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6C I Swday, October 11171 Buddy Cole Frisco Rolls, 27-0 Sanger Stumbles In 12-A Opener In Denton, Wise, Cooke, Parker, Tarrant and Dallas counties you can hunt squirrels any time you want to and iamost counties west of us. There is a limit of 10 per day and a possession limit of 20 bushy tails. You don't hear a lot about squirrel hunting these days. to be one of the main targets for lots of hunters. I recall the first real squirrel hunt I ever went on.

This fellow and I went to the creek area we wanted to hunt the night before. We slept out thai night and in the morning arose when there was just a trace of gray in the east. I got the fire stoked up as it was chilly and fog hung in the trees. It was a fine fall morning. I figured on some bacon and eggs before taking off to the creek bottom but I looked up in a minute and my partner, the real squirrel hunter, was about50 yards of! towards the creek with .22 in hand.

I dropped the breakfast doings, grabbed my rifle and lit out too. I was a little surprised that you had to get out early to get squirrels. He went down the creek and I went up. When we returned to camp in the middle of the morning he had nine to my three. Then we got to eat breakfast.

Good Teacher But this fellow and I hunted together many times after that, and he always taught me a little something every lime. He was calm and deliberate and I got the shakes when I saw a bushy tail. He had eyes that could spy just the tiniest part of a squirrels' body protruding over a limb. Or the fluffy tail waiving from behind a tree as the squirrel hid but the wind tossed his tail out into view. Squirrels were for eating and if he saw one duck into a hollow he'd wait a reasonable length of time for it to reappear.

If it didn't." he'd scale that tree and start prying them out of the hollow. The most he ever got from one hole was seven! couldn't believe it. but there must have been a whole gang of the pecan eaters in the tree when we approached and they all spooked into that one hollow. Which turned out to be a mistake on their.part, Signs Of Nature While walking the woods the squirrel hunter looks for the signs. Bunches of pecan hulls or freshly nibbled horse apple leavings on the ground or in the branches of Bois d'Arc-trees.

The side of a tree can tell you whether there have been any bushytails about regularly as they'll have the bark worn down-from scaling the trunk of it. Nests arealsoasign theyarein the vicinity. You can find a likely spot and sit under a tree which offers a good view of three or four trees that may hold squirrels. When they poke their head out then you want to zip him one between the eyes. Either a .22 rifle or a .410 gauge shotgun will do' the trick.

Some landowners when giving you permission to hunt thier land might ask that you use a shotgun rather than the rifle if they have cattle around, as a safety measure. Whatever you use squirrels are a real challenge requiring good eyes to spot and hit them as well as having to be attentive to the signs that indicate their presence. And they are quite good on the table fried to golden brown with gravy on the side. If you need a. fun hunt then squirrel hunting should be your choice.

By JIM HAttDLV Staff Writer FRISCO Even, before District 12-A action began, one sideline quarterback had the loop race all figured out. "It's going to be between Muenster and Nocona for the championship no doubt about it," he said. That confident 'man made his prediction of the District 12-A outcome only minutes prior to Friday's district opener between Sanger and Frisco but several hours later he may have been singing a different tune. Frisco showed h-ere Friday night why it just might be a darkhorse contender for the loop as the Coons raced by Sanger to the tune of 27-0. The Coons, riding the friendly skies of Donnie Barrow, racked up points in each quarter to send Sang-sr reeling to its third loss of the season.

Sanger also lost the services of its outstanding fullback Brad Cole. Cole, while playing on defense, was racked up and-had to be carried from the field in an ambulance late in the third quarter. Following the game, Sanger coach Ralph Amyx said Cole possibly suffered nerve injury to his back. Sophomore quarterbacks Barrow and Van Nichols shared duties at the post, but it was Barro'w who paced the Coon scoring attack. Barrow fired touchdown passes of 69 and 34 yards, plus he carried the mail across once himself in the shutout.

SANGER YARDSTICK Jrisco didn't tally again FRISCO late in the game when Ruiz intercepted a James t-M-4 ass on sideline area MM and raced 30 yards untouched 15-180 Jo 2-5 MO-3 3-3 SCORE BY QUARTKRS FrHeo 7 Yards Pasini PaSStS Punts Penalties e--o 7 4--27 The young quarterback's first touchdown strike came only seconds before the first period ended as he hit end Filo Ortega with a 69-yard bomb. Stationed on its own 23-yard line, it took the Coons only four plays to reach paydirt. The kick by Leo Ruitz was good and the Coons had jumped off to a 7-0 lead. The Indians struck again early in the second of play, but this time it was David Brown who accounted for the six-pointer. This 34-yard scoring strike, came with 7:28 left in the second quarter of play.

