Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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48 Vo M E N Below: l,V. player Barbara Forehand sets up the Season Records Don't Reflect Teams' Abilities T . hslh., g ,junior Varsity The 9-7 record of the junior varsity volleyball team probably does not reflect the strength of the team. vgf-The potential of the team could be seen near the end ofthe season when the junior varsity team defeated the undefeated Alvin team, capturing first :place in the tournament which the 'Aldine team hosted. The team was strong in skills, coach Mary Alice justice said of the members. ,They got along well with each other whichifihelped them to play well together, she saidi.'9They were also very devoted and serious about athletics. g i't' . Freshmen The freshman teams. had organiza- tional problems at the beginning of the season but ended the season with an evenirecord. A new district ruling required two freshman teams of equal ability to be formed. After three games the ruling was changed to set up teams on the basis of ability. . Coach Karen Kriegel said the new sys- tem allowed the girls to compete at their own levels, allowed more students to participate andshelped the team members improve their skills. The team attended three tourna- ments, placing second at Humble and fourth at Klein. Debbie Schill and Rose- mary Williams were named' all-tourna- ment players at the Humble Tourna4 ment. ball. Meth -fs Above: IUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM- Front Row: Yolanda johnson, Loretta Kirsch, Sandra Devenport and Barbara Collins. Second Row: Donna Perrard, Kristy Meyer, Deretta Griffin, Kay McDonald, Barbara Forehand, Lou Ray, Becky Garza and coach Mary Alice Iusttce,

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1 Bovs' that point the team seemed to Season MarksVarsity ,Following the winning trend of V1-Q28-79 boys' sports season, the varsity- jtjjsketball team came within two games kiiftbeiing in theidistrict playoffs. With 8-8 15-15 season records, the 19Q79f-teamcimproved last year's district record of 3-11 wyhich had been the best record since 1968. The record, however, did not reflect the team's strength. I felt liilibcwe came up from what we had in the-past four years, coach O. E. Davis said. We improvedgour ,district record and were in the running for the district title until the last two games. i Theisglfytustangs placed fourth in dis- of the season was di'sappQihting..W,ith..three ,returning let- termenand the 'of two letter- men from Carver, tivteyt had expected to dofwell. After the first 18 games the record was 7-11. it fieginfworking together better and won of the-1tteXtt.1,0 games. The two losses were hieartibreakers. The,Mus- tangs lost to MacArthur, 66-68,.a-fter-two iovertimes, and to Sterling -by one point. 11' 1- 2 They beat ,Forest Brook, 54-50, in the middle'-sofgsfthe district season, the first time ,anlAild'ihe,,team had beaten Forest Brookg We felt very fortunate. They were in the running for,,tlfjt5-rn'first half, and we knocked them off. coach Davis 1 said. f'We' felt very happy about this. - J ,si 7 V 4.. -. wg, ' :3a,,,- -A Below: In the second MacArthur game, Chucl A Pierce gets a three point play as he is fouled by a MacArthur player in an overtime, 68-66, loss. 49 hi- A . kk ft- 2: it tar ' Above: Honorable mention all-district playe Charles Benson looks on as a MacArthur playe shootsa freethrow.