Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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lher ciction. . . n the court the broad muscular specimen drove for lay-up. Awe ed the air as muscles tensed in the id motion. The athlete's physique was thrill to w on the playing field, court or na. but it could present real prob- s to the athlete as he moved in the rld outside his sport. Many athletes faced with the prob- of extra broad shoulders, extra ge chest, extra thick necks, compen- ed by buying extra big clothes that lose but not good. Athlete Junior Matt Strickland had lved his problem in another way. He as an ambitious basketball player th a jock body who makes his own irts. I have fairly broad shoulders so I often have trouble fitting the body and sleeve length. he explained. He usually bought the pattern and redoes it the way it would fit to his size. The design was fairly the same every time except the color. he said. In the material shops he mostly feels out of place. I'm usually the only guy there, Strickland said. I feel kind of foolish among all those ladies. But this way he could pick out what- ever he wanted. Strickland said. By making my own shirts I could get any color and material I feel comfortable in. About two years ago Strickland first became interested in this work when he saw a black football player on televi- sion who made his own pants. He made them just the way he wanted to. He put stars on the sides and took any kind of material - and he even made extra money that way. PLEASED WITH A VICTORY Varsity player Matt Strictland eyes the scoreboard, Photo by Cam Heullel. , Strickland remembered. He doesn't want to make any profit nor does he feel any special kind of pride in having made his own shirts. I just do it for the variety of a new shirt and it usually will fit me better. He already has made six shirts and he accepts a little help from his mother - only on sewing. Strickland said. I'll learn to do this too, because it could come in handy for college. - 30 - Vera Russwurm CoIemcln's Crew ' 257

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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

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ON A MAN ON MAN PRESS, Junior Craig Carl- ton defenses his Elsik opponent. Carlton teamed with Junior Scott Bolding as the high scorers on Junior Varsity. The Junior Varsity coasted to a second place finish in district. Photo by Darryl Yee. J.V. Scored J.V. strong in '78 armups begin with Mom and Dad watching. Two minutes before the game a girl friend of one of the players comes in. Finally some of the Varsity players come in. But where were the fans? Underrated and many times unseen the Junior Varsity continued to carry their own load. '5We won more games than the Freshman or the Varsity, Junior Craig Carlton said. Sophomore Craig Reid said. We did better than anyone thought we would do. When we were freshmen we didn,t do so good. Coach Barre really put together a good team. Many players found it easy to praise Coach Guy Barre on molding the team. Coach Barre is the best J.V. Coach, Carlton said. He always seemed to get the most out of the playersf' Barre had a hard job but many strong points to work with. 'SQuick- nessf' Junior Scott Bolding said was the team's strongest point. We could get down the court faster than the other teamsf' he added, and score some quick buckets. Carlton also thought intimidation was a major factor. Chuck Keeble averaged three rejections a game, Carlton said. 'llt intimidated other Borre's Crew 'H . Two plcm for '79 teams and got our adrenalin flowing. These strong points on many teams would be equalized by weak points, but Reid said, We didn't have any weak points? Leadership came to the team from many directions. Bolding said, g'Carl- ton was real vocal and got everyone going. Carlton joined Bolding as the two top scorers on the team. Besides rejections Keeble helped Mark Gettys as leading rebounders. HDavid Graves and Willy Nichols helped when they came off the bench and gave a spark, added Carlton. This network of players came in a close second in district to Westchester but did accomplish one goal. We were the only team in the district to beat Westchesterf, Carlton said. Besides district the team participated in many tournaments with many hon- ors. Craig Carlton was all-tournament at Cy-Fair and Mark Gettys was all- tournament at Aldine. The J.V. team is the place for hard work and minimum recognition, yet as Craig Reid said, I think we all had fun and a good time playing together. The hard work and fun combined to produce a J.V. team Memorial could be proud of. - 30 - -Jerrjv Shrqff . -A , Ysmsf y ,.,- s - K f.,-,,,.---M - AT THE GAME AGAINST ROBERT E. LEE, Center Mark Gettys goes for a free throw. According to Gettys it takes a lot ot arch and a lot of spin to get a free throw in. Mustangs won by a score of 73-63. Photo by David Leachman.