Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Red Wins Another Roland Carier behind deiermined downiield blocking of Charlie Simmons i62l in big win over Smiley. Memorial hir paydiri again as The Musiangs rouied ihe Smiley Eagles 23-6. li was Memorial's sixih siraighi win wiihoui a deieai and boosied Jrheir disirici record io 2-O. Glenn Shahan was ihe driving force behind ihe yiciory, running puni reiurn back lor six poinis while Roland Carier kicked ihree field goals and iwo exira poinis. Also scoring was Ted Carey on an end run, behind Jrhe block- ing oi Charles Simmons and Brownie McDonald. Ouisianding' on defense were Joe Kelly, John Carihy. Larry Davis, and Joe Englerr. Carier shows anoiher 'talent ihai' of kicking field goals. Wiih ihe help oi Mike Collins holding, Carier kicked ihree for rhe night a Dislrici' IOAAAA record.

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Mustangs Win Important Troian Game. Quarterback Roland Carter combined with Ken Pearson tor two quick touch- down strikes and then kicked a QI yard tield goal to help the Mustangs win their tirst district start I6-6 over the South Houston Trojans. A good South Houston team was constantly stopped cold by the Memorial detense and only with a last minute touchdown blocked another Mustang shutout. But the vic- tory marked Memorial's tirst win over the Trojans, the tirst time the Mustangs had coppecl the district opener and the tirst string ot tive consecutive wins in Memorials' tootball history. Glenn Shahan tollcws Ted Carey tor a big gain inthe district opener. Shahan runs out ot running room this time. . o I 4 f x U S y ,X up gif Q l-leadhunters Jim lsbell l84l Joe Inglert l5ll John Carthy and Ken Pearson l87l smother a Troian back. l52 l

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Memorial Edges Post Spring Woods Musrang defenders punish a Spring Woods back, showing a big reason why Memorial won dis+ric'l. Tracksier-iooiballer Mike Bouche iurned deieal inio viciory wirh a lasi-grasp kickoff reiurn Thai broughlr Memorial +0 a i3-9 viciory over Spring Woods. Seconds earlier Spring Woods had scored To dampen +he hopes of Jrhe Muslangs, bur wiih 36 seconds leli' Glenn Shahan received ihe kickoff and handed oil ro Bouche, ai' ihe 25 yard line, who reversed 'field and sprinied 75 yards lo paydirr io keep Jrhe Mus Jrangs undeieaiecl. The lirsi hall score resembled a baseball game as Sieve Vesial blocked a Spring Woods punr Jrhai was recovered in ihe endzone for a saielry. Spring Woods lhen wenl ahead on a field goal. Bul Memorial came back as Roland Carier kicked a 20-yarder +o make ihe score 5-3 before Jrhe wild finish. rrr as yrir, i s f Quarrerback Roland Carler finds good proiecfion for his passing.