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

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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

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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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Using the last few minuteb before the game, Coach Pruitt contemplates strategy and game plan while J. V. players warm up. James Steele, starting tackle, and Robert DoUarhide, extra point kicker, show their harsh feelings after a loss to Richland. Upper right: Referres, besides determining penalties, also enforce the rules. Here field judge displays a signal commonly seen at J. V. games. Above: Breaking loose for a possible score or field goal position is Rea- gan Redus, quarterback on Haltom ' s Junior Varsity.