Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Bad breaks, lots of talent Practicing daily against the varsity, the junior varsity team spends much of their time preparing for next year's season. A bunch of these kids will play next year on varsity, said Coach Richard Taylor. Although they finished with a 3-6 district record, As we progressed, we got a whole lot better, said Coach Taylor. At first we didn't have a whole lot of time to work with the kids. They're a fine bunch of young men and good athletes, commented Coach Guy Stafford. They had a little hard luck at times, but when they got. going, they were good. I think it was a good season, said Junior Runningback John Bailey. We've got some talent, but we've had some bad breaks. This year's J.V. will be next year's varsity, and J.V. Quarterback Ed Huck reflected the spirit of the team, We'Il win state next year! The J.V. lost their first game to La Porte 0-14. The rest of the scores were as follows: Alief Elsik, 20-Og Spring Woods, 1-Og Memorial, 7-215 Spring Branch, 8-3 Northbrook, 14-9, and Westchester, 6-7. ,MSL 4, ..s. 4-,1 rr it . ,,...- ...... li . t .,-, -. - - It V rs vi ri .ll W T, . 1 NT' ll ll'.iL...Q..Q U . T TW 't't ' 'za ir H if ,FQ ua.-on-nc, Resting with teammates Jim Wilson and John Bailey, Barry Bittner 1411 sits on the sidelines. Even though our team wasn 't the best, said Barry, we really stayed together to pull it off. Preparing to pass the ball, Ed Huck 591, looks for an open receiver. We had to pass a lot in our games, said Ed. This was a roll-out pass and l was waiting for a wide receiver down the field. During the Memorial game, Sco Neil 5791, takes a break. We wer looking at different plays to adjus to the other team's formation, said Scott. We really had to work as a unit. 'Nw as V91 1 14 junior varsity football i s H- V-If f ,. Huddling after a successful gain, the Starting the Westchester game, Spartans listen to a play sent in from Greg Giovannini f64j, kicks off. the sidleines.

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Sophs snare second Ending the season with a 5-5 record, the Sophomore Football team started out slow, but improved from week to week, according to Coach Bill Garrison. Along with Coach Mark Gilbreath, Coach Garrison brought the team to a second place in district with a 5-2 record. Despite the only average win loss percentage of 500, Quarterback Mike Delaney thought it was a good season. We improved a lot, Mike said. We started out slow, commented Coach Garrison, We got very strong, and by the last week of season, I felt we were playing together very well. We came in second, and l felt we had a fine team. Lineman Greg Farley attributed the improvement to mental attitude. We started to get like a team and get some spirit. We got more aggressive, and we started to take the games more seriously. Sophomores lost all three preseason games with scores of 0-7 against La Porte, and 22- 29 against Lamar. District games ended as follows: Alief Elsik, 7-0, Spring Woods, 12-13, Memorial, 20-Og Alief Hastings, 7-35, Spring Branch, 30-203 Northbrook, 35-73 and Westchester, 14-8. I i 7 I 1 Q hw Eluding a defender, Quarterback Mike Delaney carries the ball, in the 22-29 loss to Lamar Consolidated. Delaney said, We were running an option and we should have beat them because we were ahead by two touchdowns. With arms upward, Sophomore Scott Smith leaps in the air as Ouar- terback Mike Delaney makes the win- ning touchdown against Westchester. The Sophomores defeated the Wild- cats 14-8 in the last game of the sea- son. 1 16 sophomore football tat it Atter an interception that turned thj game around for the Spartans, Robe Curran runs the ball toward the Mem- orial goal. I think Memorial was th best game because our detens played great and our offense mad the scores. tg! E Running a quick pitch, Left Haltback Cal Morton carries the ball against Westchester,