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All-District Team
ROCKDALE (T.x.) REPORTER—lb
Three Tigers were first-team defensive picks: halfback
James Crocker, middle guard Frank (Catfish) Williams and
tackle Larry Parker.
Honorable mention selections from Rockdale were center
Bobby Cooper, Crocker at running buck, Craig Fentvr as a de-
fensive tackle and Charles Alonzo at defensive end.
District-champion Belton led the all-13AAA teams with a
total of eight Big Red Tigers picked on either the offensive or
defensive first teams. Taylor, runner-up in the league, was
next with seven Ducks placed on the first teams.
FIRST OFFENSIVE TEAM
E—Arnold Cuba
E—Tim Brown
T—Ross Burgdorf
T— Ernest Stiba
G—Rex Reid
G—George Chmelar
C—Charlie Griggs
QB—James Connally
B—James Schroeder
B—Richard Kubiak
B—Wayne Davis
B—Joshua Brown.
R—Robert Fold
FRANK WILLIAMS
Taylo/
Cookebook
Belton
210 Junior
Del Valle
215 Senior
Taylor
180 Junior
Belton
170 Junior
Belton
175 Junior
by Bill Cooke
Belton
100 Senior
TOURNEY TROPHIES—Rockdale’s Tiger basketballers will host the annual RHS
Boys Invitational Tournament here next week, December 12-13-14 Displaying the
trophies for the event are Coach Duane Vthecnt Heft) and some of his Tigers: Craig
Fenter. Bert Brown, George Chmelar, Randy-Farr and Greg Biehle. (Reporter Photo)
Taylor
175 Senior
Rockdala
195 Senior
Lampasas
185 Senior
Vince's Challenge
Del Valle
Belton
...... 185 Senior
..’U.. 160 Senior
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
185 ». Senior
TIGER BASKETBALL coach Duane Vincent has been the
miracle-worker around RHS in the past eight seasons. There
lave been years when his coaching, combined with good material,
rolled into the playoffs And, there have been seasons when his
coaching, combined with not-so-good material, still rolled into
the playoffs. In all eight years here, he hasn’t failed to win a
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
Taylor
Lockhart
E—Calvin Shaefer
E—Clay Roland
T—Kelby Kerlinv
T—Larry Parker
Junior
Taylor
Snook, Lanier
Topple Tigers
Rockdale
*-* J » V-iL*
G—Harold TrtnnmdU ,>
G—Frank (Catfish) Williams
LB—George Chmelar
LB—Arnold Cuba
LB—David Bartek
B—Preston Clemmons ......
B—Bobby Spencer ........
B—James Crocker
Belton
Senior
Rockdale
Rockdale
Taylor
Sophomore Belton
152 Senior
IIS Senior
The least trophy earned at RHS by a Vince team was last
year’s 13AAA North Zone crown. Seguin won the South Zone
title and then used its big height advantage to claim the district
championship In a 2-out-of-3 series with the Tigers.
In ’67. first year in Class 3A, Vince’s Tigers won the zone
title, district title over-San Marcos, whipped Refugio in bi-
district and lost to South San Antonio in regional. Season re-
jMjrd. 27-8.
In '66: Won district, upset unbeaten Del Valle in bi-district,
won Regional tourney for first time in school history and placed
third in the flat* tourney. Season record, 30-9
In ’65: Won district, lost to Taylor in bi-district by one
point, 53-5,2. Season record, 24-6.
In ’64: Won district, defeated Taylor 50-32 in bi-district,
but disqualified by UIL from further playoffs 'Player in-
Belton
Senior
Taylor
Rockdale
Coach Duane Vincent’s young Rockdale
Tiger basketballers took a Lanier
couple of losses Wednesday and Box Si
Saturday nights, falling at Rockda
Snook to the ever-potont Class Brown 2-
B Blue Jays 59-31 and bowing 7; Lank
to Austin Lanier 54-46. y— 5-1-2-11;
The Tigers were on the road 0-1 -0-1; '
for the Snook game Wednesday Lanier:
night and met Lanier here in Holmstro
the RHS gym Saturday! 5:0'4*"’
AgWnst the Austin duintet, , * *rn.
the Tigers stayed in the game ' '
most of the way, trailing by 1
only 19-18 at halftime. How- Rockda
ever, Snook took a 14-9 first- 1 Snook 34
Gatesvlile
Lockhart
E—Reggie Schoenewolf
E—Sherman Frank
T—Richard Watsoh, ......
