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

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1 : 1 se., A... , I I -sk . ,N ,s K ., R K. . sf W Balance was an important aspect of the parallel bars. Junior Joey Garret demonstrates his ability. Concentration was never lacking as Russell George, sophomore, shows his agility as he does a move called an L The pommel horse was one of the many events at a gymnastic meet. Junior Mike Franstead practices for upcoming competition. T 3' ul lE 1 fill' . . is xx . 'Nm S- AQ Es Team strives to perform to best of their capabilities, competition helps build Group's sense of unity Gymnastics is a very disciplined, com- petitive sport. Competitors are on a one to one basis with the publicf' Coach Roland Rangel stated, To prepare his team for competition, Rangel worked with the students from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Typical workouts began with tumbling, the basis of gymnastics and ap- paratus work, especially for male team members. The team concentrated on com- pulsory routines at the beginning of the year. Later, team members finished the season with more concentrated efforts on optional routines. Rangel was aided in his coaching efforts by Coach Susie Harrison, who primarily in- structed the girls. Ms, Harrison commuted daily from Watagua Junior High, where she taught art to help in afternoon workouts. She lHarrisonl was really good for the kids. But I wish we could have had her full time, Rangel added. As well as winning first place in local meets, Senior David Riehl won first place at the state meet. The gymnastics season ran from January to April. The state meet was held at the end of April. David Riehl, senior won all-around in state competition. Weatherford proved to be the toughest team to beat. In the team's first meet against Weatherford they were defeated by 3f10 point. Later Haltom met Weatherford and beat them single handedly. Richland, always Haltom's closest com- petition, defeated the team in the final dual meet. l've tried to impress the team members to realize how important it is to perform the best of their capabilities, Coach Rangel said. ln working to improve team pride, new dress and hair codes were set. Girls were re- quired to wear dresses on meet days while guys were to wear suits with ties. The new hair code was in line with the general athletic standards. In using a theme to sum up the entire year, Coach Rangel said, We started slow- ly, but at the end of the year, we found unity as a team. Gymnastics

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Gymnastics: Front row: Michelle Kays, Venessa Crowley, Angela Davis, Audrey Esparza, Janette Bridger, Angel Foliart Back row: Cathy Palmer, Kerry Winn, Renee Hale, Wendy Williard, Patricia Yanowski, Cindy Reddick, Donna Mit- chell, Cindy Pfeifer. Ten year gymnast makes region, comes close andjust misses The road to state For the past ten years, Junior Cindy Pfeifer has been actively involved in gym- nastics. Two of those years have been at I-laltom. During the season, most of her first place wins were in the vault and parallel bars. She placed sixth in the vault at district. This enabled her to go to region. She missed going to state by two-tenths of a point. Junior Cindy Pfeifer shows her poise on the balance beam. As well as the beam, Cindy competed in all events. QU is Y i . 172 Gymnastics Gymnastics: Front row: Cathy Palmer Back row: Paul Henderson, David Rlehl, Leonard Simpson, Mike Franstead, Wes Munchrath, Joey Garret, Dean Horton, Russell George, Mercedes Florez K in fl,-L+ - u,,,.w J k gf' A -1 X-HN'1 '7 , M New '-'s-wan.-.v. .K f we. 1 esac nbuav-wang

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Coach Lance Stephens mentally prepares the team during his pre-game talk. Attempting to spike the ball off his head, Sophomore Vince Kearns battles an Arlington Bowie defender. si Soccer goalie promising: Williams looks forward to a Bright future Sophomore Kevin Williams showed he possessed many soccer talents this season. Taking on the starting position at goalie proved to be quite a job. He was successful at stopping numerous goal attempts and showed sure signs of becoming a varsity starter in the future. J.V. goalie Kevin Williams, sophomore, guards the goal against upcoming defenders. 174 Soccer .iii Wviunwiml is S iiii ssss s s ::,, A kk K , ,..... Y ts QM 45 ' -s -ess - .pl su -, rl Sill? . m. Q, sw and wi in . gg 1-any P .1-x..5,- ' A f-aw ,dwynf 'ku 'L V . f V . . -. Ng, s . : V sw s A V A . its wi V dw N K . K 1 , . , is g AV .,. Q K ilk ' if .. ' ' ,9 f . . .i . , -. s. -sss so ' ,--ff 1 1 s ri t 4. ,i r .i t iiii A Q, ,. it 5 -, is .L - -L i'..,,s,, Y 5 -- , 1. 's or ssss, 'wfgxjssi V it - i ,U rr! I -it' .K -wht , .i 5, . it rigs fr if i kin? 37 -+- . : ' .. 1-radii ff ,N tae., . Qt J ,.. as . .gc Q gs . sw f 'PN .4 .. - S M . , ccs seg, 5 st is Sth, Mis -. ttt, Q .. - X Xfzst - ww sz? 4 is if ' sg ' 'i