the second half with a
bang as they scored on their
first possession of the half.
McGilbra got the Jackets
going on the first offensive
play of the second half for
the Jackets, as he dashed 30
yards to'give Kermit a first
down on the Sonora 37-yard
line.
The Jackets then moved
steadily to the Broncho two,
on the running of McGilbra,
Fulbright, and Barrs, to set
up Ethridge’s two-yard
touchdown run with 2:39
remaining in the third
quarter. Nutt added the PAT
to make the score 14-0.
The Bronchos were forced
to start from their own seven
after the kickoff and could
only move out to the 17
before the third quarter
ended with the Jackets
leading 14-0.
The trouble started early in
the fourth quarter for the
Jackets as Junior Jennings
fumbled on the Jacket 32 and
a Broncho fell on the ball.
Granger quickly moved the
ball to the 20 on a pass to
David Reyna, and then Kirby
picked up 10 to the 10.
McLaughlin then carried
twice to the six to set up his
six-yard touchdown run with
9:01 remaining in the fourth
quarter. Jones’ PAT made the
score 14-7.
Sonora got the ball back
moments later as the Jacket
offense could go nowhere and
the Barrs punt only traveled
to the Jacket 40-yard line.
Granger hit Mike Jones on
a 20-yard pass to the 20, and
then turned the ball over to
McLaughlin.
McLaughlin carried the ball
six straight times from the 20
and finally bulled over from
the one with 4:04 remaining
in the fourth quarter. Jones’
PAT made the score 14-14.
The Jackets could go
nowhere after the ensuing
kickoff, but the Bronchos
fumbled the snap on the first
play after the punt to give the
Jackets a first down on the
50-yard line.
The offense again
sputtered until a pass
interference was called
against the Bronchos on the
Sonora 25-yard line. The
Jackets then ran three plays
trying to get inside the 20,
but the game ended with the
Jackets on the 22, and the
score 14-14.
McGilbra had a brilliant
night rushing with 168 yards
while McLaughlin carried the
bulk of the Sonora rushing
game with 90 yards.
Both Kermit and Sonora
fall a half game down to
Crane, who defeated Ozona
32-0, in the District race. The
Jackets are now 5-1-2 on the
season and 0-0-1 in the
District while Sonora is 5-0-2
and 0-0-1.
The Jackets will host the
O?ona Lions at Walton Field
in Kermit next Friday night,
Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.
GAME STATISTICS
s
K
12
1st Dns.
12
110
Yds. Rsng.
253
27
Yds. Psng.
22
3-7-1
Passe s-C-A-I
3-7-0
2
Fum.-Lst.
2
5-32.2
Punts-Avg.
6-32.3
641
Pen.-Yds.
5-59
Score By Quarters:
K 0 7 7 0 - 14
S 0 0 0 14- 14
Scoring Summary:
K — McGilbra 17 run (Nutt
kick)
K - Ethridge 1 run (Nutt
kick)
S - McLaughlin 6 run
(Jones kick)
S - McLaughlin 1 run
(Jones kick)
The ball is just off the fingertips of
Mike Speed (44).
U Todd Ethridge (20) is stopped by swarming Broncho defense (above),
while Roy Burleson (84) and Deon Bryant (32) prepare to dispose of
Broncho rusher (below!.
Interest Is High
t m i » t
In luesday Vote
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Brewer, Bert. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 14, Ed. 1 Monday, November 6, 1978, newspaper, November 6, 1978; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024720/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.