Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Cn the ound -T Dribblers excel under pressure The Varsity squad leaped to an start in their first two crushing Reagan by 20 points and brow-beating Sharpstown 34 points j67-331. A measure of the Mustangs depth versus the Bellaire Cardinals. Captain Reid Gettys sank two in the final seconds of to edge by the Cardinals 58-56. Following victories over Robert E. ee, jersey Village, Klein, Sharp- town, Northbrook and Reagan, the ustangs reached an ebbing tide in heir season. Beginning with a one point loss to estchester I48-47 to decide the Col- Classicj, the Mustangs began a losing four out of seven games with losses to Milby, Port Ar- Lincoln and Spring. We lost the four games we lost at beginning just because, they were teams and we still weren't as a team. At half time, Coleman would tell us that to up, we would have to start off the second half. The reason we losing at the half in the first was because we didn't start off at the beginning of the game. He ouio tell us not to try and get it back ll at once, but just to pace ourselves build it back, explained junior Poerschke. Following victories over Dulles 31, 54-461 and La Porte I67-451, Gam siem QQQKURIQ 0 5 junior Stuart Sanders was called up from the junior Varsity bringing the roster to 10 and the Mustangs opened their district schedule opposing Katy. It had to happen because there were only nine people on the Varsity team. He jColemanj said he thought I'd do a good job although I might not see much playing time. I was just glad I could gain the experience. The levels of play from the j.V. level to Varsity are a bit different, declared Saunders. Soundly, the Mustangs defeated Katy j69-48j and then went on to defeat Northbrook 47-43. We barely won that Northbrook game, we had to come from behind to win it. Our problem was that we weren't starting off well and getting the big gain. When we would start off bad and fall behind, we'd really have to work to catch up, explained junior Eric Poerschke. Continuing their domination of district play, the Varsity squad defeated Spring Branch, Westchester, Spring Woods, Stratford and Elsik. Narrowly easing by Elsik j55-531 the Mustangs defeated Hastings to clinch the first round of district play and remain undefeated. At the beginning of the season, we hadn't played tough competition. We were still a young team and we hadn't yet gotten it all together when we lost those four games. By the time district came around, we were tuned up and ready to play, explained junior Andrew Adair. A new year arrived and with it came the beginning of the second round of district play. Since the Mustangs had won the first round of district play outright, opposing teams would now have to win the second round by defeating the Mustangs if they held any hopes of gaining a URURI4 2 2 UKUR YNEHOIPQQ, A 3 0 K Q ,,,,.. . x...i 'T tafs. -1... -...-.,-Varsity Scores -- Northbrook 59-47 Westchester 47-48 Katy 69-48 Northbrook 47-43 Spring Branch 57-44 Westchester 36-31 Stratford 57-38 Spring Woods 61-56 Elsik 55-53 Hastings 49-34 Katy 63-42 Northbrook 45-43 Spring Branch 65-49 Westchester 57-42 Stratford 72-42 Spring Woods 68-63 Elsik 47-42 -Hastings 76-55 Corpus Christi Carroll 56-49 Austin 51-58 Madison 54-56 Final Record 31-1 playoff berth. This was not to be, as the Varsity Mustangs triumphed over all the district 17-5A teams winding up their district season, silencing Hastings 76-55, and clinching a playoff spot in the state title race. After winning district, we felt good, but we knew what was ahead continued on page 110 Strong defense kept Memorials opponents trailing. junior Andrew Adair attempts to keep a Stratford Spartan from passing the ball to a teammate. Photo by jim Tomforde. Varsitv Basketball O 109