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Lake Football Team History

Lake Hornets

Lake High School

200 School Street Lake, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: John McCrory

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1927 <-- 1986 <- 1987 -> 1988 --> 2024

1987 Season Highlights

John McCrory enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Lake.

The Hornets finished 2nd in District 5.

1987 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Choctaw Central	22	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	South Leake *	14	6	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Union *	35	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Clarkdale *	70	12	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Decatur *	28	7	W
Fri., Oct. 9	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 16	Sebastopol	51	6	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Scott Central *	36	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Southeast Lauderdale	3	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	Enterprise Clarke *	14	22	L
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 13	@ Mount Olive	17	7	W	1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 20	vs. Gloster	34	6	W	2nd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 27	@ Enterprise Clarke	0	6	L	Semi-finals Playoffs

1987 Season Totals
Record	10-2
Points Scored	324
Scoring Average	27.0
Points Allowed	72
Defense Average	6.0
Opponents Record	75-60
District Record	5-1
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	1-1

1987 Class 2A District 5 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	13-0	328	81	4-0	73	26	6-0	195	34	Jud Gartman
Lake	10-2	324	72	2-1	51	19	5-1	197	47	John McCrory
Decatur	6-3	138	99				3-3	69	86	Larry Harms
South Leake	6-3	207	127				3-3	144	89	Curtis Hardy
Union	3-7	129	211				1-5	101	168	Tom Johnson
Scott Central	5-6	230	212				3-3	107	112	Bill Scott
Clarkdale	0-9	64	480				0-6	30	307

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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.