Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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During the Westchester game, Sen- ior Bill Alford 534 Q, jumps to shoot the ball. Blocked by Westchester, Senior Bobby O'Brien 5221, passes the ball backed by Senior Bill Alford. 5 we fr 'V y .fu X 55 . . . up S On the defense, Senior Bill Alford 5342, tries to prevent Westchester from scoring two points. Jumping high, Senior Bill Alford 5341 readies to hit the ball during the West- chester game. Looking to his teammate David Tay- lor 5202, Senior Ben Langston 5402 dribbles down the court during the Westchester game. varsity basketball 1 25

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Bebound in district Next was Jersey Village in the Cy Fair Tournament where the varsity lost 51-52, but they rebounded, beating McCullou h 66-59, Aldine 59-51, an3Klein 73-54, thereby winning the consolation championship in the tournament, and ending predistrict with a 12- 6 record. Our toughest game in pre-district was Port Arthur Lincoln in the Nederland Tournament, said Senior Forward Ben Langston. ln the first round of district, Ben Langston was sick, and that hurt us, said Coach Barre. inthe second round we were in contention until the final game. The coaches thought we were playing the best basketball int e district. Langston averaged twenty-five points a game in the second half. Going into the last game, he needed twenty-two points to win the district scoring title. He scored thirty shooting an outstanding 15-19 from the field. ln the first round of district the team finished 2-5. We started out well, said Senior Bill Alford, but we messed up the first round of district. We played well in the second round. 124 varsity basketball M151 'Z H' 'ft' ,:-'MQW 4 f ' - 591 -1 . i The varsitty dropped the first game o district 46-54 to Hastings. Next was another loss, this time to Westchester 46-57. The rest ofthe first round district games were as follows: pring, Branch, 57-58, North rook, 56-803 Spring Woods, 69-605 Elsik, 55-345 and Memorial, 37-53. ln the second round of district, the Spartans stayed in playoff contention up to the last game. Our biggest win of the season was over Westchester in the second round of district, said Senior Bobby O'brien. A 'GSO Senior Mark Selz 1501, readies to pass the ball to a teammate during the Westchester game. During the Memorial game in which the Spartans lost 37-53, Senior Bobby O'Brien 1221 jumps for the ball. tough Hastings team beat the varsity' 35-5 in the first game oft e second half. Next was Westchester and the Spartans stunned the Wildcats 51-49. Against Spring Branch, the varsity hit a snag, losing to the Bears 35-41, but next crushed Northbrook 88-68 in a scoring feat in which the team shot an unbelievable 7396 from the field. The Spartans then triumphed over Spring Woods 63-56, and Elsik, 2-45, before falling to Memorial in the ggal game of the year, 53- M -1' iti-:Li . if : gift ffl.. -fw'-'--g- Blocked by a wlldcat, Senior Mark Selz 1501, shoots the ball while backed by Senior Bobby O'Brlen 1221.

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Ups and Downs ln the first round of district the team went 5-2 but in the last game of the first round, when the team lost to Memorial, something changed, said Junior Ken Lucas. From there, the team went 2-5 and finished 7-7 in district. We had a very successful year, and I was very proud of the team, said Coach Funk. The district scores were as follows: Hastings, 61 -46, Westchester, 60-67, Spring Branch, 45-363 Northbrook, 56-355 Spring Woods, 51-39 Alief Elsik, 57-52, Memorial, 53-67. ln the second half they were: Hastings, 48-49, Westchester, 46-713 Spring Branch, 59-523 Northbrook, 51-563 Spring Woods, 64-45 Alief Elsik, 37-45, Memorial, 57-72. We started great in lost to Memorial in the last game of the first round, that put us down for the rest of the season. The J.V. team finished their season with an excellent 20-11 record, but had only a 7-7 record ln district after going 13-4 in predistrict, and placing 3rd out of 8 in the Friendswood Tournament. The team was led by Junior Eric West, a transfer from Oakwood High School, who averaged 17 points a game, and Junior Mike Manning who averaged 11 points a game. We had hoped to win district, said Mr. Lynn Funk, J.V. coach, but there were some good teams in our district this year. Memorial's team went 32-2, and they had been playing together since Junior High. Our team was helped a lot predistrict said Junior Mark by Scott Johnson C6'5 Johnson summing upthe J.V. season, but when we sophomorej and his brother Mark Johnson f6'4'f juniorj who transfered from Sam Rayburn. Although the people came from different areas, I felt that they played well together. 'tl had fun playing, and we had a good season, said Eric. l think the best game we played was against Memorial in the Cy-Fair tournament. ln that game the Mustangs beat the Spartans with a goal with seconds to play, 49-48. We had a good season, said Mike, but we didn't do as well in district as I would have liked. We had a lot of talent, said Sophomore Scott Johnson, but we couldn't put it together at the end. ln practice we worked on offense and defense. The coach scouted other teams, and we learned how they play. l was glad to be on the team this year, and I felt that we had the best talent in district. if: .nil Jumping up in the air, Sophomore Scott Johnson tries to block his oppo- nent. I thought our best game was against Memorial when we came back from behind, said Scott. Adding points to the score, Junior Eric West shoots, while Coach Funk and the rest of the team look on. Eric's free throw percentage was 5596. 'I 126 junior varsity basketball ...JW 3,