Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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AFTER PRACTICE, Kristie Fink takes a break. She swam the 100 yard breast stroke and made finals in the District meet. Photo by Scott Waughtal. MEMBERS OF THE SWIMMING TEAM ARE, BOTTOM ROW: Laura Thomas, Kim Corey, Kristin Fink, Nancy Hausman, Meg Stow, Suzy Lovejoy. SECOND ROW: Chrissy Roehm, Monica Pope, Susan Hart, Eileen Galvin, Kerry Galvin, Ellen Roehm, Casey Conley. THIRD ROW: David Dale, Larry Leo- nard, Tim Allish, David Combs, Mathew Kra- toville, Steve Orr. FOURTH ROW: David Eas- ley, Paul Tucker, Steve Burg, Cordie Stehr, Steve Rives, Eddie Johnson. TOP ROW: Larry Craft, Brian Malarky, Rinse Brink, Mike Tonery, Sjoerd Brink, Trey Herndon, Dean Putterman, and Coach Ed Lusk. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. Lac of Q Shave to state n the Monday after Spring break, students with red, sun burnt faces and peeling bodies filtered through the mass confusion in the halls. but even they did not stand out while there were more unfamiliar looks around. Friends stopped talking and started staring when boys with clean shaven heads, wearing sunglasses and Mustang Var- sityjackets glided by. At closer observation, students eyed the distinct swimming patches on the red jackets. indicating that the wearers could only be aqua jocks - not any aqua jocks. but the 1978 State Cham- pion swimmers. On March I7 and 18. Mustang Boys' Team swimmers took a trip to Austin and came back as State Champs by compiling 43 team points. I thought we were going to do better, but because of the medley fwe got disqualifiedj we lost I4 points. said Sophomore swim- mer Dean Putterman. But since Clear Lake's medley got disqualified. it really didn't hurt us. Boys Swim Captain Senior Mike Tonery placed first in the IOO yard back stroke and second in the 200 yard individual medley. Senior Rinse Brink won second place in the 500 yard free style and picked up a third in the 200 yard individual medley. Sophomore Dean Putterman took a first in the 100 yard breast stroke. while a team of Junior Trey Herdon, Sopho- more Sjoerd Brink, Rinse Brink. and Tonery capped the scoring with a sec- ond in the 400 yard free style relay. To get to the State Finals. the boys rallied at the Region V meet while the girls did not place. Long and hard prac- tices were needed. however. to take them to such success. We had one of the best teams this year because we had a chance to win state and we were together as a team. which we hadn't before. said Tonery. The team had a better attitude this year. With the new coach things were smoother, said Sophomore Kim Corey of Coach Ed Lusk. About 80 per cent of the swimmers were in the AAU program which was 262 - Swimming- DL'jJlll dexigri ln' Sfltlfilll Dm'ic.s

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Nd TEAM ACTION Freshman Robert Wallace, C503 goes for the C205 and John Howell watch from the Wallace was the leading rebounder scorer on our team. Photo by Chris Barber. ON THE DEFENSE, Alan Blohmdahl C103 tries to cover Spring Woods in the Gym. Photo by Christ Barbero. 41 -B105 For The new-a Fish take big jump out of pond ll uarterback sneak on two. What? You heard mel But Coach this is Basketball sea- son. The Freshman A-team and B-team joined together under a football coach turned basketball coach to not only have a successful season but to win the district crown! Coach Bill Cronin was the Best coach l ever had, freshman Alan FRESHMAN B BASKETBALL TEAM, BOTTOM ROW: Rick Saron, Randy Smith, Duncan McKall, Chip Dudley, Paul Puntch, John Howell, Scott Reamer. SECOND ROW: Coach Bill Cronin, Dan Thompson, Robert Wallace, Mike Minnis, Duane Franklet, Joe Doss. FRESHMAN A BASKETBALL TEAM, BOTTOM ROW: Alan Blomclahl, Mark Krog, Craig Keeble, Bill Gage. SECOND ROW: Coach Bill Cronin, Reid Get- tys, John Stavinoha, Scott Michaelson, Tommy Davis, and Joe Doss. Blohmdahl said. Freshman Reid Gettys said, He had to come in and learn what we did right after football season. He was greatf' With his help the A-team posted a I4-0 record while the B-team only lost one with a I3-l record. ' Spring Woods was the only game we lost, Freshman Randy Smith said. The B-team was led by Smith who was their Captain and Robert Wallace. Smith said, He fWallaceJ was the leading rebounder and scorer. On the A-team leadership was exhib- ited by several players. Freshman Scott Michaelson said, There was no really specific one. Blohmdahl disagreed saying I think Mark Krog and Reid Gettys were lead- ers. Gettys had more experience and knows how to shoot goodf' These players added special talents to an already strong team. We were an offensive team, Blohmdahl said. We worked the ball around a lot and went for the open shot. Teamwork and hustle, added Get- tys, but then he admitted, Our inside attack was a- little weak because we didn't have much sizef' Outside of District the team also showed fine efforts. In Klein we lost in the finals of their tournament, and at Spring Branch we won the consola- tion. stated Gettys. The main thing that helped the team this year and will be a positive factor in the years to come, was stated by Get- tys, We all got along with no fighting and stuff. - 30 - -Jerry Shmff Cronin's Crew 261

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