North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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'71 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY 10 AAAA Mesqulte eleventh South Oak Cliff eighth sixteenth uhrecorded tenth seventh unrecorded North Garland fourth District fourth

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Et 4-I C 3 O O CD CD O L O 11 O D7 E Li. 22 Tee off T03 running start Fall was a season of good weather and a good time for outdoor activities, The cross country and golf teams took advantage of the weather to run in meets and swing their clubs. These teams went to various places to represent NG and did a good job. During the fall, cross coun- try runners repeatedly left their mark wherever they ran. The Raider milers were consist -ent by having at least one runner in the top ten places in all but one meet. Coach Bill Horn attributes that to their growing program, We've grown from tour boys to thirty, and that is the only way to have a good cross country teamg to have a number of runners. The cross country team ran well in the city meet and in the district meet when they placed first and third overall. Mike Davis, a senior and re- gional qualitier, was the top runner for the Raiders. Davis was consistent throughout the year. He took first place in the city meet and second in the district meet. Carl Elliott placed 1 1th in the district meet, but only the top five places qualified for the re- gional competition. Coach Horn is looking fonivard come a long way and we will have some very strong runners, Eddie Stutts, a freshman, will be a certain returning pros- pect. Coach Horn commented, He has been running good times and will definitely be a good competitor in the future. The junior varsity was glad to get this year's experience under their belt. They won two meets and placed second in an- other. The strong runners for the boys' junior varsity were Larry Davis, Lawrence Minnis, Mike Shawn, Danny lnivin and Steve Runnels. Proof that girls can with- stand a great amount of run- ning was shown by the girls' cross country team. Coach Rosemary Madziar stated, Cross country takes a lot of will power and determination, there is an enormous amount of run- ning and therefore a lot of aches and pains that go along with it. Suzanne Hallman, the only senior miler, had not run cross country since her freshman year. Coach Madziar commented, Suzanne always ran good times and was always within the top five of our runners. Diana Walters and Kathy Cernosek, both sophomores, ran with junior varsity and continually against juniors and seniors didn't bother me. l just tried my best. -The best team efforts came during the North Garland girls' meet and the district meet where they placed fourth at each outing, Contributing individually in the North Garland girls' meet were Kathy Cernosek and Wendy Pippin, placing 1 ith and 17th respectively. Suzanne Hallman, senior, Melissa Latta, afresh- man running both varsity and jv and Donna Crafts, sophomore, all placed in the low twenties. During the district meet, Diana Walters, Kathy Cernosek and Wendy Pippin placed 13th, 14th and 17th, all with good times. Suzanne Hallman and Tammie lrwin placed 21 st and 22nd respectively. The girls' junior varsity cross country team ran excep- tionally well. Their best two meets were the Arlington meet and the district meet where they placed second overall in each meet. Strong runners for the junior varsity were Suzie Schnitzius, Jana Hashert, Renee Whited and Beth West. Competition on the fairways was rarely demonstrated this fall by the Raider clubbers. The golf team was in only two tournaments, the Mesquite invi- tational in Mesquite and the Highland Park Invitational at Sheryl Park in Richardson. They placed sixth overall in the Mesquite tournament. Coach Randy Wisener said, We just needed more exper- ience, five sophomores and two seniors made up our whole golf team. Marty Stooksberry, a sophomore, earned fourth place individually in the Mesquite tourney. This is just a re- Coach Wisener added. Clubbers found it difficult to gain experience due to the closing of Duck Creek Golf Course. Coach Wisener replied, When we get settled down to a new course and with the return- ing of Dan Butts in the spring, we should do better. The de- manding expenses contributed fhe problem of no facilities. lt was felt that since players already forked out the dough for necessities, an additional fee to play at a decent course was unfair. As fall ended so did cross country trackg however, golf lingered on to represent NG in tournaments. Like several other sports, both teams look fonivard tothe future. BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY lO-AAAA Mike Davis, N Regional Qualifier South Oak Cliff seventh Southwest recorded Arlington recorded I Jesuit unrecorded Mesquite sixth Waco unrecorded City first District third to the next running season. He explained, This fall we've ended up with the best times. recalled, Running building year for us we have such a , 9 GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY TRACK TEAM -- FRONT ROW: Stacy Shires Ctrainerj, Renea Whited, Debbie Marlow tmanageri, Susan Kaiser, Carla Endies. SECOND ROWz Beth West, Kathy Cernosek. Crafts. BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY TRACK TEAM - FRONT ROW: Larry Whitt, Bob Green, Adlai Pena, Cerny, Kyle Edwards, Mike Shawn, Carl Elliott, Ron Fass, Eddie Stutls, Mike Davis, David Koberlein. Larry Davis, Danny lrwin. SECOND ROW: Coach Bruce 1

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iS Gflll I t Fai lXD -lb- Makin' use of what they've got Practice, scrimmage, practice were the most frequent words used during the fall by the varsity and junior varsity tennis teams. Vile have a young team and need a lot of rebuilding to make up for the loss of the graduated seniors, stated Coach Bert Curtis. lf weather permitted, the jv and varsity practiced from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Due to the lack of facilities, the teams had to practice at various courts in Garland. lt was hard to coach when all the players were in different places, remarked Coach Curtis. In order to become jv players, students were required to try out and needed potential of eventually becoming a varsity player. Varsity qualifications included being adequately ready to compete in local area and district play. Junior Regina Reimer commented, lt takes a lot of dedication and self motivation to become a good competitive tennis player. Sweat suits and tennis balls were supplied by the Athletic Department, however, racquets, shoes, practice pants and socks were left up to each individual player to buy. The expenses presented a problem, and since each player had to buy his own equipment it was felt that they should not pay a fee to practice on other courts. Last year around January, I was talking to Coach Curtis and he said that he needed an assistant coach, so I volunteered My specialty is the junior varsity remarked assistant coach Ms. Sharon Hodges. We have a lot of potential, but will have to work hard to make it pay off, The Raider team played a tournament at Denison and sophomore Bill Manning and junior Gary Austin placed first. They played good and hard, said Coach Hodges. Overall, it was a season for reshaping both jv and varsity teams. As the old saying goes practice makes perfect, and practice was exactly what the tennis team did. Coach Curtis concluded, We expect great things in the future. While practicing lor tuture varsity competition, junior Regina Reimer stretches in a backhand position in order to hit the ball, A three-year tennis veteran, Regina took 6 lessons at Hutfines Park for S30 last summer, Before the opening matches tor vars: ty begins, junior Rhonda Ellison tries to get down the path ofthe sewing position Rhonda spends at least ten hours a week practicing on her own. GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM - FRONT ROW Tracy Holland, Kirn Martin, Jan Whilacre. Regina Reimer. Rhonda Ellison BACK ROW Coach Bert Curtis. L nda Mont omer P m k Lau aMcCor Y Q Y' 3 3 5995- Y Yi Assistant Coach Ms Sharon Hodges