Hunt Co., TX - Schools: The Celeste Blue Devils ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** The Celeste Blue Devils last a hard-fought hotly contested football game last Saturday night at Leonard by the score of 7 to 6. Celeste gambled in the second quarter when they completed a pass on fourth down with twenty-two yards to go for the first down. The Blue Devils went on from there to score with Pearce going over for the touchdown. The extra point kick failed with the ball hit the goal post. The Tigers scored in the third quarter with Billy Joe Womack going over for the touchdown and Jerry Bartlett kicked the extra point for the margin of victory. A Celeste drive bogged down in the fourth quarter when penalties for roughness caused them to lose the ball. Celeste led in practically all phases of the game, but he final score, making fifteen first downs to Leonard’s six, and gaining many more yards on the ground and in the air than Leonard. Celeste drew fifty yards in four penalties and Leonard five on one. (October 7, 1955)