Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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f ff s X A7 s -f is '. 1 f , Y AW N- v l J it Nixff'-Q Most valuable girls' tennis player, Senior Ellen Hopkins, paired with Senior Mary O'Rourke, brought the State 4-A Girls' Doubles title to Stratford for the first he I1 State 4-A Doubles Champion, Senior Mary O'Rourke received the Most Valu- able Player Award in tennis. Mary said she tried to practice every day for eight years, and was proud and excited to win State for Stratford. 156 sports' honors fl l time. Ellen commented, Mary kept me pretty well straight while we trained for state. I sacrificed a lot of things. But I guess in the end it was all worth it. t A t, ff ,.. X Q Bl f snr wffif Practice every afternoon and so good tourneys were the reasons Sop omore Fred Gradin earned his Most V uable Player Award in Boys' tennis. Fr found that because of tennis he had sacrifice time he could have do homework in. st o he best

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lunior Varsity Football 5 wins 4losses SHS Opponent Opp- 7 LaPorte 27 20 Lamar Cons. 13 42 Elsik 6 10 Spring Woods 6 7 Memorial 0 26 Hastings 0 0 Spring Branch 7 14 Northbrook 21 7 Westchester 27 Sophomore Football 10 wins 0 losses SHS Opponent Opp- 33 Alvin 0 14 LaPorte 0 25 LamarCons. 0 49 Elsik 0 35 Spring Woods O 30 Memorial 0 20 Hastings 0 20 Spring Branch 7 20 Northbrook 7 15 Westchester 7 Freshman A Football 2wins 8losses SHS Opponent Opp- 0 Sam Rayburn 20 6 LaPorte 44 14 lamar Cons. 12 6 Elsik 3 18 Spring Woods 24 6 Memorial 12 8 Hastings 16 0 Spring Branch 24 6 Northbrook 22 8 Westchester 20 Freshman B Football 2wins Blosses SHS Opponent Opp- 0 Cypress Creek 8 6 LaPorte 14 yardage half-back Senior Greg 0 Lf'TLa'C0n5- gg 1 runs with the ball followed by 2 gun Woods 16 Antonio Churchill players. The 8 Axvmirial 0 ended in a 24-7 victory for the B Hastings 6 in the semi-final playoff game. 8 Swing Bmnch 20, 6 Northbrook 7 6 Westchester 12 Varsity Football Varsily Volleybau 15wins masses 14wins 11losses . SHS Opponent Opp. Opponent SHS-Opp. SHS-Opp.SHS-Opp. 30 Porlhleches 28 Dickinson 16-18 15-6 15-3 27 Laporte 7 Nederland 5-15 9-15 48 Lamarcons' 7 Dickinson 15-13 15-13 42 Elsik O Lamar 15-8 5-15 8-15 - C ress if ifg22x!f d5 3 Ygreek 8-15 16-14 7-15 49 Hagnngs 7 jersey 16-14 8-15 15-3 34 Spring Branch 6 Vmage 54 Northbrook 12 Lagggs U45 615 Z1 Lvealchme' 262 Eisik 15-3 16-14 31 Kaihxfe 9 Hastings 15-12 7-15 12-15 36 Lapone 14 Westchester 10-15 10-15 24 churchni 7 Ogle 445 M5 29 Plano 13 Splendora 'I5-2 15-9 Reagan 10-15 6-15 Spring 15-7 15-10 Branch Spring 15-12 15-11 Woods Memorial Northbrook Elsik Hastings Westchester Spring Branch Spring Woods Memorial Northbrook Westchester Elsik Santa Fe Westchester Brazoswood Dulles Spring Branch Spring Woods East Bernard Baytown Lee Klein Memorial Northbrook Aldine Humble Elsik Hastings Westchester Spring Brant h Spring Woods Memorial Northbrook Elsik Hastings Hastings Westchester Spring Branch Spring Woods Wunderlich Doble Memorial Northbrook Eisenhower Texas City C, E. King Elsik Hastings ' Westchester Spring Branch Spring Woods Memorial Northbrook 13-15 14-16 14-16 15-13 5-15 15-11 15-8 15-11 15-10 15-12 5-15 15-12 13-15 15-12 15-4 8-15 15-4 12-15 15-10 7-15 15-6 '15-I2 15-10 15-11 7-15 lunior Varsity Volleyball 11 wins 10losses Opponent SHS-Opp. SHS-O .SHS-0 10-15 13-11 7-15 7-15 15-8 15-10 11-15 9-15 15-8 2-15 6-15 11-15 15-8 13-15 11-15 15-4 15-10 15-4 15-5 15-8 15-7 PP PP- 15-O 11-15 9-15 9-12 15-13 15-6 15-13 15-13 15-13 15-3 15-3 14-16 4-15 15-10 2-15 15-4 6-15 15-5 15-0 11-14 10-5 14-16 15-3 10-15 6-15 15-6 15-2 6-15 15-6 10-15 14-10 5-15 9-13 15-6 Freshman Volleyball 7 wins 13 losses Opponent SHS-Opp. SHS-Opp.SHS-Opp. 15-12 15-12 15-8 15-17 15-1 15-10 15-11 13-15 9-15 11-15 16-18 15-6 2-15 15-3 15-3 8-15 12-15 14-12 15-6 15-11 14-16 15-11 8-15 2-15 9-15 8-13 6-15 12-15 11-14 B-14 13-15 15-8 1-15 15-9 11-15 15-10 8-15 7-15 10-15 11-15 15-13 15-13 15-11 11-13 12-15 10-13 4-15 13-15 3-15 15-5 statistics 155

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Fling five new school records his first tr on the team, Freshman Rickey May ieived the Most Valuable Swimmer lard. Rickey missed qualifying for the te meet in the 100 yard breast stroke only 1 second. Two swimmers from :h region go to State, and Rickey was rd from our region, explained Coach l Kennedy. 'sf 44 lf 5... was also elected to the AlI-Dis- team as first baseman. james also Elected to the All-District baseball team as a designated hitter, Senior David Stu- kalin was voted by his teammates as the Most Improved Player. Coach Bob French considered batting to be a strong point, and Stukalin a strong batter. Ffh I ft gs. s if li' .1, a 'P mf- , ,:,., 9. if . if Q M, ya X -aff 'is Q9 A L 0 r f ' , ' 1 - f'.v,..g. -rifzgais 1 . - ,, 12 mv V ,ff ' A 0 Q. SWS sv K' i A J . ,,i1 W'flf,y Q: '-'H M A -' X ' Q H 'xi 2. , Y V- .y . .. X 1 , 1 . R 'vi K vi ,.,5m, lst... ,X W . .3 , . . l.. .t... . it 5... . . by his teammates as the Most stepped in as pitcher periodically Baseball Player, Senior Craig throughout the season and helped the Spartans earn a 19-9 season record. Co-Captain for the Girls Swim Team, junior Tracey Taylor was also chosen by Coach Bill Kennedy as the Most Valua- ble Girl Swimmer. In a state meet with 74 teams competing, Tracey qualified to swim both the 50 and 100 yard free- styles. sports' honors 157