United High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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United beats Freer for I t time ever United High beat Freer in football for the first time in six tries Friday night. The Longhoms took a 17-6 Dist. 31-AA victory at Krueger Field before a sparse crowd. United made its season record 4-5 and district mark 3-2. Freer fell to a lowly 2-7 and 1-4. Freer fumbled eight times during the night, losing four. The first fumble, recovered by Rafael Quiroz, was turned into a 13-yard touchdown run by Luis Gonzalez. Ed Sherfey kicked the extra point after his first one went wide but was called back by a penalty on Freer. The TD came with 42 seconds showing on the quarter clock. Amado Ayala returned a Freer punt from his 18 to the Buckaroo 49 in the last minutes of the first half. Nine plays later, Sherfey popped through the uprights a 25-yard field goal with five seconds to go. Luis Gonzalez and George Ramirez had double figure runs on the drive. David Miller came up with his fifth pass interception of the season for United on the last play of the first half. Freer quarterback George Escobar threw 20 times and completed 10 for 127 yards. Stevie Garcia caught four for 57 yards and Freer's only score. Freer took the second half kickoff and marched it .68 yards in 10 downs. The payoff was a 17-yard strike from Escobar to Gar- cia. The pass for two failed. Many of Escobar's passes were dropped. With 3: 44 left in the third period, a Sherfey 44-yard field goal try had plenty of distance but was wide. It was setup by Jack Compton's fumble recovery. Freer took the ball from its 20 and drove to theljnited 112. A halfback pass by Robert Perez on fourth and 18 fell incomplete. Scott Doggette recovered another Freer fumble at the Buck 49. On the fifth play, Quiroz broke loose for 22 yards to the five from where Gonlez got his second TD of the night with 5: 44 left in the game. Sherfey converted. Gonzalez was ljnited's top rusher with 109 yards in 24 carries. Ramirez had 55in 16. United ends the season at Hebbronville Friday. FREIER UNITED First downs 18 8 Rushing-yards 197 190 Passing yards 127 0 P35535 10-21-1 0-0 Punts-avg. 3-29 6-30 Fumbles-lost 4-8 0-2 Penalties-yards 1-8 345 We stuck Freer all night. That scoreboard sure looks nice. T34 - Varsity Football - Laredo Times Article 'P-me 'L-4 - 1. 2' ' ' it G g:?'? wh George gets the hull up the middle,

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.-1.4 Cowboys rope Longhorn By JOHNNY CAMPOS Times Sports Writer PREMONT-It was the Premont passing rather than its feared swiftness that led the Cowboys to a 14-7 Dist. 31- AA win over United here Friday-night. Taking advantage of the only Longhorn turnover of the game, a fumbled punt, Cowboy quarterback Joe Trevino hit David Smith for a David Miller personally halted three Cowboy drives with three interceptions off Trevino. The Longhorns kept Pre- mont deep in its territory throughout the first half with the help of some goodSherfey punts. The first of his punts, gave the 'Pokes the ball at their 15. The next two kicks put Pre- mont inside its own five. HalfbackBillyHallmanag- 13-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth period and then hit halfback Teddy Suarez for a two-point conversion wip- ing out a 7-0 United lead. The 'Horns never put on a serious threat after they fell behindf United had taken the lead with 1: 34 left in the half when junior back Luis Gonzalez, who totaled 68 yards on 19 carries, went in from one yard out. Ed Sherfey's extra ed only 40 yards on 14 attempts but was successful on two halfback passes com- ing in critical situations late in the contest. He completed two passes for 31 yards. UNITED PREMONT First Downs 5 12 Rushes-ya rds 34-91 43-159 Passing yards 32 43 Passes 6-16-0 5-17-3 Punts-avg. 9-35 5-35 Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 5-35 9-61 point put the 'Horns ahead 7-0 at halftime. United held the lead until lit 32 left in the final period. Premont's other score came with 40 seconds show- ing onthe clock when Trevino went around his right end from the seven yard line for the TD. The PAT was block- ed. The sophomore quarter- back finished the game with 85 yards on 15 tries, including a 29-yard pickup that setup the final touchdown, The win leaves Premont in first place in the league with a 4-0 mark and eliminates the Longhorns from the con- ference race. United is now 2- 2 and 3-5 for the season. On the United scoring drive, Gonzalez carried the ball six of eight plays picking up 31 yards on the 39-yard drive. Defensively for the 'Horns, J' Laredo Times Article. The Trans Am in action

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Longhorns in tie By JOHNNY CAMPOS Times Sports Writer HEBBRONVILLE fSpll- United and Hebbronville were so identical going into the season's ending contest here Friday night they decid- ed to play to a 14-14 draw and finish with 4-5-1 records. The hometown Longhorns had the better offensive stats with 328 total yards to 255 for United but a couple of un- usually long field goal attempts late in the game gave the Fans something to cheer about. Both teams were plagued with fumbles throughout the game.l'nited losing all five of its and Hebbronville losing five of seven as the backs had trouble holding on to the cold pigskin. George Ramirez got things going for United with only 12 seconds left in the first quarter, plunging in A from four yards out to end a steady 66-yard march by the Horns. QuarterbackCarlos Garcia hitCarlosVara with a 30-yard pass at the 10 to setup the score. Ed Sherfey boomed the point beyond the scoreboard for a 7-0 UHS lead. Hebbronville responded in the second period with a 60- yard drive of its own. Ramiro Valderas broke loose for a 32- yard run to the United 22 setting up a nine-yard run by 204-pound Fred Holguin, who was Hebbron's leading ground gainer punishing the Longhorn defense 17 times for 104 yards. Rafael Quiroz broke through to block Valderas' extra point attempt to keep United up by one. United scored again in the third quarter when Luis Gon- zalez, the workhorse in the contest with 137 yards on 27 carries, broke on a quick handoff for a 37-yard TD scoot. Sherfey converted for a 14-6 cushion with 6: 54 left in the period. Hebbronville then drove 69 yards covering 57 of them on passes from Jorge Salazar to Gilbert Soliz. Salazar found Soliz with a 33-yard scoring pass at 4: 30 of the third canto to pull the 'Horns within two. On the try for two, Holguin appeared stopped at the line, but a second effort took him in for the equalizer. Soliz caught seven passes from Salazar for 117 yards- all in the second half. The fourth quarter only produced a 54-yard field goal attempt by Sherfey with 32 seconds left and a 42-yard try by Valderas with no time showing. Both were con- siderably short. United closes out its stay in Dist. 31-AA with a 3-2-1 mark while Hebbronville ends at 2- 3-1 in league play. United's David Miller in- tercepted his sixth pass ofthe season-a city single season record-in the first quarter. United and Hebbron play next year in non-district. UNITED HE BBRONVILLE First Downs 12 IG Rushes-yards 50-224 44-189 Passing yards 31 139 Passes 2-1 l-1 I0-20-l Punts-avg. 5-32 5-34 Fumbles-lost 5-5 5-7 Penalties-yards 10-lll 7-75 Shank 4537 is ready to Kunk. Coach. mv zi er hr wke. . . ' pp 1 You talking to me. VUVWY F00'bC'H Laredo Times Article - l35