Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Displaying great form. Ernest Frazier is determined to get maximum yardage. Holding the opposition firmly in his grasp is Irvin Dyer. C. Duplain photos Junior Varsity JV Football 53

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looking professional, the Mighty Ram offense prepares to run a play. Celebrating in the cndzonc is Jose Mata and Jeff Bryant. “Who’s going to score the most touchdowns this season?” - Jeff Bryant and Dexter Webb. Head Coach Wes Bryant and his starting quarterback Chris Tucker. JV team: Striving for improvement Though this was not necccssarily the Year of the Ram for the Junior Varsity football team, it was a year of promise for the players. This year's JV team, under the direction of Coach Pless. Coach Howe, and Coach Copley worked hard while earning their three and seven record. Even though the scoreboard did not always show it as such, the players continually strived for improvement throughout the season. They lived through a scries of peaks and valleys and still consistently worked toward building a promising network of players destined to be the future’ Varsity Rams. Junior Varsity quarterback Rusty Skinner sums up the season with, Although our season wasn’t a winning one. we learned to work together and we built a strong basis for next year's Varsity.’’ Thanks to a powerful offensive line, quarterback Rusty Skinner has plenty oftimctocomplcte his pass. With the extra effort apparent on his face. Joe Piaz lies in the grasp of hisdcfcndcr. C. DuPIain photos 52 Sports by Ruthic Garcia

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Good prospects for future Rams Elsik’s underclassman teams. Sophomore, Freshman-A.and Frcshman- B, all showed a great deal of one thing: potential. Under the encouragement of their coaches, all teams had productive seasons. The Sophomore football team under coaches Fawcett, O’Keefe, and Corb, finished the season with five winsand five losses. This team, who had problems early in the season, learned to improve their attitudes of themselves which greatly improved their playing ability. Even though their goal of winning District was not reached, the team gained a great deal of experience which will hopefully The long strides of Jasper Taylor carry him downficld. Going over pre-game strategy-Soph. defense and Coach O'Keefe. guarantee them a good future in Els football. Elsik’s Freshman teams also had fail good seasons overall with the A tea having a 4-5-1 record, and the B-tca finishing with a 2-8 record. The teams h, problems with a lack of enthusias during some games, and this combin with minor mistakes due to lack experience resulted in their bei defeated. As the season progresse Coaches Null. Parker, and Nila taught t players to work as a team rather than individuals from seperatc midc schools. by Ruthie Reading the defense coverage, Rodney Smith prepares to pass.