Commerce High School - Sregit Yearbook (Commerce, TX)

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 Sports Working Out In The Tiger Zone I rom football and volleyball to golf and tennis, throughout the year, tigers showed just how athletic they really are. Striving for excellence both individually and as a team is the name of the game. Athletes begin to grow mentally from the first practice during their freshman year until they hang up their sweats at the end of their senior year. Winning is the name of the game in ... the Tiger Zone.

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. . our Seniors brought us to the threshold of a championship . . . they set the pace for next year’s run for the district trophy . . . and we plan to win it all!!!” — Coach Bass Fullback Doug Thrash (46) moves so fast the picture is blurry, leaving the oppo- nents in a daze! Varsity Football Right from the beginning of the 1987 football season, the Commerce Tigers worked hard to achieve their new season goals. The tigers used their strength in the backfield and on the line and switched to a new offense The Tigers took the new offense and went right to work, breezing easily through two scrimmages, first against Cooper and then the Quinlin Ford Commerce continued the strong start as they up- ended the North Lamar Panthers, 27 10. During the next two games, adjustments to the new offense and some costly turnovers caused Com- merce to suffer losses to Brownsboro and Pleas- ant Grove. Thus, the Tigers opened the district season, with Farmersville. with a 1 2 record The Tigers avenged their two previous losses on the road by defeating the Farmersville Farm- ers, 20-0. Plagued again by costly turnovers, the Commerce Tigers suffered their third loss of the season against a quick, hard-hitting Bonham team 21-0. Commerce started to roll again, keeping playoff hopes alive, by winning their next three district games The Tigers first traveled to Whites- boro and destroyed the bearcats with a 41-0 final score. After defeating Whitesboro, Commerce de- voured the Coppel Cowboys. 27-9 Next the Tigers traveled to Princeton where the winless Panthers were hungry for their first win . . they ended up eating nothing by dust, losing 54-6. In the final two football games, it was do or die for the Commerce Tigers; they first faced the Frisco Coons and finally faced the Wylie Pirates. In what Coach Bass called the greatest effort by a Commerce team,” in his twelve years as head coach, the Tigers defeated the Coons, 29-19. Commerce needed to overcome the only unde- feated district team, the Wylie Pirates, to have an opportunity to advance into the playoffs. They (the Tigers) gave it their whole effort,” said Coach Bass, but the Tigers were unable to come away with the win, losing, 14-6 in their final game Coupled with the Bonham win over Frisco, the Tigers playoff hopes were diminished. All in all, it was a good season for the Com- merce Tiger football team. The Tigers improved over last season’s 4-6 record, going 6-4 this year. Commerce also bettered last year’s fifth place district finish by tiemg for third this season. Nine players were named to all-district honors, capping off a good year What is in the future for the Tigers? We will have to wait until next year to find out! ‘That one felt good,” says tackle Joe Phelps (76). J W J -iww Kicker Brandon Beadles and Holder Dewayne Miller combine for a hope- to-be good field goal try. 10 Football