The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-10-11
IMANTEC REDSKINS SCORE
IMPRESSIVE VICTORY OVER
WEEKSvlLLE TEAM 32-7

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team struck hard and fast, to
score twice in the opening minutes
of the game Friday night and
then went on to beat the Weeks
vile Bulldogs 1927 before a fair
sized home crowd.
Manteo received on the first
kickoff by Weeksville, then started
their drive after a 40-yard run
by Jeffrey Midget to the Weeks
vile 20-yard line. A few plays
later, Midget scored for the first
touchdown. st. Clair Basnight Jr.
kicked the extra point. Weeksville
was held by the Redskins on four
downs after the second kickoff of
the game. An attempted punt was
blocked by Robert Cholerton and
recovered by Horace Hooper Jr.,
WHO was pulled down on the
Weeksville 5-yard line. Midget
scored again three plays later,
Basnight converting. This gave
Manteo a 14-0 lead with about A
minutes gone in the game. At the
start of the second quarter an
other Weeksville punt, blocked
again by Robert Cholerton, set up
Manteo for another chance for
score with the ball on the Weeks
vile 25-yard line. A Manteo
tumble gave Weeksville possession
again three plays later; and with
possession of the ball, Weeksville
took to the air to score their only
touchdown of the game. The Of
lenses of both teams begged down
for the remainder of the quarter,
and the half-time score stood 14-7.
After holding Weeksville on a
downs after the second-half kick
off, Manteo started another drive
which ended with st. Basnight
passing to Hughes Tillett in the
end zone for the third tally. Bas-
nights extra point was blocked.
Later in the quarter, on another
Manteo drive, Jeffrey Midget
scored his third touchdown of the
game from the 6-yard line to give
Manteo a 26-7 lead. The extra
point try was low. After about 8
minutes had elapsed in the fourth
quarter, Jack Wood took Weeks
vile punt on the Weeksville As
yard line and raced down the right
side-lines for the fifth touchdown
of the game. The extra point try
was wide. With only a few min
utes remaining, Coach Ayers gave
his reserves a chance to see action
and the final two minutes saw
madhouse on the football field.
The hard-charging Manteo line
for the second time in as many
weeks was just too much for the
light Weeksville team, and Manteo
broke up every play tried by the
Bulldogs with the exception of
pass plays. The Manteo backfield,
which has been without the serv-
ices of senior fullback, st. Clair
Basnight Jr., the first two games,
has constantly fumbled, been mix
ed up in plays and generally be-
fuddled. The addition of Bas-
night Friday night helped to
settle the backfield and balance
it with the fine play of the line.
The team has shown tremendous
improvement in all fields, espe-
cially the backfield. But they face
in the next few weeks, some very
tough competition, and will have
to continue to develop and improve
to give their opponents a battle.
Last Fridays game saw some
fine running by Midget, Basnight
and Wood; and some fine defen-
sive play by Cholerton, Daniels
and Midget. Ralph Jones, replac-
ing the injured center Mike Jones,
gave an impressive performance |
m his first game as center and al
so as defensive linebacker.
The Redskins travel this Friday |
night to Windsor for their second
" nncn game of the year
against the big Windsor team. The
following Friday they will play |
Central.