Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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J.V.’s Show Improvement As Season Progresses The ragged looking, inexperi- enced Freshman dominated team that began practice in August was not the same at the end of the season. As each week progressed so did the JY team and every day they showed im- provement. Their success or fail- ure should not be judged en- tirely on their record of 2-6 but rather their improvement. Hard work, dedication and a growing maturity made this in many ways a successful JV season and points toward a promising fu- ture. Floyd o ' Giles Opponent 22 0 Radford 14 0 Galax 22 6 Christiansburg 19 14 Carroll 6 0 Blacksburg 20 14 Wytheville 7 6 Narrows 46 “Even though our 2-6 record didn’t show it, we did have a talented team this year. We just didn’t get it together until late in the season.” Sammy Hale 25

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Inexperience Handicaps Buffaloes “It was a big disappoint- ment to have such a fine attitude toward win- ning. to have it lost after our first game. I feel the main factor of our season was a lack of ex- pereince. Bruce Mannon Defensive backfield bring unneeded help to Buffalo line stopping Radford charge. Evading one would-be tackier Lewis Stuart waits for Buffalo lineman to take 50 out of play. 24

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Baby Buffs End Season 2-3-2 “I am proud to be a coach at Floyd County High SchooL” Coach Harmon After getting off to a slow start at home against Giles, the Baby Buffs came back strong to hand a stunning defeat to Radford. Th is victo- ry may have lulled the eighth graders to sleep against Galax as they trailed the Maroon Tide at half-time 14-0. But the young men realized their tal- ents the second half and roared back to tie the game. They kept their momentum against Christiansburg. The team turned the Baby Demons aback in a well played game by a score of 20- 12. Due to a two week span without a game and the loss of players to injuries, the Babv Buffs were not ready for a good Blacksburg team. The last two games were on the road and the Buffs tied Wytheville and lost to a fired up Narrows Green Wave. The Baby Buffs showed a great deal of the winning spirit and enthusiasm which it takes to be a winner, and FCHS W ill h ear a lot more of it from these young men in the near future. Floyd Opponents 2 Giles 8 6 Radford 2 14 Galax 14 20 Christiansburg 12 0 Blacksburg 45 0 Wytheville 0 0 Narrows 36 Baby Buffs work under Wimmer. watchful eye of Coach Lyle Baby Buffs gain good yardage in hard fought Galax game. Row One: Bill Boyd, Johnnie Turner, Jeff Phillips, Jeff Conner, Timothy Vest, David Carr. Row Two: Mike Hodge, Bobby Shelor, Gerald Gardner, Kevin Simpkins, Jeff Reed. Bobby Martin, Danny Bain. Row Three: Jeff Link, Alan Belcher, Andy Atkins, Johnny Rad- ford, Mike Hylton. Row Four: Coach Chris Harmon, Jessie Sutphin, Gary Caveness, Jimmy Vest, Doug Dunbar, Terry Thompson, Buddy Poff, Coach Lyle Wimmer. 26