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

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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

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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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Knights Fell Hard Outstanding defensive plays led the way to the Airline Vikings' fourth straight win in as many years over the Woodlawn Knights. This year's romp showed Airline taking a 42-0 victory. Six interceptions and a fumble recovery set the scene for the slaughter. Although the defense was great, the offense wasn't bad either. Steve Haynes hit 11 of 23 passes for 216 yards. The Air- line running backs churned out 124 yards on the ground. The first half proved to be the most productive for the Vikes as they scored 35 points. The scor- in came on Ha nes asses to Ron Johnson Jim E Y P , Williams and Clark Givens. John Papageorge added two more TDs on short runs and Jack Tut- tle scored on a 64 yard pass interception. Although the Vikes only scored once in the sec- ond half, the second team played most of the fourth quarter. This victory wrapped up the Dis- trict 1-AAAA Championship for Airline with a 5- 0 record and 7-2 overall. Liga W, TOP: Johnny Gibbs and Willie Blackwell nailed the ballcarrier. CENTER: The Viking defense pursued. BOTTOM: Ronald Johnson pulled one in. OPPO- SITE PAGE, TOP: John Papageorge ran to day- light. CENTER: All the seniors were captains. BOT- TOM LEFT: Jack Tuttle made a diving catch. BOT- TOM RIGHT: Steve Haynes sprinted to safety. wo . i W 9,