Airline High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Bossier City, LA)

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Vikes Conquered Rebs in Homecoming After a stale first half Airline Home- coming fans delighted to see their Vikings take the victory 28-7. The first half not being very productiye for either Airline or West Monroe showed each team scoring only once in the second quarter. Airline's score came on a 21 yard aerial to halfback Terry Slack from quar- terback Steve Haynes with only two min- utes remaining in the half. The score was set up when Stan Harris recovered a West Monroe fumbled punt on the 36. Second half action showed Airline a lit- tle more inspired as they exploded into a three touchdown, 21 point scoring burst. In the third quarter Ronald Johnson caught a pass at the 15 and danced easily into the end-zone. other third period action showed Terry Slack returning a W.M. punt 57 yards and a touchdown. The last period had Airline only scoring once and it was Johnson getting the call again on a pass from Haynes for his sec- ond score of the night. Steve Haynes toed all four PAT's making the score 28-7. This non-district game brought the Vikes record to 5-2. ri.... F 5 we is -on 1 58 f , ' M . -V .fi-ri?-2f1?3i'w53Wt ws' 1 to ,Ai 1, - X-w.i,i,:w?'Hv.:A.fNf-s4YgixwQssL'1ggZ-vt'

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I gg! . 3 lla. A 4. A Mg. 3 ff' .--......., V, 'K U li Vikes Got Stung Airline's sixth game of the season found them traveling to Greenville, Miss., to play the defending Mississippi state champions. The Vikings found the going tough as the Greenville Hornets put two first half touchdowns on the board making the score at half 14-0, in favor of the Hornets. The Norsemen came out fighting in the second half. They put their first points on the board early in the fourth period but missed the two- point conversion try. With time run- ning out in the game, the Vikes drove the ball deep into Hornet territory. With 35 seconds remaining, Steve Haynes passed to Jim Williams for an apparent TD to tie the game. But the officials called the play back on a hold- ing penalty as time ran out. The loss set back Airlinels record to 4-2 and made it a long trip home. Viking faces told the story. TOP TO BOTTOM: Terry Slack, Stan Harris, John Papagcorge, Mike Thompson. RIGHT: Mike Banard. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Vikes prepared to take the field. CENTER: Clark Givens made the tackle. LEFT: Steve Haynes pitched to Terry Slack. BOTTOM RIGHT: Jack Tuttle started the rally. 7

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Vikes Kept Rolling After a Thursday night postponement due to a torrential downpour, the Airline Vikings faced cross town rival Fair Park. The game played on Saturday found the Vikings lacking something: however, they did win 8-0. The only score in the game came early in the first quarter on a pass by Airline quarterback Steve Haynes to split-end Clark Givens. John Papageorge ran over for the two point conversion after Fair Park was off side twice. This made the score 8-0 and that was the way it remained. Later in the game Airline had another chance to score and add insurance points but a missed Haynes field goal lost the points. This game gave y Airline a great lead in District 1-AAAA play with i a 4-0 record, and a 6-2 record overall. W K ' ,','r 1 - 0. - -:,- awww X K X657 ww- 2- l Sl . ' 'ft . I TOP: The Vikes hit the field for another game. LEFT CENTER: Jack Tuttle stopped a Fair Park rusher. BOTTOM: Ron Calkins closed in for the tackle. RIGHT: Airline defensive front lines up against B.T.W. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Ronald Johnson danced into the end-zone. BOTTOM LEFT: Airline defenders stopped the play for a loss. BOTTOM RIGHT: Steve Haynes sneaks for the first down. I5