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

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. VA Rsnv Better Than Preclacted kayla-1a,t'Year to year all the teams change, and l think that this team is as good as any l've had, coach Landis Denley said about the varsity baseball team. r With a young teamlf andrpicked to be fifth giirrptheldistrict the Mustangs ended with a much better record than was predicted. They placed third in district, missing secondiplace because of a tie with MacArthur.5-,The records were 17-6-Tfor the season' and 'IO-5-1 for the district. Six of theteam members were fresh- 'men and sophomores. Of those six, one was an all-district player, two were hon- orable mentions, and one was-the team'slead-ogfffhitter. ' One of the niestrimportant games of L -the seasonllwasiiiyictory over Baytown f whichllater won second in the t r tQ35tatie4'The Mustangs won the game, 3-1, was the first district loss Sterling 'hadsuffered in two years. . The catastrophe oft the season came the ,next week whenfAldine's record for the week was 0-3. Losses against Smiley, Baytciwn Lee and North Shore probably aQg ' .. 'vp-a, 4 yllfffevented the Mustangs from placing es - X first in the district. The week of the - ' Q ,. 45, ..i:5'Fw,ut- losses accounted for half ofthe team's L L T' . ' l A 'S if 'l t,' 57 r season losses. f1,gj f ' Y x? tf-5 ,L Most-olfi-the team's Iossesiwere close 3, an Q1 v, A wa Q, gamese, 5wfjiQthf the Mustangs losing by Q K , -.', 'f, ' t s , ,konilyroneroritvvo points. The major prob- M, T ' . ., ',.. J' in the lost games was too many .sf . A errors in tight games, Kenneth Tullis e s. ,'rf 7-Q 25 said. L L '-f55Q4ffl5l L' fa mf l -r L , r Visr L. , by M af. rsi,,,s, J, - e gg is X + by ab: A g V R . E V ' aill Above: Checking his chances for a safe run, lua ff it , -i'., ,V i 0 ' ' L . if f 'V', - Hernandez assesses his position as he rounds th 5 Q r sp 3 5 rllla L lllll , , r l lllsa , i B

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Left: Concentrating on placing in the shot put event, Lisa Tucker prepares to give her all. Below: Cathy Dean was the first to set the 400- meter dash record with a time of 60.2. Her record was broken four more times before the end of the season. Q . -nie at A . - A -Q -- -Q5 ' Q- . - 'rs - -4 l-L ..., ...g--QW ,-: i W -I' . page . ,if f ,S-' ,'a'l.f is 'Fha -1 H 51: Y ..1,,,,v,f Q ' RW. sg.-gift-,,.1f'1,' fftff, ff A, Q . ,ts SMA ,WAY ,A 5 . Q g, ,of . xririff ,.f.S'2:I5iJ:f'tf' .. Above: Competing in the 400-meter dash, Kath- leen Hrozek places second in the district meet at Baytown, qualifying her for regionals. Left: As the only senior on the team, Carrie Lewis prepares to run the 200-meter dash. She also ran the 100-meterdash.

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Left: Chosen all-district utilitarian, Chuck Pierce plays first base as well as several other positions with equal ease. i t K i z,,AQ31 , Q ,mi l T, -,, : ,'Q, 5W ., if - Q 4 . K 4 - mm ,L V K l I a 'ks .1 i l ' ' , 7' -. ,-.m..n.,....... N - , .,i1, ,mf f, r, F Y l - M'-Sywlifmq, . ll , . 1 ,,,'1, N-sf -fp, . - as - . as 039 395' Q S ' J in ' if. . 7 V fi. ,Q V W 1 -fi Above: While the Mustangs are at bat, Russell But- titta, Guy Garibay and Brian Ainsworth watch the game, waiting theirturns to bat. , 5 2 Left: In a game against Forest Brook shortstop V s -4. I 4, ,L ,f I' ' V W Kenneth Tullistakeshisturnatbal. I RRSITYVARSITYVARSITYVARSITYVARSITYVARSITY VARSITYVARSITYVARSITYN ' pil 9 A QM.- ' ' lip ' A - . Il V Ll ' f Brian Ainsworth Wesley Barrett Bill Bates Steve Bates Mike Brinkmever Russell Bultilta Ouiiield Third Base Second Base Catcher Center Field Outiield 175