Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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' Haltom crumbles Carter Upper fender left: Pam Hodges, ' 72 Football Sweetheart. Upper right: Buff de- brings down a Carter Eagle. Upper left: Senior running back Steve Frair breaks for yardage, while Left: the Haltom offense prepares for another play. The 1972 Haltom footballers opened the football season with a 14-6 vic- tory over the Carter Riverside Eagles in front of 4, 500 sweaty fans. The Buffs recovered three fumbles and played good defense while the offense gained 229 yards on the ground. An early Haltom score came on a fourth down pass play with Ricky Jones making the extra point attempt good. The Eagles countered with a few unsuccessful penetrations into Haltom territory before the half end- ed with the score 7-0. In the first of the second half. Buff defenders recovered a Carter fumble with which the running of- fense took in for the score, nine plays later. Again Jones added the extra point. The hopes of a shutout were shat- tered when with 26 seconds left in the game, Carter scored a touchdown but was denied the two extra points due to the tough Haltom goaline defense, thus giving Haltom its initial win of the season.

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Haltom footballers face new opponents in ' 73 BOTTOM ROW: David Barnett, Rex Kimberley, Randy Wooten, Derrel Davis, David White, Mike Winn, Mike Coleman, Randy Brinkley, David Derr, Johnny Shelton, and Sid Stroud, ROW 2: Blailock Strickland, Doug Wil- liams, Jimmy Schooler, Gary Gann, Jerry Rankin, David Wallace, Eddie Coursey, Edward Woodall, Richard Fer- gason, Dave Schilder, David Kyle, Kabe Woods, Steve Taylor, and Jay Lavender. ROW 3: Jim Archer, Ricky Cyr, Alvin Whitehead, Jack Atherton, David Steele, Lynn Harvey, Kent LaFrentz, Barry Boren, Tommy Lemas- ter, Ricky Evans, Marc Alvis, Brian Fannin, Richard Getter, and Jim Farmer. ROW 4: Doc Fisher, Trent Filler, Dean Byrd, Greg Wright, Ricky HaU, Doyle Sanderson, Gary Helzer, Don Tate, Ricky Jones, Joe Stelzer, Steve Frair, David Bach, Tommy Harvey, and Joe Bob Tyler. Another touchdown in the making! Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Haltom Schedule ] 4 Carter Denton 12 Paschal 7 Castleberry 17 Bell Wichita Falls 14 Trinity 7 Rider 7 Mineral Wells 7 Richland 6 40 14 12 41 20 21 27

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Bronos buck as Haltom falls For the Buffs second start of the season, we traveled to Denton and it turned out to be a dismal night for the Buffs, as a fired up Denton team poured it on for their Home- coming crowd. The Broncos scored two quick T.D. ' s and rol- led to a commanding 33-0 lead at halftime. The second half saw the Buffs defense hold Denton to 12 points, but our offense couldn ' t seem to put any points on the board. The game ended with a very disheartening 45-0 defeat. An unidentified Buff receiver makes an outstanding catch as a tackier readies to stop him. Buff quarterback, Greg Wright, calls the signals for upcoming play against Denton. Paschal slips by Buffs An exciting fourth quarter which saw the Buffs rally fall short for a 14-12 loss highlighted Haltom ' s final non -district game. The game opened as the Buffs could generate no offense and found themselves on the short end of a 14-0 scoare at the end of 3 quarters. Now, a fired up, new Buff team opened the 4th quarter as sophomore running back Steve Brothers moved them to the 2 yard line, where Greg Wright sneaked over for the score. The extra point failed, but the lead had been cut to 14-6. Then, with 2:15 left, Ricky Cyr intercepted his second pass of the game at the Pas- chal 11. David White then scored from the six, but again the extra point failed. The clock ran out with the final score Paschal 14, Haltom 12. Running back Ricky Cyr speeds around for extra yards in last min- ute rally against Paschal.