1 \ \ ' I ' The Road to War: The final episode alls were decorated brightly; everyone was wearing red and white, and excited tension reigned. The Wildcats had made it to the finals again! The week leading up to the final game was one filled with excitement, pressure and soaring school spirit. The cheerleaders made sure that everyone in Searcy knew about the Cat's success, and cars were showered with shoe polish displaying encouraging statements and slogans to the players. The football team Team effort. Starting quart e rba ck Brad Altman accep ts the plaque f rom the AAA rep resentative aft er th e Wildcats rece ived th e title o f ru nner-up fo r the 1985 foo tball season . - pho to by G lynn Duh on . 318 Senior High Football had a good week as far as concentration went, and they were very excited about getting on the turf. Thursday morning got started with a pep rally that lasted an hour and forty-five minutes and "rocked the house." Then, the team loaded up and headed down to Little Rock for a practice on the "green ." The next day, classes were shot to pieces and the team left for the game. The game started off with the Cats shutting Horatio down. Then they moved the ball 80 yards to score their only touchdown of the game. It looked good for the Cats until two turnovers in the second half caused two long touchdown passes for Horatio . The game ended, and Harding was on the short end of a 14-7 score. But Harding didn't give up easily. With three minutes and 75 yards to go , . the Cats drove down to the eight yard line before running out of downs and time. And so, the dream was not to be ... but the Cats remained champions. Jm Jl
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