Waltrip High School - Aries Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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yellowjackets sting rams 22-0 the Waltrip rams found that the port arthur yellow- jackets had too much sting. aided by many ram turn- overs 'and mistakes, the yellowjackets raced by for 22 easy points. Waltrip did have some bright spots, mainly from the pass catching of kirk danna, and the heads-up defensive play of mike newhouse, glen martin, fred grant, cedric mclendon, bill Ward, and roy kruemcke. the quarterbacking chores Were han- dled by bill bigeloW and jeff Wood. cardinals cage rams 19-2 head coach john spheeris was given a harsh homecoming by his former mates from bellaire. many Waltrip errors cost the rams their second loss in as many games. Waltrip quarterback bill bigelow could not overcome our many lost fumbles to continue a drive of any length. jeff Wood came in to direct the rams to their longest drive. cecil Ward made a tackle in the end zone to give the rams their only points thus far in this young sea- son. ramon lopez blocked an extra point and intercepted a pass for the Waltrip defense. 56

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1:5-4 apollos blast rams 40-7 the sharpstown apollos had the waltrip rams under glass in the astrodome as the mistake ridden rams fell for the third straight 5-vt' ig. week. the ram mistakes turned into apollo points as the rams struggled to get across the 50 yardline. waltrip suffered five pass interceptions and two lost fumbles, on the plus side, steve simons ran well as the ram fullback during an 80 yard drive and bill bige- low hit jeff kirby with a 34 yard scoring strike. mark howe added the point after, waltrip's defense was led by glen martin and bill ward. . -as 1 rams rip panthers 15-6 the waltrip rams are alive and well. beginning the race for the district 19-4a championship, the rams eliminated mistakes and turned the davis panthers back toward home. steve simons led all ram ball carriers with 144 yards on 19 tries and two touchdowns. mark howe kicked a 22 yard field goal. the field general for the fired up rams was jeff wood who directed the offense to a sea- son high 275 yards rushing and passing. chief receiver for wood was jeff kirby. several big blocks were thrown on offense by darryl chat- man, terry vaughan, charles hoelscher, and richard stallings, on defense, bill bigelow led the 4' pass interception chase while mark howe, david williams, and ramon lopez also had intercep- tions. tommy artz recovered a fumble that led to a ram score, several outstanding defensive plays were made by ricky Clements, bill ward, and glen martin. 57