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The Burleson County CITIZEN, Thursday, October 19. 1967Hornets Face Yoemen FridayThe Caldwell Hornets tangle 1 Rockdale 39*0, Rosebud 2*0 and ! Coaches Morris Stone and Bry- j Linebackers are Mike Worthing -with the Cameron Yoemen Fri- ; Georgetown 6-0. Their wins are ant Stom day night, October 20 in a cm- j over Copperas Cove lT-0 and | Name cial District 17AA football con- Hearne 28-0. Caldwell’s wins ! Paul Skrabanek test. The game will be played j were over Elgin 21-0 and Moody ; Bobby Piwonka at Cameron’s Yoe High Stadium. ! 28-0. Their losses were to Thorn j George Zavodny Kick-off time is 7:30 p.m. dale 28-7. Bellville 27-0, and • Allan WillisCameron coached by Ken Fu- Giddings 13-6. Caldwell and | Mike Worthington qua. Hal Stanislaw, Edar Glass ( Granger played to a 0-0 tie. | Bruce Cowen cock, David Siler and Charles' Last year the two teams Andrew Weichert Altman, will enter the game ' fought to a 14 14 tie on Hornetwith a season record of two wins and four losses. Their district record is one win and no losses.. Caldwell enters the game with a season record of two wins, three losses and a tie. Cameron lost to Taylor 35-6,Junior Hornets Play At Cameron; Win Over GiddingsThe Caldwell Jr. Hornets, coached by Vic Barnett play Cameron at Cameron tonight, (Thursday, Oct. 19). Game time for the Seventh grade game Is 5:45 p.m. The Eighth gratfe game starts at 7:00 p.m.In action last Thursday the Seventh grade won their first game of the season, beating Gid-dings 6-0. Frank Bush went over from the two yard line for the score. The touchdown was sot up with a 40 yard punt return by Tommy Wyatt.The Caldwell Eighth grade also won their game beating Giddings 14-0. Mike Priest scored first on a 40 yard run. The two-point conversion was scored by Raymond Bullard. David Scar-mardo set up the second TD on a 30 yard run and then scored on a six yard run.Field. It proved to he the only mark on Cameron’s record in district play as they won the district championship with a record of three wins and a tie.According to scouting reports the Maroon and Grey of Cameron is a very aggressive football team. They make most of their yardage on the ground, using the running of halfback Mike Miller, 219, and fullback Wayne Kirk, 190 mostly. Quarterback Glenn Fogle, 167 also likes to run and also is a good passer.The Yoemen operate offensively from the “T\ winged “T” and “I” formations, with their top ground gainers being Kirk and Miller. Both of which like to run over people. Their line 1s anchored by .James Dohnalik 170 and Charles Maddox, 190.Hornet Coach Morris Stone said this week that everyone was real disappointed with their loss to Giddings last week, hut that they are not down, and that that are going out this week to try to beat Cameron.The probable Hornet offensive starting line-up as named byPos. LE LT LG . C RG KT RE Qft RH LIT FBWt.137195159155179202168151141164161Dick Bowers Ronnie Smith Steve Kyles Robert KocurekDefensively Charles Rosas and Elton Davis will be at ends; Bruce Cowen and Gregory Kocurek at tackles, and Bobby Piwonka and Eddie Ellis at guards.ton and Robert Kocurek, and halfbacks arc Ronnie Smith and Dick Bowers. At safety wilt be Paul Skrabanek.Cameron Yoemen probableNameJohn Hosch Dennis Chapman Ronnie Richardson Dwight Jekel James Dohnalik Charles Maddox Jim Lafferty Glenn Fogle Dennis Crouch Mike Miller Wayne KirkPos.Wt.LE164LT183LG182C166RG170RT190RE160QB167LH161RH219FB190Hornets Lose District Opener To BuffsTO BUY OR SELL USECITIZEN CLASSIFIEDSFriday the thirteenth lived up to its tradition last Friday night, anyway as far as the Caldwell Hornets were concerned. The Hornets dropped their opening District 17AA game of the 1967 season to the Giddings Buffaloes 13-5.Caldwell opened the scoring early in the first quarter when George Zavodny kicked a 32 yard field goal to give the Hornets a 3-0 lead. The Orange and White had gotten a break earlier when Giddings quarterback Curtis Namken fumbled and Zavodny pounced on it at the Buffaloes 15-yard line. Steven Kyles picked up one yard to the 14 yard line. Passes on second and third downs failed to connect, and then the Hornets called on Zavodny for the three-pointer. Late in the first period, the Buffaloes drove to the Hornet 19-yard line where fullback Ron nie Urban fumbled and HornetSIDELINESBy JOHN SPECKMANLast Friday night the Hornets had their Homecoming football game. It was somewhat darkened as they lost to Giddings 13-5. This week the Hornets play in Cameron. It will be their Homecoming game. 1 hope the Hornets mess up I heir Homecoming as Giddings did ours last week.This is a must game for Caldwell if they hope to get any part of a district title. Another loss would eliminate them from the title race. The Hornets stillhave a good shot if they can win the remaining districtHornet B Team Hosts Cameron; Beat Giddings 12-8Homecoming Dance Hosted By CameronCan You Truly SayThat You Are Putting AwayEnough Money On A Regular BasisSo That You Can HaveThe Kind Of Future You WantDick Bowers fell on it. It was from this point, that Caldwell put together their best offensive march of the night, moving from their 19 to their 49, all on the ground. Dick Bowers carried for six yards and fullback