Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

Page 260 text:

254 ' Colemcn's Crew ,-.4 VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM, BOTTOM ROW3 AT THE ELSIK GYM Senior Guard Andy Mefferd starts C03Ch GUY Baffef AfldY Meffefdf Cfalglcaflfonf to penetrate. Mefferd was the only Senior to play three Chuck Keeble, 50011 B0'd'nQf -109 MCG 'm'5f . years on Varsity. He played Junior Varsity as a Coach Don Cloeman. SECOND ROW: Dan' Muschalik, Freshman, photo by Dany' yee. Kevin Coleman, Mike Felice, Flobert Merrill, Charles Beigel, Matt Strictland, Mark Johnson, and Bob Donald. Photo by Trent Rosenthal.

Page 259 text:

y .1 ., F i. . f ig ..,...i.,. ,t ' 4, .. - U... -1610-S asf, , eg -V ,ff wif liz? ., , , , ,,,, . . ey... rr J .Q . J. V ..,, If t., . 7 PT - - iliifiie - . 1' .h:flifQ'1Qf'.' f i,f?Qi f14.2g,:,f Qfiglif':1gf?4ftl'tf:i2i aii-s'4'5i?5?5 t',i-:rt--it ' ' P ,. or 1' 51- ,-Q wi,-1p.a.rf.u 1, fif,v-,.'- .- 1 , -' , -. - 4 ' -Eff' tuii-1.4 ,Q-Q!gnJ2i'r.lss11i1,', 2?1Ew1.1'.' , V ' i 1-i..s41if.f:f:-3-'a as'f:.:,vi?er-ygfQ,qffig:i:ain'i,,',:..3-H , , ..,g,f,,g-M , 1 wg-1 ' icitfgwr- 1. .vfmgsvqf 1: ...,i',1.2,11., w .455-1,3 wg, ur. V- .A 1 I- ty b:seaS:ai3...L.i:fsv,lLm,a::.gg2'Jks..f: f K , ,.,.:.,2eni11'.1t..1fzai3FQ:?.i, 5. gp.:-1-fi'-.f. i.fx2:f:. . DURING A GAME AT THE COLISEUM Senior Mark Johnson takes a free throw. Johnson wanted to win at least 20 games for the last season which the Varsity succeeded in doing. Photo by Tom Freireich. ABOVE: HANDS GET READY AS Senior Rob- ert Merrill, 1505, and Junior Joe McGinnis 1101, get set in rebounding. This was Mer- rill's second year as a Mustang starter. Photo by Darryl Yee. OPPOSITE PAGE: BRAZOSWOOD TRIES TO PENE- TRATE ON Sophomore Charles Biegel C403 and Senior Mark Johnson C443 in the Coliseum Classic. l The Varsity avenged the loss of the football team in Brazoswood. The Mustangs lost in the semifinals of the tournament. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. OPPONENT MHS OPPONENT Sam Houston 39 52 Sharpstown 54 49 Bellaire 43 40 Robert E. Lee 44 51 Spring 56 65 Klein 53 41 Brazoswood 66 59 Westbury 44 46 Pasadena 55 48 Rayburn 63 49 Dobie 47 48 Pasadena 61 32 Conroe 66 45 La Porte 54 52 De Ridder 39 53 French 71 46 La Porte 54 42 Silsbee 49 50 Spring Branch 54 49 Hastings 45 36 Elsik 83 55 Stratford 32 42 Westchester 48 50 Spring Woods 49 59 Northbrook 45 37 Spring Branch 54 53 Hastings 47 45 Elsik 71 49 Stratford 49 57 Westchester 48 40 Spring Woods 43 57 Northbrook 60 62 WON: 20, LOST: 12 Coleman's Crew ' 253

Page 261 text:

THE CLASSIC Junior Matt Strictland 1543 gets captained the Varsity during the season. one of two Junior regulars to return next year. Photo by Yee. TO SET UP A PLAY Sophomore Charles Biegel C403 tries to get in position. Senior Mark John- son f-445 comes to the aid of Siegel in the game against Stratford. Stratford was the only district opponent to beat the Varsity twice. Photo by Darryl Yee. 2+2 EqualsTwentyTwo A lot of time, o lot of work, and the results Conlinuedfrom page 252 ll5 during district. Johnson, who was second in rebounding during the dis- trict portion of the season, said, We had some pretty good rebounders. That was one of our strongest points. Although Coleman led in scoring during district with 139 points he was followed closely by Merril with l28 points and Johnson with 124 points. Our general teamwork can be attrib- uted to that. Junior Matt Strickland said. All the scoring was balanced out. Overall though, Mefferd said. Matt Strickland was our floor leader. He really knew what was going on on the court. His leadership was shown through his leading the team in assists. During the season Strickland contributed 202 out of the team's 495 assists. Strickland may have been the leader. but the team was unique in that each member shared in the making of its success. Our strongest point was our all around team ability, Johnson said. We had good shooters and a pretty well-balanced offense. Merril said. We had some even scoring between the players. Other players which added to the scoring were Junior Mike Felice and Sophomroe Charlie Biegel. To put all these players together into one cohesive unit they needed a good coach. In Coach Don Coleman they knew they had one. He was a really dedi- cated man, Mefferd said. He was really interested in High School basket- ball and he was interested in develop- ing boys when they are young. Youth played an important role for Coleman with all but four players being non-seniors. Strickland thought this youth might have been detrimental during the season but would help in the future. lt definitely will help in the future. Strickland said. We had a couple of sophomores who got Varsity experi- ence and will have a lot more depth next year because of it. Coleman's coaching not only helped during the District competition but also in the many tournaments the team entered. We got into the semi-finals in all three tournaments we entered, stated Mefferd. We only lost each of the games by two points. Teamwork played the most impor- tant role during these games. Merril said. We played well as a team and had good teamwork. As far as the team was concerned only a few areas hurt them during the season. Our shooting from the freeth- row line was extremely weak, stated Strickland. C-UHIIIIIICQI unpugc 156 Colemcn's Crew 255