Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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WITH EXHAUSTION AND ANTICIPATION, Sen- iors Katy Rivas and Leigh Hurley stop during a meet. Leigh has been on the team for three years and is one of the prominent runners. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. 276 ' Track PRACTICES IN THE AFTERNOON consist of try- ing new techniques for each personal event. Mike Fowler trys ways to clear the hurdles dura ing workout. Photo by Gala Holt. if WUFTFTEC Track teams compete at State C onlinued from page 2 74 and Janis Doan came in third in the 1500 meters. Leigh Hurley and Disa Lewis fin- ished second and first in the 440 and 880 respectively. Compiling 138 points, the girls won the Klein meet on March 31. Karen Carter and Marilyn McNaughton finished first and second in the highjump and Lisa Rawl won in her event, the discus throw. The mile relay finished in first place and both the 880 and 440 yard relays came in second place. In the mile run, Janis Doan finished first while in the 880 she came in third behind Disa Lewis who won the race. Patti Grimm finished second and Leigh Hurley finished first in the 220 and 440 yard dash respectively, The Boy's team placed first in the Cy-Fair Relays and the Deerpark Relays. On April 7 at Alief Hastings, the girls participated in the District meet. The girls won with a 114 points, one point more than Northbrook who had 113 points. It doesn't matter how you win. though, just as long as you win it, said Miss Hobbs. In the shot put event, Kathy Rivas scored in fourth place. Lisa Rawl won in the discus throw and Disa Lewis also came in first in the long jump. Karen Carter and Marilyn McNaughton fin- ished second and third in the high jump. The relay teams placed first. second. and fourth in the mile, 880, and 440 relays. In the mile run, Janis Doan and Judy King completed the race in third and sixth place. Disa Lewis finished first in the 880 and sixth in the 100 yard dash. Leigh Hurley and Patti Grimm placed third and second in the 440 and 220 yard dash respectively. Terri Walker ran the 80 yard hurdle and placed sixth. District was also held at Alief on April 21 for the Boy's team. They accu- mulated 110 points to win District. Setting a school record with a time of 39.03, Charlie Pennington placed third in the 330 yard hurdles. Keith Gregory finished sixth in the same event with a time of 40.86. Pennington also came in third place in both the 120 yard hurdles and the highjump. Carl Heinrich set a school and dis- trict record in the pole vault with a jump of 15 feet 2 inches. Richard McGee finished third with ajump of 13 feet 6 inches. With a throw of 144 fe Mark Schroeder won the discus thro Placing fifth in both the 100 and 2 yard dash, Mike Fowler had times 9.93 and 22.7 seconds. He gave , strength where we never had before said Steiger. Steve French, Hornsby, Gig Sett gast, and Steiger made up the mi relay team. With a time of 3.26.01 mi utes, the team finished second behi Westchester. E Hornsby, with a time of l.59.78. an Steiger whose time was 2.01.25 plac first and second in the 880 yard run. I the mile, Maddox placed second an Bob Luttrell finished fifth with times 4.31 and 4.36. The girl's team finished fifth Regionals. The meet was held at Sa Jacinto Junior College on April 21 an 22. Only the top two people go fro district, explained Disa Lewis. Karen Carter placed third in the hig jump while Lisa Rawl finished secon in the discus. The mile relay team came in thir place and Disa Lewis won the 880 yar dash. Both Disa Lewis arid Lisa Ra qualified for state. g Regional for the guys was alsohel at San Jacinto Junior College fro April 28 to 29. We have the fastes region in the state, said Steiger. Heinrich tied for first in the pol vault. In the discus throw, Schroede had a throw of 169 feet. The mile relay had a time of 3.2 minutes while Steiger and Hornsby tie in the 880 meters with a time of 2.01 Maddox ran the mile with a time o 4.33. He did well but did not qualify,' said Steiger. Heinrich, who went to State May 13 in the pole vault, was the only one i the district to go. I felt privilege because only the top eight in pole vault in the state got to go to state. said Heinrich. On May 6, Disa Lewis and Lisa Rawl competed in the State meet. Lisa Rawl finished in second place with a throw of 135 feet 10 inches in the discus. She was real happy with her throw, said Disa Leiws. She improved her throw from last year which was her objective. ln the 880 yard run, Disa Lewis won State with a time of 2.l4.8. I felt like I finally got there after three years, she said. It was the first time the 880 had been

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laying the field By Susie Woodhams ven though Houston offered more cold and misty days than pleasant ones in mid February, boys interested in making the Varsity and Junior Var- sity Baseball Teams had to catch spring fever when the tryouts started. When the 15 players were named to the Varsity unit, the afternoon prac- tices lingered until 6:30 p.m., and the workouts seemed to pay off when the Varsity took home two trophies from early season tournaments. We were the first team in Memorial Baseball his- tory to win two trophies in one year. said two year letterman Bobby Martin. We got a second in the Conroe Tour- nament. and second in La Port. Finishing 14-12 for the season and 7- 7 in District, the Mustangs finished fourth in the I7-4A competition. With a starting line up consisting of catcher Ken Kelley, first baseman Brad Daw- son, Second baseman Doug Price. shortstop Rusty Hinds, third baseman Mike Weir, left fielder Martin, Ken Durkee in center field, Ed Womack in right, and Kiki DeAyala as designated hitter. We couldn't mold this team from last year,s, said Martin. From the beginning our key objective was defense, where last year it was offense. Ironically. defensive errors plagued the team, who had a good showing at the plate with a .286 team batting aver- age. Whenever we had a game with no errors, we'd kill the other team, said Weir. All you can do is take ground balls every day and work on it. Despite the lack of consistent field- ing, Price was able to lead the infield with a single error on the year. We had pretty consistent pitching from Walter and Brad. said Martin. Good work on the mound combined with a team hitting attack helped the Varsity beat Westchester twice in the late innings. After Northbrook put down the Mustangs, the Big Red Machine came right back with a 7-l victory over the Raiders. Though they were 3-4 after the first round of District. the Mustangs still had a shot at coming in first in the sec- Conlinued on page 280 AT ONE OF THE NON-DISTRICT GAMES, PLAYED ON THE J.V. PRACTICE FIELD, Pitcher Alan Clogston Catcher Kiki DeAyala, and First Baseman Brad Dawson have a pep talk. Clog- ston pitched one district game and one non-dis- trict. Photo by Bill Montgomery. Varsity Baseball - Dqllll design hi' lt'erfi' Thornliill