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South Jones Football Team History

South Jones Braves

South Jones High School

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

1965 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

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

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

1968 Season Totals
Record	7-1 -1
Points Scored	166
Scoring Average	18.4
Points Allowed	92
Defense Average	10.2
Opponents Record	62-36 -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	6-3	157	97	5-1-0	124	46	Jimmy Havard
George County	9-1-1	154	56	4-1-1	74	32	Bill Martin
South Jones	7-1-1	166	92	3-1-1	97	54	Hershel Hathorne
Forrest County AHS	4-5	84	135	3-3-0	50	54	Julius Stringfellow
Northwest Jones	5-4	111	110	2-4-0	46	89	Morris Brown
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

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.