Robevt Kocurek carried three times for 24 yards, before they were forced to kick.The second quarter saw Giddings take over the lead with 4:05 left 7-3. Quarterback Curtis Namken passed three yards to end James Dubcak for the score. Dubcak added the extra point. The touchdown play climaxed a 73 yard drive that took six plays. The big plays in the drive were a 34 yard pass and an 18 yarder from Namken to fullback Ronnie Urban.Late in the second period, the Hornets scored a safety to cut the lead to 7-5. Facing fourth down and long yardage from their own one yard line, Dubcak went hack to punt for the Buffs. The snap from center was over his head, and went out of the endzone giving Caldwell two points. The half end ed with Giddings leading 7-5.Early in the third quarter, Caldwell once again got a break when Robert Kocurek picked off a Giddings aerial and returned it to the Giddings 21 yard line Once again the Hornets failed to capitalize*, and Giddings took over on their own 20 following a pass interception of their own. From this point the Buffs drove 80 yards to their second TD of the night. The Buffaloes fouhd the going rather easy until they got to the Hornet 5 yard line. On first down at the five halfback Krugler moved the ball to the two. On second down Krug ler moved to the one, and on third down he was thrown for a yard loss. On fourth down, Giddings Quarterback threw a desperation pass that was way out of the reach of anyone, butCameron Yoemen are hosts for the Cameron vs. Caldwell game on Friday, October 20. This will mark annual homecoming time for Cameron. The annual homecoming dance will be held at the National Guard Armory, just off Highway 36 west of Cameron, immediately following the game until 1:00 a.m. Dance music will be furnished by the seven-piece orchestra of Jay Leutwyler of Austin. All Caldwell football fans are cordially invited to attend the dance.games on their schedule.I think the Hornets have been improving move and more each week, and I don’t think they will let down this week. Last week was just an off week for the Hornets and 1 look for them to come back real strong this week. In last week’s game the Hornets defense graded 47 per cent and the offense 68 per cent.In last week’s action Cameron rolled over Hearne 28-0, and Caldwell fell to Giddings 13-5 in District 17AA play. In a nondistrict game Navasota was beaten by Luling 41-28.In district games this week Caldwell plays at Cameron, and Navasota plays at Giddings. In a non-district game Hearne hosts Elgin.Last week was a week of upsets and I missed them all,hitting only one of three, believe that my crystal ball has cleared up this week though, after undoubtedly being broken last week, and it looKs like this: CALDWELL 17, Cameron 13, ELGIN 21, Hearne 14, and GID DINGS 32, Navasota 14.The Caldwell Hornet B team will host Cameron tonight, Thursday, October 19, in a district football game. The game will be played on Hornet Field, with kick-off time set for 7:00 p.m.The Hornet B team coached by Charles Matejowsky opened district play last week by beating Giddings in Giddings 12-8.Caldwell scored both of their TD’s in the first quarter. Andrew Sandoval set up the first score on a 35 yard run, and then scored from three yards out. The try for points failed. The second touchdown was scored by Doug Smith, who intercepted a Giddings pass and returned it 65 yards for the score. Again the try for points failed, and Caldwell led 12-0.Giddings scored a safety in the third period to cut the lead to 12-2. In the final quarter with 5 minutes remaining Giddings pushed across a touchdown to cut the lead to 12-8. The try for points failed, and Caldwell held on for a 12-8 victory.Coach Matejowsky praised the play of the defensive unit for doing a good job. They heldplay on a pass interference call The ball now resting on the one, the Hornets defense once again had their work cut out for them. The first two downs failed to gain as Victor Urban and Nam ken both carried for no gain. On third down fullback Ronnie Urban just got over the doublestripe for the score. Hornet Mike Worthington blocked the extra point attempt, and Giddings led 13-5.Caldwell made their last bid about midway in the 4th quarter. The Hornets got the hall at Giddings 37 yard line when Buff halfback Larry Sanders fumbled and Hornet GregoryKocurek pounced on it. The Buffaloes were penalized to the 18 on a pass interference call first down. After Hornet quarterback Lee Easter picked up four yards on first down, two passes fell incomplete and the third was intercepted to end Caldwell’s threat.Caldwell’s leading hall carrier was Robert Kocurek with 32 yards on 8 carries. Leading the Hornet defense were Elton Davis, Robbie Piwonka, Gregory Kocurek and Mike Worthington.GAME STATISTICS Caldwell Giddings5 First downs 1668 Yards rushing 13025 Yards passing 14419-3 Passes-complete 13-10Billy's Drivi GroceryHighway 21 - Ph. 567-: - DOUBLE STAMPS With $2.50 Cash Caldwell's No. 1 Con’WE GIVE AND REDEEM GOLD BOND KEYS MADE WHILE YOU WAI Free Delivery We ReserRENEW YOUR HUNTING FISHING LICENSI Specials Good Thursday, Friday Saturday, (New From Durkee's Mayonaisse StylePOTATO SALAD3-lb., 4-02.Dad's Regular and DietROOT BEERh Gal.35‘IA Gnl
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