Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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EYEING THE BASKET Junior Matt Strictland C543 pre- pares for a free throw. Senior Andy Mefferd C141 waits in the background. The Varsity won the game in a close decision frornBrazoswood. Photo bv Darrvl Yee. Coleman s Grew scores high in district running By Jen'y Shroff ll ne more bleacherf' the coach yelled at the players during fall training. One more lap, the coach yelled as the time approached for prac- tice to be over. One more minute, the coach yelled as the last game brought the season to a close. Work, sweat. and practice came to an end. No more yelling. just looking back. and looking back to a highly suc- cessful season. We were 22-l2. Senior Mark John- son said. HI wanted to win twenty and that we did. Twenty-two wins was not enough to win District, but it helped the Varsity to finish as a contender for the crown. OnlfStratford was able to beat them both times during district. Johnson said, Stratford had a lot of team quickness and good shooters. In the first round of district Stratford won by a ten-point margin. 42-32. Stratford's second round victory was a 252 Colemcnls New Deprh zlurign hi' Carol Devlin, closer 57-49 win. Stratford, Westchester. and Spring Woods were all tough, added Senior Robert Merrill. Westchester and Spring Woods each split games with the Var- sity during district. Westchester and Spring Woods both defeated the team in the first round of district by scores of 50-48 and 59-49. These losses were revenged in the sec- ond round by 48-40, and 43-37 point margins. Besides Stratford only Northbrook was able to beat the team in the second round. After losing 45-37 in the first round Northbrook came back to win the second game by the score of 62-60. Throughout the District race there were many standouts on the team. Sen- ior Andy Mefferd stated. Robert Mer- ril was our top rebounder and Kevin Coleman was our top scorer. ln the rebounding category Meril led with 265 rebounds over the season and Confirmed on page 255

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CONCENTRATING ON THE TECHNIQUES OF THE WRAP, Junior Gene Sheils practices with cheerleader Terry Wood. The boys try- ing out did their stunts with the varsity girl cheer- leaders. Photo by Kathy Epps. MUSCLES AND LIGA- MENTS WERE STRETCHED before each practice to give the girls flexibility. Barbie Musil pushes Ann Wilson's leg up toward the wall. After practice over 40 girls beared the pain of those unknown muscles throbbing from abuse. Photo by Kathy Epps. JUNIOR CYNTHIA SOUTH- ERN PUT ON A SPIRITED SMILE before showing the crowd the routine she had learned for the occasion. Photo by Tommy Frierichz. BE TRUE T0 YOUR SCHOOL accompanied by the rustle of pom-poms was part of the cheerleader try outs. The skills of those trying out were shown to the students during a spe- cial pep rally. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. Cheerleading fry ouls 251

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