Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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'ling a time out, Coach George Saenz es advice to Freshmen Tom Gabriel- , Russ Hart, Bob Briscoe and Mark ison. According to Mark, He'd call a 'e out when we started messing up, l he'd tell us not to shoot from 15 tout. B m agreed they played a good ne and only lost by six points. huring the games, the boys re encouraged and coached Coach George Saenz. Accord- to the team's leading scorer, arria, When we were nerv- he'd calm us down and he'd ourage us when we were ind. I would tell them how adjust to the other team's nse and defense explained ch Saenz. he two favorite games ording to the players were the morial and Westchester The last West- chester game was the best.' es. Bob Briscoe explained the orial game by saying, Dur- the first three quarters we got ind by about 20. ln the 4th we a fantastic come-back to hin 2 points, but unfortu- ly lost by 4. Al Sarria said twinning their first game inst Westchester was a big lI. B teamer lim Root com- ted, The last Westchester e was the best. We had ten them before and wanted eat them twice. lthough the game of basket- appears simple when watch- some of the players, AI Sarria lained, lt takes a lot of work. really have to want to go out e and play. It takes a lot of rminationf' ith a record that was only age, the team agreed it has for improvement. Bob Bris- stated, We have got great ential for years to come. I k we'Il have a great team in Q-4 Taking the ball down the court, Fresh- man Al Sarria l43J attempts to outdrib- ble the opposing player. Coach George Saenz commented, Al was one of my starters and played a pretty decent game of basketball. y ,I g n Z -f . ur. I2 v i Blocked by two opposing players, Fresh- man Peter Kosmoski attempts a much practiced jump shot. Peter enjoyed playing basketball because he liked the teamwork and the way we all played together. freshman basketball 129