TupaTalk: A look back at some E-E sports coverage through the years
Following are some summaries of E-E sports coverage during the years.
September 1969
Bartlesville College High School's football team headed across the Missouri border and decided to adopt that state's motto.
In the best tradition of "Show-Me" fireworks, the Wildcats crushed the host Springfield (Mo.) Hillcrest Hornets, 26-0.
The Hornets found the thick-skinned Wildcats too tough to sting.
Col-Hi surged to a 20-0 halftime lead, sparked by the potent pair of field general Bill Berryhill and his favorite receiver Kent Martindale.
Col-Hi registered its lone second quarter score on a 26-yard scoring strike from Berryhill to Martindale.
Berryhill sliced the heavens with 244 yards passing on the night, including touchdown throws of 38, 40 and 26 yards to Martindale.
But, Berryhill proved he could damage Hillcrest with more than just his arm.
Forced to scramble early in the game, he slithered, hammered and spurted 33 yards on a touchdown run.
A Hornet turnover — caused by a jarring tackle by Kirk Martindale — set the stage for Col-Hi's final score.
September 1969
George Tyner whittled out an impressive round of 67 to take the lead in the championship flight in a Hillcrest Country Club tournament.
Bob Estes and Woody Spies both remained close, with 68s.
Tom Hill sat at 64 to lead the president's flight.
November 1969
Slam the Rams.
That could have been the Dewey High School motto for a football showdown against Owasso.
The Dewey Bulldoggers flattened the Rams, 38-14, in the final Verdigris Valley Conference game of the season.
Less than two minutes into the contest, junior Dewey quarterback Steve Dittman hurled a bomb to halfback Myliam Rogers on a scoring play that covered 54 yards.
Dewey never relinquished the lead.
Dewey's second possession saw Dittman again put the ball in the end zone, this time in the hands of Paul Forester.
Dittman later zipped the ball to Jeff Starr for another touchdown strike.
Scott Overfield also powered into the end zone, from one yard out, to add to the Dogger score.
November 1950
College High School's 32-man football team — half of which were seniors — eyed a trip to Vinita for its season finale.
The Col-Hi seniors included Kenny McCullogh, Larry Hunt, Jim Raines, Don Parrett, Gerald Swope, Bill Mason, Bill Van Meter, Don Endacott, Larry Ballard, Harry Sauer, Gene Sroufe, Bill Quintana, Bell, John Minden, Don Lehman and Richard Teague.
September 1947
College High School head football coach Lonnie Adams planned to start Jack Adams at runningback, even though Adams tweaked his knee against Dewey.
That turned out to be a wise risk.
Adams helped the Wildcats down the Dewey Bulldoggers, 12-0, in front of approximately 5,000 fans at the Bartlesville stadium.
The 'Cats probable starting list of starting linemen include Don Swope or Johnny Barger at left end, Fred Webster at left tackle, Jimmy Huff at left guard, Bill Calohan at center, Jack McCarty at right guard, Earl Sears at right tackle and Fred Quintana or Hershell Phipps at right wing.
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The Douglass High School Dragons spun a football shutout against the Joplin Lincoln (Mo.) High School team.
Hard-running Dragon runningback Fred Ponder broke loss for two touchdowns.
Cecil Littles played quarterback for Douglass and scored a touchdown.
Leo Branham booted an extra point.
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Bouncing back from a 12-0 loss against the College High School Wildcats, the Dewey High School Bulldoggers slammed Shidler, 27-6, in football action.
Energized by Orville Webber and Andy Davis, Dewey tallied four second half touchdowns.
Dean Williams intercepted a Shidler pass to ignite the Dewey firestorm after halftime.
April 1948
Of all the fantastic achievements on the basketball court notched by Phillips 66ers amateur men's team, perhaps none matched significance of the win on March 1, 1948, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
That magical evening witnessed the 66ers declaw the University of Kentucky Wildcats, 53-49, in the championship game of the United States Olympic Basketball Tournament.
By capturing that game, Phillips became the king that season of all amateur basketball (AAU or college) in the United States.
More importantly, the triumph meant the 66ers qualified several players for the US Olympic Basketball team, and that 66ers head coach Bud Browning became the US team's head coach for the 1948 London Olympic Games.
Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp became Browning's assistant for the Olympic team.
After having scored 33 points in the semifinals, Kentucky's Alex Groza scored just six points against the 66ers.
In fact, Kentucky failed for the first time in the tourney to score at least 75 points.
The Phillips team boasted a plethora of big-name former college players, including basketball's original seven-footer, Bob Kurland, and former Oklahoma A&M legend Jess 'Cab' Renick.
Gerald Tucker's free throw put the 66ers on top for good, with 5:30 remaining.
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: TupaTalk: A look back at some top Bartlesville-area sports moments
