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

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H.B. 72 Eligibility Reduces Opportunities For Sophomore Wins It was an extremely frustrating and unusual year for the sophomore football team and their two coaches. Both Coach Fawcett and Coach Rayome started off feeling optimistic, but for the first game. Lee coaches informed them that Lee didn't have a sophomore team to play due to H.B. 72 eligibility requirements. So the coaches decided to reschedule the game against Katy in place of Lee. Four more cancellations caused the team to play only seven games all year. Even with these setbacks, the team D. Johnson gets ready to stop a Katy runningback behind really came through. “The boys have shown a real good effort this year. stated Coach Fawcett who was a great instiller of confidence. “Coach Fawcett is very confident in our ability to play football and that helps us players a lot,” stated Lee Smitherman. “If we didn't have all those cancellations we could have beaten Northbrook, but the boys kept a good attitude all year.” added Coach Fawcett. “The team really played together great, said Sophomore Mark Packwood. who tho line of scrimmage. Photo by B. Mitchell caught the winning touchdown against Brazoswood. Another reason for the wins was defense. “Coach Rayome is a great defensive coach, and he knows how to psych up for the games.” added Packwood. “The last game against Hastings was a tough loss for us. We just didn’t have any defense.” explained Lee about the loss. Hastings racked up twenty-nine points against the tough defense. Chris Samuel tries to ward off an opposing Katy tackier. Chris was a big factor in team success, contributing over 700 yards In Just seven games. Photo by B. Mitchell - v. Front: T. Schumacher. S. Munshl, R. Castillo, L. Smlthorman, K. Campbell, L. Patln, S. Burg, K. McDaniel, T. An. Second: N. Terasas, C. Lee, E. Leon, K. Johnson, A. Espinosa, P. Flores, C. Samuel, K. Price, D. Brady, E. Robles. Third: T. Palumbo, V. Smith, T. Gallagher, G. Bowersox, J. Mitchell, A. Rodney, C. Morgan, A. Gully, J. Leo. Fourth: T. Harrison, J. Rutherford, M. Packwood, L. Smitherman, R. Cradit, S. Codner, R. Curren, R. Peters, Johnson, M. Williams. Bujnoch, G. Cuellar. Ba Coach L. Fawcett, Coach Rayome. Photo by C. Tea 62 Sophomore Football

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 ckoff returner Carlos Ver- itequl decides on which Iroctlon to run after receiving the kick off during the second half of the Katy game. Photo by L. Cates Runningback Ray Milsap 1 Junior Varsity District: 2nd Opp. Score Houston Loo 7- 6 McCullough 6-15 Katy 12-13 Spring Woods 13- 6 Stratford 21- 7 Memorial 6-21 Northbrook 14- 7 Spring Branch 14- 6 Westchestor 9- 7 Hastings 6-10 Junior Runningback Randy Rios runs over one Stratford dofondor while trying to keep his balance so he can gain moro yards. Photo by L. Cates ach O'Keefe tries to decide next In the Katy game. Photo what defense he will use by L. Cates Junior Varsity Football 61

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Wide Receiver Mitchell Williams our players congratulate pch other after scoring the nly touchdown in the Brazoswood game. Photo by B. Mitchell — Sophomore Record 4-3 Opp. Score Katy 3- 0 McCullough 3- 0 Stratford 6-41 Northbrook 8-16 Brazoswood 7- 0 Spring Branch 13- 6 Hastings 13-29 A defensive player gots roady to bring down a Katy receiver aftor ho caught the ball for a gain. Photo by B. Mitchell Three players corral a Katy player before ho gets a first down. Photo by B. Mitchell J. Corlbcrg and V. Smith stop an opposing player after a short gain. Photo by B. Mitchell Sophomore Football 63