- UOl'g Kilm,,,, Cats Vie for Championship The juni or high Wil dcats opened the season with a 14-0 victory over the Heber Springs Panthers. The Wildcats totally dominated the game and didn't give up any fir st downs . The game was ac tually much more one-sided than the score indicated. The second game was aga inst the Central Arkansas Ch ristian Mustan~s. The Mustangs were very big and ran the ball well , but aga in the Wildcat front defens ive line , consisting of Alan Dickson, Edward Daughety, Phi lip Huffstickler , Joe Dugger, and Keith Olree , held we t! and gave up only one first down. The Wil dcats won the game 7-0. The third contest was against the Vilonia Eagles. They were ranked the top team in the conference, but thanks largely to linebackers Tim Smith and Travis Bailey , the Wi ldcats beat the Eagles 28-6. Hazen was the site of the next Wildcat game . Partly because of the trip , the Wildcats just cou ldn't seem to ge t it together. Every time they got the ball deep int o the Horne ts' territory, they either fumbled or simpl y couldn ' t make in into the endzone. The Wildcats killed Hazen statisti call y, but when the game was ove r Hazen came out with a winn ing sco re of 14-0. The loss to Hazen was very disappointing, but the Wildcats kept the ir heads up and were real - ly fired up when they came out the nex t week to play Sco tt, a new rival in the conference. When the Wildcats were leading 7-0, the tailback for Scott was trapped in the endzone , and it looked like a sa fety fo r Scott , but then the tailback broke loose and ran 100 yards for the touchdown . Scott made the two point conversion and led the Wi ldcats 8-7, but hal fback Kris Citty put out extra effort, -reading the Wildcats to a 41 -8 vi ctory. Citty wa s chosen "Player of the Week" by the Dail y Citizen for his performance in that game. The Wildcats' last game was aga inst the Pulaski Academy Bruins, and determined the confer ence championship. The Bruins go t two tipped passes in the endzone in the first ha lf of t he game. The Wildcat qua rterback , Ronald Cook , connected a pass to tight end, Keith Olree, to sco re the only touchdown for the Wildcats . Kris Cilty caught a pass four yards in front of the endzone when the buzzer so unded. Again the Wildcats were ahead statis tically , but the Bruins won the game ]4 -8. The Wildcats finished the season wit h a 5-2 record , attribut ing their posi ti ve season to exce llent coaching and all-around good batt playing. 6 ~OOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBA Juni or Football 313
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