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Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
SPORTS
Page 2
Thursday, Oct. 26,1967
Meet The Jackets
AMOS FUDDLE
lis Column
The Ft. Stockton Panthers and
the Big Spring Steers didn’t read
this column last week, therefore,
they didn’t know they were sup-
posed to lose. Those two upsets
knocked my applecart into the
ditch and I begin this week with
a season record of 47 right and
nine wrong.
KERMIT 35 — FT. STOCKTON
0 — The Yellow Jackets take a
lesson from the Andrews Mus-
tangs — don’t count your touch-
downs until they are on the score-
board. Our Jackets who may have
been taking the Panthers too
lightly, will buckle down and put
out their best effort.
SEMINOLE 20 — ANDREWS 13
— This may be a mistake, since
the Mustangs will be fighting mad
after last week. However, the
Indians are coming along and
will have the home field ad-
vantage.
ECTOR 27 — PECOS 6 —
No one will slow the Ector ex-
press until they bump into the
Yellow Jackets. Pecos doesn’t
have the horses.
CANUTILLO 20 — WINK 7 —
Canutillo has blasted every team
that they have come up against
and the Wildcats don’t figure to
stop them. Score could go high-
er.
COAHOMA 22 — JAL 14 —
This will be a whale of a ball
game with Coahoma scoring last
to ease by the Panthers.
SAN ANGELO 20 — Abi-
LENE 14 — The Bobcats get
back on. the winning track after
losing two in a row. Both lost
last week.
COOPER 21 — BIG SPRING
7 — The Steers will go the same
route as other Cooper foes —
down to defeat. Cooper is real-
Seventh Loses
To Alpine, 40-6
Alpine’s seventh grade foot-
ball team overwhelmed Kermit’s
seventh graders Saturday, 40-6,
in a game played at Alpine.
Coach Mike Quimby’s Kermit
team was held scoreless until
the last quarter, when Pat Stid-
ham went over from three yards
out. The try for the conversion
failed.
Alpine tallied two touchdowns
in the first period, one in the
second and one in each of the final
two quarters. They converted
successfully after each score.
Kermit reached the Alpine
5-yard line twice, once on Stid-
ham’s runback of a kickoff, but
fumbled away the ball both times.
Quimby said the offense looked
fair in spots, but fumbles cost
at least two touchdowns.
The loss brings the seventh
grade record to 0-4 for the year.
Their next game will be Satur-
day at 8:30 a.m. at Monahans.
ly rolling now.
PERMIAN 13 — MIDLAND 8
— The Panthers let down a little
last week, but will be strong
enough to slip by the Bulldogs
who are improving each week.
MIDLAND LEE 20 — ODESSA
7 — The Rebels bounce back
from that loss to Permian and
send the Broncs home with still
another defeat.
Jackets Cinch
Title, Defeating
Tornados, 12-6
BY CLYDE MARTIN
The Jackets cinched the fifth
grade division by taking their
fourth straight win from a stub-
born Tornado team, 12-6.
The Tornados’ team steamed
down the field from the opening
kick-off with Levine Cox doing
the chores and placed the ball
on the Jackets’ three yard line,
first down and goal to go. Rob-
ert Eubanks performed his spe-
ciality by breaking through and
stealing the ball from Mark Hugh-
en of the Tornados on a hand off
to stop the Tornado drive.
From then on it was all Jack-
ets. They completely dominated
the rest of the half. The running
of Eddie Mills placed the ball
on the Tornado one yard line
where Clay Mitchell scored the
six points. Then withMikeSmead
passing to Mark Ethridge and
running, Mark Carried over for
the second counter as the half
ended.
The second half the Tornados
came storming back. Richard
Williams Tornado end smashed
in and recovered a Jacket fumble.
From there Jeff Armstrong and
Levine Cox combined together
and Levine passed to Kirk Bry-
ant for the six points. Later
David Newman recovered an-
other Tornado fumble and Levine
Cox and Kirk Bryant again start-
ed moving the ball foil another
score when time ran out.
Craig Campbell and Robert
Eubanks were outstanding line-
men for the Jackets while Bobby
Revera and Richard Williams had
the honors for the Tornados.
Tornados playing were Bert
Baldwin, Jeff Armstrong, Levine
Cox, David Newman, Mike Spe-
egle, Donnie Brown, Kirk Bryant,
Richard Williams, Mark Hugh*
en and Bobby Revera.
Playing for the Jackets were
Mike Smith, Robert Eubanks,
Richard Robertson, Jay Cooper,
David Ingram, Gary Wood, Joe
Derrick, Clay Mitchell, Mark
Ethridge, Craig Campbell, Ed-
die Miils, jo Burrows, Gary
Sullinger, Jack Hunter, Mike Jen-
kins and Darrell Page. **
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Jackets Back In Action
At Ft. Stockton Friday
NEAL MUNN, a junior, weighs 153 and plays quarterback
for the Jackets when he goes in on offense. Munn has done a
lot of kicking off and some extra point booting. He is a member
of the kicking team. (staff Photo)
The Kermit Yellow Jackets
swing back into action Friday
with a district tilt against the
Fort Stockton Panthers. Action
will get underway at 8 p.m. in
Panther Stadium.
The Jackets had an open date
last week and are currently in a
tie for the District 2-AAA lead
with the Ector Eagles with 6-0
records. Ector knocked Mona-
hans from the unbeaten list last
Friday with a convincing 28-19
victory. At the same time, Fort
Stockton, which has been the
district doormat all year, rose
up to upset a highly favored An-
drews Mustang team, 14-7.
The Panther win should shake
the Jackets out of their lethargy
and make them realize that the
game Friday will be no setup.
Jacket Coach Charles Jetton
had Insisted all year that the
Panthers would beat someone In
the district and warned that his
team will have to go all out to
win.
The Panthers have a lot of ex-
perience, good speed and sub-
stantial weight to extend the
Jackets to a big effort. Jetton
Jackets
Move Up In
Rankings
Kermit’s Yellow Jackets
moved up one notch in the Ft.
Worth Star-Telegram poll this
week, although they were idle
last Friday. Wichita Falls Hir-
schi, which has hung onto the
number one spot for some time,
was held to a 21-21 tie by Brown-
wood and dropped all the way
down to sixth. Ennis, ranked
second last week moved into the
first place spot, with Odessa Ec-
tor second and Brownwood third.
Kermit, fifth a week ago, holds
down the fourth place position.
The Jackets are still eighth
in the Associated Press poll,
with Ector fourth. Nacogdoches
replaced Ennis by lashing Jack-
sonville, 42-7, while Ennis bare-
ly beat LaVega Carver, 16-14,
to yfirop out of the number one
spot.
said all hands are well and
barring injuries this week,
everyone should be in top shape
for the game.
A review of statistics of the
Ft. Stockton
Tickets Are
Still On Snle
Tickets to the Ker-
mit • Ft. Stockton game
to be played in Ft. Stock-
ton Friday, will be on
sale until 4 p.m. Friday,
said Austin Roberts,
business manager of
Kermit Schools. The
tickets can be purchas-
ed at the administra-
tion building from 8 to
5 p.m. today and until
4 p.m. Friday.
There will be no re-
served seat tickets sold
for the visitors’ side of
the field, said Roberts.
He added that only gen-
eral admission tickets
will be sold and that
there will be 1200 seats
available on the Kermit
side of the Ft. Stockton
stadium.
MIKE LOVELACE, 126 pound wingback, has not played a
lot this year, but has shown potential every time he has broken
into the lineup. He is a junior and can be counted on to play
a lot next year. (Staff Photo)
Freshmen Rebound,
Outlast Pecos 40-28
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Star-Telegram
: High Rankings
CLASS 4A
; 1. COOPER ......
(6-0) ;
; 2. VICTORIA ...
..(7-0) :
: 3. DALLAS ADAMS (7-0)
4. AMARILLO ...
..(7-0)
1 5. LONGVIEW ...
..(6-0)
6. BELLAIRE ...
. (7-0)
7. KASHMERE .
..(7-0) :
8. PORT ARTHUR
. (6-1) ;
9. PERMIAN .
..(5-1) ;
10. BRAZOSPORT
. (6-i) :
CLASS 3A
1. ENNIS ........
. (6-0) ;
2. ECTOR .......
(6-0) :
3. BROWNWOOD
(4-1-1)
! 4. KERMIT ......
..(6-0)
5. DUMAS ......
(4-1-1)
6. HIRSCHI ......
(4-0-2) ;
7. McKINNEY .
..(6-0) :
8. WF W’SHT’N
(5-0-1)
; 9. SEGUIN ......
.(7-0)
lO.NAC’DOCHES ..
. (6-0) ;
CLASS 2A
1. JACKSBORO ..
..(7-0)
2. BRADY .......
••(7-0) ;
! 3. DENVER CITY
(6-1)
4. PHILLIPS ....
(5-1) ;
5. DECATUR
..(6-1) ;
6. D’NGERFIELD
(7-0)
; 7. BISHOP .......
