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tz Winchester Evening StarPAGg 11t‘k/sOut of ReachDave Goode, James Wood's hard-runnlng fullback, rammed for a big chunk of yardage on this run In last night's game at Front Royal. At right Bobby Fulton clears outtwo Wildcats. Dave Nicholson (left) was too far out of the play. Colonels bombed the *Cats, 56-6.(jStar Photo by Larry Sullivan)James Wood speedster Dave Wert (right) reaches In vain for a Mike Headley pass that was slightly overthrown. Inbackground Is Colonels' Ronnie Combs, at left Dave Nicholson of the Wildcats defense. „(Star Photo by Larry Sullivan)By BOB RILEY Star Sports WriterFRONT ROYAL-The unde feated James Wood Colonels set a new school scoring record In a 56-6 slaughter of Northwestern District opponent Warren County here last night. No previous Blue and Gold squad had held a margin of fifty points over an opponent In any one game.Larry Boyd paced the monumental JW victory with four touchdowns scored on runs of 4, 24, one, and 17 yards, all during a first half which saw the Colonels rampage to a total offense of 293 yards to Warren's 25 before the teams headed for the locker rooms.JAMES WOOD'S Initial scoring drive began with 8:42 remaining in the first canto as the Colonels received a Wildcat punt on their own 18-yard line and drove 82 yards In nine plays to score. Larry Boyd culminated the drive with a four-yard run Into the end zone as the clock showed 5:57 In the quarter.The march was highlighted by two long Headley aerials, one a 32-yard strike to Larrj Boyd and the other to Bill De-Haven for 42 yards which gave James Wood first and goal on the four.HEADLEY'S placement was good and the Colonels led 7-0.A Wildcat drive was halted as Mike Lake picked off a Mike Love pass on the 40-yard marker and ran the Interception back fifteen yards to the WC 25 with 0:55 left to set up the second Colonel tally.Two plays later, following a 15-yard dash by Chettie Spiel-man and a nine-yard sprint by Dave Goode, Larry Boyd smashed In his second touchdown from one yard out to Increase the Blue and Gold margin to 13-0. Mike Headley’s placement was wide to the right with 17 seconds on the clock.The second canto opened with the third Boyd touchdown as he returned a punt 36 yards to the Warren 38 marker. A Wildcat penalty moved the pigskin to the24 yard line where Larry began a Jaunt Into the end zone on the next play to Increase the Colonel pad to 20-0 as Mike Headley'* kick was good with 10:54 remaining.A FUMBLE recovery by Archie Robinson set up the fourth James Wood touchdown on a 38-yard Headley scoring pass to Bill DeHaven with 8:46 In the second quarter. Mike Headley again spilt the crossbars foe a 27-0 margin.On the ensuing kickoff Warren was caught with their backs to the wall as halfback Lovell Brown lost the handle on the ball but recovered his own fumble on the 16-yard line with 7:36 left.Following a play in which Warren gained no yardage, Archie Robinson, Wade Papke, Roger Soule and Allen Rogers went headhunting and dropped Warren punter, David Nicholson In the end zone for a safety and a 29-0 JW pad.THE FINAL James Wood drive of the half was made possible as John Riding, Roger Soule, Ronnie Combs and Chettie Splel-man dropped the Wildcat signal caller on the Warren 15 yard line.The alert James Wood defense partially blocked the WC punting attempt and took over on the 32 yard line.Short gains by Dave Wert, Bill DeHaven, and Dave Goode set up the last James Wood TD of the half as Larry Boyd sprinted 17 yards to the end zone. Mike Headley’s conversion gave James Wood a 36-0 margin as the Colonels left for the locker room.THE COLONELS took the sec-one half kickoff but were forced to punt as quarterback Headley was nabbed in his backfleld by Warren's Randy Bumgardnerand John Bolton for a 12-yard loss.The James Wood punt gave Warren County a first down on their own eight yard line.Roger Soule ended the Wildcat march with 8:28 on the clock in th e third period as he recovered a fumble inside the Warren 30-yard marker.Dave Wert paced the JW drive which resulted from Soule’s recovery as he ran three of the five plays needed to set up Allen Rogers' 11 yard run with 6:23 left. Allen’s tally made the score, 42-0. Headley’s point-after at-' tempt failed.A PASS Interception by Archie (Continued on Page, 12)SCORING JAMES WOOD: Larry Boyd (4-yard run) Mike Headley PAT (kick) 7-0 Larry Boyd (1-yard run) PAT failed 13-0 Larry Boyd (24-yard run) Mike Headley PAT (kick) 20-0Unbeaten Colonels Stampede Past WildcatsJames Wood Snags 7th,Larry Boyd Tallies 4 TD’sLARRY BOYD ..... tied for*Blg 3' scoring lead with 66 points.Bill DeHaven (38-yard pass from Headley) Mike Headley PAT (kick) 27-0 Safety (Robinson, Soule, Papke and Rogers tackled Warren’s Nicholson in end zone) 29-0 Larry Boyd (17-Yard run) Mike Headley PAT 36.0 Allen Rogers (11-yard run) PAT failed 42-0 Donnie Barton (1-yard run) Mike Headley PAT (kick) 56-0 Warren County: Mike Love (2-yard run) PAT kick blocked 56-6THE YARDSTICK James Wood Warren17 1st Downs 5303 Rushing 118(6-11)130 Passing (1-9) 134-40 Penalties 1-152 Interc. By 0Punts433 Total Offense 1311 Fumbles Lost 3 jJAMES WOOD 13 23 13 7 - 56Barren co. o o o 6 - 6INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS JAMES WOODT.C. Yd. AveragetherweeBinfHeadley2•5•2.5Boyd7537.6Good6r7512.5Wert7395.6D. Barton9364C. Splelroan33612Whittle231.5A. Rogers11010J. Combs7304.3S. Newlln441S. Senseny5306WARREN COUNTYT.C. Yd.AverageKing1066 6.6Jackson1031 3.1Arm ent rout31 .3Brown25 2.5Washington416 4Breedon10 0Henry1.5 -5Love11 1throgamShOAafteof i WooClaigrinthealsoclasthatley' seni 4, 2HowthroJamlt;SandFauqLoudCiarWanLoud2nd SECTION WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1968Big Chunk of Yardage
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester, Virginia, US
Sat, Oct 26, 1968
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