Again Ruiz tacked on the point after to give Frisco a comfortable 14-0 halftime margin. Halfback Randy Barton set up the next Coon tally as he broke tackle after tackle en route to a 73-yard scamper. Barrow did the scoring honors himself this tame on an option play to. increase Frisco's margin. Barrow eased to the goal line after faking a pitchout to a Coon halfback, kept the ball and notched another six pointer for the Coons.

Ruiz booted his third perfect extra point of the night and Sanger was now la-ailing by 21 points. The pass for the two-pointer fell incomplete, but the Coons had their margin of victory. Sanger had two excellent scoring opportunities in the second half of play, once driving to Frisco's five and another to the Coon one-yard- line. Paced by a 35-yard pass from Reed to Cole and a 19- yard scamper by Cole, the Indians found themsevles stationed at the five-yard-line. On first down and goal, threw incomplete, followed by an unsuccessful run by Cole and two more incomplete aerials and the Indians' were still on the five- yard-line.

Late in the third period, Sanger had another outstanding scoring opportunity this time on the one-yard- line. Following a blocked punt by Reed and the recovery by freshman tackle" Dwayrie Lyon, the Indians stuck to the ground this time. But the solid Coon defense led by Barrow, Ruiz and Charles Boatwright stood solid to finally push Sanger back to the five. SCORING SUMMARY F--F. Ortesa pass from Barrow (Ruiz kick) F--Nichols 344 pass from Barrow (Ruiz kick) F--Barrow 5 run (Ruii kick) F--Ruiz 30 pass Interception (pass failed) FRISCO'S DAVID BROWN (49) STOPS INDIAN BRAD COLE During 27-0 ftnsco Victory Over Sanger Friday --Photo By FRANK KELLY Stilley Duo Paces Nocona Past Bearcats By MIKE WHITEHEAD SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-CHRONICLE NOCONA Pilot Point fans probably, didn't even notice there were two Stilleys on the Nocona roster Friday night.

But when all the shouting over, and Nocona had "whipped the Bearcats, 16-S, Pilot Point fans, coaches iiBd players couldn't forget Randy a Tommy Stilley. The Stilley brothers, the Indian's powerful' 'backfield combination. accounted for 209 of-the 264 yards the winners collected on the ground. And brother Randy added Nocona's clinching touchdown YARDSTICK PILOT POINT 10 103 12 NOCONA 17 First Downs 244 Yards Rushins Yards Passing 4-2-1 Passes 2-36 Punls 4-90 Penalties SCORE BY QUARTERS Nocona 7 Pilot Point 0 9-2-1 5-37 7-75 late in the game to wrap up the victory. Nocona was.

never in any danger during the game. And the 'Indian's opening touchdown in the first -quarter- let Pilot Point know who.was in the driver's seat. With- less than two minutes gone in the game, Nocona's Mike Tettleton took.a Bearcat punt and raced 70 yards through helpless Pilot Point defenders for the opening score. John Grigsby booted 'the extra point, and Nocona led, 7-0. Nocona used their steady running attack to grind out yardage and control the game.

Randy Stilley was the Indians' real workhorse, carrying the ball 22 times and picking up 135 The 190- pound senior was always good for yardage, including big gains of 40, 12 and 12 yards. And don't count Tommy Stilley out He-managed to rack up 74 yards on 10 carries. The junior's longest run of the' evening was 33 yards. Pilot Point collected 103 yards rushing and a meager 12 yards in the air. Halfback James Johnson, who provided a real threat to the Indian defense fell to some bad fate.

The flashy back, carried the ball 26 times for 24 yards. But on two occasions the center snapped the ball over Johnson's head, when- the Bearcats' were 'in' a single wing formation, costing the runner close to 50 yards. And in the third period it- cost the Bearcats even more. Pilot.Point forced the Indians to punt-late in the third- quarter. The Bearcats took over at their own 20.

Johnson lost a yard on the first play. On second down the snap from center went flying over. Johnson's head into the end zone. Johnson fell on the football for. a Nocona safety instead of a possible Indian touchdown.

