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Carthage Football Team History

Carthage Tigers

Carthage High School

704 North Jordan Street Carthage, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Pete Lucovich

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1928 <-- 1996 <- 1997 -> 1998 --> 2010

1997 Season Highlights

Pete Lucovich enters his 17th season as Head Coach at Carthage.

The Tigers finished 5th in District 5.

1997 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 29	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 5	@ South Leake	10	0	W
Fri., Sep. 12	@ Newton	14	41	L
Fri., Sep. 19	vs. Edinburg	31	7	W
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. Morton *	10	7	W
Fri., Oct. 3	vs. Velma Jackson *	0	36	L
Fri., Oct. 10	@ Kemper County *	7	20	L
Fri., Oct. 17	vs. Forest *	14	34	L
Fri., Oct. 24	@ Newton County *	0	24	L
Fri., Oct. 31	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 7	@ West Lauderdale *	42	28	W

1997 Season Totals
Record	4-5
Points Scored	128
Scoring Average	14.2
Points Allowed	197
Defense Average	21.9
Opponents Record	52-55 -1
District Record	2-4
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	2-3

1997 Class 3A 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
Forest	9-3-1	285	134	1-1	36	23	7-0	200	50	Jack French
Velma Jackson	10-2	455	128	0-1	8	34	5-1	205	38	Willie Young
Newton County	5-5	180	138				4-2	121	84	Elton Bryan
Morton	5-6	161	163				2-4	69	102	Randy McIntyre
Carthage	4-5	128	197				2-4	73	149	Pete Lucovich
West Lauderdale	3-8	245	323				1-5	112	198	Anthony Hart
Kemper County	2-8	85	296				1-6	58	217	Bob Wilson

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