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

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ampionship hopes 1 l Despite injuries and inexperience, the Tigers finished second in District 27-4A, right behind Ray. Injuries plagued the team even before the season began, when a knee injury to starter Johnny Trejo forced him out permanently. Two other starters were sidelined in scrimmage play, Jimmy Zamora with a broken hand and Scott Reynolds with a pulled hamstring. By the day of the September 25 Ray game, starters Paul Hagerty and Kelly Kostelnik were also out with knee injuries, and Kevin Davis and Danny Jackson were benched with broken hands. Offensive line Coach Butch Gilliam put it this way, Injuries cost us the district championship. An added handicap was inexperience. Because 17 1974 starters graduated, most people thought it would be a rebuilding year, but the Mad Dog Defense pulled the load in early games. The only touchdown in the G-P tie came when linebacker Sid Lawrence intercepted a pass and ran 43 yards. The offense came to life at the Kingsville game, scoring 21 points. Everything went wrong for the Tigers as they battled Ray. The game might be summarized by the fact that Carroll entered Texan territory only once, in the first quarter. A fumbled punt and a personal foul penalty helped set up two Texan scores. The Tigers were stalemated, gaining a total of only 84 yards, but it was the last night they rode the losers' bus home. ff ggi' 1 ' I ihf ff' VWth Coach VWllie Gawlik, on the sideline, and Coach Tom Almond, in the pressbox, conferring, the coaching staff plans the next defensive alignment in the La Marque game. The strategy wasn 't entirely successful as the Cougars tooka 76-O opening game victory. Enroute to their first win, the Tigers rise to the occasion and attempt to block a Kingsville extra point. Varsity Football

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The Tigers dispelled the gloom at the beginning of the season by going undefeat after the Ray game. Both losses were to district winners, and the only tie was to district champ Gregory-Portland, which lat reached regional playoffs before losing to 3A state champion Cuero. For the only time the season, Beeville lost on its home groun 0 when the Tigers edged me Trojans, 13-1 o. Tiger offensive tackle Paul Hagerty made the All-State team for the second year the only Carroll player ever to do so. He also made Parade magazines All-American team and as the No. 2 Blue Chipper, was offered scholarships to all Southwest Conference schools. After much debating, signed with Texas A8tM. Sid Lawrence also signed with a Southwest Conference schoo Southern Methodist University. Other Tiger players joined them in the spotlight in city, district and area teams. Hagerty, Brian Smolik, Greg Myers, Lawren and Carl Tillman made both KSIX radio's r1sl T All-City team and the first string All- District team. George Levy and Remy Rodri se,,t made the second string district team, with it L T S Q - W , et L -i Hagerty, Myers and Tillman on the All-Sout ' T it Texas team- , ,Q ,fu ff, .N ,S ,ig K ,XL ,gg ' W , , . ev.-Xe .Q -M. .,.,. .V L. X , . Paul Hagerty gains All-American hono Tackle Paul Hagerty and guard Sid Lawrence make a hole in the Fiobstown line for fullback Phillip Dubeau to gallop through. The Tigers won the game, 28-6. Sid Lawrence, who held the season 's best punting average in the district with 37 yards, sends one down the field during the Miller game. Ready to go out to the of the field for the coin ' senior captains Greg Sid Lawrence, Paul Carl Tillman prepare to ml Moody for the last time. I8 - Sports