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

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I 'MW With the crowd cheering her on, Nancy Sims pulls away from King 's Patsy Gonzales to a first place finish at district meet. Captain Julie Spencer reaches full stride in an attempt to cut seconds off her run and points off the team score at San Marcos, I 24 - Sports Lady Tigers queens of 27 These girls run 10 to 1 2 miles a day with the strategy before the meet consisting ot going over the course, learning passing areas and when to start sprinting in, said Coach Andy Villarreal, concerning her cross-country team. That strategy was successfully followed when the Lady Tigers won the first girls 27-4A championship in Beeville November 21. Nanc Sims crossed the finish line first, backed up by Gracie Garza's 8th place, with Kathy Fiosales right behind her. The Lady Tigers proceeded to regionals in San Marcos on December 3 where they wer led by Sims' 12th place finish. A new atmosphere arrived with a junior varsity. The newly formed JV team, which captured third place at district, was led by Pam Zanders, Ginger Sawyer and Cheryl Hubbard. Varsity captains Julie Spencer and Tena Lott summed up the Lady Tigers 1975 season: Endurance is the name ofa long fought race. We ran 10 to 12 miles every day, but that doesn't count. What counts is that mile we ran at district.

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ross-country 3 l T of on the hoof , Since my illness and having to help with otball, I think they did great this season, id Coach Floyd Punk Rogers of his cross- untry team, which went to state. Coach Rogers issed six weeks of working with the team while recovered from Gullian Berrey Syndrome, a sease affecting the nerve coatings. Senior leadership played an important part the year's success as captains Frank Bost d Eddie Winterroth instructed team members in ily practices during Coach Rogers' absence. The team won district in Beeville November 1. Bost finished second with the time of 9:48 ith Winterroth right behind at 9:52, and Steve apier placed ninth at 9:59. Two weeks later at regionals in San arcos, the Tigers placed third and earned trip to the December State Meet in ustin, where they finished tenth. The junior varsity also won at the strict meet, with Danny Morales crossing the ish line first, Ignacio Buitron second, ike Ledesma fourth and Delfino Aleman sixth. Junior Ruben Flores summed up the team's elings when he said, The best experience of e season was when we got to go to state. We eren't even supposed to win dlstrict. f Wf'W3..gz. uni' V... I :l1kA'A.f Q ,Q .,,. ,.... , pair., f il .aw-4 . f. 4 3 t , r 1 ' AW,,,.,,.,M,.fgH 'V M 'fff .,..,'f1'fTT' if Mr' f M... I ' rl 1 T t ..,. 5 W fs...l - .K My .J ,ttf .V 5 .. w,,,,gf.1,,,., ' , ' , -:'ff- T 2 . .-,,ls.. ,.,,.,.M. w . f Accepting on behalf of the cross-country team, Joel Cha vez admires the trophy presented to the 77gers for winning the district meet at Beeville. Despite an effort to pull ahead, sophomore Danny Morales finds himself boxed in by Brownsville Hanna and McAllen runners at the regional meet. I Far leftj After leaving the crowd behind, Frank Bost attempts to catch Beeville 's Vwlbanks at the G-P Meet. Bost placed second at the meet with a time of 10.05. Boys Cross Country

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Trying to improve their positions in regionals, Gracie Garza and Michelle Murray head down field to the finish line at San Marcos. JV runners Pam Zanders, Cheryl Hubbard and Ginger Sawyer find the going rough at district meet. The Lady Tigers placed third behind Kingsville and Alice. 1 .a Sophomore Nora Aleman heads for a 46th place finish which helped the team win its first UIL District Meet in Beeville. C Center leftj Entering the homestretch, Michelle Murray shows her sprinting ability by finishing in the top quarter at district meet. Murray, who won the 27-4A 60-yard dash in 1975, placed 42nd out of 86 CFOSS-COUf7ffy l'Uf'If76i'S. Girls Cross-Country