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

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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' ,! '

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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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V --wr-ww ....,,,.,z1f-k-1..,,,.f. .av .,--:rf 'r'f'9' if 5. . ballers get new coach Changes marked Carroll baseball in 1975 when the Tigers acquired a new coach, Willie Gawlik, and District 27-4A changed to a split season. The Tigers finished with a record of 18-10, sharing second place with Moody at the end of first-half play and tieing with King and Miller for second in the second half. When a new program is put in, it takes awhile for it to take effect, said Coach Gawlik. The Tigers really came on strong in the last part ot the season. In the split season playoff second-half winner Moody defeated first-half winner King. The Trojans advanced to the regional finals against South San Antonio before falling 15-14 in a 12- inning marathon. During the entire season the Tigers fought unsuccessfully for a win against Moody. Coach Gawlik explained the four losses to the Trojans: We can't beat a good team it we make mistakes. The Tigers advanced to the finals of the Corpus Christi Invitational Tournament before falling to the Trojans, 5-4 in a 10-inning game. They also lost to Moody in the semifinals of the McAllen tournament.