Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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under and point was our defense. almost anybody in town, Thompson. After the Viks' win 38-0, it looked as defense had put it run over everyone in Then they hit a losing LBJ, Reagan, and Johnston. outstanding against Johnston game we really had a scrambling quarterback and he just couldn'f get past, Unfortunately, the offense just couldn't push the ball over the goal lineenough. The Junior Varsity lost t2-20, A B y Tired otlosing, B team fired up and won their last twoifgarnes against Travis and AndersonytinishingA5-3 tor the season. B Comingstfrometwo different Junior HightSchooIs, forty athletes united to form the5Freshman football team. The A team played on Wednesday with Gordon Williams, Curtis Chelette, Ronnie Crawford, Wilfred Prosser, Piusell Martin, and Jeff Knodel leading the way. The strong offensive backfield led the Viks 3-5-O season. Playing against old Junior High they lost to Fieagan 26-12 and won Anderson 31-0. The key game ot the season was against Travis. The O, but lost in the final minutes The Vilas scored wins over McCallum, but suffered Austin, Johnson, and LBJ. 152 b team and freshman football Varsity

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thrrd loss in a row went to to beating the mighty Raiders Reagan took the opening kick off for the TD then our defense took over The Viking s offense mrssed golden opportunities to score when we failed on two occasions to gain a first down on fourth down plays inside the Reagan ten The near win sparked Viks on to smear the Johnston Rams 20 7 A fallable game at first neither team had recorded a first down with the score tied 7 7 early inthe second quarter we quickly took over with an explosive Lanier attack The rain of the second half didn t dim our determination as lvlenefee killed the Ram s hopes by inter ceptlng on the fourth down pass at the five with 52 seconds left more losses followed Travis took 10 30 and Anderson lnched by game remaining Viks made a to rally against Austin and succeeded The best game offensively in the year left us with 541 yards offensively sax tnmes that of the Maroons Jackson passed like never before completing six of eleven, three for touchdowns The 26 8 victory tasted sweet. It was a season of missed extra ponnts, injuries and penalties. We reversed some traditions, attempted tokeep losses to at least a respectable margingand managed to spark a spirit that lit the student stands. The football team began, continued and ended with a will to win and a school behind them ready to see this revelation. varsity football 151 Reagan 7 0 But it remained a moral victory we had never come so close

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S to kick Using Russe played as Johnny Gonzales prepares tackle. tactics as varsity, freshman Johnny Mike Fox 1503, Rusty Fuller C729 to recover a Mac tumble, Russell David Adams, Kevin Curran, Steve de Villaneuve, David a Morgan, Kyle 2nd Row: Coach Burrell, Joe La Blanc David Dodson, Steve Artis, Ken Ebner David White Mike White Matocha, George Clay Collins, Alvin Quinton, Art Allison, Drecsher, Steve Scale, Coach John Ledsuf, Flandy Bergsen Ronnie Leoma, David Kroah, Gary 1 Q l - b-team and freshman football 153 g