T—Eddie Shell
G—John Sparks
G—Terry Maschmeyer
C—David Lightfoot
QB—Tommy Oliphant
B—Tony Nichols
B—Kenny Null
B—Preston Clemmons
B—David Bartek _
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
E—Eddie Shell
E—Mack Parker
T—David Lightfoot
T—Richard Watson
G—Gary Jones
G—Gene Bruzeil
LB—Joshua Brown
LB—Richard Kubiak
LB—Wayne Davis
B—Mike Barr
B—Rale Gideon
B—David Garrett
ROCKDALE HONORABLE MENTION—Bobby Coopsr. 170,
senior, offensive center; James Crocker. 165, senior, running
back; Charles Alonso, 200, junior, defensive end; Craig Fen ter.
185, senior defensive tackle;
Senior
Belton
Regional tourney for first time in school history and placed Tod#y Saturday:
San Marcos tournament. ~______
Monday: At.Kyle, A, B and
frcsl rnan^games, 5 p. m.
Tuesday: Austin Reagan
___—-------- — — . here, A&B, 5:45.
eligibility protested by Taylor and upheld). Season record 26-3 Dec. 12-13-14: Rockdale
In '63: Won district and bi-district, loet to eventual state- tourney
champ Buna in regional finals 56-50. Season record 16-5 <sbprt
season following trip to state finals in football).
In ’62: Won district and bi-district, lost to eventual state-
champ Buna in regional finals, 49-42 in overtime. Season record
37-3. -
In '61: Vince’s first season here, won district, lost in bi-1
district. Season record 21-12. - -
To date, the record of the Vincent era is 196-55.
But to repeat for a zone title or anything else.in ’69 may be
expecting just too much. Most of last year’s outfit graduated,
including starters Ronnie Dyer, Stanley Bower. Glen Chmelar
and' Bobby Davis. The fifth starter. Wayne Snelgro, a 6-5 lad
with much potential, would have returned this season but moved
to California. *i~
Thus five mainstays from the last campaign ate gone. It’s
a squad of new facea thts winter and a lot of learning is ahead.
Gallant Effort
DOCKDALE’S NEIGHBORS to the south, the Lexington Eagles.
put up a gallant fight against a powerhouse outfit, the Rose-
bud Black Panther*, here Friday in that’28-0 regional contest
witnessed at Tiger Field by more than 3,000’fans.
The Crowd was .* good one considering the cold weather,
and the turnout w as a pie asing sight to school officials, Athletic
Association members and Chamber of Commerce workers who
had negotiated the arrangements for having the game here.
Hundreds of Rockdale fans who viewed th-• contest were
convinced of two things: Rosebud has got Black Panther Power,
and LcxinRton has got a fighting group of footballers. The
Eagles took a pounding bat gave it their all. You haw to give
special credit to 153-pound Eagle quarterback Rickey Spencer,
a fine, gritty little field general whose bones were rattled all
night by a fierce Panther rush and bruising kickoff and punt
coverage. But Rick bounced up quickly each time to keep
plugging, symbolic jot the entire Eagle effoit. '
Big Red Scare
C TATE-RANK ED REFUGIO had to shift into a shotgun spread
^ and come from behind twice to ward off an upset by 13AAA’s
Belton Tigeis Friday in bi-district action at San Marcos. The
decision finally went to Refugio,. 21-19, but the Big Red Tigers
left the Bobcats’ knees knocking- y
Belton rolled up 283 yards rushing to Refugio's 148, but the
Bobcats took the passing edge 200 to 45. Belton went out in
front 13-0, it was 13-7 at halftime, and Refugio led 14-13 at the
end of the third quarter. Belton fcanle back to le. d 19-14 but
the Bobcats came back with a 44-yard bomb to take the decision.
Lampasas
170 Senior Copperas Cove
180 '...Senior Del Valle
210 Senior Copperas Cove
Taylor
Junior
Junior Copperas Cove
Senior Lampasas
Belton
Senior
Belton
Belton
Senior
Lockhart
210 Junior
185 Junior Gatesville-
185 Senior DelValle
185 Senior
150 Junior Gatesville
Lockhart
140 .... Senior
A&M, Snook
Tiger Cagers
Tumble Twice
To Old Foesv
WIN POSTED AT MANOR
JAMES CROCKER
Rosebud's Next*
Foe While Oak;
Semifinal Game
Rose!: ud’s Black
Tigerettes 1-1 After
First Week of Play
Twi familiar old foes, A&M.
(' iv lidiitcd and Snook, posted
victories over the Tigers Mon-
day and Tuesday Coach
Duane Vincent’s local cagers1
fell to A&M 48-43 Monday at
| College , Station and wore
_ boudi-'o 'by Snook 63-36 here
" Tuesday night.
