Crowley High School - Talon Yearbook (Crowley, TX)

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District Season Ends 4 2 1 A. VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM members are, front row: Robby Camp, John Daniel, Hal Pruitt, James Beach, Victor Bueno, Dee Carroll, Paul Rainey, Curtis Yanger, Robert Wills. Second row: Randy Ulrich, Ricky Frisbie, Mike Tinker, Jerry Mott, Rusty Steele, Barry Park, Oris Johnson, Bill Weaver, Wayland Edmondson, Tim Lundquist, Gerald Hampton. Back row: Mr. Ray Sefcik, Mr. Gary Robinson, Mr. Jerry Cox, James Bratton, Marte Amrine, Brian Mauldin, Charles Secchio, Greg Melton, Greg Brookins, Juan Martinez, Mr. Ronnie Clifton, Mr. Danny Stribling. B. EAGLES GANG TACKLE helps bring down a Keller Indian.

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Eagles Played Prominent Role In All-District X bus.- Y ,v A .1 .f . .4 -,, ,' k .1 lift eele R s Q A 13. 6 s as K, ,313 fi'-is 1 -...gin . g X' 5 'ina-1 ,nw An extremely competitive pre-district season led to winning district play. Defensively, the team earned remarkably good statistics. There were two team members who made the starting All-District defensive team. They were James Beach, senior linebacker, and Hall Pruitt, senior safety. Offensively, three players made the All-District team. These were Robby Camp, senior fullback who rushed for over 770 yardsg John Daniels, senior guard and Mike Tinker, junior end who was leading Eagle receiver with 17 catches for 186 yards. f'

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District Games l ALVARADO: Eagles started the game out right by scoring with a pass from Hal Pruitt to Ricky Frisbie on the first possession. The extra point failed. The game tied up in the second quarter when the Indians scored on a 22 yard toss. Mike Tinker and Curtis Yarger blocked the extra point conversion. Hal Pruitt intercepted a pass starting another touchdown 1 drive for the Eagle offense. Robby Camp tossed the pigskin 35 yards for the two points. After battling throughout the third and fourth quarters, Robert Wills made a break from the sixth for a goal, and Ricky Frisbie tacked on the conversion making the first Eagle victory 21-6. JOSHUA: It was a good night for the Eagles. Robby Camp took a lateral from Hal Pruitt and passed the ball to Mike Tinker for Crowley's first touchdown of the game. Hal Pruitt made a seven yard dash into the end zone. Camp fought his way to the goal for the final score of the game making another Crowley victory 19-7. gf KENNEDALE: The Wildcats gambled with an on- ? side kick to start the game . They regretted their mistake when the Eagles scored their first play from it the scrimmage with a Hal Pruitt pass to Greg Brookins for 51 yards. Ricky Frisbie tacked on the . extra point. The Wildcats fumbled on the Eagles' 19 1, and started Crowley on another touchdown drive which ended when Robby Camp took it in from the three. The second quarter began with a touchdown by Robert Wills. Eagles' fourth touchdown was put in from the nine yard line by Randy Ulrich. Frisbie kicked the football through the uprights for the extra point. Kennedale scored with a 50 yard pass to get on the scoreboard. Marte Amrine intercepted a Kennedale pass and ran 25 for yet another Eagle touchdown. Ulrich ran wide for the final score of the game. Crowley called their hand and cleaned up 43- 6 . GRANBURY: Eagles started out with a stroke of bad luck when they fumbled on their first play from scrimmage. The Pirates took advantage of good field position and charged in to take control. On Crowley's third possession Randy Ulrich dashed into the end zone and Ricky Frisbie added the extra point to tie up the game. Bad field position and fumbles took their toll as the Pirates scored two more touchdowns and a safety. Robby Camp scored from the one with Robert Wills making the two point conversion. Despite spirit and fight, the game ended in a disappointing Eagle loss 15-23 . LAKE WORTH: Wasting no time, Randy Ulrich scored with a 30 yard run on the Eagles' first play from the scrimmage. Extra points failed . Lake Worth came back and took a 7-6 lead . By halftime the Bullfrogs had scored again for a 13-6 margin. Crowley scored in the third quarter with a one-yard Tim Lundquist run, but the extra point failed again. Lundquist came back to score the winning touchdown with Robert Wills adding the two point conversion run making the score 20-13 . KELLER: Eagles were looking up when Hal Pruitt sneaked the ball into the end zone for the first score of the game . Ricky Frisbie kicked the extra point. Crowley's luck soon ran out when Keller came back to tie up the game before halftime. The second half began with a bit of bad luck when the Eagles fumbled the opening kick-off which gave Keller the go-ahead for another touchdown. Bad luck and hard breaks gave the Indians the upper hand making for a defeat 7-22. SPRINGTOWN: In the last district game Stringtown and Crowley both felt the freezing rain hindering the offensive drive of both teams. No matter how hard each team tried, they could not make it through the fighting defense or the biting cold . The winter-struck game ended with the score frozen 0-0 .