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

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Buffs dump Lions in district opener Before a fine Homecoming crowd the Buffalos displayed a stingy de- fense holding the Castleberry Lions scoreless for their first district win in as many outings. With 4:26 left in the first quart- er of action, senior linebacker, Richard Getter, recovered a fum- ble and six plays later, Greg Wright sneaked over for the only score of the game. The rest of the gridiron battle showed little offense as the Buffs ' defense stop- ped Castleberry ' s many threaten- ing drives. The game ended with Haltom holding on to a tough fought 7-0 victory and a happy Homecoming crowd. Upper left: Senior punter, Ricky Hall, gets one of his spiraling kicks away against Castleberry. Upper right: Coach Tyler shouts encouragements to players on the field. Above: Buff blockers prepare to crush a defender at- tempting a tackle.

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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.

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Buffs pass way past Bell Haltom turned a new trick against Bell, passing for one touchdown and setting up their second touchdown with another pass. Things started out shaky as Bell ' s Burt Boren ran the opening kickoff back 88 yards for a touchdown and the Blue I iders took a 0-6 lead. The Buffaloes fought back, though, and Greg Wright threw to Doyle San- derson in the end zone for our first score. With the extra point, the Buff ' s had a narrow 7-6 lead. Then with 6:50 still left in the first quarter. Bell scored their final touchdown. Again the Raiders were not successful in their extra point attempt but still held a 7-12 lead. Wright then hit Ricky Hall for a first down on Bell ' s one-yard line. On the next play Steve Brothers scored up the middle and coupled with the extra point, the Buffs had a 14-12 lead. Wright ' s passes moved Haltom down into range for a Ricky Jones field goal. Neither team managed to score in the second half and the final score read Haltom 17, Bell 12. Right: The Buffs return after half time, confident of victory. Upper right: Tommy Harvey helps cause as he picks up good gain. Lower left: Greg Wright ' s passing flourished when needed. Lower right: Dave Schilder concentrates on game at half time of W. F. contest.