Falfurrias High School - El Azahar Yearbook (Falfurrias, TX)

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1st row: Lisandro Moreno, Ali Garza, Richard Ramirez, john Trad, johnny Garza, Carlos Perez. 2nd row: Homer Rivera, R. J. Mendez, .Keith Best, Gonzalo Gar- cia, David Benavides, Alfredo Garcia. 3rd row: Frank Garza, Joe Garzz Mario Huerta, Rolando Chavera, Mario Maldonado, Mario Garcia. Pitchers for this year were Richard Ramirez, RJ. Mendez, Carlos Perez, and Frank Garza.

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Most Sluggers Underelassmen 1971 was a good season for the Jersey sluggers. The team was a young one and most of the boys will be returning next year to play for Coach Lopez. The pitching chores were shared by a number of boys. Richard Ramirez, a seniors Carlos Perez, a Juniorg and Frank Lopez, a junior, were three of the Jersey pitchers. In the slugging department the jerseys had quite a number of strong and consistent hitters. The underclassmen were up at the top of the list to help the team. District Record W L T 3 5 0 Season Record W L T 9 . 10 0 Coach Fidencio Lopez, head baseball coach, looks over the field. David Benavides, Jersey catcher, trains his eye on the ball as one of their season opponents hunts to try and drive in a run. Digging in for good balance Mario Maldonado, jersey shortstop, gets a good hard swing at the ball during one of the baseball games at home. Coach Ends Second Year Coach Lopez, head baseball and B team coach, has coached two years in Falfurrias High School. He has enjoyed coaching all five years. Coach Lopez is married and has two children, both boys. He stated that the highlight of his coaching career, was when he was the coach of Fort Stockton's first baseball team and his team finished second in district tournament. He also stated that another of his highlights was when last year's basketball B team finished with a 5 and 5 record.

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Coach Honors Teaching Here Coach Tony Garza is now in his tenth year of coaching. He started out coaching in San Diego, Texas and coached there for a year. He held his next coaching position as a member of the Pre- mont High School staff. After coaching two years in Premont, he moved on to coach two years in Mesquite, Texas. He has been a resident and coach in Falfurrias for the past five years and currently is Head Trackn and Cross Country Coach. Coach Garza felt that the honor or incident that really made him feel good during his coaching career was coaching the Track Team and having them win District and Re- gional Champ titles in 1970. He also stated that he had had a moment of personal satisfaction when the seven boys he entered in the State Cross Country Meet won the team championship. Coach Tony Garza takes a breather before resuming to announce runner coming into view. i G www. K - . .. K K yggkl , , . T as c f aw 25332, ' , i it Lili ,,... , . ,, .,.,. ,..i, ,X . .... ...,, r ,fi g glfw , , .32,giiggggsiqiigfto'tif-1f,'26:14 ij, 'K fe w 5:1 :fe ,,:1:34t+gQ::i -was ' ' S Lariettes wait to form victory line at a recent track meet.