..(64) :
8. DEL VALLE ..
-.(7-0) |
9. PLANO .......
. (6-1) ;
10. LLANO........
.(6-1) :
CLASS 1A
1. SEAGRAVES .
..(7-0) 1
2. STOCKDALE ..
..(7 0) ;
3. KELLER ......
..(7-0) ::
4. WHITE DEER
.(6-1) :
5. RANGER .....
(7-0) !
6. GEO. WEST ...
..(5-2)
7. CLIFTON .....
..(6-1)
8. ARCHER CITY
(6-1) :
9. TROUP .......
(7-0) ;
10. SONORA ......
..(5-1) ;
Jackets’ first six games shows
they hold a wide margin over
their opponents.
In rushing yardage, Kermit
has 1487 yards against 555 for
their six opponents. The Jack-
ets have picked up 110 first
downs and have allowed only 42.
In the passing department,
good mileage has been achieved
on every toss. Of 75 passes at-
tempted, the Jackets, with Tim
Peden on the firing end of most,
have completed 32 for a net
gain of 746 yards. That’s an
average of 23 yards per com-
pletion.
At the same time, opponents
have tried 91, completed 27 for
214 yards, or less than 8 yards
per completion.
Kermit has lost seven fum-
bles while recovering 11 enemy
miscues. Both the Jackets and
their opponents have intercepted
seven passes.
A big margin the Jackets had
rather not have is in the penalty
department. Kermit has received
35 penalties for 377 yards while
their six opponents have had
157 yards stepped off on 16 pen-
alties.
BOWLING
SUNDOWNERS LEAGUE
Team W L
Chas. Wright Const. 21 7
Glen Farmer Pontiac 18 10
C. R. Anthony Co. 17 11
Kermit Insurance 17 11
W. Tex. Well Service 11 17
A-l Engineering 11 17
Leatherwood Drlg. 11 17
Owen Jewelry 6 22
High Team Game — C. R.
Anthony Co., 968
High Team Series — C. R.
Anthony Co., 2709
High Individual Game—Alicia
Spears (A-l Engineering), 205
High Individual Series—Alicia
Spears, 563
PROBABLE
STARTING LINEUPS
KERMIT
No. Player, Pos. Wt.
87 Howard Porter, E 164
74 Jay Gibson, T 192
64 John Dampeer, G 212
51 Ruben Jimenez, C 199
60 Zane Nutt, G 176
65 Mac Dampeer, T 157
20 Mike Hodges, E 137
11 Tim Peden, QB 190
6 Carroll Samuels, HB 123
44 Pat Spinks, WB 150
7 Billy Thompson, FB 139
FORT STOCKTON
80 Billy Lawrence, E 158
51 Joe Jiner, T v 177
70 Keith Gilbert, G 188
64 Bob Hayter. C 180
60 Russell Hayman, G 162
73 Kris Johnson, T 198
85 Frank Hillin, E 160
11 Joe McWhorter, QB 166
10 Donnie Hodge, HB 153
30 Chris Walker, FB 189
22 Murray Gray, WB 151
Raiders Cinch
Championship
The Red Raiders edged the
Blue Blazes 2-0 to cinch the
fourth grade division champion-
ship with their third win.
Captain Danny Eaton was re-
sponsible for the safety as he
caught Dyrl Fulbright, Blaze
wingback, before he could come
out from his own end zone. It
was Danny’s punt that placed the
Blazes in a bad field situation
on their own 5-yard line.
The first half found both teams
playing on equal terms and a
punting duel between Blaze punt-
er, David Jones, and Raider
Captain Danny Eaton.
Ronald Crawford saved the
Blaze goal line when he stopped
a Raider drive by recovering a
fumble after the Raiders had
driven to the Blaze 2n.yard line
with a penalty and a Mike Puck-
ett pass to Danny Eaton. Gay-
lan King, Oscar Pena and David
Jones did outstanding line play
for the Blazes.
The Raiders’ center, Kenneth
Calvert, and Mike Puckett were
outstanding for the Champs.
Playing for the Red Raiders
were Mike Puckett, Mike Hyman,
Danny Eaton, Bill Litton, Michael
Layman, Mark Ruhl, Bruce Kim-
ball, Rusty Akin, Kenneth Cal-
vert, Ronnie Howard and David
J aquez.
On the side of the Blazes
were Gaylan King, Ronald Craw-
ford, Dyrl Fulbright, David
Jones, Randy Tucker, Oscar
Pena, Gary Redwine, Louis Mar-
tinez, Abel Martinez, Eddie
Gregory and John Porter.
6-GAME STATISTICS
Kermit Opponent
Yards Rushing 1487 555
First Downs 110 42
Passes Attempted 75 j* 91
Passes Completed 32 ™ 27
Yards Passing 746 214
Fumbles Lost 7 11
Passes Intercepted By 7 7
Penalties 35-377 16-157
Eighth Grade
Throttles
Alpine, 22-0
Coach Travis Underwood’s
eighth grade team scored in the
first three quarters and threw
up a fine defense to throttle
Alpine, 22-0 Saturday at Alpine.
