The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1961-12-15
Writers overlook Paspoint grid stars
Six are named
70 second squad

sGnronicte Correspondentl
-four Pascagoula Panthers
and two Moss Point Tiger foot
balers received South Big-8
recognition at the annual meet
ing of the Big-8 Writers Asso-
citation Sunday in Jackson.
The Panthers placed two
men on the second team and
two on the third, while both
Tiger players made the third
team.
sp1scayoulass. Don Wilson. a
l93-pound senior guard. and
Wayne Scarborough. lso-
pound senior tackle. were the
twosapanthers to receive Sec
o46te2fn hn1ors. while senior
9aaxd Doug Hos and SENIOR
halfsack Steve Bowman were
named to fhe third team.
TNo Moss Point tiger sem
iors; end George Wood and
tackle r. E. Tillman,. were also
I1arnedsto the thipdafeam.
$saagoul ayers raceiving
honorable mention in. the bal
loting incInde quarterback
Joe Campbell, fullback Byron
Rasco. end Gene Winstead and
center Stanley Peterson.
Mess Point Tigers receiving
honorable mention were guard
Viktor ts,Holmbergs sfullback
Pete Campbell, -halfback Eddie
Hardin and quarterback Jim
Shields. &. --e-- ia ,rof-af,-. :
Only, five f-thes IL South
Big-8 schools placed men on
the first squad with Big-8
champion Laurel capturing
four of, the II positions.
The number one South Big-8
squad is: =. a.ss 81 e@s ~swr
Ends Rocky Fleming. 17s.
senior from Laurel. and Dusty
Rhodes. no.. senior from Pro-
vine: tackles-Lynn Patterson.
2g5. senior from Biloxi. and
John. CastIeberrY. 1870. senior
from GuIfnorf.
Guards - Tommy Wheels,
T70, senior from Laurel, and
Dudley Mutziger, 232,, seniorS
from Natchez, and center Earle |
Willoughby, 1884,. senior from
Provine.
First team backs were: ~
James Nichols, IT'S, senior
fiflback from Laurel; Scott
Coff1eld, 176, senior quarter
back from LAUREL Gerald War
field 178, senior full back from
Gu1fpoft and Joe Malone, 100
senior fu1lback from Provine.
Two north division gridiron
stars took the outstanding line
man and back awards. Mike
Dennis, .189-pound six, foot
Jackson Murrah fullback was
chosen as outstanding back in
the conference for 1861. Den
mis- was The leading, scoger in
the Big-8 for the 81 season. ]
RonHie Fowler. 187-.,ound,
six-foot one-inch senior end of
the vicksburg Cooper High
Greenies received the most
outstanding lineman. award. II
The second and third team
selections are: Second team
Ends Mike McElhaneY Of Hat
tiesburg and Chef Bergolowski
of Laurel: Tackles Ronnie
Mantone Of .Broolhavens and
Scarborough of Pascagoula.
nGuards Hlbere Trone of Bi
ldxi and Wilson Of Pascagoula;
center Tim Gordy of Laurel;
backs Robinson of Laurel,
Jackie Sheriff. and Harold
Breal of Biloxi and Sonny
White Of McComb.
tThird~team lends Larry
Burkey of Gulfport and Wood
of McssaP Point; tackles Eddie
Hill ofNatchez and Tillman of
Mess Point; guards Charles
Bounds of Picayune and Ros of
Pascagoula; center Lewayne
Lambert of Hattiesburg.
Backs Othel Anding of
BFookhaven, Joel Pigott of Pic
a1une, Ray Jones of Gulfport
and Bewman1of p Pascagoula.
CertifieatesWill be presented
tuall members of the first, sec
ond and third squads in recog-
nition of their selections as
Outstanding football players in
the 1861 Big aConference.