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Groseclose Crew Host To RangersBy DON AI.LGOOD Times-News Sports EditorThe Kctron Wildcats, minus 10 regulars from last year’s 7*3 leant, open the school's seventh fool hall season tonight against invading Un?ka.Coach M. C. Groseclose, in his ■ fifth year at the helm, sums up the 1961 edition as lighter than the *60 crew, not as deep in experienced players, and without lh« overall speed.*, Ketron will be missing such standouts as end Wallen ’Nailing* : ham, quarterback Ben Mays, halfback David Thomas, center Don Bellamy, fullback Boh Hawkins, and two of the best guards in the - school's history, Melvin Osborne ‘ and Tom Donihe.Groseclose, who performed in • • the Jine for a stale champion Dol-•yns-BenneU team, is particularly • anguished at the absence of Os* borne and Donihe. “They were the finest at! - arourd coordinated •guards on defense and offense.that Kctron has had. he say s.Both starting tackles, Sid Byrd and Fred Clevenger, are also among the missing.
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Kingsport News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Fri, Aug 25, 1961
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