Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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,

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A learning experience I l 1 v 1 Concentrating on the sidelines Following his blockers, Freshman SgiCl7nSZZlZpO?SgrLl5Z tthjbiatxleihef Jeff Crow carries the ball for a sub- game, ,, Said Coach Saenzl stantlal gain aga1nstAl1efHastlngs. Football players at Stratford know that the freshman year is not as much a time to win games as it is to learn. The problem is they come from the junior high and we have to indoctrinate them to a completely different system, said Freshman Coach Gary Koch. We have them for three weeks, and then we start playing ballgames. We really don't jell until about the fifth game of the season. Freshman A team finished the season with a 1-8-1 record, and the Freshman B team finished with a 2-8 record. I think we've kept up the freshman tradition, said Freshman B Cornerback Steve Boone, of playing a decent game and keeping it close. Our best game was against Elsik, said Jeff Cathey of the A team, But our toughest game was Hastings We had a good season, concluded Coach George Saenz, and I think the kids learned a lot. The first game of the season, the A team fell to Rayburn 0-26. The rest of t' 1 f season, the scores were: La Porte, 0-20, Lamar Consolidated, 6-83 Hastings, 22-27, Spring Woods, 6-145 Spring Branch, 0-75 Northbrook, 6-13, and Westchester, 0-7. The B team scores are as follows: Rayburn, 0-34, La Porte, 0-203 Lamar Consolidated, 0-22, Elsik O- 7, Memorial, 6-14, Hastings, 0-16, Spring Woods, 0-8, Spring Branch, 18-Og Northbrook, 14-6, and Westchester, 0-6. Blocking a Westchester player, Freshman Steven Boone protects the oncoming sweep. Steven later said, I think football is great. freshman football 1 17