Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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AAAA State Champ Mig Enihusiasfic Memorial rooiers cheer Jream on +o Share Championship. Coach Coleman receives well deserved con- orafulaiions 'From Dr. Landrum. Hvsti Capiain Jerry Kroll shows off covered +rophy. Harry Barihlow i3Il and Ford Hall whoop ir up. Sfate Championship pos?-game bediam. p

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Ploinsmen, Spartans Bow Larry Wood deTTIy keeps MemoriaI's inTenTionaI sTaII alive. The passing game was insTrumenTaI in The IvIusTangs successful bid Tor The championship. The high Tlying IvIusTangs swepT inTo Their TirsT sTaTe baskeTbaII TournamenT by beaTing Lubbock IvIonTerrey and Dallas Samuell To cop The highly-prized AAAA sTaTe championship. The semi-Tinal game againsT The Lubbock IvIonTerrey Plainsmen was won by The score oT 50443. As had been The case ThroughouT The year, Jerry Kroll Ied The Mus- Tang charge wiTh his sTrong aII-around play and leader- ship. The aggressiveness and speed OT The IvIusTangs was Too much Tor The deIiberaTe Lubbock Team, as The Coleman Corps played one OT Their more Tlawless games OT The year. Kroll Ied The IvIusTangs wiTh I9 poinTs, while Vernon Cross added I3 and Larry Wood 8. In The pressure-packed championship game, Me- morial avenged an early-season loss To The Samuell SparTans, winning by The score oT 73-68. The game was close all The way wiTh The sTeady play oT Roland CarTer, Paul PoyThress, and Kroll, along wiTh The ac- curaTe ouTside-shooTing oT Cross keeping The Memorial pace. The big sTar oT The game, however, was Harry BarThIow, who enTered The game when Tour Pony sTarTer goT in Toul Trouble. The 6'2 senior did an ouTsTand- ing job, scoring I6 poinTs and dominaTing The re- bounding. Kroll again Ied The scoring wiTh 20 poinTs, hiTTing a solid I2 ouT oT I3 Tree Throws. Cross canned I8 poinTs, while CarTer added 9, Iviillegan 6, and PoyThress 4. Vernon Cross confidenTIy evades SamueII's defense in The big game. Harry BarThIow surrounded by Plainsmen in The semi-Tinal game againsT Lubbock. I69

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B Team Wins District ln ... f . FRONT ROW: B. O'Brien, R. Schultz, G. O'Brieh, D. Viclcery, J. Lesch, S. Slaymalcer, J. Foy, S. Pitcock, R. Lee, SECOND ROW: Coach Randall Holloway, manager T. Tomlorde, R. Little, R. Arlerbury, D. Stovall A. Hiclcs, S. Aalcer, B. Floyd, lvl. Johnston, S. Krueger, trainer' D. Kemper. Freshmen Learn Fundamentals FRONT ROW: J. Phillips, G. Landers, M. Tapsalc, R. Phelps, D. Sullivan, B. Scherwitz. SECOND ROW: S. Van Loozen, C. Cordell, B. Dudley, E. Suhr, R. Taylor, W. Stuclcey, G. Richards. THIRD ROW: Coach Dave Fiqari, B. Burk, W. Howard, B. Ogilvie T. Hanlon, H. Kaslrier, D. Fisher, G. Cox, not pictured: T. Burl, T. Oallagler. l7l