The young Tigers gave Con-
solidated a run all the way
Panthers,
28-0 regional winner over Lex-
ington here in Rockdale last
Friday night, are schechiled to
meet the White Oak Ro gh-
necks in Corsicana in a Class
A quarterfinal round.
Kickoff time will be 8 p. m.
Officials
Patti O’Connor fired in 4
field goals for an 8-point total.
Pam Kyle totaled 7 points on
3 field goals odd a charity-
toss and Dale Drake added 6
points, all from the field. Vivi-
an Burgess rounded out the
scoring with 2 points from ,the
free throw line.
Guards seeing action for the
Tigerettes were Jimmette Mc-
Niel, Judy Dyer, Kathy Ro-
utine and Nanette Menn. '■ ’
“We played pretty good
ball,” Laurence said, “but we
missed too many foul shots.”
The Tigerefttes made good only
6 of 25- attempts from the foul
line. The coach also had par-
ticular praise for sophomore
guard Nanette Menn.
The Tigerettes made a
strong bid. to shoot down
Snook last Wednesday before
finally knuckling under tho
Blue Jayettes 31-29.
Snook rolled off to a 23-14
halfUme lead, but the Tiger -
ette guards smothered the
hosts and held them to a lone
free throw in the third quarter.
The RHS gals had pulled to
24-24, sparked by the shooting1
of Miss Drake and Miss
Thompson, going into the final
quarter.
But the Snook lassies took a
7-5 scoring edge during the
final 8 minutes to take t)ie
victory.
Thompson had' 12 points, in-
due mg 5 field goals, and Miss
Drake also hit in the double-
figures with 10 points. Other
Tigerette scorers were O’Con-
nor, Kyle and Sandra Morton
with 2 points each 'and Burgess
with 1.
McNiel, Dyer, Romine and
Menn were again the defensive
mainstays for the gals In Blue.
Snook's scoring leader was
Pat See with 13 points. Becky
Hpil scored 11 points and Lin-
da Ger/.ik added 7.
Coach Ernie Laurence's
Tigerettes are 1-1 after their
first full, week of combat in
the ya. ng basketball season.
The Tigerettes shot down
Manor 34-29 at Manor on
Monday night to even their
record after they dropped theLr
opener last Wednesday, night
to Snook, 31-29.
Denise Thompson’s 11 -pdlnt
performance led the Tigerette
scoring against Manor. She
bucketed 4 field goals and:' 3
free throws f r her total.
Friday at Corsicana
of the two schools selected the
date and site at a meeting Sat-
urday afternoon.
Rosebud advanced tp a 10-2
record with its win .over Lex-
ington. White Oak whipped
Paul Pcwitt, 31-14, in its
regional contest.
halftpu^. It was 38-35 after
three periods and the Bengal?
could ' never close the gap.
Isabell and MeGvire led
Consolidated’with li and 10
points respectively. Randy
Farr was fish for RHS with
See TIGERS, page 3b
LARRY PARKER
Yoe Grad Perrin,
jUT. Linebacker,
Honored by NFF
Lamer 54,
Black (Panther) Power
Rosebud Rips Lexington 28-0
Mike Perrin, Yoe High
School product and senior
linebacker with the University
of Texas Longhorns, us one of
11 collegiate athlete-scholars
honored by t-hu National Foot-
ball Foundation and Hall of
Fame.
Perrin, 21, an arts and
sciences major at UT, and the
10 otlier honorees were guests
Monday at the 21 Cl. b In New
York City for the final meet-
ing of the year of the Football
Writers of America. They were
honored again Tuesday at the
annual NFT' Hall of Fame
dinner at the Waldorf Astoria,
The NFF and' Hall of Fame
bestowed a $500 graduate
scholarship upon each of the
11 players. The athletes were
selected for academic applica-
tion, athletic achievement and
display of leadership.
Pert in, a 6-1, 206-pounder,
missed last spring practice be-
cause of q knee operation thnt
kept him out of last year's
Aggie game, and was not a
starter diu ing the past season.
However, he was a starting
defensive end as a sophomore*
and Junior with the Longhorn*
and intercepted 2 passes last
season.
Odds Too Great
JOHN BRIDGERS, at a time when the rest of the Southwest
J Conference coaches "barely had enough Imagination to dia-
gram an off-tackle play, brought wide-open, exciting football
to the area. It’s Ironic that, as he steps off the chopping block,
almost evdry other SWC school is playing his brand of football.
