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Bears Fall in Nail-Biter to Pine Tree Pirates
Gladewater nearly upset Pine Tree 16-12 on the Pirates’ home field. Pine Tree built a 16-6 lead by midgame with key drives and a pair of TDs, while Gladewater fought back in a late sequence including a stalled final pass to Chester Green that slipped through his fingers at the end.
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East Texas
Gladewater Bears
Pine Tree Pit
Bears
Chester Green
Pirates
Pirate
Bruins
Leon Morgan
Lee Kesterson
Darryl Bridges
Wille Hawkins
Wayne Nicholson
Kesterson
Bruin
Hawkins
Pine Tree
Gladewater
Bridges
Steve Elrod
Dennis King
Charles Simmons
King
Terry Thompson
Bear
Thompson
Mason Williams
Morgan
Gordon
Nicholson
Bruins Bryan Kirbo
Herbie Setzler
Keith Stokes
Elrod
Trey Hugman
Nathaniel Bynum
Hughes Watson
Watson
Hawley
Nalty
Terryddell
Bridges and Company
Ickups
Sladewater
Jessie Cheeks
Bridges Pat
Thomson
Hawkey
Mike Cox
Guy Martin Green
Danny Belcher
Bynum
Kirbo
Williams
Setzler
Mike Merrit
Philip Cockerell
Calvin Frierson
Robbie Arrington
Jerry Hawley
Simmons
Adeal McNeal
Clarence Tillman
Bruns
Ruddell
Hugman
Adéal McNeal
Bryan Kirbo