The Indians weren't satis- field, and two series later Randy Stilley capped a 50- yard drive when over from the four for the winners' second' touchdown. Grigsby's. kick was' Nocona took a commanding 16-0-1-ead. it was Pilot Point's turn to get hot. The Bearcats took the ball on their own 41 and began to march toward the goal.

Twelve plays and three first downs later, the Bearcats Dickie Hollar piled over from the one for the six points. SCORING SUMMARY N--Tettleton 70 run (Griasby kick)N--Safety (Johnson trappid in end ZOIM) N--Stilley run (Grissby kick) P--Hollar 1 run (Price to pasa) COURSEY LEADS TEXAN WIN Northwest Plows Keller --Photo DON BARNES KELLER'S RONNIE STALEY FINDS THE GOING TOUGH AGAINST NORTWEST Tcxans' Chris Moncrief (31) And Randy Smith Gang Up As Jim Stalcy (62) Misses Out Bulls Snaggle Lake Worth Bridgeport Defense Reinforces 15-12 Win By SI DUNN SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-CHRONICLE LAKE WORTH saw three air shows for the price of one here Friday, as Bridgeport's Bulls gigged Lake Worth's Bullfrogs, 15-12, in the district -12-AA opener for both teams. The game was halted several times, as assorted jet fighters and bombers roared overhead, heading for nearby Carswell.Air Force Base. But, needless to say, none of the, were penalizcd For delay" of game. Of roughing the eardrums.

-Lake -Worth and YARDSTICK Bridgeport Lake Worth 12 First Downs Ytt Rushins 127 40 Yds Pawinj s-u-i 3-32 3-37 Penalties 4-50 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Bridseport 8 7 0 1--15 Lake Worth' 6 Bridgeport unleashed scoring a i attacks. Bridgeport's defense, however, sprung the blitz on the Bullfrogs' drop- back quarterback, Jim Daves, picked off threa of his aerials, and scrambled well enough to stop the screen and the draw. Bridgeport's ground attack was a Breeze Billy Breeze, in fact. The Bulls' 170-pound junior tailback, with able assistance from senior halfback, Albert Gonzales and fullback Robert Goode. Breeze's 24-yard scramble over right tackle, with 4:01 left in the game, gave the Bulls a solid 13-6 lead over Lake Worth.

And Mike Scroggins, the favorite target of Bridgeport quarterback Tim Green, pulled off the fake PAT to put the game out of reach. Scroggins' 8-yard scoring catch; with 2:41 left'in the half, coupled with Gary Tidmore's PAT. had already erased the Bullfrogs' hard- earned 6-0 lead. Lake Worth remained very much in ball game all the way. The Bullfrogs' fullback, Jerry Darnell, blitzing on defense, electrified the home crowd lat- in the second quarter, when he penetrated Bridgeport's back- field'and intercepted intended for Breeze at a dead run.

SCORING SUMMARY: I.W--Darnell. interception (hick failed) S--Scrosoins PAT) 8--Brccic 24 run (Scrosslns run)' LVf-Holcomb 20 PUS (Kick (ailtd) SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-CHRONICLE JUSTIN The Northwest Texans rebounded from two losses and a one-point squeaker in the last three weeks to bomb Keller 32-13 in Friday night's District 12- AA. debut for both squads. Fiery quarterback Dale Coursey showed some of the form that has been missing since the Texans' first two games, both extremely lopsided Northwest victories. Coursey passed the Texans to 147 yards including a 60- yard touchdown strike to Randy Smith in the first quarter that opened the scoring.

The hefty (205' senior quarterback added two more touchdowns of his own via the overland route, one each in the second and third periods. Coursey's second-quarter score came from two yards out on a sweep. Keller came right back into the ball game minutes later as hard-working Ronnie Staley tallied from three yards away. Ricky Miller added a true kick to make it 12-7, and the Indians were still well within reach. Before i i i however.

Northwest ground out another score for a more comfortable 18-7 halftime lead. Chris Moncrief. who a Wilburn Roesler described as "wonderful," got the call from the two-yard line. Coursey came back in the third period with his second TD scamper, a nifty 10-yard keeper outside tackle. The conversion crew finally got clicking as David McClary picked up the two-pointer.

Keller, down but not out, pounded out another touchdown in the final frame. Gary Pullian got the points on a dive from the one, but the Indians'. try for two on a run fell short. It was all over. Northwest' added an insurance TD before final gun as senior Randy Smith worked the end-around for 13 yards.

