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

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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

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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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Tgers place first in Brownsville Tourney ln a 69-68 upset victory over highly ranked Victoria, Skipper Jones beats two defenders to the basket for an easy two points. A timeout gives Coach Buddy Greenwood a chance to impart some last-minute instructions to his starters. Anxiously watching their teammates play the decisive game against Moody, juniors Stan Meador and David Ehrhardt await their turn. F Jf L The team that had the 6'9 center, won 26 games in a row and had the disciple of John Wooden as coach was long gone. Secor team All-State center Preston Bailess had graduated and left for Utah State, and Coach Mike Kunstadt, the third basketball coach at Carroll, had gone to Irving. The Tiger cagers started the '76 season with a new coach, a 6'6 sophomore center al three returning lettermen, Ricky Baker, Mike Moore and Jerome Powell, all under 6'3 , but Tiger spirit and determination remained. As Coach Milton Buddy Greenwood put it, Tr team has a good attitude, they work hard and want to win. At the Corpus Christi Tournament, the Tigers lost in the consolation finals, but senior captain Powell made the All-Tourname team. On December 12 the Tigers rebounded win the Brownsville Tourney. Most Valuable Player was Powell, who also made the All-Tournament team, along with fellow captains Moore and Baker. is Ti' r ai