Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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.

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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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'lt was a lot different with ueople watching us pIay.' Falling to Cypress Creek the first me of the season, O-8, the B-team lst the next four games: LaPorte, 6- 5 Lamar Consolidated, 0-20, Alief ik, O-20, and Spring Woods, 6-16, he B-team rallied to beat Memo- i 8-O, and Alief Hastings 8-6, but t the last three games: Spring nch, 8-20, Northbrook, 6-7, and stchester,6-12. espite disappointing records, a sitivefeeling about the season ained. I wish we had a better ord, but I think the team has tured, and we're going to try der next year, said Randy. aping two tackles, Freshman Randy ughty C325 picks up a few yards inst Alief Hastings. On the strength Doughty touchdown, the Spartans n 7-6. der the careful eye of the referee, the shman B-team runs the option inst Alief Hastings. Both freshman ms finished the season with 2-8 ords. -sw, freshman footbali 121