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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 --> 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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