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

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VOLLEYBALL A 'r . . E' All Senior Tena Brand, 1120, aces Bishop Dunn opponents. xx ,gt . , L a .sv-f' QW LLL nnnpw E .A i V J my Coach Teresa Price and sophomores Cindy Stegall, 1130, Micki Adams, 320, contemplate game's situation. Sophomores get set 'Great, super, things are looking upl' With a large sophomore turn out. pre-season was important for the new volleyballers to learn basic offensive and defensive skills. All the effort seemed worthwhile as the junior varsity ended pre-season with a 5-1 record and the varsity a 5-1 record. Pre-season meant two workouts a day starting August 11, making the grueling hot summer all the worse. The practices lasted from 8 to 10 and then again from 12 to 2. Practice consisted of bump, setting, hitting, offense and defense work, and serving. Certainly one bright thing to start the pre- season was the new varsity uniforms and warm- ups. Bright orange jerseys with black numbers and collars, black shorts, and black and white socks made up the uniforms, The warm-ups were black with orange stripes down the side of the pants, The jackets were also black. with two orange stripes down the sleeves. They zipped in the front with Buffs written down the left side and Halrom across the back. The team with a surprisingly high number of 50 members, had several objectives for the season. These were clearly defined when the team was assigned by Coach Teresa Price to write a list of goals and how they planned to achieve them. Their main objectives were to develop consisten- cy, to maintain team unity, and to perfect defen- sive play. Although these goals were not accomplished completely, efforts to keep team unity, and arouse spirit were made during homeroom when the players received spirit gifts. Senior Barbara Alexander said, I think ir's neat. It let us know people were thinking about us. Coach Price was not completely satisfied with defensive play. After the ball was received off the offensive hit, the Buffs were not able to make a clean bump, set, hit, return. The varsity girls' gradual development of con- sistent hitting during the pre-season proved to be a key factor in their district win over Richland. A

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BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY is ii Second Team All-Southwest USA member Gene Hensarling finishes up run. N fi' f 6 TFQ by Christy Angle If cross country, like most movie features these days, were rated R, the boys' team may have been too young to compete. The varsi- ty team included four sophomores: Herman Spivey,jim Pikul,johnny Ramirez, and Mike Ford. Coach jay Thompson commented, The sophomores did a very good job competing at varsity level. Gene Hensarling, the leading senior on the varsity team, guided the boys to third place in district. Hensarling himself placed third in district, which qualified him for regionals where he placed seventh. State was the next meet, but not the last. He placed sixty-first, then entered the Southwest Sectional sponsored by the Kinney Shoe Company. This meet contained runners from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mex- ico, and Colorado. Hensarling placed twelfth and was chosen Second Team All-Southwest U.S.A. While most students were just rolling into first period, the boys' cross country team made a familiar sight as they jogged in from their mornings' rugged road workout. The distance they ran each day ranged from two to eight miles. During the afternoons, the team worked on weights, conditioning and hills. Coach Thompson said, Next year I see us greatly improving. The junior high run- ners who will move up look very good. Records were not kept for every in- dividual meet. Therefore, a complete listing of scores could not be assembled. However, there are records that the ,IV team placed in the top five at every meet and the varsity placed third at district. at

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VOLLEYBALL f'-'W -Iunior Melissa Henderson, 1133, midseason addition tojV team intimidates opponents with block. it - ' z Nu. it ,Q , .t . .I lk ,. .. A ' ' f f ' G. uv sh. ' :wins 'sg A ,ty .av Senior Monica Knapp, 326, rockets the op ponents' serve to set up a play . . . PRE-SEASON VOLLEYBALL 5 wins, 1 loss HHS 15 Grand Prairie 5 Newman Smith 15 Southwest 15 Duncanville 15 Brewer 15 Bishop Dunn