Estacado High School - Matador Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Matadors Convince Plain view 1) Rickey Pegues, number 20, Darrell Lewis, number 22, Kenneth Taylor, number 32 look on while Sammy Sims, number 40, makes a tackle on the Plainview Bulldogs. 2) Safety man Ricky Pegues, number 20, goes in with a 38 yard interception during the game with Lubbock High School. Blocking was provided by Steve Wort hey, number 30. 3) Michael Sims, number 33 breaks lose for a 80 yard touch down play in the game against Lubbock High. Opposite Page 1) Matadors take time out for a little planing during the Coronado game. 2) Head coach Lewis Kelly directs play from the sidelines during the game with Plainview. 3) An unidentified Matador tries to protect his downed teammate as Estacado beat the Lubbock High Westerners. Estacado's blue and silver opened the 1976 football season with a convincing 29-7 win over the Plainview Bulldogs. The spark that set off the dynamite team was Sammy Sims, middle linebacker. Sammy guided the Matadors defense and held Plainview to only 152 yards total offense. Sports Activities

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7. Larry Issac gives a speech at one of Estacado's pep rallies. 2. Darryl Lewis, Rudy Rodriguez, Salvador Garcia, Robert Pitts, and Tim Bass gather around the Estacado emblem after a pep rally. 3. Linder Mosley expresses enthusiasum during one of the pep rallies. 4. Lupe Lopez does her part in singing the fight song. Opposite Page 1■ Laster Harris and Alicia Whitley do a solo in the song ■Rock Around the Clock for the pep rally. 2. Teresa Raven leads a cheer during the pep rally. 3. Willie Queenan plays the trombone during a pep rally.

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On Estacados first play in Bulldog territory Sammy Sims raced 40 yards for a touchdown. Sammy's score evened the court at 7-7 and made up an early Estacado boo-boo on the kick off. Plainview recovered the ball and three plays later scored from 4 yards out. Estacado covered 69 yards in six plays down to the Plainview 40. Two plays later wingback Kinzey Burrel scored on a sweep to the left side. In the fourth quarter Kinzey tacked on one final TD as he streaked around left end on another sweep making the finally score 29-7. The next week the blue machine was ready for Lubbock High. Rickey Pegues intercepted a pass and ran it in for the first score of the game. The defense held the Westerner for only a field goal in the first quarter. The Estacado offense came alive with the blazing speed of Michael Sims. Estacado was on its 20 yard line when Michael took a handoff on the first down play, cut to the left sideline and was gone, sprinting 80 yards for the score. In the thrid quarter Michael did a repeat sweeping around the right end 78 yards for his second TD. Lubbock High tried to come back but couldn't scoring only one touchdown making the final score 20-11. Estacado rallied over the Coronado Mustangs in the second half for 22 points to come from a 7-6 halftime score. The Matadors were dominated by the Mustang defense in the first half as the “Blue Machine” offense failed to gain a first down yardage but the defense made up for it as they snagged three interceptions and pounced on two recoveries which helped stop Coronado and gave the Matadors a 28-17 victory. The Matadors fourth non-district game against another 4-AAAA team ended in a disaster. Early mistakes led to a quick 20 point Monterey in the first half. Estacado had several opportunities to score but mistakes stopped the drives. The second half was a predominadely defensive battle. Neither teams scored leaving Matadors scoreless. 3