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Sumner Hill Football Team History

Sumner Hill Hornets

Sumner Hill High School

Clinton, MS
Stadium:
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Coach: Sherman Matthews

1970 <-- 1975 <- 1976 -> 1977 --> 1980

1976 Season Highlights

Sherman Matthews enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Sumner Hill.

The Hornets won the West Riverside Conference Championship.

The Hornets set a team record by winning 7 games.

1976 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 10	Saint Joseph Jackson	14	18	L
Fri., Sep. 17	East Flora *	34	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Liberty	8	12	L
Fri., Oct. 1	Jefferson County	16	14	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Velma Jackson *	19	6	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Canton	12	0	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Hinds County AHS *	24	20	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Amite County	20	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	Port Gibson *	22	12	W

1976 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	169
Scoring Average	18.8
Points Allowed	82
Defense Average	9.1
Opponents Record	19-40 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1976 West Riverside Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Sumner Hill	7-2	169	82	4-0-0	99	38	Sherman Matthews
Hinds County AHS	5-2	150	80	3-1-0	84	51	Robert Strong
Port Gibson	4-3	103	76	2-2-0	81	42
East Flora	1-8	38	225	0-3-0	6	96
Velma Jackson	1-3	26	56	0-3-0	13	56	Tracy Steele
	South
Amite County	3-3	100	75	1-0-0	12	0
Winans	1-0	6	0	1-0-0	6	0
Liberty	2-3	43	48	0-1-0	0	6	Earnest Dunlap
Jefferson County	0-5	20	61	0-1-0	0	12
Wilkinson County	0-1	6	48				Conway Henyard

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