FOOTBALL Wildcats have best season in academy's history The Wild cats' foo tball season of 1960 was the bes t in the hi story of Harding Academy . While running up a n impress ive 9-1 r ecord, thc Ca ts outscorcd thc ir opponents by an avcr agc of 221'2 points pe r ga mc. Des Arc was thc only team to win over th c Cats ; thi s was the closcs t ga mc of thc season with only onc point's diffcrence in the fin al sco rc of 7-6 . Il a rdin g took bou" of its confe rence games by a good ma rg in a nd won anoUler di stri ct championship . The All -Distri ct T eam h ad six Wildcats on it. They arc Lanny Casey, Johnny Jones, Dec Va nwinkl c, Di cky Dea n, John Under - wood, and Jack Eva ns. Casey, U1C lcading ball carrier , and Eva ns, the leadin g linema n, bowed out of hi gh sch ool football wi th a hr illi a n t fini sh. Lanny was fourth in the slate in poin ts sCOl'ed a nd first in U1C sta tc in points sco red per ga me . Jack recei ved a be rth on the All-S ta te T ea m a nd honorable mention for All-Ameri can . The first-strin g seniors graduating thi s yea r are La nny Casey, Johnny Jones, Lan y Frcn ch , Jack Eva ns, Donni c Thompson , and John Under - wood . HARD- HITTING Wildca ts discouraged many opponents. Here Dean and Cosey team up to bring down on unidentified Bald Knob backfield man. BLOCKING was stressed throughout the season as one of the most important phases of football. This olmost perfect formation came as the result of many long and strenuous afternoon practices. 235
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