Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Down the court . Ending the first round of dis- trict competition against West- chester, the Spartans scored 26 points in the fourth period, but tlge Wildcats still triumphed, 57- 4 . Commenting on the first- round district record of 3-4, Coach Barre said, For such a tt, Setting up the offense, Senior Bob Moran 1325 looks for an open receiver so he can pass the bail. Moran, a guard, considers team unity a strong point of theteam. T24 varsity basketball young, inexperienced team it's a credit that they played as well as they did. ln the second round of district play the Varsity lost every game and finished 0-7. We'd have been better off without the sec- ond half of district. We let down a little because we knew vve 'lt's a credit that they played as well as they did! ..--- 5' v-bn , 'S Y Q1- llb-..,, , ' 1 F u .lb f ' K 'ir . . ,W 1 - 'fir ' 'Q didn't have a chance. It was he to get psyched up for game explained lim. The Spartans finished the sl son ll-20, and junior Ben Lar ston finished as the fourth-lea ing scorer in district, making t All-District Team. junior Bob O'Brien earned a place on ti second All-District team. 4 Coach Barre emphasized t closeness of the games sayir The average margin in a lc game was 6Vz points, while it v Leaving the floor, junior Ben Langsl 1403 takes a jump shot from the f line, in the Coliseum Classic against Cardinals from Bellaire. T sqs WM-- 5

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1 , x .4 .....r,, x ,,, W. really pressed well. We yed as a unit, it was good m basketball, commented ach Barre. ovember 15, in the first game the season, the team whizzed st Robert E. Lee, 52-42. Two 'For a slow team we really pressed well' s later led by lunior Ben Lang- n with 20 points, they beat ar Creek, 50-45. urther into the season in the liseum Classic, the Spartans tdistanced the Bellaire Cardi- s, 62-56, and advanced to the cond round of competition ere they fell to Klein, 58-72. Competing in the Nederland urnament in Beaumont, the m captured a semi-final play- spot by consecutive overtime '49 t ,- 4 'T' . 7 x 'Q . 5. f ' ' fx N 1'i'tf -qafg ' . ' 9 f,-li-'il-, 't it-f,'.'lE'5 - 9'4 ' L.. Goini up for a layup against Spring Branc ,lunior Mark Selz l50l adds two as Forward Ben Langston l40l awaits a possible rebound. The Spartans edged past the Bears 41-40, points, wins against Beaumont Herbert, 67-63, and Beaumont Lincoln, 46- 45. Finally overpowered by Sils- bee, 67-88, and Beaumont South Park, 60-64, the Varsity took third place in the Nederland Tourna- ment. Finishing pre-district play 8-9, the team played good consistent basketball, with lunior Ben Lang- ston the leading scorer, averaging T8 points a game. December 19 the team faced Alief Hastings in the start of first- round district competition. Tied at 40 at the end of the third quar- ter, Hastings scored T7 points in the fourth, and slipped past the Spartans, 57-52. In the second round of district play, Senior lim Garnett l44l tips off against Northbrook. lim said, They had a good team, adding, three of their guys were 6,7,,.,, i 'llilfil Blocking a shot by Westchester's Ricky Hosto, is lunior Bobby O'Brien l22l, as Post Mark Selz C503 waits for the rebound. i l varsity basketball 123

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f n!-,,...- M -Q. ,2 'V ,Fw C ,sei An even break In the past, after a year of freshman basketball, players were expected to play lunior Var- sity ball. Because ot' over-crowd- ing, many boys spent most of the season on the bench, substitut- ing occasionally in games, Things have changed. Composed of 10 sophomores, the sophomore basketball team played an 8-game schedule inde- pendent ofthe other Stratford teams. Coached by Mr. Lynn Funk and Guy Barre, the sopho- mores played teams both within and outside ot the district, and compiled a 5-3 season record. We had several guys who didn't get to play a lot on INQ, so we created a sophomore team so they could get in some playing 2 wi - ,- if Sitting patiently, junior Bill Alford lis- tens as Coach Funk explains the junior varsity offense, Accustomed to varsity play, Bill commented, I really didn't know what was going on. 'The main thing was just to have a good time! time, explained Coach Barre. The creation of a sophomore team brought with it the assur- ance of an experienced lunior Varsity the following year. Coach Barre explained the for- mation ot the team by saying, They're great kids and they would rather be playing some- where than sitting down. l-le added, The main thing was just to have a good time. sophomore basketball T17