South Houston High School - Palladium Yearbook (South Houston, TX)

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NORTH Qi4GR£. UUSIZINGC South Houston ' s mighty Trojans went on a wild scoring spree to tromp the Mustangs of North Shore to the tune of 42-0. South Houston took the opening kick-off and quickly marched to pay dirt. It was soon evident that North Shore was doomed. Buddy Troxell led the scoring for the Trojans with a total of three touchdowns. Waymond Wright, Keith Chambers, and Donald Jones also crossed the goal line with the pigskin, and Reg- gie Patrick enjoyed the honor of kicking six out of six extra point attempts. North Shore was stopped cold, time after time, by the rugged Trojan defense and was never allowed to pene- trate deeper than twelve yards info Big Red ter- ritory. Langseth (63), Patrick (56), and Wright (48) put the leather to a Spring Branch ball carrier. Buddy Troxell drives through for anothe T.D. ' s against North Shore, of his three Spring Branch ' s unbeaten Bears handed the Trojans their only district defeat in the final game of the 1963 football season. The Bears scored early in the game, and the near capacity crowd at Memorial Stadium knew that the Trojans were in for a rough night. South Houston quickly re- covered as Buddy Troxell dove over from the two for a touchdown and swept left end for two extra points. A few minutes later halfback Keith Chambers brought the crowd to its feet by racing 91 yards for six points. Freddy Raby passed to Waymond Wright for the extra points and South Houston led 16-7 at the half. Big Red ' s lead slowly dwindled away during the second half, but the Trojans never quit fight- ing. Spring Branch scored three more times before the final gun sounded and walked away with a hard earned 30-16 victory. The loss left South Houston 4-1 for district play. Aided by Adams (50), Kasmierski (76), Chambers (20), Ahrens (70), and Henderson (63), Troxell gams yardage against Spring Branch. 261

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COUTH WOUSTON CRUSHEC . . . . . . AIDING Wright picks up yardage for the Tro|«ns as Fisher watches. . . . C UILEV Raby makes first down as Troxell and Langseth block. . . . MBHORV MV HH B ' j k JWM f pwn: Jr - gmir ' -T South Houston opened its district 10-4A play with a thrilling victory over the Aldine Mustangs. The first quarter saw the Trojans march 89 yards for their first touchdown, as Buddy Troxell crashed into paydirt from two yards out. Troxell scored again in the second period, climaxing a 52 yard drive for the Trojans. Reggie Patrick converted, and South Houston led 13-0 at the half. Aldine made things hot in the third quarter when they brought the score to a close 13-7. A South Houston drive in the final period brought results when Troxell added six more points on a nine yard jaunt. Patrick ' s conversion was good, and the game ended: 20-7. The Trojans took another step in the direction of the district crown by rolling over the Smiley Eagles 20-6. A forty yard run by Waymond Wright early in the game set up a touchdown three plays later when Freddy Raby dived over from the one. Halfback Keith Chambers scored in the second period, and Raby spiraled the pigskin to end Jim Fisher for the Trojans ' extra points. The final score for the Trojans came in the fourth period when Raby tossed a six yard T.D. strike to Fisher. The conversion attempt failed, but the Trojans were 2-0 for district play. Overcoming rain, mud, and the Memorial Mustangs, the Trojans chalked up their third straight victory toward district domination. Al- though the ball was shuffled back and forth a great deal the first half, neither team was able to break the other ' s defense and there was no scoring. The scoreboard had a different story to tell in the third quarter, though, when touchdowns were made by Troxell and Wright: Troxell ' s com- ing from a 17 yard sweep around right end and Wright ' s from a fifty yard sprint as a result of a Mustang fumble. Not content with 14 points, Big Red scored again in the form of Buddy Troxell when he dived over for six points. The extra point came off the toe of Reggie Patrick to give the Trojans a 21-0 win over Memorial. Gary, Schneider, and Langseth pursue a Memorial ball carrier. 260

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Back row; Coach Caulk; R. Holcomb; R. Bird; B Allen. J Bale,, B Clbnc ' i. R Ray, J V.alo-e, G. Bennett; G. Smith; R. Armour; Coach Raby. Seconci row: L. Hancock; B. Hall; R. Cerrone; W. Reid; L. Key; J. McCrca; J. Sweat; J. Griffith; R. Epperson; Whiteside (Mgr.). First row: J. Gathright; G. Havercamp; K. Long; S. Royal; R. Griffin; D. Welch; R. Phillips; B. Creel; K. Lawrence (Mgr.) I Jwirw ' » BUfLDFOR BUDDY CAULK 262