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

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Boll 5 l of SCORES 4 District 7-5 Us Arlington 38-32, 46-47 Lamar 35-44, 51-44 Sam Houston 43-40,4 51-57 Bowie 35-45 44-25 Burleson 44-40 46-42 Richland 39-44 50-37 1 if-2 .Y- pf 4 A leading rebounder and scorer, junior Bobby Bollinger played both JV and varsity ball. Kelly Bates averaged close to 7 points per game. A major factor in the 50-37 win over Richland, junior, Bobby Boll- inger averaged 12 points a game for the season. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL vv -K

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gba W-W-.-,manual-uw 46 A ln one of Jay Crane's best perfor- mances, he goes up for a shot against Mark Perkins, 344, of Richland. Jay was named top scorer and rebounder for the evening. Wirskye adds height to team Bill Wirskye, a 6 feet 7 inch sophomore playing at the four post position, helped to give the Buffs an advantage over most of its competition. Teaming up with 6 feet 8 inch Jay Crane, a lot of the advantage was in height. After being out most of the season with menningitis, he did manage to come back to earn the honor of sophomore of the year. He was a big asset to the team because of his performance. l BPI' First row: Slade Manos, Russell Starr, Kevin Larimer, Billy Murphy, John Wygle, Second row: Rick Dickerson, Mike Billingsly, Bobby Bollinger, Jay Crane, James Roe, Wayne Ross, Mike Wood. VARSITY BASKETBALL , 163

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leading scorer for the JV, Allan iller, junior, averaged 8.3 points nr game. After starting the year on the JV squad, James Roe moved up to varsity while Bill Wirskye was out with meningitis. First row: Jeff Jones, John Smith, Kelly Bates, Scott Cassiday, Randy Gray: second row: Mickie Adams, Robert Bennett, James Roe, Bobby Boll- inger, Allen Miller, Terry Giebler. Team foo strong for obstacles In spite of inexperience, rebounding and persistence keys Even though the junior varsity team lost three sophomores and a major starter during the course of the season to the varsi- ty squad, it still managed to hold together. The team was made up completely of inexperienced players and those who didn't play much last year. Their record of 17 wins and 9 losses was more than all the jv wins together for the past two years. Considering the team was inexperienced and the roster changed almost every week, their record in district of 7-5 was impressive. I couldn't have been more happy with the JV program. I don't think I ever coached a team that improved as much as this one overall, Coach Joe Solley said. James Roe was moved to the varsity while Bill Wirskye was out with meningitis, but was moved back when Wirskye was fairly recovered. Bobby Boll- inger was moved up for the Lamar and Bowie games in second half play and played both varsity and junior varsity in the Burleson and Richland games. Roe along with Bollinger led the scoring for the Buffs in JV playg but not only could they score, they could also rebound. They were the leading re- bounders for the JV. Scoring though didn't stop with the post men. Kelley Bates, 5 feet 7 inches, coming from the bench in the Trinity game, hit 11 out of 13 and averaged 6.6 points per game. Junior, Allan Miller, 6 feet 3 inches, helped out with clutch free throws when they were needed. They had a lot of determina- tion to carry them through the tough games, stated Coach Solley. Roe led the scoring for the JV team with an average of 13.2 points per game, followed by Bollinger with 12, Miller with 8.3, and Bates with 6.6.l JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL