Crisp County GaArchives History - Schools .....1948 PLAY OFF GAME WEST POINT VS. CORDELE December 17, 1948
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PLAY OFF GAME DECEMBER 17,1948 AT MEMORIAL STADIUM (COLUMBUS) COACHES,CARLTON 
LEWIS (WEST POINT) AND GENE SHELTON (CORDELE).SCORING WEST POINT 0-0-6-13-20 
CORDELE 0-0-6-0-6 FINAL SCORE WEST POINT 20 CORDELE 6.THIRD QUARTER- RICHARD 
BARRY 15 FROM CHARLES MUSSLEWHITE (KICK FAILED).WEST POINT BILLY HAYES 5 RUN 
(RUN FAILED)FOURTH QUARTER -WEST POINT 16 RUN(MIZE RUN). GAME SUMMARY WEST 
POINTCAME INTO GAME AS THE HEAVY FAVORITE. THEY FEATURED FOUR BACKS WITH GAME 
BREAKING POTENTIAL. BILLY HAYES WAS THE CLASS B LEADING SCORER IN THE STATE. 
GEORGE MIZE A 195 POUND FULLBACK AND WERNER SPIER ROUNDED OUT THE BACKFIELD. 
CORDELE HAD LOST TO CLASS A CHAMPION FITZGERALD AND A TIE WITH AMERICUS.WEST 
POINT DOMINATED THE GAME STASTICALLY. CORDELE TOOK THE LEAD DUE TO SOME GOOD 
LUCK TO OPEN THE THIRD A LOW KICK BOUNCED OFF A WEST POINT PLAYER AND WAS 
RECOVERED BY CORDELE QB CHARLES MUSSLEWHITE, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BREAK 
TOSSING A SCORING PASS TO RICHARD BARRY. WEST POINT'S SUPERIOR RUSHING ATTACK 
THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE GAME. FINAL SCORE WEST POINT 20 CORDELE 6 

Additional Comments:
THIS A TRIBUTE TO THE PLAYERS ON THE 1948 CORDELE BULLDOG FOOTBALL TEAM .THE 
1951 BULLDOGS WOULD BEAT WEST POINT FOR CORDELE'S ONLY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

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