Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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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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defense. The defense limited the opponents to only 21 points, or an average of two per game. For the first seven games their opponents were held scoreless and at the end of seven games, the sophomores had outscored their opponents 236- 0. One reason for their success offers Garrison was, Their willing- ness to work and not be second best. The sophomores' first game was against Alvin and they made quick work of this team by rolling to a 33-0 victory. This was the start of their incredible streak. The final two non-district games were against LaPorte and Lamar Consolidated, where the sopho- mores won 34-0 and 25-0. The sophomores district season started with a 49-0 crushing of Alief Elsik. This was the offense's best of the season. They followed with con- secutive shutout victories over Spring Woods, Memorial, and Alief Hastings. Spring Branch became the first team to score upon the talented sophomore defense, but seven Q points was not enough to win as Spring Branch fell victim to the sophomores 20-7. The season was closed out with victories over Northbrook and Westchester, thus capturing a third sophomore title..Coach Gilbreath's impression of the team was, that they knew what it took to win. Through the uprights sails the ball Sophomore Barry Bittner C445 tacks the extra point, in the Westches game on Nov. 15. l l N. Three years ago another sophom team was looking forward to senior year, and maybe this tea senior year will be just as successl l From the heyinn 'ng 120 sophomore football Ending what looked like a mal season, both the fresh A and B football finished with records, and some valuable exp ences. Their freshman football sea provided some insight accordin many members. Tight-End Ra Smolen lA teaml, commented, learned to be competitive, to hard, and that it takes a lot of s to win. Playing high school football w new experience for the whole te lt was a lot different with pe watching us play. lt made us tr work harder, explained Defen End Glenn Ward CA teaml. In the first game of the season, A-team fell to Sam Rayburn, and lost to LaPorte 6-44, the foll ing week. The third game ended 14-T2 victory over Lamar Con dated, During the rest of the season games went as follows: Alief Elsi 3, Spring Woods, 18-24, Memo 6-12, ,Alief Hastings, 8-16, Sp Branch, 0-24, Northbrook, 6-22, Westchester, 8-20. Holding tight to the ball, Half Randy Doughty 1321 struggles ag the Hastings defense on Oct. 27. Spartans won the game 7-6.