Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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ith our the lvlatadors leaving Viks The in the same as Seguin returned the kick-oft for While Dumas ran a 70 yard s touchdown, the Matadors rallied again, s i as leaving us 41-8 after the third, ln an effort to make the score look moreirespectable, Dumas carried two more TD's, after 250 yards of rushing, and the Viks left defeated 20-41 . t s Crockett, the first district game, the first important win. After a scoreless first quarter, Guyton recovered a fumble that Norman converted into a touchdown. The conversion attempt failedg Lanier hadrft kicked an extraipoint all year. Last year we only two: The offense never got but rallied in the fourth quarter, -6, with a Franks the game 12-7. Lanier her fingers. Then a three followed. It us remained quarter, losing won out-played i . it was and fumbles. The made the Viks over the LBJfJaguars, us a game. we scored first but the Jags filled in three touchdowns in between. A missed field goal from the 17, a snap over the punter's head, a fumble on the first play of the third quarter. They. ran the clock out on time consuming plays,sLanier feil2O'14. l varsity football 149

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thrrd loss in a row went to to beating the mighty Raiders Reagan took the opening kick off for the TD then our defense took over The Viking s offense mrssed golden opportunities to score when we failed on two occasions to gain a first down on fourth down plays inside the Reagan ten The near win sparked Viks on to smear the Johnston Rams 20 7 A fallable game at first neither team had recorded a first down with the score tied 7 7 early inthe second quarter we quickly took over with an explosive Lanier attack The rain of the second half didn t dim our determination as lvlenefee killed the Ram s hopes by inter ceptlng on the fourth down pass at the five with 52 seconds left more losses followed Travis took 10 30 and Anderson lnched by game remaining Viks made a to rally against Austin and succeeded The best game offensively in the year left us with 541 yards offensively sax tnmes that of the Maroons Jackson passed like never before completing six of eleven, three for touchdowns The 26 8 victory tasted sweet. It was a season of missed extra ponnts, injuries and penalties. We reversed some traditions, attempted tokeep losses to at least a respectable margingand managed to spark a spirit that lit the student stands. The football team began, continued and ended with a will to win and a school behind them ready to see this revelation. varsity football 151 Reagan 7 0 But it remained a moral victory we had never come so close