Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1 Ron Morgan falls hard on tackle Lanaer battled Reagan, a taerce raval, to a deadlock ot 2020 2 First row: Matt Kostott, Davad Vvallaams, Lane Perry, Anthony Quinton, Lewas Hernandez Steve Thomas, Adam Medel, Make Taylor Sec- ond row: Make Campbell, Ricky Berggren. Pat Maxwell, Jeff Mangrum, Steve Stewart, Bruce Bessner. John Barkelew Third row: Randy Faelle, Darrell Matocha, Jay Backers, Buddy Novak, Rack Honeycutt, Ball Thomas. Rod Bell Fourth row: Make Gordon. Dora Glasenapp. Henry Medel, Manuel Torres, Nat Matchell, Tony Bugg, Make Perry Fifth row: Raymond Key, Frank Dahlberg. Zack Eppraght. Boo Cushang, James King John Hawthorne, James l-larras, Bobby Mckanney Sixth row: Steve Hopkans, nda un ted Danny Yaussy, Sam Thealepape, Wilbur Wragrat, Sam Hutt, Phallap Knaght. Coach Hocker, Coach Sammy Seadenberger 3 Patrack Maxwell leaves oehtnd oedraggled Ralders to score tor the Vlkang lreshmen. Despite thear good performance. the Viks lost thas game 6-19 11 Kelly l-lollagan attempts a pass whale a Raader traes to block at The Vaks tied Reagan 20-20 5 Freshman Patrick Maxwell breaks away from the Reagan team to start a scorang drave Patrack made Lanaer's only touchdown an the Reagan game . 'nl , Q , , ' 1 '39 fl , .. ' sf 3 I- fi L- EA all , L- f . Ira Shaw Ball Sheets Sherri Sheftaeld Davad Shelton Cynthaa Shoemaker Debbie Shows Sharon Shows Canda Samank Steve Simpson Diane Sinclair Heather Smith Jeff Smith 184 av 81lfeshnlalnlfOOtbaHa!ffeShfT'len ,- Y' 5. li- I-ff ,- '0 'Nw I Ib

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VIICII1 g Power 13: 'Sf - 1 Senior split end David Tavierne receives a pass as teammate James Jones clears to clear the way. As a bluechip college pick. David played three years as a varsity defensive end. 2 Senior captains James Jones, Bobby Gordon, Steve l-lanes, and Bonnie Dawson laugh at Bob- by's attempt to promote spirit at a pep rally. These men represented the team on the field as well as off 3 Wilburn Houston leaps over a pile of players while trying to gain a few extra feet. 4 Bubba Jennings watches for opposing tackles while he carries the ball down the field. Bubba replaced Jeff Jackson as Quarterback after Jeff suffered an injury team as they came in to defeat the defending District champ, Travis. 6-O the next week. The strong defensive line and backlield played well against Austin l-ligh. They held the publicized Sayers under 100 yards, a feat in itself, but four injuries caused the Viks to physically weaken and lost 13-21. They beat themselves by snapping the ball over the punter's head and tumbling on Austin's 12 yard line, after which the Maroons scored two touchdowns. The next week the Viks faced an old rival, McCallum. Lanier had 19 first downs to Mac's eight. Bonnie Dawson ran a kickoff back and the Vikings played well the last six minutes with two quick drives. The clock ran out with the Viks on the six inch line. Coach Novak attributed the 14- 17 loss to lack of concentration early in the game A O-O tie against Crockett sums up the game well. The football game turned into a muddy battle of who could hang onto the ball the longest. The 7-42 score ofthe Fleagan game doesnt show the fine football played by Lanier. They had a sprinter that ran 9.9 and our fastest man ran 10.41 consequently he scored four touchdowns, said Coach Novak. The halftime score showed the Viks trailed 7-12 with the ball on the two yard line. Neither team scored in the third quarter. The Viks never gave up but they couIdn't catch up. Rain preceded the Anderson grudge match. Once again, every mistake Lanier made worked for Anderson. lt just proves you can't make mistakes, said Coach Novak. Lanier received two points for a safety when they forced the Trojans in a punting situation. Anderson came out on top, defeating the Viks 2-17. LBJ outscored Lanier 14-22, A game in which the Viks gave away a safety and a touchdown to the Jags All the teams in the district were good and we played good, interesting games all season, summed up Coach Novak. The Viks have 11 lettermen returning next season, five defensive starters, 4 offensive starters plus some JV talent to make up the '77 team, varsity football 83

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By Prediction . 1 I ndaunted by predictions that insisted they would place no higher than fifth, the Viking freshman football team surprised everyone but themselves with a 6-1-1 season record and a second place spot in the AISD race. Their first game, against Johnston, was a sgueaker -the Viks winning 8-6. That was a little too close for comfort, so in the next game, they brushed Travis aside and won again 12-O. The next two games helped the trosh boost their record to the 4-0 mark. They eased through the Austin High squad and won 16-6, but the McCallum Knights weren't so easy. That was our worst game. We weren't up for it and we were pretty lucky to win it, said Lineman Mike Gordon. The score for that game was 22- 15. Wednesday, Cctober 13, was a C-day, but the freshman squad wasn't off. They played hard against a tough Crockett team and tied 6-6. The only loss came against Reagan - the city champs. The early cold front made the going tough for Lanier. The Viks pushed hard through the rain but were still defeated 6-19. For the members of the team from Burnet the sweetest victory was against their junior high cronies that went to Anderson. Viks made a terrific comeback from their previous bout with Reagan, and shamed the Trojans with a 30-8 score. In their last game, they devastated the fierce LBJ Jaguars 36-8, and took away their chances for the 2nd place spot. Freshman cheerleader Melissa Aleman said, l think since we did so good this year, everybody will be more enthusiastic when we get up to Varsity. With outstanding performances this year by players like Pat Maxwell, Mike Perry, Mike Campbell, l-lenry Medel, Rod Bell, Randy Filla, Mike Gordon, Tony Bugg, and lots of others, this shows a lot of potential and promises to be one of the strongest teams Lanier has ever had. Finishing with a 3-4-1 record, junior varsity had an up and down season. They lost to Johnston but came back to win against Travis. With a strong backfield headed by Curtis Chellette, Clay Wade, Kenneth King, and Gregg Matocha the offense moved the ball well all season. Russell Martin, Kenneth Lange and John LaTouf highlighted a defense that continuously stopped opposing offensives. The loss against Austin and win over McCallum followed the lose-win pattern. The next week the pattern began repeating itself with the Viks losing to Crockett, but they came back to tie Reagan and beat Anderson. their biggest rivals. The Viks closed the season with a loss against LBJ, iv 81 freshman football