Ross S Sterling High School - Governor Yearbook (Baytown, TX)

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Relieved, excited, elated and overjoyed were the feelings that were simultaneously running through John Dizon as he was announced Valedictorian. The other nine top honor graduates had similar feelings. Each celebrant had his hardest subject, but the one that was most complained about was math-related sub- jects. Jennifer Walker com- mented, Elementary analysis was a killer!” Karen Roberts elaborated. Calculus is most definitely the biggest pain of a class I’ve ever had. It's really frustrating to work hard for something and still come up short when grades go out. Other classes that gave Expressing those similar feelings trouble were history and English. Greg Abshier com- mented. “Ms. (Nora) Clark was very hard, but I feel I got a lot out of her class. The honorees all agreed that their parents and siblings had a great deal of influence on their studies. Everett Auzenne said, My sister Brenda, a former Valedic- torian, was the biggest in- fluence for me. As far as studying went, John summed it up neatly. He said. I have to study just like everyone else. If anyone thinks that it comes naturally then they're only fooling themselves. Photo» by M. Turrve; Top 10 63

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84 AND THE FINAL the major purpose of partici- pating in these extracurricular activities. HIGHLIGHTS Though not everyone of the different sports ended up on top. both in boys and girls divi- sions, every time a feeling of pride still shone through. With soccer beginning this year, Ricky Adamus said, We were basically a young team in every way. As both players and team mature as a whole, we won’t be Coach Stewart kicks off sport 66 Grady Williams wins Heart Award 68 Stacy Mullins honored 74 beat! Stephone Leaks leads scorers All of the hours of prepara- 80 tion paid off for football players, who went to regional playoffs; boys basketball players, who rated first in Winning . . . that’s what it was all about. Eithe through team or individual sports, winning was district; volleyball players who ■'bumped their way to district championship; and the girls’ waterpolo team, that won at regionals. In the end, it was usually the players congratulating the coaches, as shown by Bobby Lewis (right), on a job very wel done by Coach Bill Bundy, who received the Coach of the Year” award. Toby Taylor, one of the players, commented, It was the least we could do. He did a great job with us. especial ly for a first year, making our season a blockbuster of year. 64 • Sports