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

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elovv: As his teammates, Charles Garcia, Wayne eeves, Wayne Fuller and Chuck Pierce, antici- l pate the play, center Charles Benson iumps forthe Shore. opening tip-off in the 64-60 game against North P' Q ii ..,, Ty Ei 2 , Q8-4. 'J Q 'lo Q, -4 .Q .. Above: Keeping up the Mustang defense, Bobby as sl 'sli 5 Skillern guards an Humble player in the 70-62 vice Above: One of the top two free throw shooters on toryl the team, Charles Garcia adds one more point to aid the Mustangs in the 64-60 victory over North Shore.

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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.

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issriilC55E'NSKETBAsLL!BUYS'VARSITY Hopefnds in Afterthelseries of victories and near victories atthe end of the ' ' season the team allowed overconfidence to caused 4 therngtoflose to Glena Park, 73-56, coach A A Diavisgsarid. Then after losing all chances for1'tlf1er,t'itle, the low morale probably causedithe Forest Brook loss, 84-72, he said. A ff ' l The Mustangs played in three tourna-A ments winning consolation at the . Qulles Tournament. They lost to Clear C tgggkalfe, 55-57, in the first game and easily 1 fwon the remaining,-three games, Hous- ton Lee, 79467gg.gEIfCampo, 86-74, and Spring Branch, 46-34. A' ff , g - .:,z.-:- -r y C Varsity Basketball Awards Valuable Player Chuck Pierce A i 7 A Most Freetlfhrows Mike Wilson 2nd Team'All-District Chuck Pierce 1. ' Charles Garcia Honorable'Mention All-District Bobby Skillern C Charles Benson A Mike Wilson Below: Adding two points to Aldine's side, two year letterman Wayne Fuller shoots a successful layup in the 64-60 win over North Shore. -.lr Above: Scorekeeper for the Mustangs, history teacher Robert Allen calls a technical foul on a player in the North Shore game. VARSITYVARSITYVARSITYVARSITYVARSITYVARSIW VARSITYVARSlTYVARSITl Charles Benson Calvin Devenport Wayne Fuller Charles Garcia Dirk Heitkamp Center Forward Center Guard Guard l52