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Tiger Team  Friday  Heroes




                                                                                       After two weeks of practice the pow-
                                                                                       erful  Tigers  traveled to  Jacksonville
                                                                                       to  encounter  the  Sandalwood
                                                                                       Saints.

                                                                                       The  Tiger scoring started off in  the
                                                                                       first quarter with  a  pass  to  Jay  Mil-
                                                                                       ton  for  the  first  TO,  and  a  run  by
                                                                                       quarterback  Kelly  Lowery  for  the
                                                                                       second  TO.  With  extra  points  no
                                                                                       good,  it  left  the  Tigers  score  12-0
                                                                                       with  1:14  still left in  the  first half.

                                                                                       During the  first half the  Tigers  were
                                                                                       set up in  good position by a  fumble
                                                                                        recovered by Mike Dace,  pass com-
                                                                                       pletions to Terry Staten, and runs by
                                                                                        Marshall  Wilson.
                                                                                        To  start off the second half,  Tommy
                                                                                        Young,  after  several  consecutive
                                                                                        runs broke up the middle for the  Ti-
                                                                                        gers third  TO.

                                                                                        Coming  from  the  half the  Tiger  of-
                                                                                        fense  clawed  back  in  a  hurry  as
                                                                                        tackle  Bruce  Parks  intercepted  a
                                      Which  way Coach?                                 toss  by  Hecht  on  the  Sandalwood
                                                                                        39.  With  a  nine yard run  by  Wilson,
                                                                                        Tommy Young took the ball for a 30
                                                                                        yard run  through  the  Saints  defen-
                                                                                        sive  team  for the  fourth  TO.  The  try
                                                                                        for  the  two  points  was  no  good,
                                                                                        which left the score at the end of the
                                                                                        third quarter 24-6.

                                                                                        Bobby  Duncan  the  Sophomore
                                                                                        quarterback  went  on  the  field  to
                                                                                        continue  the  Tiger  attack.  Duncan
                                                                                        took  to  the  air  with  completions  to
                                                                                        Staten and then to Jeff Cruce for the
                                                                                        fifth  TO.  The  extra  point  was  good
                                                                                        leaving the  Tigers in  command 31-6
                                                                                        in  the  third quarter.

                                                                                        For all the  players  to  get a  taste  of
                                                                                        the action,  Coach Simmons cleared
                                                                                        the  bench.  The  final  action  started
                                                                                        as  Guerry Espenship  intercepted  a
                                                                                        Saint's  pass,  which  gave  the  of-
                                                                                        fense  another  chance  at  the  ball.
                                                                                        When  offense  hit  the  field  Duncan
                                                                                        threw a pass to  Melvin  Wintons  and
                                                                                        tossed  the  ball  to  Aaron  Johnson.
                                                                                        The  last  TD  was  made  by  Wintons
                                                                                        which  made the  final score 38-6.



                        Tommy  Young  seems to  be missing his head and legs.


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