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

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Tied for second We were like good wine, we got better with agef, coach Rick Thompson said about his ,I.V. basketball team. The team started out slowly but by the time district games started the team was playing much better ball, he said. The team's hard work paid off as they tied for second place in district with a 13-3 record. The J.V. had an overall record of 22-9. Taking third in the Smiley tournament, Steve Burns and Clyde Foster received all-tournament trophies. Unselfishness, good leadership, and good team defense were the strong points of the team. Weak- nesses were that they had little killer instinct, speed and depth. The J.V. averaged an excess of 59 points per game while holding the opponent to an average of just over 50 points. Smiley Klein Conroe Clear Forest Baytown North Shore Lamar Smiley Waltrip Baytown Lee Nimitz Forest Brook MacArthur Baytown Sterling if X North Shore Smiley Baytown Lee Nimitz Galena Park Forest Brook ,I I' 57 44 4-5 S3 63 47 65 53 54-48 47 63 52 56 51 50 57 46 48 47 66 4-9 52 63 49 56 59 58 63 55 64 31 64 57 63 44 57 61 80 42 66 55 59 82 77 50 68 53 60 49 4-1 40 60 61 97 63 72 39 Forfell 'x V, A I Galena Park V '75 60147 Above: During after school practice, junior Fmnk Chen checks the court for an open player to pass the hall to. Left: J.V. Frou! Row: Frank Chen, coach Rick Thomp- son. Bill Bates and Steve Bateman. Second Row: .lon Walker, Otis Wiley. Hayward Chauncey, Randy Kirse. James Davis and Clyde Foste Basketball 141

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BASKETBALL Above: Seniors Kenneth Tullis, Anthony Milligan, Mike Chen, and Keith Hickman collapse around the hall in a 68-58 victory over Nimitz. Right: Senior Mike Chen harasses a Nimitz player for control of the ball. When the Mustangs play Nimitz, they are competing against relatives and friends who moved to Nimitz when the new district school opened. 140 Basketball X vspi-ing Woods Baytown Sterling we 39-40 52-45 68-58 7247 73-66

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Below SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL Front Row P and L. Hamilton. Second Row: R. Martinez, J. Miller, T. Casares T Kirsch Coach Thomas Johnson R Criswell Cooper, Davis, K. Williams and L. Lane. WM.--......,,, ...va 1 Focused on skills Sophomore The sophomore basketball team was one of the rebuilding programs installed by new head coach Joe Main. The team had talented players such as Jonathan Miller and Ray Criswell. The objective was to teach younger players the basic offenses and defenses of the new system. Coach Tom Johnson said the 8-12 record was pretty good. The team progressed throughout the season. Coach Johnson's major disappointment was not winning the Clear Lake Tourna- ment, which they lost by one point in the second round. They won third place at Clear Lake. The team lost three one-point games while winning only one of those games. Freshmen It was' not a good year for the fresh- man team, which ended with a 5-12 sea- son. Although the team didn't have a win- ning season, the players progressed, coach Clarence Guiton said. Rebuilding was the focus of the year as new head and assistant coaches entered the pro- gram. The younger team did not aim at win- ning, assistant coach Thompson said. Instead, the goal was to allow as much exposure as possible. Cedrick Diamond and Calvin Jackson were two of the play- ers who progressed well during the sea- son. Left: Sophomore Larry Lane watches the ball after he has taken a foul shot. Ray Criswell gets ready to play defense after larry's shot.