Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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QW --'- 'hp xx f Agfa- 1' TACKLED A WESTBURY RECEIVER, Brad Dawson C503 is aided by trainer -and Coach Don Coleman. I got the back with a helmet and they gave salts to revive me, Dawson said. linebacker said he only missed a having the wind knocked out of as out the entire 1976 season folf a knee operation. Photo by Darryl Yee. AFTER CRACKING HIS SHOULDER BLADE in the Westchester game, tailback Brian Womac C437 talks with teammates on the sidelines. All I remember is people asking me how I was and if I was going to tell Coach. Womac said. I never thought you had to use your shoulder so much 'til I got hurt. Photo by Darryl Yee. Varsity Football 227

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iltering through the admission gate sport fans enter the stadium around whose perimeter are rows and levels of empty seats save the splotches where the early spectators are seated except for the buzz the 'There is no noise ing of people and selling at the West'Gate, WorId's eighth wonder AFTER CATCHING A PASS, end Mike Morris C851 attempts to gain a couple of extra yards against Spring Branch. Morris, recipient of the Landrum Award, accounted for 6 of the 20 points used to beat the Bears 20-6. Photo by Darryl Yee. up the water they go back to the locker room to retrieve the bandages and equipment that the players might need during the game ON THE SIDELIN ES porters gather the game to line up in team forms a huge human side of the goalpost. After practicing, the band and drill team depart from the field. Lights flash on and off as silence pre- vails over the stadium. Chairs are being filled, but the stands are still relatively empty. Spectators are in clumps, sepa- rated by aisles of vacant chairs. THE MAIN EVENT Muffled claps are heard as the foot- ball teams come out of the locker room and run out onto the field to warm-up. Pictures are snapped and Go Red Go is shouted as parents and admirers watch the players exercise. Counting jumping jacks, the player's voices echo around the stadium in husky unison. Half the team warms-up and practices strategic plays as the other half observes the opposing team's players and estimates the strength of the opposition. Staggering onto the field because of their heavy load, trainers and managers carry Igloos full of water and Gatorade onto the sidelines. They set the Igloos down on a table but. regardless of their attempts to be careful, water splashes on the plastic turf, making it slippery. After preparing the coolers and wiping to GCUOD. stand up and cheers and ollow the players off the the players run off the turf the band starts to play Song as supporters partially sing and yell the words to the song. Silence ensues and tension mounts. The clock slowly runs ddwn until it is game- time. Fans leave the arena to go and buy something to satisfy their nervousness. The concession stands are crowded with people buying food or purchasing souvenirs. t A The foyer is jammed with people eat- inggbuttery popcorn and hotdogs smothered in relish, onions, and drip- pingwith-steaming chili. Other fans are seen drinking icy cold cokes out of plastic Oiler cups which are trickling with drops of precipitaion. finishes the warm-up f . in small the school THE COUNT DOWN Hello's and How have you been's are passed between friends as they run into each other.. Aisles are packed with fans trying to find seats: obscentities are mumbled as people trip down the ramps while holding a box packed full of peanuts, popcorn, and drinks. Money is transferred as gam- blers bet on the favored team. A The swish and rustle of pom-poms is recognized as the Markettes march out of the reserved section and form two ' s down the length of the forecasting the is placed at parallel lme field Ahuge defeat of the the by the Wran- l s estless and tension the ger. r fa n s white the number is their The game s l2 minutes. Standing in the middle of the lane. the cheerleaders anxiously anticipate the Football Team's arrival. The band blasts the school Fight Song again, and the trombones sway to the beat of the music. The crowd stands and the shouts become a ceaseless roar and the words of encouragement can not be distin- guished from the continual thunder of voices. The cheerleaders begin running down the lane. Crashing through the sign symbolizing the'opposition's defeat, the Football Team follows closely behind the cheerleaders. As the players run out of Victory Lane a huge huddle is formed. Remaining standing, the fans continue to support the team. Vibrating the floor, the band starts to play the drum-roll. As the drums become a continual beat, the fans start to yell, Go, Go Go . . in a monotonous tone. Silence quickly engulfs the stadium as the two opposing teams line up for the kickoff. The play is' made and the kickoffgis completed. The Football Team is' back in the Astrodome. - 30 team. et and now reads - Carol Roberts Varsity Football 229