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

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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.

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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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Coyotes Trojans defeat Buffs Above: Tom Lemaster stops Tro- jan ball carrier as David Bach comes up to help out. Below: Buff defenders all get into the act during W. F. contest. Haltom was kept with their backs against the wall as Wichita Falls re- peatedly gained good field position in the Buffaloes ' 41-0 loss to the state- ranked Coyotes. The Buff ' s defense wasn ' t having a good night, but they weren ' t as short in their efforts as the score implies. Although senior Ricky Hall ' s punts were consistently high and spiraling, Haltom ' s specialty team couldn ' t seem to contain the elusive Coyote kick return men. After being down 27-0 at the half, the Buffaloes held the potent Coyote offense to 14 points in the second half. Halto m traveled to Trinity looking for victory only to have the tough Tro- jans ease a 14-13 4th quarter lead and defeat the hard-hitting Buffs. Ran- dy VVooten ' s 43 yard jaunt set up the first score of the game as Steve Brothers went in from the 10 with 4:37 left in the second quarter. After tying it up 7-7 at the half. Trinity took a 7-13 lead with only 2:45 gone in the second half. Then, in the fourth quarter, a perfectly executed flee -flicker almost brought the Buff ' s victory. QB Greg Wright hit split- end Ricky Hall who then pitched back to Wooten who was trailing the play. Vvooten had no trouble finishing the play as he took the ball down the right sidelines to score. The Buff s glory was short lived, as Trinity scored to make the final score 14-20. Left: Coach Tyler discusses plans with pressbox. Above: Steve Brothers breaks for good yardage against Trinity.