Estacado High School - Matador Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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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

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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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Estacado, Dunbar Collide Estacado collided with Dunbar for the first district game. The Panthers proved to be a superior as they dominated the game. Dunbar managed 210 yards rushing and stopped the Matadors to very little yardage on the ground or in the air. The defense made outstanding plays in the game but were not capable of stopping the Dunbar offense. The Matadors lost their first district game to Dunbar 27-0. At Lake View in San Anglo the Matador defense still could not get it all together. The loss was Estacado's second district game and virtually eliminated them from a district championship. Late in the first quarter on fourth down Estacado's attempted to punt but Lake View blocked it and recovered the ball on the Matador 18 yard line. The Chiefs then went to work and put the ball in the air and scored. In the second quarter Estacado began to move and got the ball down to the one yard line. On fourth down the quarterback dived in for the score but the extra point was blocked. The Chiefs then got the ball at the 41 and wasted no time as they drove down field on pass completions and scored. In the fourth quarter Estacado scored from the one yard line and made two on the extra points. It was the first time the Matadors lead in the game 14-13. The Chiefs came back with a 53 yard drive and scored the winning touchdown, but Lake View was not through scoring as they caught Estacado quarterback in the 3 30 Sports Activities