Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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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.

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IN A COLISEUM GAME Junior Guard Joe McGinnis dribbles down the court. McGinnis played on a team which won 22 games through- out the season. l-le ioiried Mike Felice and Matt Strictland as Juniors who saw much playing time. Photo by Darryl Yee, THE DREAM OF EVERY BASKETBALL PLAYER, the perfect swish, no movement of the net and the addition of one or more points. Photo by Davind Leachman. RETREATING, Senior Kevin Coleman defenses a Spring Woods player. Photo by Darryl Yee. 256 Colemcn's Crew ff akw. mgpmx C0lIIil1U6dfI'0H1 page 255 Johnson added. Our weakest point was our freethrows but injuries hurt us a lot also. If we could have improved these categories we could have won dis- trictf' A second place finish was accom- plished. The last shot taken - no more yell- ing. no more hard work. Looking back one sees a team that was successful through teamwork and good coaching. Adding Up The Scores Roundbollers put it together in '78