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

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TURNING HIS SHOULDER to deliver the ball, CONGRATLILATING BRENT NALLEY, sopho- Tony Perry freshman, hurlsapitch in between more, on scoring a run, Greg Floyd junior, innings. Perry was a member of the junior prepares to take his turn at bat. Floyd batted varsity summer league team. .500 during the regular season. Garland Daily News Photo Garland Daily News Photo 45, . emi na Nw ,. O The North Garland baseball program was only one of two programs ln the area that field ed a junior varsity summer league team The only other school to sponsor such a team was North Mesquite High competitor The team was made up of players of all grade classifica tions including Incoming fresh men It served as sort of an in to the world of high school baseball and it let them know what to expect from the team and what was expected of them by the team The team played other teams from all over the North teams such as West Mesquite and Forney were usually of a 4 A classification This pre sea son play provided a warm up for the players and readled troduction for these freshmen them for the upcomlng season -Mark R. Murphy School, a district 9-AAAAA Texas area. These opposing '87 pw amaze G I5

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Raiders Meet Fotmidable D ER ARIES f V Rises To Frrst In District Despite Constant Owl Rivalry The Raiders first rose to promi- nence early in their season. During the summer leagues ta tournament held among various teams consisting of both varsity and junior varsity players within the districtj, the team defeated its opponents to reserve a position in the championship game. Once there, they met and ultimately lost to the Garland Owls, the team that would be a foil to the J.V. team for the entire regular season. Practice began in late February of 1987 as the team began to prepare for its opening game with Highland Park. After school workouts usually began at three o'clock and lasted as late as 6:30, as coach Roy Denny repeatedly drilled the players in such areas as running, batting, and throw- ing. The team's first game resulted in a victory, but the next game set the team back. The Raiders suffered 1987 JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL 8-2-1 NG OPP 7-5, 12-6 South Garland 7-3, 4-4 Garland 5-2, 6-8 North Mesquite 4-3 Mesquite 6-3, 5-4 Highland Park 4-9 Plano East 7-3 tbistrictl Garland I2 Q Spam their first loss of the season to Plano East. At first, l never had any doubts about our success as a team, said Jeff Thompson. senior. When I saw those Plano East players, all I could think of was 'big '. The Raiders met the Owls again, two games and two victories later, and, once again the Raiders failed to emerge victorious. l don't know why we had so much trouble with Garland, said Brent Cuba. senior. We just tried our hardest to win, but things never really seemed to come together. The Owls and the Raiders met a second time during a midseason bout. Both were closing in on the district championship, and a victory for either would provide a stepping stone in their search for a champion- ship. The result of the game was nei- ther a victory or a loss for either team. The score stood at 6-6 after fourteen innings of play. The game was lasting too long and it was getting ridiculous because it was so dark. Nobody could see a thing so we just called it off and stopped playing, Billy Holbert. ju- nior, said. The end of the season found the Raiders the top team in the district and they made the district champion- ships. There they met for a third time their arch rivals, the Garland Owls. This time, though, the outcome was strikingly different from the previous encounters. The Raiders beat their longtime foes in the most important game of the season and were crowned best in district. We worked hard all year and when it came down to the line, we redeemed ourselves, said coach Roy Denney. -Robert F Josey l9B7 JUNIOR VARSlTY BASEBALL-Front Row: Paul Tom Pasinski, Greg Floyd, Rich Genovese. Not Picturedg Odle. Chris Allen. Larry Rockwell, Jason Lawrence, Coach Roy Denney. Robby Bereuter. Second Row: Kirby Jones, Patrick Cook,

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Contrasting Years: Rebuilding And PLAYGFFS Boys Wzrsity Team Reaches Playoffs Through Controversy Whrle Grrls Work On Improvement The outcome of the '87 season de- pended on many factors. The domi- nant one was the loss of one-third of the team's players early in the sea- son. Even though we lost so many people, we still thought we were good enough to win district, said Brian Partin. graduate. Larry Weaver was lost to a leg in- jury, Jimmy Johnson lost out to House Bill 72, and others such as Shannon Davis were dismissed be- cause of a judgement call from Coach Rose. He shouldn't base soc- cer ability on hair. lt's no judgement of how I play, said Shannon Davis. how a senior. Scheduling conflicts caused the elimination of others. Coach Rose was good, and l enjoyed working with him, said Eric Zender. graduate, who was among the six boys dis- missed for this reason. Some people chose to dwell on the positive side, despite the situation. The team practiced three days a week from 2:30 until 5:00. Coach Rose really tried to teach us as much as he could about soccer. The prac- ticing paid off when we made it to the playoffs, said Todd Davis, now a junior. ln the playoffs, the team faced J. J. Pearce, to whom they lost in Feb- ruary, and to whom they lost again with a final score of 7-2. Scoring both goals for the Raiders was Steve Arm- strong. graduate. lf we had all of our original members, we would have had a much better game. Maybe we wouldn't have won, but it would have been much more competitive, said Chris Carboni. now a junior. The boys ended with a record of 8- 7 overall and a record of 8-4 in dis- trict play. The Raiders won on guts, shape, and a lot of pride! said Steve Armstrong. graduate. The girls' soccer team had difficul- ties similar to those of the boys' team. There were four significant in- juries resulting in a decrease in play- ers. Low grades contributed to the de- crease, so positions had to be altered to accomodate the losses. The Lady Raiders persisted in their efforts to defeat their opponents despite the problems. We wanted to win for the players VIEWPOINTS The one thing l liked best about the soccer games was when we played like a team A lot of the time we worked well together The team had some new ad justments because of our new coach but that didnt stop us from doing our best Bettina Buch MGS The determination and team efforts of everyone proved to be rewarding and worthwhile because we had one of our best seasons ever' Shan Plum Each game was work so we never looked beyond the week s game Todd Davis that got hurt so we tried harder, said manager Amy Morgan. now a senior. Linder the guidance of Mrs. Flow- ers. who was in her first year as head soccer coach, the girls worked to make it to the playoffs. Their prac- tices were held from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. three days a week. We had a chance, but we didn't go to the play- offs. We were very disappointed, said Kerry Freeman. now a junior. They didn't accomplish as much as they thought possible, but they were content with their improve ment. We had definitely improved over the past couple of years, and I think we'll continue to improve, said Kim Lambert, now a senior. -Wendy Watts Receiving the ball, Amy Box, now a senior, fulfills her duties as a mid fielder. The game against Mesquite was held at Williams Stadi- um in March. Photo courtesy of Garland Daily News In the game against South Garland, mid fielder Erin Galbraith. now a sophmore, takes advan- tage of her chance at a free ball. As a mid fielder Galbraith was given an opportunity to aid her teammates. Photo courtesy of Garland Daily News