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

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' .LNI H 3, is af ' ff L -1-:fire , I K. we Vikes Nipped Tors A rain-soaked field and rain throughout the game did not dampen the Vikings spirit as they traveled to Sulphur for the State quarter finals. The Vikes won the mud-fest 14-12. The Viking defense was again brilliant but the offense was there when it counted. John Papageorge led the way for 100 yards on 14 carries, and Mickey Morgan added 65 yards on 9 attempts and 1 TD. The Vikings led at half 6-0. In the second half Ronald Johnson scored on a pass from Steve Haynes and Jim Williams went over for the two point conversion. Sulphur came back and scored two touchdowns but it was all in vain as the Viking defense stopped both PAT attempts. This left the score at 14-12 and put the Vikings in the semi-finals. E' TOP: R. Johnson snagged another one. RIGHT CENTER: The team celebrated after victory. LEFT CENTER: J. Williams went up high -for the ball. BOTTOM: Paco Prothro cut off tackle. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: M. Morgan evaded a tackler. CENTER: The Vikes led the pep rally. BOTTOM: The Dis- trict graveyard.

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Vikings Opened Playoffs With Convinoing Win Airline opened the state playoffs at home against the Rebels of West Monroe. The Vikings had beaten the Rebels earlier in the season and won this one-sided decision 35-0. Airline's defense was superb in allowing only 26 yards rushing, 17 passing, and only three first downs. While the defense was doin their thing, the Viking offense did a little og their own. The Norsemen had a total of 341 yards, 171 yards rushing, 170 yards passing, and racked up a total of 18 first downs. The scoring went as follows: A 70 yard pass from Steve Haynes to Jim Williams, a one yard run by Micky Morgan, a one yard sneak by Haynes, a 12 yard jaunt by Jim Prothro, and Jim Williams on a 5 yard smash. Haynes added all five PATS. This opening win set the Vikes up in the quarter-finals against the Golden Tornadoes of Sulphur. -K -fi'TQ,1gii:'t V 7iiif'Ei1i5w' f 5 I 1-. 1'1- CHAFIFS HA QQ 9936 -.SX iii., MMM

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Vikes Bagged Gators For the second time in three playoff games the Airline Vikings shut out their opponents. This time the victim was the South Terrebonne Gators. The score was 21-0 and the Vikes moved into the state finals. The Defense only allowed 52 yards running and 51 yards passing for six first downs. This great defense inspired the offense to score 21 points. Seven in the first half on a pass from Steve Ha nes to Clark Givens with only seconds left in the half. Fourteen points were scored in the second half. Jim Williams made a great catch of 37 yards to set up the next score which was his own as he smashed over from the one making the score 14-0. Jack Tut- tle finished off Airline's scoring with a five yard pass from Haynes. This made the total 21-0 and set the Vikes up for the state AAAA championship game the next week in Neville. ,f . 1 W 4' TOP: S. Haynes fired a bullet. LEFT: J. Williams headed goal- ward. RIGHT CENTER: The team broke out on the field. BOT- TOM: R. Calkins ran the ballcarrier down. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: t'Taco Prothro ran off his block. LEFT CENTER: J. Papageorge broke lose on a long gainer. RIGHT: The team knelt in prayer before the game. BOTTOM: The Blue defense added pressure.