Cats maintain fighting spirit Going into the season with a two-year standing record of thirty games with no losses , the Wildcats were planning on a big year. In their first two games , the Wildcats soundly defeated tenth-ranked Murfreesboro by a score of 27-0 and went on to defeat first ranked Strong 14-12. Enthusiasm ran high as the Wildcats travelled to play the Class AA Hamburg Lions, but Hamburg rolled to a 20-point lead and maintained a 20-0 score to the end. Also, senior runningback Mike Peacock sustained a knee injury which benched him the rest of the season. The Wildcats went on to pull off an exciting 9-8 Homecoming victory 330" Senior Football against Cotton Plant , but along with the winJ l he team sustained another hard blow. Early in the game , senior fullback Mark White broke both bones in his right arm and was prevented from finishing the season. Inj uries put the Wildcats at a definite disadvantage , and although they played their best , the Hazen Hornets overpowered them and won the game 17-7. The Wildcats bounced back, though, and whopped the C.A.C. Mustangs 21- 7; yet they fell to defeat against Palestine and then again to DeValis Bluff. However, the Wildcats ended the season on a winning note by rolling over the Wheatley Pirates with a final score of 24-14.
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