The following sports story was taken from the Marshalltown Times Republican in the fall of 1961. It was a pleasure to have played with such a talented group of guys for the Laurel Hornets.
LAUREL DEMOLISHES BAXTER IN
TA-MA-JA SHOWDOWN, 40-6
by Bob Whiting
T-R Staff Writer
LAUREL---The swift, shifty running of Gary Campbell and the timely blocking of his team mates made Laurel 40-6 victors over Baxter in a football battle between the two unbeaten arch-rivals here Friday (night) Campbell scampered for four touchdowns and added two extra points to shatter the Times Republican area scoring record set three years ago by Grundy Center's ace fullback Bill Smith.
Smith had piled up what looked to be a formidable mark of 136 points in the 1958 season, but, Campbell's 26 points Friday night pushed him well past Smith's record with a total of 151 points in just seven games.
The speed, versatility and 11 man power of Laurel simply was too much for the Bulldogs to match with their attack which principally was a one-man effort in the power thrusts of Jim Pyle, senior fullback. Pyle carried the ball on 30 plays for a net total of 106 yards. In addition, he passed to end Eugene Flora for the one Baxter touchdown. That fourth quarter play covered 62 yards.
Pyle's effort was a courageous one when you consider that his charges at the linewere in the face of a Laurel middle line that averaged more than 200 POUNDS. Defensive aces that stopped him on many occasions included big Mike Stineman at 211 pounds, Ed Matya, a 210 pounder, 235 defensive tackle Larry Eibs, guard Ben Wunn at 190 pounds and the 180 pound center Jerry Roberts.
In leading the Hornets offensively, Campbell toted the ball on 17 occasions for 207 yards. He scored on runs of 19. 37, 39, and 45 yards and he came through on two of his four running tries on extra points. Only once did he fail to score when he got into the Baxter secondary. That came in the waning minutes when he scampered 25 yards to help set up another scoring chance that failed for the want of time.
His running mate, Dennis Laverty, contributed to the Hornet cause with good runs among them a 19 yard effort in the last drive. He counted one touchdown on a two yard spurt and made other runs of 13, 15, and 10 yards.
The first of Campbell's zig-zag scoring scampers came the first time the Hornets had the ball after kicking off to the visitors and holding them on their first series. Baxter's punt against a stiff wind dropped dead on the Baxter 25 yard line, carrying only 15 yards. Campbell on his first try, hauled the ball to the 19. On the second play from scrimage, he sprinted untouched to the first tally. He carried the extra point try successfully for the 7-0 lead.
==============to be continued.
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