Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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.

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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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OPPOSITE PAGE: DURING THE WESTCHESTER GAME, Forward Craig Reid f30j tries to block the ball while forward Jim Muschalik C405 watches. We're playing a tenacious defense, said Muscha- lik. We beat them by six, that put us in first place in district. We won the first round with a record of 6-1 Photo by Kathy Epps. OPPONENT MHS OPPONENT Sam Houston fSoph.7 59 41 Sharpstown CSoph.J 48 38 Bellaire CJ.V.J 48 41 Bellaire fSoph.J 48 34 Lee-Houston tSoph.D 45 30 Spring CSoph. and J.V.J 52 48 78 45 Klein 51 50 Clear Creek fSoph.5 78 40 Pasadena 56 46 Cy-Fair CJ.V,b 62 66 Jesuit CSoph.J 78 35 Spring CJ.V.J 50 48 Conroe QSoph.J 34 42 Spring Branch 51 36 Hastings 44 48 Elsik 74 57 Stratford 61 33 Westchester 62 56 Spring Woods 55 49 Northbrook 67 55 Spring Branch 56 60 Hastings 53 49 Elsik 47 43 Stratford 69 63 Westchester 56 87 Spring Woods 76 73 Northbrook 67 76 WON: 21, LOST: 6 AFTER BEING RUN INTO BY A WESTCHESTER OPPONENT, Center Chuck Keeble 1323 attempts to regain his balance. Forward Scott Bolding 4245 and guard Willy Nichols H145 keep the ball away from their competition. l'm forcing him to run over me, said Keeble. Photo by Kathy Epps. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM, BOTTOM ROW: Carl Schmidt, Jim Ogen, Jim Dunn, Ricky Jenkins. SECOND ROW: Coach Guy Barre, David Doss, Craig Calrton, Brain Stoller, Scott Krieger, Craig Reid, Philip Topek, Rusty Darsey. TOP ROW: Kenny Cameron, Gary Phillips, Tony Merrill, Rich' ard Manning, Joe Huggins, Mark Gettys. Photo by David Leachman. Bnrre's Crew ' 259