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Shaffer Generals Take CorcorantmPanthers 26-6vCaa^'w'**■ tfe: lEfrESBMBk- ± mSBSFlk# _ **iDelanoNext*Even though the final score was 1JM. the Corcoran Panthers, with• Mght, Inexperienced team, stayed if the gune most of the way, un-Alfciag a fine offense that kept tit Generals on their toes ail evenMiifb# passe* of Junior Larry Hol-and the tunning of Tyrone Watley and Aubrey Johnson, matched the efforts of the Generals but Corcoran didn’t go deepMKMUtgh hi manpower and theGenerals experience and depth Its to*. ; 7 jNinety yards in penalties and time fumbles slowed the Shatter gttacfc . and undoubtedly kept the as Clone as it was.fma5 Sdrs la Two Mays|The Genera.* scored in two plays farcing Corcoran to punt Rodriquez took the Concor-ptmt at the Shifter 35 and re it lo the 41. On a keeper*** went to the Corcor-H hut Shafter was set back lit RMFter 49 on a penalty, ftan the 49, Costello swung Geer right tackle, cut back andRitied the Corcoran defense goal. He was aided by aev-food blocks along the way flnSda's hick was no good.T After forcing arothei punt »Shifter’s offense was by 45 yards in penalties Danny Costeilo’i pass to Pin Intercepted by Aub ey on the Corcoran 35.lt;in immediately to*A toair and Costello broke up theini paaa of the series but Hol-ihfc’s next paaa to Victor Garnetto Corcoran 42. tie? made It a first and 10 on Shatter 4? and hit the line to the 42. Steve Mullen-waa stopped after one by Car-Holquin again took to the air ■a pans |u Gamez went thefrom where Watley [tpthe 35'. stopped by Cal |HQutistad and Carras*--) Ko stbp Watley cold and •topped him on the nextagain threw the batiWas a demon on t long, knock-ball on their ended a serJERRY HIGREE served es cocaptain Friday niqht aqainst Corcoren. Jerry is slowly roundinq into shape after anarm injury slowed him up.ies of 13 plays by plunging over from the the one with 2:11 left. Pindar’s kick was good.During this series of 13 olays, Jerry Ntxon. a 187-pound Junior fullback made several plungeswhich foreshadowed his work to come in the last half.Carrasco stopped the next Corcoran drive by intercepting on th-Shafter 39 Rodriquez passed to Epp on the Corcoran 36 but afumble gave possession to the Panthers.On a draw play Watley went tc the Shafter 48. Holquin was pressured by a rushing defense on h'tf next pass attempt which failed He then completed a pass to Leon Morris, who was shoved out of bounds by Danny Ccstello or the play might have gone for a scoreBobby Rodriquez intercepted the next aerial at the Shafter 10 andrushed back to the midstripe as the half ended.Penalties and FumblesPenalties end fumbles hexed theGenerals as the second half got under way.A delay of game penalty cost 15»yards at kickoff time and Corcoran attempted a short kick which was recovered quickly by Jim Bryant Ed Gaede, Jim Banks and Costello barely managed a first down by the nose of the ball and on thenext play Rodriquez fumb ed th? ball to Corcoran at the Shafler 39 Ted Page stopped Watley on the 38 but the Puntner threat got away to the 33 on the next play. Johnson on a pisit buck made it first and 10 on the Shafter 28.Holquin fumbled and lost two and Costello bm|^e up another pass to get Shafter possession of the ball on the Shafter 30.On the first play, Danny didn’t quite catch up to the handoff and Corcoran took over on the Shafter 37.Holquin didn’t become discouraged after two pa-sea fuiied and be hit one of his ends at the Shafter 22 and Watley took a pass at the Shafter 19. A 15-yarder placed the bft'l on the Shafter 10.Holquin threw over the end »one and Costello knocked the following pass down. Johnson plunged for two yards, and Jim Bryant stopped Watley at the Shafter 5 From this point the Generals made six straight first downs, sparked largely by Jerry Higbee They were also aided by a 15 yard oenalty against Corcoran and the drive culiminated with Rodriquez sneaking over from the three Pineda’s kick was good and the «core went to 20-0.Nixco Looks Good The drive f ir the score was fea-'ured by nine carries made by Terry Nixon for 42 yards taking olenty tf the heat off Danny Costello.Shafter forced a Corcoran punt which Rodriquez gathered in on •he Shafter 25 and raced back to the 41.Costello went to the Corcoran 47 for a first and 10. Nixon made 2 and on the next plunge made It a first and 10 on the Corcoran 28. Ntxon repeated for a nice plunge to the Corcoran 15.Costellp on a quickie plunge went to the Corcoran 2 and plung ed ever on the next play. Pineda’s kick was no good.With 2:42 left to play Corpora -etained possession of the ball and scored on a fine pans from Holquin to Leon Morris In the end wne. Watley’g plunge failed andthe Generals wrapped it up 26 to
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Shafter Press
Shafter, California, US
Wed, Oct 06, 1965
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