Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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' ' reireic . rom his third row seat, a spectator changes positions in his chair, with a bored expression on his football players are here, Clark said. We have to make sure we have some- thing to replace anything that breaks - helmets, shoulder pads, or anything trainers taped ankles, hands, knees, and elbows to prevent possible injuries, Tuttle said. In addition, he said, they taped bobos, a term defensive tackle face, he turns his eyes from the slow- moving football game to the sidelines. Suddenly his eyes grow wide with they might leave at the field house. Each manager was responsible for Carlos DeAyala created for little cuts and bruises. amazement as he becomes fully engrossed with the action around the bench. Consequently, he forgets about the game. if W atching trainers and managers at work eitciti during a game may not be as ng as the action on the field, but if one does decide to focus his attention to the sidelines, he might be surprised to see helmets fixed in less than 30 sec- onds, or a swollen ankle attended to in between plays. , As managers of the Varsity Football Team, Senior Bill Clark and Junior Jon Randolph feel their job is more impor- tant than the average fan may think. People arrive at the football stadium right before a game, and they don't 'realize that we've been out there for an hour or two hours, getting ready, said Randolph. We've got to be here all the time the repairing some sort of equipment dur- ing a game or practice, Randolph said. Sometimes you'll have to fix a helmet in 30 seconds, he said. .lust as time is an important element in a ma.nager's job, Varsity Trainers Junior Ted Grove and Sophomores David Tuttle and Harris Currie believe time and awareness are factors in mak- ing a good trainer. If someone gets hurt, you have to know how to treat them, said Tuttle. The most impor- tant thing, though, is the preventive taping, and that's mostly what we do. The key to being a good trainer is to be able to tear the tape first, because most people can't do it, said Grove. Sometimes, when you tape them fplayersj, they don't want you to tape them, said Grove. So it's important to be friends with them or you really can't do your job. Before practices and each game, the It kind of came from when Carlos started calling little things ibobosf he said. When Kelley fKenj got injured he said it wasn't a bobo anymore, but a booboo because he was out for two weeks. Becoming a trainer was not as glam- orous as Tuttle thought it would be. Ted asked me to be one, and made it a little more glorious than it wasf' he said. He mentioned that you get to go to all the games free and that you get to know all the players, but he didn't say anything about the hard workin it? If a player became injured during a game, Grove explained, the procedure of treatment was, First we find out what's wrong, and if it's possible, we'll treat them on the field, he said. It's just an ordinary common thing. You might have to calm the player down and get him to sit still though. -- 30 - -Susie Woodhams Varsity Football ' 223

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VARSITY SCORE BOX MHS Opponent Clear Creek 47 1 O Brazoswood 25 34 Bay City 22 0 Victoria 14 10 Northbrook 6 O Westchester 1 4 9 Stratford 9 3 Spring Woods 28 O Alief 35 7 Spring Branch T 20 6 Westbury 16 5 Kashmere. s j S 21 26 'CWon 1O,.Lost.2J g By Susie ith his body sprawled across the 30 yard line, the young man grunted a little, cussed a lot, and repeatedly slapped his hands on the astroturf in efforts to overcome the pain in his left ankle. As team trainers aided the injured's safety, he muttered a few foul words and then stopped, and thought to himself, So you're injured. Well, so now what? For the moment, as well as the days to come, no amount of bitter complain- ing will make the pain go away. He will have to adjust to sittingout the rest of the game or even practice the following week. Once he is ready to play again, he may have to toi win back his starting position. : 1 I Along with tackles, touchdowns, penalties, and sacks, injuries are a part of the game of football. Like many aspects of the game, those physical mishaps involve more than the specific plays in which they occurred. You're always going to have a cer- tain amount of touchdowns, tackles, and injuries, said Head Coach Les Koenning. A person feels like, if he's injured, he should rest. I feel like he should keep in the best physical condi- tion until he's well, Koenning said. 'Tm sorry about an injury, but thatls part of the game, he said. The thing that concerns me is the crippling injury? I - A LITTLE,-1?A1Nig Whether they occur in themiddle of a crucial game or in a practice drill, most injuries leave a lasting memory in 224 ' Varsity Football BACKEFI 1673, nos C323 tackle terback WITH THE K e quar I Every time l'm hitting some- one I think 'kiII,' said Wom- ack The Wildcats suffered turnovers and were able score only nine points. The won 14-9. Photo by f I ll I the victimis mind. It was durin tice, a dive drill, and I wa ball, recalled end Mike who hyper-extended his knee the Brazoswood game. Somebody hit my knee, and I heard it pop twice. I thought it was broken, he said. I hit the ground, and coaches were yelling 'Hit him, hit him,' and I said I thought, 'oh, good grief - I'm not going to be able to play? Throughout the season, the Mus- tangs were fortunate to only have two major injuries, that of McCulloch and defensive end Ken Kelley, who suf- fered a recurring knee injury. The majority of the team said they had experienced some sort of pain. i Kelley was bothered with anhold knee injury in the early part of the sea-y son. He spent five weeks conditioning the knee, only to go down with the same injury in his comeback game. 'I was more upset the second time, he said, I had spent five weeks just get- ting it back in shape and I was pretty upset when it went out on the sixth play of the game. Many key positions on the team had been hurting, but in most instances, the players learned to live with the pain. Everybody is hurt a bit,', said center Scott Burdine. After a ten-game sea- son, you're going to be pretty battered up. On the offense, quarterback Greg Dalton played the season with sprained ligaments in his knee, while the two running backs, Walter Rowland and Brian Womac, had been hampered with shoulder problems. Out of our two backs, we have four injured shoulders, Womac said. Var- S S as . Il little hit of hurt a lot. There's always get injured, he said. ackles Clay McMordie Carlos DeAyala played with inju- ries, as McMordie suffered from rotary problems in his knee and DeAyala nursed a slight shoulder separation. It,s just a matter of it you want to play, you'l1 play even with pain, McMordie said. I don't think many people could stand the pain Walter goes through. He gets hit again and again, but he keeps going. We know Walter Rowland is in pain constantly, and Greg Dalton is in pain constantlyf' said Koenning. As long as there is no chance of permanent injury, then he fa playerj should play. It itls a cheap shot fthat causes the injuryj, then it makes me madf' said -cornerback Harry Purdom. If itis a good shot, then thatis O.K. Itis part of the game, he said. When a teammate gets hurt during a game, many players believe their con- centration is momentarily broken. You try to forget about it in the game and just go and find out about it later, said cornerback Kevin Ray. THE CULL Long, hard practices were generally dreaded by players, but most would rather practice than sit out with an injury. When you,re practicing, you donit want to practice, but when you're sitting out, you wish you were, McMordie said. Tearnmates and coaches usually tease players who missed practice because of an injury, said Womac. fCon1inued on page 2261