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

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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,

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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 Won District For the first time in the history of Airline High School, the Vikings won the District 1- AAAA championship with an undefeated district record. The Vikes beat every team in Shreveport and took a state playoff berth in the process. Airline accomplished this by downing the Booker T. Washington Lions 30-13. The game didn't start very well for the Vikings, for in the first half they only scored once. B.T.W. matched this to tie the score at half at 7-7. The first half score came by John Papageorge, who also had the Vikings first hundred yard rushing game this season. The second half had the Vikings back to their old ways in scoring 23 points and hold- ing B.T.W. to 7. Jim Williams, Terry Slack, and John Papageorge combined their rush- ing talents for the points. Williams and Slack scored from 3 and 13 yards out respec- tively, each adding a two point conversion. Papageorge finished it up with a 50 yard TD scamper.