Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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CJ n 'fhe strangest season' he Tigers' surprising near success. ach Hamrick said, The team's desire vercome obstacles, their pride and rnal senior leadership was amazing. o-way starter Greg Myers put it simply. ey weren't as big this year, but they had re fight in them. Last year we had lity, but this year we had determination. players' competitive attitude and the port of the community, parents and faculty ried us through the season, concluded ach Hamrick. he same story happened with the ketball team. Junior varsity player rell Goeke said, There wasn't as much nt as last year. We weren't as strong as were last year. But Coach Buddy enwood was optimistic: I thought we had potential to have a good team. This up did develop to just about the fullest heir potential. They were almost as good they could have been and that's pretty arding. ith a new coach, routines and practices nged. Late inthe season, Goeke said, e don't work as much on fundamentals, but work more on playing basketball. Coach enwood explained the practice schedule, rly in the year, workouts are a lot erent from later. Early Cin the seasonj concentrate on the fundamentals such as oting and conditioning. Later, we work on aknesses and the opponents' games. he big game against Moody that would termine whether Carroll had a chance at the ond-half district title drew a packed wd in the Ftay gym. After going into rtime, the Tigers lost 85-83. Coach eenwood commented after the game, 'tWe uld have done alittle defense on Charles on. We had a lot of opportunities to win d we didn't do it. Track competition is unpredictable. ere aren't any time outs, substitutions or nning plays, according to girls track ach Andy Villarreal. Again, the future n't look bright. Coach V said, I had ubts onthe success of the cross-country m. We had placed first in only one of the ht meets we entered. But we said, 'We're going to win district. We'll show these people who's No. 1,' and we did. We were successful because the girls have a God-given talent, they do as they are told, they work together, they discuss their problems, they love what they are doing and they work out exceptionally hard. Coach Villarreal said, Each team member has a responsibility to herself and to the team as a whole. Coach V expressed the view of many coaches with a saying she borrowed from an Olympic coach, You lose, you don't excuse. Buddy Greenwood, Paula Phillips, Johnny Martinez and Bud Frey, all new coaches, did some adjusting to their new surroundings. Coach Greenwood said, lt was a difficult situation for both them and me. Tennis Coach Paula Phillips remembered, One of my high school coaches pointed out a woman tennis coach and said, 'That's going to be you someday.' and I said, 'No way'! lt was a learning process for both the new coaches and the players. Because ofthe coaches' personalities, the teams' successes weren't hurt, but were aided. The attitude of the coaches and their rapport with the team members overcame the problem of adjusting to a new coach, said Coach Hamrick. Coach Phillips, a recent graduate of the University of Texas, compared high school and college tennis teams, saying, The players aren't as cutthroat in high school as they are in college. ln college, within the team, players try to knock each other off. Also contrasting high school to college, Coach Greenwood said, There's more pressure in college basketball than in high school. The sport is more businesslike in college compared to the enthusiasm and eagerness of high school. Here at Carroll, the coach has a closer, personal relationship with the players. I wasn't looking for a job. I was just going to check it out, but I liked it, was Coach Phillips' view on her new position. Head Coach Bill Hamrick concluded, Carroll is just a good place to coach. Overview - lO5

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I O4 - Sports in hopes of beating out a throw from King pitcher Ricky Espitia to David Freeman, Bobby Mandel races to first base. Rolling out to the right to pass, Charlie Sanchez looks downfield for a receiver during the Tigers' upset victory over King. C Far rightj Jerome Powell swings an extended arm, trying to keep a stray ball from going out-of-bounds. Sports There were surprises in sports. Most people thought that neither the football team nor the basketball team was going to do that good, but both of them finished second overall, was Donald Kubala's summary of the sports year. Coach Bill Hamrick called it the strangest season in my 25 years of head coaching. Misfortune camped at the Carroll gym through the year. Boys track Coach Floyd Punk Rogers was out for six weeks in the early fall to recover from Gullian Berrey Syndrome, a disease affecting the nerve coatings. Later, Coaches Bill Hamrick and Willie Gawlik were hospitalized several days for injuries suffered in an automobile accident December 13. On the way to a favorite fishing spot in a mobile home, Coaches Hamrick, Gawlik, Tom Almond and Bud Frey collided with a truck, killing the truck driver and throwing all four coaches out of the vehicle. Coaches Frey and Almond were not seriously hurt. Following the mobile home, Coach Butch Gilliam and Fred Shawger came upon the V accident, and, along with Coach Almond, gav first aid until an ambulance came. Early in the season, the football outlook was dim. Coach Gilliam said, There was a time when we were trying to find a team that we could beat! We hadn't won a game yet. Views slowly brightened as the season progressed. This year we had just as much talent, but we had more injuries. After we started getting everything together, the injuries started settling down, and we started winning, commented defensive back Dannie Teel. For most Tiger football players and fans, the King game was the highlight of the season Teel described the players' feelings, We just got it together and kept the spirit up, and we just outplayed them. lt was something we were going to do or die. We wouldn't settle for a tie or anything, we were going for it all. We thought, 'lf we don't do it in the King game, well, it might be a little downhill! Determination seemed to be the key word

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'KQV Coach VWllie Ga vvlik discusses strategy against Miller with catcher Richard Broadway and pitcher John Holcomb. 5 Q is- .film L -v John Holcomb anxiously waits for The Tiger baseball team takes a the ball from pitcher Robbie Smith break while getting ready to bat to tag a Beevllle runner caught against Miller, Carroll won both too far oft the bag. district games against the Bucs, 9-O and 4-O. I O6 - Sports .M I vw, -4 a- - 1 n 0 'X 4, if' ,! '