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

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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.

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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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Cross The Falfurrias Striders opened the 1970-71 track season with a State Cross Country Championship under their belts. The runners ran in a number of meets throughout South Texas in preparation for the District Track Meet held in Donna on April 20. Country Championship The team was runnerup at the District Meet, which was won by Donna. Four individuals and the Mile Relay quartet qualified for the Regional Track Meet. The individuals in the 880 yard dash were Albert Munoz, and Ricky Saenz. The Jerseys also qualified Cross Country two milers. They were Ramiro Da- vila and Gilbert Martinez. The Mile Relay team consisted of Balde De Luna, Ricky Saenz, Richard Penly, and Quirino Jaime. Two of these boys also qualified for the state meet. They were Ricky Saenz and Gilbert Martinez. 1st Row-Richard Penly, Daniel Del Bosque, Ramiro Davila, Gilbert Martinez, Benito Gonzalez, Eduardo Gonzalez, Ramon Garza. 2nd row standing Albert Munoz, Balde De Luna, Roy Mora, Ricky Saenz, Hector Garcia, Adrian Garza, Qui- rino Jaime, and Rene Sanchez. Standing Top Row-Victor Ruiz Charles Story, J. P. Ramirez, Juan Track Team Molina, Alvaro Hernandez and Gil- bert Munoz. Bottom left-right, Ricky Saenz, Ramiro Davila, Gil- bert Munoz, Benito Gonzalez, Gil- bert Martinez, Ramon Garza, and Adrian Garza.