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NortheastWins ThrillerOverWestJones920-15By STEVE SWOGET1NSKY]it1!gained no yardage and were with 3:30 left in the third.forced to punt on fourth down..quarter, Northeast led 13-7. Mustang Stadium—Time ran West Jones got a big break Northeast scored their finalout on the West Jones Mustangs when the Tigers were called for touchdown of the night as the !as they lost their Homecoming roughing the kicker and 13 third quarter ended whengame here Friday night, to the plays later Bernard Knight fullback Dave Morgan ran tenNortheast Jones Tigers, 20-15. jscampered for four yards and yards. The point after was goodBoth teams displayed a strong his first touchdown of the night. I by Milner and Northeast Jonesdefensive effort. The Tigers Jimmy Jefcoats kicked the [led 21-7 as the quarter ended, passed for 191 yards and rushed extra point and with 6:25 left ......' ’ ' -- J quarter, T ‘„r West Jones received the Westjkickoff at the start of the fourth quarter and drove 68 yards in Northeast Jones received the 13 plays to score the finaloffensive effort of 224 yards.for 76 yards for a total offensive in the second effort of 267. The Mustangs!Jones led 7-0.gained 204 yards rushing arid _ .................... ^.... ............20 yards passing for a totalJkickoff and returned it to their touchdown of the night. Knightown 26-yard line. Danny scored his second touchdown of West yones received the Rasberry passed incomplete to the game as he scampered 22-opening kickolf and drove to the ]\iike Crumbly on first down bui yards up the middle for a TD.Tiger four yard line before a on second down, Rasberry went Mitchell Chapman ran the two Knrtho.ct fnmKio recovery jback to Crumbly for a com- ‘ ‘ .....7 “O pietion that put Northeast onNortheast fumble stopped the Mustangs.Tigers took the ball and picked the West Jones nine yard lin_ up two first downs on the \ortheast drove down to the onepoint conversion and with 5:20 left in the game, the Mustangsclosed in on Northeast 20-15.The Musiang defense came on and forced the Tigers to puntrunning of Billy Moffett Then !yard line but on fourth down _____„the Mustang defense got tough could not score and West Jones .on fourth down. The Mustangs and_ forced Northeast to punt {0ok over on downs. West offense started a drive that waspushed out to the six yard line killed on the W’est Jones 37-yard and punted to Billy Moffett who;line when time ran out. returned the ball to the Mustangon fourth down. The MustangsOilers DownCoach Glen Wells said, “I’mHazlehurst25 yard line. On first down, very proud of the overall effort Northeast fumbled and West shown by the team. The gameJones recovered on their 28 was a costly one for us asyard line. The Mustangs were far as injuries go.” The TigersHEIDELBERG berg’s Oilers Hazelhurst 43-6 Friday night. Heidelberg scorde in everyquarter. Hazlehurst scored itslone TD in the second period.satisfied to run the half out and lost three of their starters to for the first time this year, took I injuries. Tailback Billy MoffettHeidel- a halftime dominated lockerroom.lead intoT?r» ScoreNortheast took the second half shoulder kickoff and tied the game withthe .suffered a back injury, fullback Dave Morgan injured his ankle; and defensive end Miles Farragut suffered a separatedDavid Porter scored on runs 'oss ^an a minute gone in theM V ■ ■ a VP* A Wk A.STATSof 20 and 30 yards. B. C. Car- second half when Rasberry hit michael passed 10 yards to ^ee Hohert Keyes for a 70-yard Larrv Jones, and Frank Allen touchdown pass. Rusty Milnerran 20 * * 4 *u~ —‘----—J *■--score.Jones scored again on a 7- , The yard run and Jerry Bester times recovered a fumble in scoring.score was tied 7-7.with neither Then, QBteamHazlehurst’s end zone for a TD. capped a five play drive whenJ o h n n v Lee Washington he sneaked over from the onekicked a field goal and four vard line for a touchdown. ThePATs for the Oilers.point after was no good andWJNE184Yard Rushing76120Yards Passing191204Total Offense267 i7Passes Attempted102Passes Completed53Fumbles11Fumbles Lost147Yards Penalized35i13First Downs5NE0 0 20-0—20WJ0-7-0-8-15
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Sat, Oct 19, 1974
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