Hondo High School - Owl Yearbook (Hondo, TX)

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9'aatlu1ll Sen1or 3 L JOHN H MEYER Quarterback HONDO 12 Play1ng thelr flrst game on Barry Fleld whlchwas thelr second game of the season the Owls galned a 12 O v1ctory from the Del Rlo Wlldcats The game was f111edw1th out HONDO O The Owls traveled 108 mlles to Kennedy only to be outplayed by a heavler harder charg1ng team ona f1e1d that had been soaked by a 5 1nch raln the prevlous day They A11 D1 strlct Mentlon BUTCH SMITH Senlor 4 L End Trl Captam DE LRIOO standlng defenslve plays by the Owls One a blocked punt by George Brucks resulted 1n the f1rst score John H Meyer scored the other touchdown on a 57 yard run KENNEDY 12 played the Llons to a O to O standoff for the flrst half but Kennedy put together two scorlng dr1ves 1n the second half to 1ce the game 12 O '-If JOHNNY KORBELL BOBBY MOOS Senjlgr 2 L Senlor Z L Guard Guard Trl Captaln

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C716 195 8 Owls m 'maui 1- - -4 'T - Si'..-61 P' .4 - BACK ROW Left to Right Rudy Ytuanrte Charles Neuman Martin Naegelin Alfonso Gonzales Elisandro Salazar Charles Hlsler T V1ncent Johnny Zerr KennethHeyen Larry Hermes MIDDLE ROW Rlchard Torres JohnR Schuele Julian Tijerina Bill Byars Joe Sowa Billy Hardy Preston Moebius J H Stiegler Clay Heyen FRONT ROW Mike Moore Ronn1e Ul brich Johnl-I Meyer Sidney Mercer Butch Smith Bobby Moos John Korbell George Brucks Cllff Sadler Dale Llndeburg 1958 OWL CAPTAINS Bobby Moos Butch Smith Sidney Mercer HONDO 14 JOURDANTON 8 The Hondo Owls opened their 1958 grid season against the Jourdanton lndlans at Jourdanton in a spectacular fashlon On the opening kick off freshman Charles Hisler ran 84 yards to a touchdown Most of the fumble-filled game was played during steady rain. A second-quarter run by John Meyer accounted for the other touchdown. The Owl defense dug in and Hondo gained its first victory of the new season.

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N 'Lt' Zratball six-- COACH HOLT Head coach Carver and a s s 1 s tant coaches LOUIS Holt and Douglas Johnson shown abovej are to be commended on the flne work they d1d Wlth the Hondo Owls durlng HONDO O UVALDE 12 The Hondo Owls took on the Uvalde Coy otes at Uvalde's Honey Bowl and played one of then' best defens1ve games thus far Fans saw the football see saw back and forth over the f1eld throughout the f1rst three quarters the teams were play1ng on about even terms However the Owls lacked the needed punch to get 1n the scorlng column whlle Uvalde crossed the Owl's goal tw1ce COACH JOHNSON the 1958 season They coacheda young teaxn whlch had llttle Ol no expeuence but thexr flne att1tude toward the team was verymuch appreclated HONDO 12 FLORESVILLE O The Hondo Owls came back after a flu plagued week of practlce to hand the Flores v1lle Tlgers a ll O defeat on Barry Fleld John H Meyer scored tw1ce once on a 35 yard pass from Cl1ff Sadler and agaln on anend sweep Bothconvers1onsfa1led The llne dld a fxne Job holdlng the Tlgers swlft ta1l back to a scoreless nlght 12 ey,-'Ka 4-uv' 7: J xf J f .,.-qW9 ' 'ru' wg W 3,64 Gtr 'J 'fr .IAQ-Pvmr 'V 31.-A-S S STARTING BACKS I-hsler Meyer Mercer and STARTING LINEMEN Smlth Neuman M005 SOWE1 1'llHI11I1g plays b9f0I'6 game Graff Ulbrlch Brucks Moore Korbell Knot shownj was also a starter unt1l he was 1n-lured