Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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n the hadow s . as-as '7 ki, , Q, . 3. Keeping in stride with the rest of the football program the junior varsity continued its ways by wind- ing up the season with a respectable 6-4 record. The junior varsity was coached by Richard Taylor and Guy Stafford. Unlike other years, the junior varsity was made up of all juniors this sea- son. This team was, however, caught between two good teams, which somewhat affected them. They both deserved the honors they received, but as far as I'm concerned our turn will come next year when we win district, remarked junior john McGuire. For the junior varsity the season was a successful team effort. The team won 5 of its first 6 games and were contenders for the title for most of the year, but dropped three crucial games late in the year. Overall they played fairly consist- ent football, but actually developed more in practice because they had to go up against the varsity in prac- tice. Coach Stafford commented, This season was a team effort and they were all working together for a common goal. Going up against the varsity helped them become better ballplayersf' The team accomplished a lot this season which will help them become better next year when they become the varsity team. Keeping 118 junior varsity football A hand off from junior Varsity back Torn Yelich t7j, to junior jones results in a gain of yardage Westchester. Head to head, the junior Varsity lines up against Westchester. The cats won the game, and the IV fin the season with a 6-4 record.

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a handoff to Halfback Craig Quarterback Mark Gabrisch closely as the Madison in. The Spartans rushed yards to demolish the Marlins 44-6. through the air, Noseman Chris 1711 delivers a crushing hit to s Michael Charles 1211, as David DeBesse 1411, Andy 1901, and Mark Lundquist 1601, to help out. On the sidelines, Safety Chuck Serafino 1201 and Head Coach Oscar Cripps take a break during the Lamar Consolidated game, a 48-6 Spartan victory. Holdingm off a crowd of LaPorte defend- ers, Tig t-end Robert King 1841 clears a path in the Regional playoff game, as the Spartans beat the Bulldogs 36-14. li 1 If varsity football 117

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we team together was the hardest tart, said Les Asel, We had a lot of unity and good coaching. a good attitude towards and their goals, the jun- varsity finished positively despite average season. With Gi Cutting hard, 1441 Sophomore Barry Bittner executes an option to the left in the Alief-Elsik game. The Sophomores defeated the Rams 49-0, and finished the season with a 10-0 record and the DistrictChampionship. , .-Q -- ,ISL ...gt 6:-. A I , I 1 A ' f 'ku 'S . . -rf 9 di -1-5-wvgg W, ,M NA ,, 1,. uv. ws, Q W 1 l l ?7, 5 sis- tf V. sg. ' :rn-H.. -mis-1,1 A s ,M +1 . X. . .s..,,,W,,.,- WE. . H. i is s., 1. s ' 6 ,fi X sw i J ,- J 2. Q t up . .. I .iwiaxx QV .1 W A gvtgg Wjg tttt . g, . me k .3 , , -lr-.Va A. 'G -5 . K is . , ,pta wi . W he up and com 'n F or the Spartan football program the sophomore year has always en a successful one, with this m being no exception. Under the dership of Coaches Bill Garrison d Mark Gilbreath, the sopho- res swept through their schedule ing undefeated and posting a per- t1O-0 record. For the past three years, Sopho- re teams have captured the dis- ct with a total of 28 wins and just o losses. This team was perhaps re impressive than the other two sophomore teams. HI think they stack up pretty close to the varsity, 'I think they stack up pretty close to the varsity! commented Bill Garrison, referring to the varsity's undefeated sopho- more season. Using a combination of team quickness and team effort the soph- omores had little problem winning the district title. During their unde- feated season, the sophomores compiled incredible team statistics. Offensively the sophomores aver- aged 28 points a game, with the closest margin of victory being 8 points, Perhaps the most impressive statistics were compiled on the sophomore football 119