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Tigers Wake Up In Time To Whip Quitman, 13-9Bv ROBERT HENRY Staff WriterThe Northeast Jones Tigers survived a somewhat flat first half to defeat the Quitman Panthers 13-9 in a Friday night home gameThe two Tiger touchdowns came in the third period of play on David Walley passes That was after the Panthers carried a 3-0 lead to the dressing room at halftime Walley connected with Franklin Keys on a right side flair pass with 3:30 elapsed in the third quarter Keys scrambled 14 yards for the score Bruce Strickland added thePATThe second of Wal ley's scoring tosses came with nine minutes gone in the third This one found Ronald Davis on the connecting end, good for 27 yards and six more points Strickland’s PAT shot failed The Panther's scored first after Tiger defenders stifled a drive deep within their own territory A fast boot brought three points to the visitors During the long first half, both sides of the Tiger squad appeared unable to get anything positive going A Franklin Keys fumble got scarfed up by eager Panther defenders with but four minutes gone in the first period About eight minutes later, a DavidWalley pass was taken out of the air by Panther defensemen For the second half, a morefamiliar Tiger team showed up In the series that followed the Tigers’ score via the Walley-to-Keys pass. Northeast’s Jimmy Bennett returned the turnover favor by grabbing up a Panther fumbleMomentum in hand, the Tigers proceeded downfield to set up tne second scoring pass, this one from Walley to Davis With four minutes elapsed in the final period, Northeast’s Billv Moffett couldn’t find thewhandle on a David Walley han doff The Panthers recovered and took off, scoring less than two minutes later on a (’hns Ford-to-Ed Wallace pass to the left side Ford. Wallace and Company attempted the same play for the two-point conversion only to see Wallace drop the pass Thus ended the night’s scoringBy CHERYL SCOGGIN ELLISVILLE Head Coach ‘Sonny’ Farrar and his Brave team captured their fourth victory at the South Jones Field Friday night, defeating the Magee Trojans, 13-6 The first TD of the game was scored in the first quarter by Magee’s Garfield Turner when he returned a punt 94 yards South Jones scored in the second quarter on a 4-yard crash byThe Panther’s next-to-last possession found the Quitman team starting from their own five yard line after a superb punt rolled to a stop there. Tiger defenders managed to push the Panthers back to the one and then held tight for two more to force the punt Punt taken, here came the Tigers The Northeast charges pushed to within seven yards of six more points only to lose the ball on a fumble to the Panthers with eight seconds remaining The Tigers’ Billy Moffett racked up an impressive 166 yards during the course of the contest to lead the Tigers in rushing.Northeast travels to Magee Friday night for an important Southern Athletic Conference battle for their next action.The Tigers are now 3-2 on the seasonDonald Kay King and in the fourth quarter by Ron Harper With only 4:17 remaining in the first quarter, the Braves punted to the Trojans. The kick was received by Garfield on the 6, where he raced down field 94 yards through the South Jones defense for the Trojan’s TD The extra point kick was missed making the score 6-0 Trojans Then, with 11:15 remaining in the second quarter, the Braves were steadily moving down field Quarterback Simmy
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Sat, Oct 01, 1977
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