Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Rallying around the Chris Gilbert Tro- phy they won with the district title, the varsity football team watches the antics at the pep rally before the state play-off game. According to Halfback Greg Koch, the best part of pep rallies are the fans and seeing they're behind us. Sporting green and white, Head Coach Oscar Cripps motions to take the pen- alty. He took strategy, distance, and the changing momentum, into consid- eration on a penalty play. According to Coach Cripps, he and the other coaches made calls to fit the situation. 6 state '78 It's amazing hovv much ca be accomplished if no one care who gets the credit, said Sparta Head Coach Oscar Cripps. The task of staying together. a team for a 15-game seasc could have posed a significai problem. The student body d their part with posters, gan attendance, and pep rallies. Pe rallies helped us a lot. We kne everyone vvas behind us, and th got us all excited and made i vvant to win, commented Senii Robbie Garriga. Hovvever, the real strength - unity depended on the playe themselves. According to Defei sive End Brett Marquis, f'We gi closer as the season progresse We lcnevv if vve didn't pli together as a team vve vvou lose. A large part ofthe Spartar' success was their high degree

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the year was Gfi ities 1' QQ Q l Ogsoiq UQ new 3121.155 r fl 'l WMIFQ X -1-Lf, I x rg . ,. -'. 1-,-. .:.' I X 0 3 gli ru- N V , K x fin ' Q I 1 si. S E f a 'J it ' A I l i s 0 . . ' 'QES71 T '45 71 1 Q li I' . - it fjgsxdn . A295011 ' f Wearing outfits borrowed from the fire station on Memorial, Senior Girls Laurie Graham, Marcia Stolle and Margot Higgs arrived at the Alief Elsik pep rally in an old fire truck, The slogan for that game was Burn Alief, so they used Tahnya Ballard's neighbor's old fire engine and used Susan Paul as their fire victim. loining in another cheer, Stratford sup- porters back their football team to vic- tory. We yelled, danced and sang, stated Senior lamie Teal, who usually sat with the Senior Girls. Senior Debbie james explained, We cheered for cer- tain people and afterwards usually went to Little Italianosf' .I --I ia- i S Mayor lim McConn applauds antics at the Plano pep rally during the Christmas holidays. He and Councilman Louis Macey presented a proclamation of pride in Stratford for their football record. 'T--iq .lf Squatting at the side of the auditorium, Seniors Chuck Serafino, lim May and lunior Lance Tearnan practice their disco dance for the Senior Follies. The M.C.'s got boys out of the audience to do it and lim May was one of the M.C.'s, explained Chuck. Perfecting their cheers for the cheer- leading tryouts, juniors Kelly Dowler, Carrie Atherton, Amy Lloyd and Leslie Hagedorn practice the motions to Watch Out. l always concentrated on my movements because good arm motions are one thing people will look for, said Carrie. At the annual faculty breakfast held on a teachers-in-service day, Building Princi- pal Mr. Dale Stafford serves the eggs to hungry members of the faculty. student lite S

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--, .T ,,,, R ,. Ava., 'R V , AS iz l K i -Q ,....liY - Zameras Click and whir-r as Craig james, im May, Bubba Mattinson, Mark Jabrisch, Kevin Adams, Kyle Whisman, nd Wayne Harpold prepare to sign their National Scholarship letters. The signing, held February 12, was a great experience, according to Bubba Mat- tinson. wental preparation. Chalk talks -efore the games really helped us 3 know what we were doing, xplained Senior Robert Paxton. We always made sure we knew vhat the other team was going to lo, added Left Halfback Craig ames. Having certain players in the melight and others not playing Do often could have pulled the eam apart, but according to Lrett, lust being a part of it all vas enough. Those that didn't mlay practiced five days a week, nd were very much a part of the eam. lt didn't matter who was nut there, if you were doing your rest, you were a part of the eam, adcled Robbie. According to many players, the 'oaches did a lot to keep the eam unified. 'fCoach French was erious and sincere when he alked to us. Before play-off games, he would tell us, 'This could be our last game together, so let's do it right', explained Brett. The coaches kept us from thinking we were too good, and getting cocky, said Craig. Winning State gave the team quite a lift and brought them even closer together. lt's a goal we've always had. l feel like we've accomplished something and we'll be remembered, stated Craig. For many players the season would still have been a success without the State title. Playing with all those guys was great, Not everybody was friends off the field, but on the field, everybody was, commented Robbie. lt really is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. Checking out the contents, Seniors Ron- nie Stukalin, Steve Hanzelka, Brad New, Brett Marquis, and Mark Lundquist compare the spirit boxes they got from their Senior Girls at the last pep rally. Captain of the week, Senior Mark Lund- quist, prepares to address the home- coming pep rally crowd. Kidnapped in the early morning by his Senior Girls', Mark was dressed as superman and taken to breakfast at lolo's. Strong Safety David De-Besse receives the congratulations of Booster Club member Tom Bittner at the end of the Churchill game. During a game the defense usually tries to figure out what the other team is doing, and tries to get things straight, explained David. state '78 7