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

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left: Sopihomore Porter Wright braces the starting blocks as junior Stuart King practices his take-off for the J.V. all-meter dash. 3 I v Q asf J .. W X tw -l-,. M s1f,' 32364. ff K 1 3631. ' M gg... 'gh , . .. TL .x me , , ..V. an Av,hk 5 s b N .xg . N ,H w .. QA wwgxz. .,. , if ,W Q E a- : . ff Kr. ' , WM, L.. Above: Taylor Cash practices vaulting before the district competition. Left: J.V. TEAM Front Row: S. King, C. Burkhalter, I.. Buller, J. Miles and J. Hamilton. Second Row: W. Bau- dal, A. Main, K. Ballard. M. Frost, C. Andrews and P, Wright. Not Pictured: coach C. Fitzmorris.

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Relay teams consistent JV The 1980 junior varsity track team was not outstanding, but was very consistent. The ,IV team, as most JV teams, was a farm club for varsity. Coach Charles Fitzmorris said of his group of about 15, To be such a small bunch we performed admirably. One of the best showings was the Baytown meet where the team placed fourth of twelve teams, scoring 48 points. Helping at this meet was the consistent 1600-meter Qmilel relay team of Don Taylor, Jim Miles, Mike Parker and Joshua Hamilton who placed second with a 3.29. Another high point was a second place of six teams at Nim- itz. The performances by Mike Parker in the 300-meter hur- dles with a 4-1.4 and the sprint relay team of Taylor, Hamilton, Parker and Porter Wright, who ran 45.3, highlighted the meet. FRESHMEN We had a good group of fellows, coach Joe Karkoska said of his freshman team. Although the team did not consistently place in competition, several individuals stood out in several of the meets. The sprint relay team of Kenneth Hall, Byron Lee, Mike Gross and Billy Williams set a school record with a 4-5:3 in the 400-meter relay. Lee also set a school record with his 4-0:1 in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at the A.1.S.D. quad meet. The relay team also did vsell with a first at the meet. Allen Hayes was a major achiever by consistently pole vaulting in the 10 foot area and placing in every meet. Right: Freshman Bobby Williams crosses the finish line first in the 100 meter at his home track in the district meet. Right: FRESHMAN TRACK Front Row: K. Jackson, S. Machado, K. Hall, B. Lee, M. Gross, B. Williams and T. Cash Second Row: Coach .loc Karkoska. R. Young, J. TRACK Below: Freshm meet. 1 1 5 r xx x . w x,' 0. .V 5. an high jumper Harold Jackson practices his form at the Aldine dlstn Q l an 4 Q ,RY vii tx Hsmw- T YA, I . K ., t W , K . . 4 W , M, v ft ya Ledbctter. M. Thomas, C, Knight. T. Smith and A. Hayes. X, , .,.,, r xi 'M,,sf. r' Wa' ll Q er we Y 1 3 GF x.i nk Q Q , 4 t -r 1 at N g, 1 6. Xa: X We

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lclme e D gthe only bright pt 13olos t M Arth t sta gs lt S Bat aflerhehtat ho eru BASEBALL 8 lettermen lead team to district championship With eight returning lettermen hopes and expecta tions were high for the 1980 baseball season But the Mustangs finished the first half with a disappointing record of 4-4 and fell short of the first half champion- ship. The second half was a different story when the team went undefeated and beat first half winner Baytown Sterling, 2-1, for the district crown. The team's leading hitters were brothers Steve and Bill Bates. Their district batting averages were .480 and .472, respectively. The Bates' older brother, James, had been an all-state player when the Mustangs won the state championship in 1970. Bi-district started in Nederland where the Mustangs met the 22 AAAA champs only to lose 12 3 in front of more than 1 500 people When the team played in front of such a big crowd it made them tighten up, honorable mention short stop Wes Barrett said. The second game of the best of three games was rained out three times but was finally played at Lamar University. Nederland once again prevailed over the Mustangs, 6-1. The rain delay hurt us because we didn't get much practice inf, sophomore Bill Bates said. All-district first team second baseman Bill Bates said, We went from four wins and four losses to eight wins and no losses. I think we accomplished a lot. 148 Baseball