John Bridgers has had some great moments with a scattered
sprinkling of good football players at Baylor But in recent
years, he hais been recruiting against impossible odds: half the
students and alumni demanding his scalp. Through all his years
at BU the football seldom bounced right; somehow, the breaks
went the other way. But he kept his head high, stuck by and
practiced principles that any school—and Baylor especially—
should have appreciated, an<f did his best.
Reactionaries get all the attention nowadays, Jit's tempting
to liken the squealing of the antl-Bridgers peoplq at Baylor
to the kooks In Chicago who have yelped “police brutality” so1
long that the nation, coaxed along by TV, is beginning to be-
lieve that rubbish. After so much ranting in Waco, the BU
student body and alumni divided. Now the dissenters have won.
It’s ironic that at Baylor, of all places, a gentleman who did
an exceptional Job with what was available got the axe. In our
books, BU. has a black eye- Bridgers has our respect as a coach
and a man. He wasn't a politician like a lot of other glamor-
types in his profession. He Just played it straight.
. I keep remembering his talk here several years ago at the
All-Sports Banquet. BU wasn’t the SWC champ, of course, but
was having good seasons. He didn’t talk about his accomplish-
ments or the team’s accomplishments, but he did talk about
what kind of boy* were at Baylor. Ronnie Bull, who went on
to pro ball, was one of Johnli favorite subjects.
“No matter where we played on Saturday," Bridgers said
of the star halfback, “Ronnie taught a Sunday school class the
following morning. Kids and adult* alike look up to Ronnie
Lexington Rosebud
5 First downs 19
44 Fi siting Yd*. 447
19 Passing Yds. 17
130 Return Yds. 17
6-9-0 Passes 1-8-1
10-34.1 Punts 3-38.7
1 Ftunbles Lost 1
35 Yds. Penalized 46
A Tiger Field crowd ol more
than 3,000 saw Rosebud’s
powerhouse Black Panthers, in
the state playoffs for the
fifth time in nix years, throttle
the 1 igluting - bit - outmanned
Lexington Eagles 28-0 here
Friday.
It was a Class A regional
contest that featured" some
rock - em, sock - cm football
played by both sides, but the
heavier, speedier Panthers Just
had too much stuff.
Rosebud used a gang-tackl-
ing, hot-pursuing defense to
smother the Engle offense all
night. Lexington managed 5
first downs in the* first 14
mint tes of play, but failed ta
get another one in the final
10 minute* of the second"
quarter ami the entire last half.
That big defensive effort by
the Panthers overshadowed a
gallant effort by diminutive
Lexington quarterback Rickey
Sptnrer who tried everything
to little avail and took a severe
JB'uxl mainstay, was decked
twice during the night for the
8-count and the Eagle defense ’
was hurt badly when he left
the contest in the last half.
Elusive halfback Iaither
Alexander was . Rosebud’s
gunning gun Friday with 177
yards on 17 carries including
a 95-yard scoring sprint late
in the first qi,«rter.
Fullback Jackie Turner also
had a good night, 153 yards on
19 totes and quarterback
James Duffie added 73 >ard*
in 12 trips. Lexington tail-
back Pat Pratt led tch Eagle
effort with 18 carries for 51
yards.
The Eagle defense fought
furiously and on even terms
with the Panthers through
most of the opening quarter.
A SocnccT punt spiraled to the
Rcseh d 5 and died there, put-
iirg the Panthers in a hole,
but Alexander then turned in
his 95-yard burst for the
game’s first points.
That came on first down
after the punt. Alexander
broke through a tremendous
hole, hardly broke stride in
dusting off 2 tackier* in tlte
secondary, and streaked the
rest of the way untouched.
Duflie booted his first of 4
perfect PAT placements and it
1 • FIRE
VSURANCE • cas
FOR YOUR EVERT NEED
pounding from the Rosebud was 7-0.
defenders who poured through John Brown Intercepted a
the Eagle line like a water- Reset, d pass and ran'H back
to win It «Wmt. Wed like to have seen John function with the
job esc ur tty, scholarships and far titties sported by eoroe of hts
provide* the Eagles with lh< u
R< ■cbtWfV igfcnse. menn
Land Loans - Home Loans
Rockdala XI Ml* >
oovnpuiUMi.
ON THE LOOSE Roarhud quarterback James Duffrr
sprints around left end for a 13-yard gain during first -
half art mu .■•.nns« the l^-xinuton EavK^s here Friday in
447 yards after finally wear- half. However, the big Roar
tng down a g'«d tini-g arter bud defector banged the Fngle
THa Limb
n.il game
Gram. Laamgton star hnetoack
_ Lexington s Ronnie Richter
(35) cut Duffle down at the suit*lings, (Reporter Photo)
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