Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Yqk. YZ'U57 '1 L2f3'.7 Fil' lunior Kent Hudson practices warming up on the sidelines before a Northbrook game. Hudson went the distance, giving up only 3 runs and striking out 9 Mus- tangs. 4 1 5. il 'E v K. . 'L 2 44.41- X Senior Mark Gabrisch slides headfirst into third base, in a game against Mem- orial. The Spartans won this district opener over the Mustangs 5-O. l t i 1 2 ,.- ,, K, ..a-rA.....-if 4. he . if-' x-. ., 1.-. ...x v-, - aa wp- , may l I ,Av - . jx, :MVS -Q Wg- rf ,,. -. 1--Ag.-A? I. .--HX: - . f Third baseman lunior Brian Luciani scoops up a round ball during an early season work ut. Bad weather forced the team to stay indoors for the lst two weeks of the season. Catcher Bubba Mattinson practices his throw to second base during practice. Mattinson,.a 3-year starter at catcher, was named to the All District Team. varsity baseball 143

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reaki even - f 1 rw H, :rw M Fe.-.1 i MQI1-I .rig-E., rbi, I'- YW' asc-- -... , , V -'fwxg .,.,a,,,rr, Craig james, David Stukalin, Greg Koch and Brad New. Being the only sophomore on a varsity team would pose prob- 'Our main problem was inconsistency. ' lems for some, but not for Sopho- more Chris Larkin. He explained. To be a sophomore was easy because Bubba, Brad and Craig were all sophomores fon varsity two years agol and they know what it was like to be a sopho- more among all seniors. The Spartans finished the sea- son with a respectable 19-9 record, and according to Coach French, Our main problem was inconsistency. We couIdn't field or pitch when we needed to. 142 varsity baseball '-f-1'1 '- Connecting for a line drive up the mid- Senior -Craig james shows his dle, Senior Brad New gets one of many swing in a game against hits off the Memorial pitching staff, in a Spartans beat Waltrip twice during 12-7 Spartan victory. season, 61 and 5-4.

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