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

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Above: Haltom students swarm players to celebrate 7-0 victory over cross-creek ri- vals Richland. Above: Bruising gang tackles, by the Buff defenders, caused the Rebels to lose 5 fumbles. Below: Junior Gary Gann runs quarterback keep, with Steve Frair and Jimmy Schooler leading the blocking. Biggest game saved for last The 7-0 win over the Richland Rebels was highlighted by a great team effort on defense, and great individual efforts on offense. The defensive players combined to give crunching gang tackles on the Richland Backs, and cause the potent Richland onense to sput- ter and cough. This team effort paid off as the defense held Rod Ha- zlewood, Richland ' s most effective ground gainer, to 26 yards for the evening, and shut out the Rebels for the first time of the season. The defensive line and secondary combined to cause 5 fumbles and 2 pass interceptions. The offensive game was dominated by great individual play. Ju- nior Gary Gann played an almost flawless game standing in for the in- jured Greg Wright. He scored Haltom ' s lone and decisive touchdown diving over between center and right guard from one yard out. Steve Frair also made many great individual efforts to capture the honor of being the game ' s leading ground gainer, with 77 big yards. n ie. ' s how the play itself went: Neither team could score in the first half as the momentum see- sawed back and forth. The Rebs started off by moving to the Haltom 29 where Doyle Sanderson recovered a fumble. Then unable to move, Ricky Hall punted to the Rebel 20. The Rebs moved to the Buff 36, but were unable to score. Haltom took over and marched to the Reb ' s 25 but also were stopped short. The play went just about like this the entire first half, with neither team able to score. On the first play of the second half, the Buffs gave the fans some- thing to worry about as they fumbled on their own 24 yd. line. Then Richard Getter pounced on a Rebel fumble to kill the threat. The Buffs then mounted a drive that they would not let be stopped until they reached the goal line, 70 yds. away. With 4:57 left in the third quarter, Q. B. Gary Gann snuck it oyer and Ricky Jones added the Extra point which made the score 7-0. The Reoels threatened only one more time as they reached the 2 yd. line, but an offside penalty and the tough gang tackling defense Kept the Haltom goal line uncrossed, and shattered the possible title hopes of the Rebels. As the final gun sounded, Haltom fans swarmed the players in joyous celebration. The season had ended in a big, big, way for all the Buffs.

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Rider Game: frustration In the W.F. Rider same Haltom just couldn ' t seem to do anything right, as they lost 6 fumbles and had one touchdown called back for illegal procedure. Haltom couldn ' t seem to get untracked in the first half until halfway through the second quart- er when David White made a beautiful kickoff return for an 85 yd. touchdown. Late in the second quarter, Regan Redus ' 4 yd. touch- down run was called for illegal pro- cedure. In the second half, Haltom seemed unable to hold onto the football, fumbling it away four times. Rider made one score with 3:47 left in the third quarter. This added to their two, first half touch- downs, made the final score 21-7. Above: Steve Brothers attempts to turn the corner in an effort to get the Buffs untracked in their 21-7 loss to W. F. Rider. Mineral Wells: a heart breaker The team really began to jell in the Mineral Wells game, but we fell a little short. Although the score didn ' t show it, the team really came together at Mineral Wells. The Buff de- fense held the potent Ram offensive to only 14 points in the first half. While our own offense got 7 points on a 49 yd. Gary Gann to Steve Brothers pass. In the second half the Rams ad- ded two more touchdowns, and held the Haltom offense in check. This made the final score 27-7 in favor of the Mineral Wells Rams. Upper left: Steve Frair tries to pick up tough yards in the Mineral Wells game. Upper right: Unidentified Buff running back presses for much need- ed yardage in the loss to Mineral Wells.

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Haltom ' s winning B-Team Regan Redus, Haltom ' s Junior Varsity starting fullback, makes another one of his many end runs by eluding the opposition with tricky footwork and quick decisions. Good blocking up front and quick-minded backs made the Baby-Buffs one of the best junior varsities Haltom has had. Coach Pruitt along with Coach Houck led the Baby Buffs to a nine win and three loss season. The best season for Haltom in quite awhile was this one. B-TEAM SCHEDULE Haltom 48 Carter Haltom 14 Denton 6 Haltom 8 Poly 14 Haltom 38 M. Wells 21 Haltom 26 Weatherford 20 Haltom 33 Bell 6 Haltom 12 Trinity 18 Haltom 20 Castle berry 13 Haltom 15 M. Wells 14 Haltom 21 Richland 28 Haltom 13 Cleburne 6 Haltom 6 Cleburne