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

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gba W-W-.-,manual-uw 46 A ln one of Jay Crane's best perfor- mances, he goes up for a shot against Mark Perkins, 344, of Richland. Jay was named top scorer and rebounder for the evening. Wirskye adds height to team Bill Wirskye, a 6 feet 7 inch sophomore playing at the four post position, helped to give the Buffs an advantage over most of its competition. Teaming up with 6 feet 8 inch Jay Crane, a lot of the advantage was in height. After being out most of the season with menningitis, he did manage to come back to earn the honor of sophomore of the year. He was a big asset to the team because of his performance. l BPI' First row: Slade Manos, Russell Starr, Kevin Larimer, Billy Murphy, John Wygle, Second row: Rick Dickerson, Mike Billingsly, Bobby Bollinger, Jay Crane, James Roe, Wayne Ross, Mike Wood. VARSITY BASKETBALL , 163

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After 13 years of being jeered and ridiculed, after 29 hard fought district games, the Buffs triumphed over the Richland Rebels in the final district game in second half play, 61-54. Outstanding performances by John Wygleg 12 of 14 from the free throw line, and 3 of 4 from the field, and Jay Crane, 21 points - 10 of 14 free throws, 1 of 5 from the field, and 10 re- bounds, helped the Buffs to defeat Richland. This victory over the Rebs seemed to give the Buffs that ex- tra incentive to carry them through the play that followed. After a disappointing showing in first half district play, the Buffs looked like a different team during second half. Games that went into overtime became common, as did plays such as Jay Crane stealing the ball in overtime against Sam Houston and running full court and stuff- ing it to win the game. Bill Wir- skye blocking a shot to set up a jumpshot from the free throw all l VARSITY BASKETBALL Victory over Rebs highlights season Wins in second half play bring tie in district line by Russell Starr sending a game into over time was another heart stopper. When asked if he could have had one wish for the season, Coach John Dickerson replied, It would have been for a well Bill Wirskye. We won 13 out of 15 with him and only 2 out of 18 without him. I believe with a well Bill Wirskye we could have won the district championship. Wir- skye suffered from menningitis. Along with Wirskye, Russell Starr had a very good year. He averaged 16 points per game, shot 50 percent from the field, and 80 percent from the free throw line. A win in the Burleson game would have given the Buffs the second half outright. But the Elks hung on to win 46-42 caus- ing the Buffs to play two days in a row to determine the winner of second half play. Richland had tied with Bowie in the first half of district play and the Buffs tied with them in second half. The Buffs had to play Bowie to SCORES DiSfrICi 8-4 Us Us Arlington 43-44, 58-50 Sam Houston 44-42, 54-52 Lamar 59-47, 48-35 Bowie 40-42, 54-52 Burleson 47-39, 42-46 Richland 51-58, 61-54 determine the overall winner in second half play, the winner of that game had to play Richland to determine the district winner. The first game against Ar- lington Bowie in the Fort Worth Public Gym was a thriller. A shot in the last few seconds of the game cinched the victory for the Buffs, 46-44. However, the next night, still tired from the previous night's game, the Buffs lost to Richland, 52-42. If we would have won the Burleson game, it would have reversed the order of games played. They IRichlandl would have had to play two nights in a row instead of us. I believe if we could have had some rest before we played them, we could have beat them, Coach Dickerson said. Richland was beaten in bi- district by Dunbar, 82-56. Jay Crane beat out Mark Perkins of Richland for the title of district scoring champ. Bill Wirskye was named sophomore of the year in 5A-8.l ,.... . g A. L I ..i il. is-f--.1..ffi -.i..i --1- ' 3. Coach Dickerson plans his next play in the Trinity game. I-laltom kept the game close but eventually lost 53-46.

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Boll 5 l of SCORES 4 District 7-5 Us Arlington 38-32, 46-47 Lamar 35-44, 51-44 Sam Houston 43-40,4 51-57 Bowie 35-45 44-25 Burleson 44-40 46-42 Richland 39-44 50-37 1 if-2 .Y- pf 4 A leading rebounder and scorer, junior Bobby Bollinger played both JV and varsity ball. Kelly Bates averaged close to 7 points per game. A major factor in the 50-37 win over Richland, junior, Bobby Boll- inger averaged 12 points a game for the season. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL vv -K