Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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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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, .qu - . 'N 7 W' ' 'nfl' ,yEe-?Eijs::,?'if- E- i ' Fr fr:,faVitla,.w H '.1.,a,-- 9,51 Fay A1- Stopping a Wildcat drive, Senior Bob Moran C321 traps the ball in a defensive maneuver against Westchester in the first round of district play. a nd runnin plagued by injuries, inexperi- ence, and inconsistent ball handling, the varsity basketball team managed to overcome a poor rating in pre-season polls and completed a grueling 31- game schedule with a respecta- ble ll-ZO record. With only three returning start- ers, lunior Ben Langston, and Seniors Bob Moran and lim Car- nett, the team lacked valuable varsity experience. ill x arsity basketball Receiving a coach from Mem- orial, Cuy Barre, also forced the players to adjust and adapt to changes. It was a tough trans- ition, but Coach Barre tried to do the same things Coach Kroll did last year. Coach Barre pushed us a little harder thoughf' explained Senior lim Garnett. Ernphasizing the basics trebounding, shooting, passing, and dribblingj, as in previous years, Coach Barre also stressed In front of the goal, lunior Ben 1401 executes a finger-roll layup i Coliseum Classic, against the Cardinals. the importance of training conditioning. lim explained, ran two to three miles a day ing spring training, After all we were in really good shape. Changing game strategy, Varsity began running a full-c press, in which every player ered the length of the court ing the entire game. Considered a slow team adoption of the full-court was unusual. For a slow t