The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1991 Page: 1 of 12
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And The Mullin Enterprise
Volume 98, Number 14
Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844
Thursday, October 31, 1991
Gra ves
Scampers
Eagles senior running back
Cody Graves carries the ball into
the open for big gain in the first
quarter of action against the
Coleman Bluecats last Friday.
Graves recorded 80 yards in
rushing and was on the receiving
end of some nice passes. He also
intercepted another pass to bring
his season’s total up to 10 INT’s.
The Eagles travel to Ranger this
week for another District 8-AA
encounter.
Laughlin Studio Photo
Eagles Victorious In Game Against
Coleman’s Bluecats; Ranger Friday
Blood Drive
Layton Black
Appreciation
Event Slated
Plans are underway for the
second annual Appreciation
Dinner for Representative Layton
Black. The event is scheduled for
Tuesday evening, November 12,
199a t 7:00 P.M. at the Mills
County Civic Center. Tickets are
on sale this week and can be
purchased at the following loca-
tions:
Goldthwaite: Mills County State
Bank, First National Bank, and
Mills Count Chamber of Com-
merce office.
i Mullin: Shelton Lumber Yard
Priddy: Stegemoller Grocery
Star: J & D Grocery
: The tickets are $5.00 dollars
and will include a catered
barbecue meal by Seward’s
Wagon Wheel Restaurant. Dessert
for the occasion will be donated
by the Mills County Young
Homemakers, the Tuesday Study
Club, and the Self Culture Club.
Numerous local and State
dignitaries are expected to be
present for the occasion so make
your plans to attend for an
evening of fun with Goldthwaite’s
Representative Layton Black.
Eagle Band
Plays At Brady
The Golden Eagle Band re-
ceived a Division III for their
efforts at last Saturdays UIL
Marching Competition in Brady.
"I felt the band performed to
their potential at this time and I
really appreciate the efforts of the
band, both high school and eighth
graders, for their effort,” said
Mr. Chris Lovejoy, band director.
The Twirlers also had a success-
ful day at Brady being awarded
Division I ratings on all of their
solos and their ensemble. The
twirlers are now eligible to -
perform at the State level.
Priddy Teams
Win District
Both the Priddy boys and girls
raced to district title in cross
country at the district meet held
at the Mills County Golf Course
on October 28th. Both teams will
advance to the regional meet at
the University of Texas at San
Antonio on November 9th.
David Drueckhammer claimed -
individual honors in the boys
division with a 17:34 time over
the 5,000 meter course. Team-
mates Dustin Hopper (18:02) and
Brian Davidson (18:12) followed,
to claim second and third, res-
pectively. David Garcia of Star
placed fourth in 18:43. Fifth and
Sixth places were captured by
Priddy’s Jason DelBosque (19:41)
and John Drueckhammer (20:40),
respectively. Priddy’s Cody Stege-
moller placed 12th in 22:46.
Janet Davidson claimed her
second straight individual title in
a time of 12:25 over the 3,200
meters girl’s course. Teammates
Jamie DelBosque (13:37) and
Christi Seider (13:48) placed fifth
and sixth, respectively. Shawna
Partin (15:30) captured eleventh,
while Misty Partin claimed four-
teenth in 16:05. Jennifer DelBos-
que (18:57) rounded out the Lady
Pirates’ scoring in twentieth
place.
A game that has 22 men on
the field, judgment calls by
referees, personalities of coaches
and jubilant spectators can lead
to some unpredictable situations.
The Goldthwaite Eagles and
Coleman Bluecats game played
here last Friday night was
certainly no exception.
On the Eagles first play, a
taste of things to come was
witnessed. Eagles quarterback
Craig Auldridge dropped back,
threw a pass that was apparently
batted down by a Coleman
lineman. The ball however,
rebounded into Craig’s hands and
he raced upfield for a nice
nine-yard gain.
This play started the Eagles on
their first scoring drive, a nice
series covering 74 yards in 12
plays. The big play on the drive
was a fake reverse pass thrown
by Auldridge to Brady Rountree.
Rountree bobbled the ball a little,
but just as he was hit on the
five yard line, he managed to
pull the ball in for the
completion.
Running back Cody Graves
scored the touchdown on the next
play, running wide to the right
and then cutting back, dragging
tacklers all the way. William
Manuel’s point after kick was
good and the Eagles led 7-0 with
2:33 to go in the first period.
Coleman’s Bluecats displayed
some fine blocking and running
on their next drive, covering 80
yards in the process. The PAT
was good and the Eagles were
tied at 7-7 with 8:55 to go in the
half.
Two pass interceptions on the
Eagles next two drives perplexed
the offensive unit, but the
defensive group rose to the
occasion.
Effort by Dennis Auldridge, J.
J. Boese and middle linebacker
Stacy Carr forced a punt by the
Bluecats on the first possession.
