Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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DISPLAYED OUTSIDE THE ASTRODOME on a lighted billboard is Memorial vs. Kashmere in tqhel Regional playoffs. Photo by Trent Rosent- a . ASTROTURF AND BLEACHERS lie inside Tully stadium. The districts in Spring Branch and Memorial area played most of their games under Tully's lights. Photo by Darryl Yee. HOUSTON ROCKETS AND AREOS TO CON- CERTS performed for sport and music lovers in the Summit. The Summit supplied a variation of entertainment for Houston's residents and tour- ists. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. TRYING FOR TWO POINTS senior Mark John- son is aided by senior Rovert Merrill. Westches- ter Wildcats defend their baskets against the Memorial Mustangs during District competition. Photo by Darryl Yee. SUN NOV 27 VS C HIEFS AUTORAMA E VANARAMA NOV 24 27 ASTROHALL L VS KASHMERE NOV 25 730 ASTRODOME ORTNECHES GROVES VS LAPO RTE NOV 26 730 ASTRODOME ODAY ll QMUIP lot to live up ro- xy! T TT TX! f'i . X i i -s t se--K Qfiff fffx riff' LV f-3 in -XXX X If XX ,N -tx Xiu if xi y i If XJ ff? Dig llli iiiff' i Yfiliff ll Mel Qi! l he midst! evident characteristic of Memorial was the abundance of talented people in every field. They were dedicated to their cause and built up sweat and sore muscles to prove Memorial was number one. No matter what kind of field. water. court or track they performed on, they drew a crowd. Ath- letes were the best: they set records and broke records. These participators formed teams that could play together and work like plow horses together. They were pushed to the limit by respected and loved coaches who prided their team's strength. The toughest challenge was excelling the previ- ous years' record and continuing a fine reputation. Confidence played the key role along side hours of practice in athletic success. Sports was a serious subject to the athletes. Practice and dedication surpassed all other objects when meet or game day arrived. The time had come to prove themselves. They had a lot to live upto. . .

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The magic of spirit lfrieol Hoi pirit. From a seventh grader dressed in red and white, waving a banner at a football game for his future team, to a Wrangler dressed jauntily in a barrel at a pep rally, Spirit varied in forms and intensity. What is spirit? Webster's dictionary gives 14 different definitions of spirit, ranging from vital spirit to courage. You can be in spirits, cheerful or lively, you can be out of spirits, gloomy or depressed. You can't touch spirit. You can't really see spirit. But you can feel it. When it is right, it pervades the air like the scent of fresh-cut pine wood, and when it is wrong, well, we've had some of both. Beginning with the football season, spirit had its vicissitudes depending on the moods of the students and how the various teams fared. Following last year,s excellent By Catherine Chriss pre-district play upset some students, the team won every other game until the end. Venturing to the Astrodome for Bi-district play, the Mustangs lost to Kashmere on November 5. CHANNELS OF SPIRIT There were some changes with the football season. Because of a new gym floor, two pep rallies were held out- doors. Band member Rene Abat thought the first pep rally, which was held out- side in drizzly weather, contributed to a lack of spirit at the beginning of the season. In the gym everyone's together, and yelling, but outside I couldnit hear the cheerleaders yelling and I was right by them, she said. Cheerleader Marjorie Wandel agreed with Rene. It was a lot noisier in the gym so it made more spirit, she to be outdoors, was moved to the audi- torium because of rainy weather. After the pep rally, the Wranglers bom- barded Sigma Gamma in the courtyard with waterballoons. Wrangler Presi- dent Fred Stow said, We had heard that afternoon that Sigma Gamma was going to throw water balloons at us. We all went over to Sav-On and bought some balloons and went to the showers and filled them up. We were ready for them and they didn't have any bal- loons, we didn't want to waste them, so we just threw them? The rest of the pep rallies which fol- lowed were all back in the gym, much to the relief of everyone. Wranglers for the first time, sat next to Sigma Gamma instead across the gym. Sigma Gamma President Karen Provenzano said this was to prevent the new gym floor from getting scratched record, the Varsity Football Team went said. . almost as far this year. Though Va loss in afsumvwv-Y PUZZLED BY THE CAMERA, Sophomores Barbara Trowbridge and Anne Mattingly stand frozen in position. Both girls held flags during the halftime performance of the Spring Branch game. The girls were only two of the 12 flag bearers performing. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Red Hot! Depth design by Carol Devlin and Cheryl Sumner ' One pep rally which was scheduled or marred. Continued on page 202 DURING THE COOL WEEKS OF FALL, Trombone player Todd Johnson practices after school with the band and Markettes. Todd and other band members devised their own version of Star Wars which they played at games. Markette Kelley Truesdell said, The first six weeks they played it, it was okay, but it did get a bit monotonous. Photo by Scott Waughtal. OPPOSITE PAGE: AFTERNOON SHADOWS LENGTHEN as Junior Darcie Raible rehearses a military pom pon routine to Dixie, The Markettes performed a traditional patriotic show in military uniforms for the Spring Branch game. Photo by Scott Waughtal.