Nice to see mention of the Cherokee-Strawn regional championship game in 1969. I played defensive back and offensive receiver(end) on the Strawn team. Cherokee had lots of speed and we not ready to chase them down early in the game. They jumped out to a 24 to 6 lead by the end of the first quarter and it was a dog fight the rest of the game. We had regained the lead mid way through the third quarter and it was a see saw game from that point till the finish. Cherokee played a fine game and we certainly could have played better. We scored more touchdowns than Cherokee but didn't convert many extra point trys. I did not find out about the ineligible player at Cherokee until the fall of 1970. I was told that the player in question had started playing football at San Saba the fall of 1969 and had been kicked off or left the team and went to Cherokee that same season and started playing. At any rate Strawn lost the game on the field 44 to 47 but wound up with championship because of Cherokee's forfeiture. Victor, Steve, Stinker, Flash and I still talk about the game that got away from us, scored 44 points and that was 43 years ago. Victor said we had a bad game that night. Strawn had a great run from 1967 through 1969 going 30 and 2. I am ready for Strawn to have a few more like ours.