What happened to end the next
possession you ask? Well, what
started out as a draw play by the
Bluecats ended in a score for the
Eagles. The draw made about 18
yards to the Eagles 45 yard line.
Eagles safety Brady Rountree
came up to make the tackle, but
instead stripped away the ball
and began to crash into the
players trailing the play, both
Eagles and Bluecats. The ball
popped out and went right into
the hands of Graves, who
scampered the remaining 35 yards
for the score. All of this
happened with no time on the
clock as the half was over.
Manuel’s PAT was good and the
Eagles held the lead 14-7 at the
intermission.
Coleman received the second
half kickoff and mounted a good
drive down to the Eagles 18 yard
line
Coleman’s defense stiffened at
the opening of the second stanza
and the Eagles were forced to
punt. Facing a third and seven
from the ’Cats 21 yard line,
another one of those strange
plays surfaced. A fumble by a
Coleman ball carrier hit the
ground and popped up into the
arms of another Coleman player.
And this time it was Dennis
Auldridge who stripped the ball
out and the Eagles had it back
on the Coleman 15 yard line.
An offsides penalty and a
quarterback sack had the Eagles
with a third and 20 situation.
Craig Auldridge hit Graves with a
nice pass that covered 17 yards,
and then Dennis Auldridge man-
aged a first down off left tackle.
Corey Cooksey scored the
touchdown over left tackle behind
the blocking of Dennis Auldridge
and Michael Geeslin. The four
yard blast made the score 20-7
with 5:54 to go in the third
quarter. The snap on the PAT
was wide, but Carr brought it
down to the ground and the kick
by Manuel hit the cross bar and
just trickled over to give the
Eagles a 21-7 lead.
Coleman came back and com-
pleted a fine 40 yard aerial strike
down to the Eagles five yard line.
A couple of plays later the
Bluecats scored and the Eagles
lead was cut to 21-13. The PAT
kick was blocked. The clock
showed 1:42 to go in the third
quarter.
Coleman had picked up some
momentum at this point and held
the Eagles on three plays.
Carr dropped back to punt and
hit a beauty. But as is sometimes
the case, the open field gave the
Bluecats an opportunity to set up
their return and it worked
perfectly. Only the swift feet of
Graves caught up with the
Coleman returner on the two yard
line to prevent a score. There
was however, a clipping call
against the Bluecats to nullify the
play. It was a big punt, a big
runback and a big flag.
Three pass interceptions, one
by Coleman and one each by
Graves and Rountree kept the
action exciting in the final
minutes of the game.
Rountree’s INT was notable in
that he caught the ball on the
14 yard line and was immediately
hit. He lateraled the ball to
Graves who brought the ball out
to the 31 yard line. This set up
the Eagles last possession and
they ran out the clock.
The win now puts the Eagles
at 5-3 on the season and 3-2 in
District 8-AA games.
COACH GARY PROFFITT’S
COMMENTS ON THE GAME
“It was definitely a very wild
and exciting game. We came up
with some big plays off some
weird type tilings. It’ll probably
be a while before we play
another game with as many
different things take place. We
felt like our young men once
again did a good job of getting
ready to play. Defensively, we
played well and came up with
key plays, especially when Roun-
tree stripped the Coleman ball
carrier of the ball and Graves
came up with it to score with no
time on the clock before the half.
Kickoff
Return
Goldthwaite Eagles senior end
Chris Sides returned the kickoff
at the beginning of the second
half of the Coleman game here
last Friday night Chris also had
one pass reception during the
game, that was won by the Eagles
21-13.
Laughlin Studio Photo
Offensively, we executed pretty
well under the blitzing attack of
the Bluecats,” Proffitt said.
GAME AT A GLANCE
127
108
8-14-3
3-35
0
5-35
Eagles
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passes
Punts, avg.
Fumbles lost
Penalties
Coleman
178
38
2-9-2
3-27
2
1-15
Score by quarters:
Eagles................7 7 7 0—21
Coleman.............0 7 6 0—13
EAGLES PLAY AT
RANGER FRIDAY NIGHT
The Black and Gold will trek to
Ranger this Friday night for
another District 8-AA game.
Ranger is 0-8 on the year. It will
be their Homecoming game.
Kickoff time will be 7:30 p.m.
Regularly scheduled radio
broadcast of the game at Ranger
has been cancelled because the
authorization from the Ranger
schools could not be granted.
United Fund
Drivels
Progressing
Mills County United Fund
reported to The Eagle that a total
of $6,882.56 had been given
toward the 1991-92 goal of
$13,000.00. People in the com-
munity are reminded that contri-
butions are being accepted at
Mills County State Bank and First
Naitonal Bank.
Thanks to you, it works for all
of us!
