Trinity High School - Trojan Yearbook (Euless, TX)

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Trojans Crushed by Colls 33-7 Trinity hosted the Arlington Colts for their third district game of the season. The Trojans ripped off a surprise lead when Bob Steele, of Trinity, recovered a Colt fumble on their own 38 yard line. The Trojans then made it count seconds later when Trinity quarterback, Threatt, tossed a long throw into the dumbfounded Arlington secondary where Pickens was on the receiving end and took it in for the Trojans' only TD of the night. Childers tacked on the PAT. Trinity-7, Arlington-0. From that time on it was a tragic scene for the Trinity spectators. The Trojans matched the Colts in yardage but made mistakes that become disasterous when playing the No. 1 district team. The Colts took the kickoff 70 yards in 13 plays for the big six. The extra points were prevented, so the Trojans had the first quarter lead. Trinity on a 4th and 4 from their own 43 had the punt blocked and the Colt defender ran it in for the cash-in. The PAT attempt was stopped. Arlington-12, Trinity-7. Then four plays later the Trojans had another punt blocked. Seven plays later the Colts took it in for the 3rd Colt TD and made the 2 point conversion. Halftime: Arlington-20, TrinityA7. Six more points in the third quarter and seven in the fourth, both because of Trojan fumbles, gave Arlington their 33-7 massacre. Trojans Fall horl lo the Gophers 34-29 The Trojans found themselves in another one of those so-cIose-yet- not-enough situations when they visited Grand Prairie in the Gopher Bowl. Three plays after receiving the kickoff the Trojans fumbled on their own 28. The Gophers recovered and 5 plays later they scored and kicked the extra point. Gophers-7, Trojans-O. After receiving the kick on their own 27 the Trojans retaliated when 3 plays later McKnight jaunted 64 yards for a TD. Childers booted the PAT for the 7-7 score. Gentry boomed a beautiful kick which aided to the safety that added 2 points to the Trojan score. The Trojans took the free kick to the 50 and the next play Risinger accompanied by beautiful blocking stepped across the red flags. Trinity- 16, Grand Prairie-7. One second in the first quarter Grand Prairie lofted a pass that carried into the end zone. Grand Prairie-14, Trinity-16. Two more TDs in the second quarter gave Grand Prairie the 28-16 lead. In the third quarter Crow took the ball for a Trojan cashin. In the fourth quarter Grand Prairie stretched its lead with a 58 yard run and that ended it for the night. However a pass from Threatt to Norman managed to narrow the margin for the final score Grand Prairie-34, Trinity-29.

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Underdog Trojans Take lhe Texans 27-9 STATISTICS TRINITY SAM HOUSTON First Downs 15 9 Yards Rushing 285 88 Yards Passing 8 82 Total Yards 293 170 Passes Intercepted 0 3 Fumbles 2 0 Penalties 7-65 5.55 The Trojans, ready to turn the tables, unleashed all their fury on the Sam Houston Texans in front of a home crowd and the Trinity fans weren't disappointed. David Crow started the extravaganza with an 8 yard jaunt into pay dirt with 10:59 in the second quarter. The extra point attempt failed. But the Texans slipped in a 14 yard toss into the end zone and the extra point for the 7-6 half time lead. In the second half Trinity unveiled an awesome and power- ful scoring machine fed by an excellent Trojan defense. Crow started the machine for his second TD of the night. Childers added the PAT for the 13-7 lead. McKnight followed suit with a 71 yard jaunt and again Childers made the extra point true for the 20-7 score. Risinger didn't want to be left out of the scoring column, so he took the ball at the Trojan 46 and overpowered everyone in his way for his 6 points worth and Childers made his job look almost monotonous. The Texans managed a safety, and the game ended with a 27-9 victory for the underdog Trojans. is S 7 V :5 : ,s-9:51:45 -vga, - , X , . . f 4 W i M -5 . 'T sl , ' . , Qi- .ala - ,es-as f , g . iff? X. 3- 'f 1. fi. A' ' 1' isa. , PM if , 2 ' , . ' f , .gEQ1?-5-fr, A 4: Y Q :.gj,g.gf 5-,g-2, H M h kc . V. V seam: K V, r -'S W 11-r jd . f , . f K 5 2 ., , sl f , 'aj' STEVE WINTE RS Tackle Guard GARY BR ISTE R 4 -A GARRY DAVENPORT BARRY LEIGH Center Linebacker

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3 l . '17-i 'itiiirdr' nz: Trinily Tramps Nolan 41-6 STATISTICS TRINITY NOLAN First Downs 20 10 Yards Rushing 227 73 Yards Passing 99 105 Total Yards 326 173 Passes Interoepted 0 1 Fumbles 1 0 Penalties 4-35 14-153 Trinity found its second victory of the season when it met the Nolan Vikings at Pennington Field. With its scrappy de- fense and bruising offense it left a deep scar on the visitors. The Trojans started with a first quarter lead of 14-0 when Threatt let fly with a beautiful pass to Pickens who carried it 61 yards for the goal line. Later following a 76 yard drive McKnight crossed from the one into pay dirt, and Childers made both of the extra point attempts good. Beautiful defense stopped the Nolan drive and Anderson let his feet fly when he went 44 yards for the TD leaving three tacklers in his wake. Trinity-21, Nolan-0. The Vikings then scored their only touchdown of the night when the Trojans fumbled on their own 25. Five plays later they were on the scoreboard. Trinity-21, Nolan-6 was the half- time score. It seemed the Vikings' morale was crushed for the Trojans ran away with the game. The 28-6 third quarter lead was the result of a 80 yard drive and the final push, again by Nlc- Knight. A Iot of the yardage was contributed by penalties. From the reserves in the fourth quarter were added 'I3 points. A run by Steele and a one second left in the game score by Pridgeon made the final score 41-6. Much credit for this victory was due to great defensive playing led by TenNapIe, Wren, Brown, and Leigh. RONNIE WREN JAMES HENSON Guard Guard LARRY CHILDERS GARTH TENNAPLE GI-lard Center