Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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'l Abs. Backed by Junior Sherry William C381, Senior Kathy Zirker C31 spike the ball against a double block b Spring Woods. Spring Woods was. tough game, said Kathy, They hai improved over the season and had . good offense and defense. S... 3 is ,ai Spiking the ball, Junior Lisa Sim: C1 71, jumps high in the air. l like spik ing the best, said Lisa. When ygg hit a good spike, you know it and f good, you feel like you've accom plished something. Stretching out before a game, Junio. Linda Suchochleb C231 and Sophoi more Janice Sloan C751, listen tc instructions from their coach Stretching out was boring, saic Linda, but it helped to prevent inju- ries. 1 18 volleyball

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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

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Varsity takes trophies Senior Darla Lee K1 91 serves the ball. l enjoy volleyball because it is such a competitive game. said Darla. lt allows me to express myself physi- cally. ,,.i,,, . , '0AllYONK1l'!iFlGYOKYOU9'Al' TAN'-' y'7r'rr1'v wharf N H-Yr' fn 'ff ANll+ ttf. I 1 11 sv ltlfillir'-5 Ri. .1 .fi 1-f trite-it 'rr llxtf, .. . . l Varsity Volleyball brought home their first trophies since their organization in 1974. Competing with sixteen teams, the varsity took a second place trophy in the Lamar Consolidated Tournament, and a Consolation trophy at the Klein Tournament. Team members enjoyed tournament competition. lt was a blast! said Junior Linda Suchochleb, We got to meet a lot of neat people from other schools. When we played, other teams cheered us on, and we cheered them. lt was tiring to play all day at tournaments, said Senior Donna Sloan, We'd usually be gone longer than we were supposed to be. But, it was fun, too. We'd eat out at cafeterias, or sit in trees and read books. At the Klein Tournament, we met a lot of people and became Spiking the ball, Senior Darla Lee 5192 is backed up by Senior Kathy Zirker 531 and Junior Sherry Williams 1382. ,se fi' good friends with a crazy team, Galena Park, because they liked our cheers. The varsity worked their way to district, where there was a toss-up between Stratford, Spring Woods, and Northbrook. Northbrook got the by, or did not play first. Spring Woods and Stratford played. This was the fifth time for the Spartans to play the Tigers. Despite beating them four times, the Spartans lost, placing third in district. Spring Woods was hard, said Linda Suchochleb, They had one girl who could really pick up plays. There was a kind of rivalry between us and Spring Woods, more than at any Westchester game. l think we played best against Spring Woods, said Donna Sloan, senior. The team, coached by Ms. NeVada Brimberry, indicated they had a good season. We had a real good year and I liked going to district, said Sherry Williams, junior. The team played strong and did very its well. They really improved from last year, said Coach Brimberry. Being on varsity was worth it, said Junior Lisa Sims, There was a lot of pressure involved, though. That's partly why l moved down to J.V. But, on varsity it was exciting. We had huddles and prayer and we all liked each other. That's why we did so well. The team consisted of four seniors, two juniors, and one sophomore. The lone Sophomore Janice Sloan said, lt wasn't hard being on varsity, because everyone included each other. We were all really close and like a family. During the season, the girls worked on basic fundamentals. We worked on defense and hitting. We also did serves, constantly. It got boring after a while. Serving and setting were our main problems, said Donna Sloan. Practice was a lot of work, said Lisa Sims, We sweated a whole bunch and lost a lot of weight. We'd serve over and over, until we were sick of it. Our work-outs were hard, and it showed in our games, said Linda uchochleb. Varsity Volleyball will lose four seniors next year and more will move up from junior varsity. We might lose some important people, said Lisa Sims, but we were all pretty equal, and that made us a team. Varsity Volleyball District Statistics SHS Opp. 2 Hastings 1 j 1 S 2 Spring Branch O 4 AX j , O Westchester 2 ? Q f , -l 51 Q ' J J, . 2 Spring Woods 1 1 - 7...---4 . 2 Elsik l try, Q-NX-.5 ,, . f 1 Northbrook 2 ,N . -..- N- y 2 Memorial O . f X X it Before a game the varsity volleyball 0 Hastings 2 vjw.. f Q u team gets ready to yell a cheer. To 2 Spring Branch O U' A ' GYO f ' 'I d ll fl d J as gor Lflerovvi gfljencarigrijzzw 2 Westchester 1 . ...,.... ..,.. M. ,W ....., . . . . towels, said Senior Donna Sloan. 3 Spring Woods 1 Elsik O 1 Spring Woods 2 volleyball 119