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Post by Agent Orange on Oct 2, 2020 11:09:17 GMT -7
I just did an hour long interview with big #77 Ronnie Sowell from the 64 State Championship team.
Looking forward to posting it for you guys in the next day or two.
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Post by crispysdad on Oct 2, 2020 14:58:39 GMT -7
I just did an hour long interview with big #77 Ronnie Sowell from the 64 State Championship team. Looking forward to posting it for you guys in the next day or two. Looking forward to it! I have heard his name mentioned for as long as I can remember.....I was only 6 yrs old in 1964, and I'm 62 right now. Just noticed a day or two ago that he is a member on here. |
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Post by Agent Orange on Oct 3, 2020 8:07:45 GMT -7
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Post by Agent Orange on Oct 3, 2020 13:12:23 GMT -7
Here it is, let me know what you think, if you'd like to see more stuff like this, may do some more in the near future. I Really enjoyed talking to Ronnie and asking him about Coach LG, teammate Mike Phipps, seeing Cooper Henderson as a young boy and Ronnie's playing days at Artesia and winning the 2nd State Title ever for the town and his playing days at Texas Tech.
When you want to kill an hour or got some downtime give it a listen.
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Post by Rick on Oct 4, 2020 7:57:40 GMT -7
Shoot, yeah! Keep putting these together and running them, Randall. I heard several Ronnie Sowell yarns when I was in Artesia, and it's good to actually hear him talking about his career there and at Tech.
You might consider trying to get hold of Johnny French off the 1957 team. A physician in San Angelo.
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Post by crispysdad on Oct 4, 2020 10:39:58 GMT -7
Great interview Randall! Thanks for taking the time to do this.......MUCH appreciated!!!
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Post by Agent Orange on Oct 5, 2020 11:14:42 GMT -7
Thanks guys, it was fun talking to Ronnie, was thinking about doing something like this for a bit, I saw Ronnie's name pop up on my football twitter of all places and figured he would be good to talk too, messaged him and we set it up.
I like what Ronnie said about LG he could adapt to the situation, that reminds me of Cooper. Didn't know the 64 game was played on Thanksgiving Day, and didn't really think about this but texas oil pointed it out, Ronnie played with 2 other D1 players on the team, that's probably the 1st and only time that's happened for an Artesia team.
Definitely try to do some more.
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Post by Charliedog on Oct 6, 2020 7:04:35 GMT -7
I was a 5' 11" 150 LB DB that played secondary and on most sets a LB. We played that 64 team and got crushed. I got pancaked by Sowell about 4-5 times as I came up to stop sweep. After the game to this day I still remember sitting in locker room after game and feeling like I had been run over by a train. Also in this game I got 2 roughing the kicker penalties. Our HC after the 2nd brought me to sidelines and told me to take off my helmet. He told me to look into the stands so everyone could see who the stupid idiot was who kept getting the roughing the kicker penalties. In 1969 I returned to Lovington and my HC had just become a Teacher only. I walked into the Teachers lounge on my first day as a teacher and he was in there. I reminded him of that story and for the last 4 1/2 years I had been wanting to say the thing the fans wanted to know why the idiot HC kept letting me on Punt return team.
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Post by Mr. Pitch on Oct 6, 2020 10:00:19 GMT -7
I was a 5' 11" 150 LB DB that played secondary and on most sets a LB. We played that 64 team and got crushed. I got pancaked by Sowell about 4-5 times as I came up to stop sweep. After the game to this day I still remember sitting in locker room after game and feeling like I had been run over by a train. Also in this game I got 2 roughing the kicker penalties. Our HC after the 2nd brought me to sidelines and told me to take off my helmet. He told me to look into the stands so everyone could see who the stupid idiot was who kept getting the roughing the kicker penalties. In 1969 I returned to Lovington and my HC had just become a Teacher only. I walked into the Teachers lounge on my first day as a teacher and he was in there. I reminded him of that story and for the last 4 1/2 years I had been wanting to say the thing the fans wanted to know why the idiot HC kept letting me on Punt return team. LOL. Good stuff!!! |
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Post by h on Oct 7, 2020 9:21:25 GMT -7
Love to see more.
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