Coming Here
Thursday
United Blood Services will be
conducting a blood drive in
Goldthwaite on Thursday, October
31, 1991 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. at the First Baptist Church
Youth Center. This is an oppor-
tunity for residents of Goldthwaite
to positively affect the lives of
others. Giving blood is safe and
easy, and takes only about 30
minutes.
“There is absolutely no risk of
getting AIDS or any other
diseases by giving blood. This is
a statement of fact that is echoed
by every medical, scientific and
blood
nation,
service agency in the
9 9
said Paula Kennemer,
Community Relations Director of
United Blood Services, the area’s
nonprofit community blood pro-
vider.
Only sterile, disposable equip-
ment is used during the donation
process. Everything, from the
swabs to the blood bags to the
needles, is used just once and
then disposed of. “There is
simply no way to get any
infectious disease from giving
blood,” she said.
Before the blood donation, the
donor is asked a series of medical
questions to help assure the
safety of both the donor and the
paitent who will receive the
blood. In addition, the donor’s
pulse, temperature, blood pres-
sure and iron level are checked.
Once the blood reaches the
United Blood Services laboratory,
Several hours of tests are
performed to further assure
patient safety.
“Hospital patients’ blood needs
are increasing every year, and the
only way to meet their needs is
by healthy people regularly
volunteering to donate blood,”
Kennemer concluded.
Deer Season Opens Here Saturday; Game
Department Gives Recommendations For Does
Hunters by the hundreds will
be coming to Mills County this
week for the annual start of the
whitetail deer season for rifle
hunting. Season officially opens at
sunrise on Saturday morning,
November 2nd.
The 1991 fall deer surveys were
conducted in Mills and sur-
rounding counties during Septem-
ber and October. The map
printed alongside this article
indicated the recommended
antlerless deer harvest per acre,
as derived from these surveys.
Deer and turkey seasons are
being observed together, and will
run through January 5, 1992. A
new item of the law this year is
that a turkey stamp must be
tagged to all turkeys killed.
Each fall, biologists with the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment conduct surveys to deter-
mine deer population trend
information. The data collected
includes estimated deer numbers,
reproduction, and sex-ratios.
Among other things, these data
are then used to determine
recommended deer harvest rates
for the various areas of the state.
Landowenrs are reminded that
these recommendations are very
special and are intended to be
used as guidelines only. They
may or may not apply to each
individual ranch or ownership.
Although not indicated on the
map, recommended buck harvest
rates may also be determined
from the survey information. This
year the estimated buck-to-doe
ratio ranged from approximately 1
buck per 2 does to 1 buck per 5
does in the Mills County area.
Considering that fawns are born
at a ratio of 1 buck to 1 doe,
indicates that the sex-ratio is
somewhat distorted in favor of
the antlerless deer.
One reason for these distorted
sex-ratios is the extra hunting
pressure applied to the buck
segment of the deer herd. Simply
stated, the typical deer hunter, if
given a choice, would prefer to
harvest a buck deer.
Approximately 50-60 percent of
all bucks legally harvested in this
area are only 1% years old.
When you consider that a white-
tailed buck deer will reach his
prime condition at around 51-6%
years old, it is easier to under-
stand why so few trophy-type
bucks are harvested each year in
Mills County.
One must bear in mind
however, that even under ideal
conditions and without any
hunting, the buck-to-doe ratio
would still be in favor of the
antlerless deer. This is due to the
higher
natural stresses and
mortality associated with male
deer in a wild population. Also,
the fact that 50-60 percent of all
bucks being harvested are only
1% years old is not necessarily,
all bad. A young age class of
deer in the harvest indicates a
healthy, viable population.
Most Undowners, even many
who are ultra-conservative con-
cerning antlerless deer harvest,
tend to let the buck harvest
regulate itself. If the landowners
goal is to maintain optimum
numbers of deer, this practice
may suffice. However, in order to
improve the quality of the bucks,
age wise, the landowner should
consider restricting the number of
bucks to be harvested.
For further information con-
cerning these harvest recommend-
ations or other wildlife manage-
ment practices, persons may
Henson Will
Address
Lions Club
Lions Club Program Director,
Robert Berry, has announced that
Ag Teacher Don Henson from
Goldthwaite High School will be
presenting the program at the
upcoming Goldthwaite Lions Club
meeting on Tuesday, November 5
at 7:00 P.M. The Lions Club
meets at the Mills County Civic
Center on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month.
Mr. Henson, who is also a
Lion member, will be bringing a
program on his FFA Leadership
Teams which he sponsors. This
program will be timely as the
Leadership Teams will have
completed the District round of
competition the week prior to Mr.
Henson’s presentation. All Lions
are encouraged to attend.
Map of Mills County showing recommended
doe harvests. Hwy. 84 is the boundary line
between the north and south zones.
contact their area Texas Parks
and Wildlife biologist.
Submitted by Larry Holland
• District Wildlife Biologist
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.
X Brownwood, Texas
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