FOOTBALL TEAM. FRONT ROW: Yoter (manager). Bridger, King, G. Martin, Hughes. Bixler, McDougald, Ell iott, MfXNe, Pulley (manager) . SECOND ROW: l eo l. lawson, Gl enn. Hartley, Ely. Sopp, Bell, Roberts, Sears, Street. THIRD ROW: Coach Lloyd, Ponder. O. Martin, K. Smith, Lawyer, B. Smith. Berry. hill , Winnett. Risinger, Henson, Coach Higginbotham. FOOTBALL Cats complete first perfect season with honors QUICK defense proves good as the Wildcats swamp a Beebe player. Hard defensive practices helped the Cats to hold the Badgers scoreless. 226 The 1963 Wildcats were the first undefeated, untied team in the hi stor y of H a rding Academy. Against a fired-up Ca rlisle, James Street booted the winning points, the first fi eld goal Harding has ever kicked . The Ca ts came from behind to defea t a strong, fas t Pocahon tas team 19-18. They bea t H eber Springs 27-0 for the first District win . The Ca ts completed the season with a 40-0 win over arch-ri val Augus ta, making them District 2-B champions. Of the twelve seniors leading th e squad, Ely, Street., Sear s, Glenn, Ha rtley, Ri singer, and Bill and Kent Smith were named to the All-District team . Ely, and Wildcat Captains Kent Smith and Street wer e named to the All -Sta te team, with Bill Smith g iven Honorable Mention . Other seniors wer e Lawson, Lawyer , Ponder , and Ma rtin . Harding 27 40 34 10 19 27 28 40 Des Arc H a rding of Memphis Beebe Carlisl e Pocahontas Heber Springs Clinton Augus ta Opponents 6 19 o 6 18 o o o
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