Leonard's three touchdowns, Hornets' desire makes Bath seventh victim, 19-12.

It was desire and team effort the Hornets displayed last Saturday on the local gridiron to defeat a tough squad from Bath, New York, 19-12.

This was the seventh straight win for the Hornets, and although every game this year has been a team effort, this game was the standout. The effort and desire really went to work after quarterback Dale Tombs was lost midway in the second period with a broken collar bone.

The Hornets were leading at the time, 7-0, as Tombs drove the team 55 yards in seven plays for a first period score. Bill Leonard plunged over from the two-yard line for his first of three touchdowns of the day and Gary Morral booted the only extra point of the afternoon.

The Bath Ramblers scored early in the second period coming to life after playing a poor first quarter. Bob Robinson capped the Ramblers' 55 yard drive after 11 plays scoring from five yards out. The drive started after Milt Von Hagen intercepted a Hornet pass.

The last seven minutes of the second period the Hornets couldn't seem to get organized, and they didn't move the ball. Bob Scranton intercepted a Rambler pass on the Hornet 35-yard line and ran it back 20 yards to the Bath 45-yard line, but the Ramblers intercepted a Hornet pass on the next play.

One bright spot in that seven minutes of play was Bob Stevenson's tackle of David Hunter for a nine yard loss. The Hornets led 7-6 at halftime.

Wellsboro's lead wasn't for long. Three minutes into the third quarter the Ramblers scored again to take the lead, 12-7. With quarterback Gary Howe mixing up the plays, the Bath squad went 65 yards on eleven plays, with Dan Clark scoring from six yards out.

With Lou Prevost at the helm, he engineered a 74 yard drive that netted the Hornets six more points. With Prevost hitting three out of four passes and with Bill Leonard and Denny Rumsey lugging the mail, the team covered 74 yards in 16 plays, with Leonard smashing over from the one-yard line in the first play of the last quarter. The Hornets lead led 13-12 at this point.

Bath took the ensuing kickoff, worked the ball down to the Hornet 25-yard line where they ran out of downs, and the Hornets took over. Prevost marched the squad to the 40-yard line where Bath intercepted a Hornet pass, but on the their first play, Lynn Halstead grabbed their pass out of the air and ran it to the 35-yard line.

Prevost seized the opportunity and piloted the squad to paydirt. Runs by Rumsey, Leonard, and Scranton off-tackle set the stage for Leonard's one yard plunge for the score.

The Ramblers took the kickoff on the three-yard line, and with a minute and 40 seconds left, they filled the air with aerials. The Rambles hit of four of six and had the pigskin on the Hornet 40-yard line when time ran out. The victory was the Hornets' toughest test.

In a great team effort such as this game was, we hate to single out any individual player but it would be a great injustice if special mention was not given to Lou Prevost who went in cold as quarterback and drove the squad to two last quarter touchdowns and victory. To Bill Leonard, the teams hard driving halfback, who carried the ball 26 times for 172 yards and scored all three of the squad's touchdowns. To speedy Denny Rumsey on his great runs and to the outstanding line play of Roger Dibble, Frank Gerow, Bob Stevenson, and Lynn Halstead.

An injustice too, if we didn't give praise to the wonderful display put on at halftime by the great Bath band and our own band that marched in temperatures that reached the high 80's.

The Hornets will meet Wyalusing here on the home field Saturday for the last home game of the season. The contest will be a league affair with kickoff set for 2:00 p.m.