Kermit held the home team
to five first downs, three of
them by penalties, to rack up
their third win of the year,
against two losses.
Kermit kicked off to Alpine
and held them to two first downs,
both by penalties. Alpine was
forced to punt and Kermit took
over on their own 30 yard line.
Quarterback Larry Logan
sneaked the final two yards to
cap the 70 yard drive and John-
ny Stevens ran a two-poiA con-
version. Kermit led in timfirst
period, 8-0.
In the second quarter, Joe Phil-
lips went six yards for a touch-
down and Gus Kirby added a two-
point conversion to run the score
to 16-0. ^
Phillips closed out thfPscor-
ing for the day in the third
period, going eight yards to a
touchdown. The extra points fail-
ed to leave the score 22-0.
Underwood had words of praise
for his defense, however, he
said his team was fired up too
much. He said Kirby, running
the fullback slot for the injured
Stevens, looked good, along with
Phillips. The Kermit coach also
praised the line blocking and
everyone on defense and said
it was the best team effort all
year.
The eighth grade will take on
Monahans there, Saturday, at 10
a.m.
Football Schedule
THURSDAY, OCT. 26
B Team at Seminole
9th Grade at Monahans
FRIDAY, OCT. 27
Kermit at Ft. Stockton
Andrews at Seminole
Canutillo at Wink
SATURDAY, OCT. 28
Pecos at Ector
8th Grade at Monahans
7th Grade at Monahans
Jal at Coahoma
Bees Take On
SeminoleTonight
The Kermit Bees, after a
week’s rest, get back in busi-
ness tonight (Thursday) Ofehen
they journey to Seminole Wor a
7:30 game with the Seminole B
team.
Kermit lost its last out^g, a
20-0 loss to Andrews, to snap a
four-game winning streak.
The Bees will not play in
Kermit again until Nov. 9 when
they host the Pecos B team at
Walton Field.
Seventy-seven per cent of the
60,000 acres of existing Texas
State Parks was acquired in the
1930’s.
“This is my first Buick
but it won’t be my lasj^
John Magno, Construction Engineer.
Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick? $
Kermit’s freshman team spot-
ted the Pecos frosh 20 points
the first half, then roared back
with a 40 point outburst the
final two periods to take a 40*
28 decision Saturday at Walton
Field.
Coach Jim Clark’s ninth grade
squad played determined ball and
never gave up to win their first
game of the season against two
losses and two ties.
Pecos scored once in the first
quarter and twice in the second
to build a 20 -0 halftime lead.
Kermit came back in the third
period to score two touchdowns
by John Bounds. He also con-
verted after each to trim Pe-
cos’ margin to 20-16.
Pecos upped its advantage to
28-16 with a single tally, also
in the third period. On the
ensuing kickoff, Joe Dunlap al-
most went all the way, but was
pulled down on the Pecos four
yard line. Bounds then piled over
for the score and converted to
reduce the visitors’ margin to
28-24.
In the fourth quarter, Kermit
bounced back to tally two more
touchdowns and with successful
conversions by Bounds and Don-
aid Thompson, took the lead for
the first time, 40-28. They held
on to take the game.
Clark said his team made a
tremendous come-from-behind
effort the last half, with the en-
tire offensive line blocking well.
He added that the turning point
of the game was when his team
tried an onside kick after the
first Kermit touchdown and J.
W. Phillips fell on the ball.
He singled out Bounds and
Thompson for offensive honors
in the hard-fought game.
Kermit’s ireshmen will go up
against the Monahans ninth grade
today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. in
Monahans.
There is a scant 0.7 square
foot of developed coastal beach
per 1000 people in Texas.
QuarterbackClub
Sees Special Film
Kermit Quarterback Club met
in regular session Monday night
at the high school cafeteria and
saw a film, "Highlights of the
Southwest Conference, 1966.’’
The film was produced by the
Humble Oil & Refining Co. and
was made available to the Club
by Ben Oliver, Humble agent
from Monahans. Oliver was a
guest of the club at the showing.
Kermit had an open date last
week, therefore no game film
was available.
Coach Charles Jetton gave a
scouting report on the Ft. Stock-
ton Panthers, the Jackets’ op-
ponent Friday. Other coaches
also reported on their team’s
activities.
A resume was given on the
club’s fund raising campaign now
underway.
The ’68 Buicks with the new GM safety features are at your Buick dealer’s.
Cowling Buick Co.r 201 North Poplar
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