Crisp County GaArchives News.....WEST POINT 20,CORDELE 6 December 17, 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR WYLIESHEPPARD@YAHOO.COM October 12, 2009, 4:02 pm GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORIANS ASOCATION December 17, 1948 SITE MEMORIAL STADIUM (COLUMBUS) COACHES,CARLTON LEWIS(WEST POINT) AND GENE SHELTON (CORDELE) SCORING WEST POINT 0-0-13-7=20 CORDELE 0-0-6-0=6 THIRD QUARTER CORDELE-RICHARD BARRY 15 FROM CHARLES MUSSLEWHITE (KICK FAILED) WEST POINT -BILLY HAYES 5 RUN(RUN FAILED) FOURTH QUARTER- WEST POINT -HAYES 16 RUN (MIZE RUN).GAME SUMMARY WEST POINT CAME INTO THE GAME AS THE HEAVY FAVORITE.THEY FEATURED FOUR BACKS WITH GAME - BREAKING POTENTIAL .BILLY HAYES WAS THE TOP CLASS B SCORER IN THE STATE.GEORGE MIZE ,A 195 POUND FULLBACK,FRANK HICKS,AND WERNER SPIER ROUNDED OUT THE BACKFIELD. CORDELE HAD ONE LOSS 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 OFF BOUNCED OFF A WEST POINT PLAYER AND WAS RECOVERED BY CORDELE.QUARTERBACK 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. TAKEN FROM GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORIANS ASOCATION. Additional Comments: PLAY OFF GAME 1948 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/westpoin2836nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb