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Walnut Football Team History

Walnut Wildcats

Walnut High School

280 Commerce Walnut, MS
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Colors: Red, White & Black
Coach: Ricky Bates

1963 <-- 1987 <- 1988 -> 1989 --> 2024

1988 Season Highlights

Ricky Bates enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Walnut.

The Wildcats finished 5th in District 1.

1988 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ Middleton TN	12	30	L
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Waterloo AL	14	31	L
Fri., Sep. 16	@ Falkner *	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Biggersville	6	47	L
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Smithville *	8	51	L
Fri., Oct. 7	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Tishomingo *	12	41	L
Fri., Oct. 21	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. Burnsville *	14	6	W
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Thrasher *	16	22	L

1988 Season Totals
Record	1-7
Points Scored	82
Scoring Average	10.3
Points Allowed	234
Defense Average	29.3
Opponents Record	39-38
District Record	1-4
Home Record	1-4
Away Record	0-3

1988 Class 1A District 1 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Falkner	5-4	142	116				4-1	108	55	Joe Horton
Tishomingo	6-3	232	159	0-1	14	22	4-1	155	86	David Lee Herbert
Smithville	7-3	293	167	0-1	3	26	4-1	173	60	Dwight Bowling
Thrasher	2-8	100	245				2-3	93	93	Willie T. Jackson
Walnut	1-7	82	234				1-4	50	126	Ricky Bates
Burnsville	0-10	46	325				0-5	24	183

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Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.