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South Jones Football Team History

South Jones Braves

South Jones High School

313 Anderson Street Ellisville, MS
Stadium:
Colors: Red, White & Blue
Coach: Hershel Hathorne

1965 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2026

1968 Season Highlights

Hershel Hathorne enters his 1st season as Head Coach at South Jones.

The Braves won the DeSoto Conference Championship.

The Braves finished th in District DeSoto.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Northeast Jones *	25	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	@ Forrest County AHS *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	@ Magee	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 27	vs. Collins	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 4	@ George County *	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Prentiss	13	6	W
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Petal *	7	26	L
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Stone	42	20	W
Fri., Nov. 1	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 8	vs. Northwest Jones *	38	14	W
	Petal	20	13	W

1968 Season Totals
Record	8-1 -1
Points Scored	186
Scoring Average	18.6
Points Allowed	105
Defense Average	10.5
Opponents Record	68-41 -3
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	4-0 -1

1968 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	6-4	170	117	5-1-0	124	46	Jimmy Havard
George County	9-1-1	154	56	4-1-1	74	32	Bill Martin
South Jones	8-1-1	186	105	3-1-1	97	54	Hershel Hathorne
Forrest County AHS	4-5	84	135	3-3-0	50	54	Julius Stringfellow
Northeast Jones	3-6-2	132	204	0-5-0	32	111	Glenn Wells
Poplarville	1-7-1	63	140	0-4-0	6	58	Henry Russell
Northwest Jones	5-4	111	110	2-4-0	46	89	Morris Brown

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