The a also tried for two and failed, but it made little difference with YARDSTICK First Downs Yds Rushing YJs Passina Passes Fumbles Lost Northwest 20 22J K7 5-13-1 0-1 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Northwest Keller Keller 17 704 65 3-e-o 9-12 4 II 4--3? 0 7 0 6--13 the three-touchdown margin tucked away. In a bit of irony, it was steady Charles Knott who led the Texans in rushing with 67 yards on 13 carries, yet failed to set in on the scoring. Without Mm, however, the Texans would have had tough going. Both teams showed high- powered offensive with Keller earning 269 yards total offense to Northwests's 245. But the Texans converted for 20 first downs to Keller's 17.

The Indians might have done considerably better if they had managed to find the handle on the ball. Keller lost nine of a dozen fumbles. Northwest's only turnover came on a pass interception. Natirally Moncriefs TD run was valuable, but his real importance was, as in past, on defense. Rossler Iso singled out McClary for his effort on defense.

SCORING SUMMARY: NW-- Smith 60 pass from Courjoy (kick failed) NW-- Coursey 2 run (kick failed) K-- Stalcy 3 run (Miller kick) NW-- Moncrief 2 run (run failed) NW-- Couney 10 run (McClary K-- Pullian 1 run (run failed) NW-- Smith 13 run (run failed) run) Second Half Uprising Lifts Perrin Past Dragons, 30-6 By VINCE WHELAN THE RECORD-CHRONICLE PERRIN The Perrin Pirates sailed through their Friday night plunder, slaying the Chico Dragons, 30-6. The first half was as uneventful as the everyday session, with both teams making an abundance of mistakes and finally battling to a standstill at break time. The first big break came to Chico in the first quarter, with Dragon Wesley Turner, recovering a Pirate fumble at the Perrin 35 with 1:14 showing on the dock. Chico quart a Da.vid Blanks desperately tried to move his team, but mis-fired on a fourth down pass as time ran out. At the seven minute mark of the second quarter, Penin make a carbon copy of their mistake in the first period, by recovering a Dragon fumble at the 35.

They were unable to penetrate the stout Dragon defense and were forced to surrender the ball at the same spot. Chico had the same trouble with the Pirate defense and was forced to punt. From the Chico 44, the Pirates drove the. ball to the 23. Time was fast coming to an end when YARDSTICK PERRIN 14 300 13 2-2-1 7-75 3-5 SCORE BY QUARTERS Perrin 0 Chico 0 First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Passes Punts Penalties Fumbles Lost 22--30 t-- I a fourth down desperation pass was knocked to the ground by Blanks.

The Scoreboard showed an all new game at the start of the second half and so did the Perrin Pirates, scoring one TD in the period, three in the fourth. In between scores, they held the Dragons to only one last minute count. i a guard Robert Tbomason gave Perrin their start, recovering a fumble on vent the extra point. (Perrin 1 CHICO 14. Chico, 0.) A kick-off and 22 seconds later, Pirate end Dan-ell 7 "So ft ol3Ulson intercepted a Blanks 3.5 pass and returned it 45 yards for another Perrin TD.

Dodson added the extra points on an end sweep. (Perrin 22, Chico 0) Chico only three plays in six minutes, the Pirates decided to add still more points with, a 14 yard sweep off left end by Dodson and a plow through the middle by Strickland for -the extras to make the score read 30-0. SCORING SUMMARY P--Strickland 5 run run) P--Oodson ia run (run tailed). P--Ocdson 15 run (Strickland run) C--Blanks to Bowyer 7 (run (ailed) run) the Chico 41. Quarterback Ricky Jornson took over from utilizing.

Mike Davis Black Hawks Trade and Jerry Strickland to move ev or tarrmV the ball down to the Dragons oie five. Strickland did the honors for the six points while Johnson kept.the ball himself, for the two. extra. Perrin Ghico held'until'the clock was -ticking past 9:11 and L. Dodson was flying past for 1 Pirate touchdown.

William broke up the Johnson pass for Clu'co Urpre- CHICAGO TheChicago: Black Hawks acquired Andre Lacroix -from th.e Flyers Friday for defenseman Ride Foley; Lacroix, expected to report for Saturday's game with the Minnesota North Star, scored 66 goals in three seasons with the Flyers..