Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Senior Mark Cunningham was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the team because of his consist- ency and leadership qualities, said Coach Funk. The team is looking forward to next year when they will have ten players returning, six of them letter- men. Right now we have the nucleus for a good team next year, said Funk. Iunior Mark Rumscheidt prepares him- self for his next shot during a practice round at the Spring Branch Golf Center. Late in the season the team switched from Memorial Park to the Spring Branch Golf Center as their practice site. One of the only two seniors on the team, jeff Flinn tries to qualify for a tournament at Memorial Park. Accord- ing to leff, the lowest five averages went to the tournaments. Iunior Milt Howard gets ready to send a 5-iron to the green. Milton held down the number three position on the ladder for most of the year. Iunior Mike Moorman ets ready to accelerate through the iall during a practice session. Mike improved greatly during the year and qualified for enough tournaments to earn a letter. golf 137

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eeiny off ...... oung and inexperienced, the golf Yteam approached the season hoping to do well in tournaments and gain experience. According to Coach Lynn Funk, inexperience was a big factor in the team's play, yet they managed to do well in several tournaments and finish fourth in the district tournament. The golf season started at the beginning of the second quarter and ran through the first week in April. I ,. ,GMS The team met at Memorial Park every Tuesday and Thursday, but because they started late in the day, they could only play 9 holes. Using the ladder system, a player chal- lenged the person in front of him, so competition was tough in practice. At the same time, the scores from these challenging rounds were taken and averaged in with the play- ers season total. At the end of the qualifying week, Coach Funk took With a high follow-through, junior Mark McClelland arches a 7-iron towards the pin. Mark joined the team 136 golf midway through the season, but still qualified for several tournaments. the top five averages to the tourn ments, regardless of if the play won or lost. According to Fun There has to be a way to rate co sistency and by taking the 18 ho averages you get the most consi: ent and the best players at the san time. The players seem to feel tl same way, lt was really the on way he could do it because he ha to take the best averages, said lui ior Mike Moorman. The team competed in eight tot naments and did well in most them. Coach Funk commented, IN top five of Mark Cunningham, Ro ert Wells, Milton Howard, To Elliot, and Mark Rumscheict d extremely well all year. ln t Westchester Tournament the te finished sixth out of 30 teams and the Cy-Fair Tournament, with sor of the best teams in the state cor peting, the golfers finished a stroi sixth out of 30 teams. For the pla lt gave me a chance to compete again other schools' ers, competing in the tourname was the highlight of the season. gave me a chance to comp against all the other schools, stat junior Milton Howard. April 2 and 3, the district tour ment was held at Bear Creek's M ter Course with the top ten play from each school competing. T tournament actually ran over t third day because of bad weat Rain fell for most of the first t days, making the scores high About three-fourths of the field f ished play before the round called off because of lightning. second day proved to be much I the first with torrential rains most the day. Once again, play halted, this time with only ab one-third of the field having f ished play. A third day was nee to finish the tournament as W chester swept both the individ and team titles just beating Memorial, while the Spartan golf took fourth place out of eight tea

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eiyhts add spee Why would a person give up his or her afternoon every day after school and face a grueling work out in a pool? l've been swimming since I was very young. I like the fact that it's an individ- ual sport, and being in cool water instead of out in the hot sun, answered Senior Craig Breslau. Unlike previous years, the team held only two early morning work outs in the water. They opted instead to arrive at school by 6:30 every Monday, Wednes- day and Friday mornings through December to work out with weights. There is no doubt that weight train- ing was beneficial in varying degrees to every swimmer who participated, stated Coach Bill Kennedy. In agree- Taking a breath, Senior Craig Breslau nears the end of practice as he works on his butterfly stroke. Craig was one of three 4-year lettermen on the team. Qu -I 'Y J . 'i ,, ff. :P '- If-L - ,. 1? ' 3- ,Q ment Senior Craig Breslau commented, lt made me stronger and helped me swim faster. Getting in the water for the first time, in October, the team alternated work outs between the Spring Branch Natato- rium, and both the outdoor and indoor pools at the Dad's Club. According to Senior Kristy Wright, an average work out consisted of a warmup, swimming 500 Q20 lapsj or T000 Q40 lapsj yards in each stroke. The warmup was followed by a series of drills for about an hour, and then a V f V. .,- - ,.-.if fggagfi 13:6 ,ww -cs, M, -'3znt,.--rw., N . 'R A , if ,.-fy 7 A' .f4xt7 -m,t I 12-NP' 2.1114 .5 '- 'Q .. During an afterschool workout, lun Patrice Sullivan practices the bacl stroke. We usually had a lot of fun them, said Patrice, commenting workouts after school. warmdown, consisting of 500 each stroke at a slow pace. workouts lasted about an hour half, and we worked every Saturday all holidays, explained Coach This year we had the best ' Stratford's history, stated Coach nedy, adding, we had .some c -wb' ' S.- JA - ' '-f 4 , win ' ' .. . A , ,S , . i ,gif ' - .,.-rr .,. ,..- ,,4 '?P . 'f ft ,1.wa,rJr4zf ' ' Va-2i3,?-E?.ZiigQif5?Q.4,wtg: ' g K .. fr' -fl ,. zlyasup '?e7'f t .a-. Y ' L-+f,L ' -- V.-Q ' .. ltsjkjlaa-1 + -,W - , .-. ,A ,pw - -J t gras. a . W t - -'M-W ' -',.y -1, w.'g 1 , wa. ay h -. , , gt-'it-if?-1 '-,,:'iL 'f' , I. , .3-.Mfg-1' ' 1 f ' ch j55 'w':..a': 5, :1fi'f tt-.L f 1 -, 2 1 ' 'if' 'lrlfl 53' f::E'i:fQ25 Q . ., t V ., - -sf 53.15 -K W - 1, - . gf ew 1,3-'sg far.,- J T . 1 Nsvvvwzif ' in Q - Bit: ,, i 'V' Pl' 3? - 5' ' A.- , .T 1 at I, . ,Whse-Q. Q.-agar-31 , .. cang,i...g:---:- -- 'L .': 3--E'rq5yig.. , , :LJ--f gv7'fl-,y V+'-grs-J 13.5,--C Y :.'- Q 44-, '. f -, fr -Q--3'-. 9-wry. . . ' ' f -K4-.1'14'L.2:i: fg-me 4 Q' 'Q'-J' A. . ggsarfdr-'x..q, V559-Q11 -35 N -- .9 .- -f'.s1g5+ 5 s-,:Q5Qg. N 1.-.5 .- .g p--so--V-., l I 1 . . Xt. 'V , .ral 1 T., '- th -'-,.,:.- hx -Q. . sl' Y? s '-' .,,:',,E A , 38 V 3-sw, ,L V. ,OK -3' 'V',n ': l swimmi . , A ...Q --A' -- '- -f.-4 1- 1-54 t r - -, 'JSM T.. -,p-:.,,,3,.3'f, :bat-6-::'9N N- .h h I if-vit-, - A D . V . ,,.,-:si-, ,, t -- 3-1 ---u . ' , 1 - r.- ' , .--- .4 ' 3- M' - .--l -fr-3--,.i . g,' i'1.,jC,.H,w ',,, fi ff-, 2, . - 1' '-TQ Vt .- ' - , -Q I - ..z1 mf.-Lf . 3 ' , gg- , 1: 'N A . 5' k 'f if A. 'Jigs-g74,,.. A ww cxlgff 75' V flaw-1 h 1..