Hirschi High School - Husky Yearbook (Wichita Falls, TX)

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Huskies Go Beyond 'Call Of Duty.' Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride! might well be said about the Huskies for our 1977 season. Some fantastic football was played each Friday night, yet the scoreboard failed to tally but one win- ning touchdown. Perhaps this fact has made the job of coaching the varsity squad even more difficult. Take a group of young men who know the fundamentals of the game, have acquired the skills of competition, and still do not taste victory? What then? We need to win to maintain confidence, states Coach Dub Largin, and teaching con- fidence is perhaps that intangible which defies definition. Yet the coaches see progress and note that these young men have indeed learned to go beyond the call of duty - they are not satisfied to just be average. It costs approximately S130 to suit each team member, laundry services total S155 each month, and in a year's time, the astronomi- cal figure of 1,098 bars of soap are used in the total athletic pro- gram. From lanuary through the end of the spring term, one hour each day is spent in teaching the fundamentals of the game and in learning the skills of handling the ball. In August during one hun- dred degree weather, two-a-day drills begin in preparation for that first encounter. Yet the blood, sweat and tears involved in this endeavor are soon forgotten midst the tears of defeat. Why? There is something very special about each group of young men, and tradition is a long- standing emotion. Since the first football game sixteen years ago, as soon as the bus with the returning squad reaches the parking lot, each Husky on the bus stands to sing: Loyal forever, We will always be. Mighty and fighting, O Wi. Football 15

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Huskies Play First Football Game Before School Starts. Opposite page: Coaches Hatcher and Largin watch the action on the field. The next play would have to be done differently! Team Captains are Robert Smith, johnny McMiller, Brian Richardson, William Norris and Billy Dawkins. Varsity squad: TOP: Tom Flores, Mike Booker, Rob- ert Lonidier, Phil Smith, Kelly Edwards, jesse Cabal- lero, Willard Dial, Tom Quintero, Michael Calhoun, Robert Smith, Brian Richardson. THIRD ROW: Coach W. D. Largin, Tony Brunt, Moses Esquibel, George Martinez, Mark Booker, William Norris, Robert Andrus, Sieg Klempel, Kerry Phelan, Mark DeWoody, Dennis Henry, Coach Bobby Page, Coach Don Hatcher. SECOND ROW: Coach Ramon Towry, Manager jeff Tesney, Kevin Murphy, Kevin jones, Brent Ross, Walter Troupe, Billy Dawkins, Mark An- drus, Bert Roe, jimmy Westerhoff, Bob Bryan, john- ny McMiller, Manager Chris Leonard. FRONT: Man- ager Charles Salazar, joseph Walker, R. L. Harris, Felix Vasquez, Danny Escobedo, jerry Chavez, Larry james, Bill Bryan. 14 Football

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Season Openers Net One Loss, One Victory! ,.. ' I tugwjgrvgggmgi The Huskies opened the 1977 season against the Burkburnett Bulldogs, the best Burk team we have faced in six or seven years. And for the first time in our his- tory, we began the year without any varsity experience among our skilled people. We lost to Burk 14 - 2. The second pre-district game of the season was with the Iowa Park Hawks. This time we tasted victo- ry, 28 - 7. Our young men played well on this date and the Huskies proved to be too much for the Hawks. 16 Football