Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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ke Baldwin, junior, contemplates s pitching performance after he is ieved of his duties during the rd inning. Xt sides enjoying a coke durmg iss, senior Trac Barrett enjoys ending his summer playing itball. Sports reach all areas Softball captures most interest Behind the glamour and glit- ter of high school athletics hid students who enjoyed competing on a level all their own. Drifting down the slopes at Red River, banging a softball out of the park, and diving across the rac- quetball court were just a few of the many events that cluttered their weekends, holidays, and evenings. Although dodging a right hook or a left upper cut may not seem much like recreation several students participated in golden gloves competition. Lightweight contender Reece Jordan cut down Dunbar's Kenneth Baty but, Fort Worth's Tom Hank lowered the boom on junior Ran- dy Gann for the flyweight title. Taekwondo, a type of karate, had Arnold Alegandino dodging kicks instead of punches. Unlike boxing and karate, taekwondo was not used for defense purposes. lt is a much more graceful sport. You use more kicking mo- tion, he explained. Another sport that was taking place in arenas all over the coun- try was rodeo. A hush fell over the crowd. Suddenly the shoot flew open and a huge steer began running and jumping wild- ly about. The ringing bell at- tached around its neck blared throughout the arena and the race was on. Senior Jerry Parsley has traveled throughout Texas shoot dogging and steer wrestling. After being horned, and injuring his back, neck, arms, etc. . . ., Parsley com- pares rodeoing to jumping off a house. You're bound to get hurt, he explained. Some people race cars. Some people smoke dope, but I rodeo. February brought out the ground hog and winter month skiers. Church groups, clubs, and families set out for snow capped mountains and winter ski lodges. Red River, Angel Fire, and Breckenridge overflowed with holiday vaca- tioners and skiers. As springtime sunshine cleared away winter clouds, and the days got longer, the ball parks began their annual registration. North East Optimist and Haltom City leagues within weeks were in full swing. Hey, batter, batter, come on batter, were chants that were echoed throughout the parks by infielders. Juniors Trae Fowler and Mercedes Flores, both catchers, spent their summer as members of NEO teams. Two other students that found themselves in the heat of com- petition were seniors David Tobey and Todd Runnels. Run- nels coached the Dodgers, a lit- tle league baseball team. Tobey coached the Bobcats a little league softball team. They both led their teams to season open- ing winsl INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

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Searching for the snow, James Pultz and David Tobey drag a sled lull of band members during the band's trip to Colorado. Junior, catcher Mercedes Flores catches in for his coach, while his NEO baseball team warms up minutes before play goes underway. !W,nw 2 A up ,ANN-- ' .,, .,,. N - Mnxzigaazzvfis, , , 1 I EF' ' 'Q ., I N - - A t L .QQHQ i ..,, a 5 as 4, ,dai-'lgi ,1QQEQi feee ,ag -use x .' .1 V p q H a -V: tt m Q. FaIcon's catcher, junior Trae Fowler, gets ready to take on deck position during the second inning of play against the NEO Mavericks. Making the best of a bad situation, relay runners, Melissa Boyett and Brenda Silva are forced inside because of bad weather. Both ran in the Fort Worth 10-K race with Boyett coming in at 49 minutes and Silva 45 minutes. INDIVIDUAL SPORTS Q T345 K9 i, cj if WWW? g, f 1611 sDmw5 KKK

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Young team strives Junior qualifies for regional meet Having the disadvantage of being a young team, the boys' cross country team did make their mark for future improvements. The boys won second place at the Fort Worth Country Day ln- vitational, then received third place at the district meet. Junior Mike Ford set a record for being the only runner to qualify for regional competition as a junior, and being only the third person ever to do it. Ford was also a member of the all- district team and the most im- proved runner of Haltom's JV team, according to Coach Ar- thur Tribble. Other outstanding runners in- cluded juniors Johnny Ramirez, 'fin 'Je.9,..s v 1 Jim Pikul, Herman Spivey, and John Arterburn. The team, in preparation for the meets planned their workouts before and after school, consisting of lifting weight, going on long runs, doing running drills daily, hill work, stadium laps, and interval work on the track. Mike Ford, Johnny Ramirez, Jim Pikul, John Arterburn, Brent Miller, Earnest Torrez, Bobby Lugh, Tony Cater, Craig Moore, Kevin Dickerman, Jim- my Fernandez and David Mor- row are all juniors and said they were going to work extremely hard to be the first boys' cross country team at Haltom High to ever win district. I -sw- ' 1 J ..... J ' 7 I'-J Frm, fr. -i 'Jw Q vvsrw v .: N: 'Q J .Ja J J f- - f A- 1' Jig K J , J JJ. VJ ' 'JJ . ,JJJJJJ J J - ..,, R23 W I'-.,-ll.-J-I JJ ,gm A -J.J JJ M... 1 f -Q ' A-,gt 1 .... -.. J A, -...J-J V 94 my '-aluubg K K Y ' tk 4-JJ 3 ' V W: K' , J, -- N J V L ,.,JJ , -. - it 5 Egg - .J --H ..Q Q .... ' . .rp '. ':'-,, , vj, ..-vg- , - M Q v . - J J , - J.,,,,. . , .--, i XE ,, J , , ,ug .N mn.-,nn JJL-.1 X f -,,,., ,Z JJ i MAA 'spilt JJ--. 1 ,,,gx - , ,ig .5 r J J - J -,,, - ' J.f- T' s if ff-'rf T -,.-1? ,,,, x 'Z'-.--J WJ: '7 9 T- ' f J 3 JJJJ S it S Q S -rs J it if J .J 1 l 'W-J , v K ' A A 'J 5 5 ,JJ , Q. f K 5' -- J ,,t i 1 JJ it - , , M Y Jsgr J, ,V --JJ - J JJ J , - r J, H 'i J 15:EJJ19?f2,fM'?il?iiE:SiL'?i' this 'if 1 'H . .: - J- sf-TL. ff J JJJ. J JJ , k J JJJJ -J -i H I J ' .. JJ warming up before their meet, cross country runners Tom Pantoja, Mike Ford and Steve Goodwin kept in shape by participating in the track program. Representing the Buffs in the regional meet, junior Mike Ford was the only competitor to qualify from the varsity team. BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY Junior Brent Miller, member of the junior varsity team, trudges throl Vandergriff Park in Arlington completing the first of the three n district course.