Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Sophs - a total success This team had the best sophomore record the school has ever had, said Sophomore Coach Lynn Funk. They performed better than I expected, and they beat people I didn't think they would. It was a total success. Although the sophomore team could play only 11 games because of lack of other sophomore teams, the team finished the year with a hard-fought 6-5 record. Having a sophomore team gives us a chance to look at players for next year's J.V., said Coach Funk. Our best game was against Clear Creek. They always have a good team, and beating them was the highlight of our season. The season went pretty well, said Sophomore Jim Root. Ourtoughest game was against Memorial, and I think our best was against Elsik the first time. I enjoyed the season, said Peter Kosmoski, sophomore, but there weren't enough sophomore teams to have very many games. We did a lot better than when we were fish, said Sophomore Tom Cullen. In practice the team spent quite a bit of time working on fundamentals or scrimaging with the J.V. In practice we played the J.V. a lot, said Sophomore Russ Hart, and worked on offense and defense. Sophomore scores were as follows in non-district: Cy-Fair, 56-40, St. Thomas, 59-623 Taylor, 54-46, Strake Jesuit, 46-60. ln district they were as follows: Hastings 44-34, Northbrook 53-373 Alief Elsik, 54-51 g Memorial, 39-50. ln the second round they were as follows: Hastings 34-295 Alief Elsik, 44-76, Memorial, 40-59. 128 sophomore basketball .Vi 3, .. .- Backed up by Sophomore Steve Spaulding, Sophomore Mark Ben- son shoots the ball. The Scpho- more team ended up with a 6-5 record. With two hands on the ball, Sopho- more Steve Spaulding gets ready to pass the ball in during practice. I thought we had a good season and really enjoyed it, said Steve. J.. . ?,,..,,,,,, , l Taking the ball down the court, Sophomore Jim Root is followed by Russ Hart and Derek Olbrych. I think the season went pretty well, said Jim. -... 1. .,,..., -gf-r During practice, Sophomore Peter Kosmoski, Mark Benson, and To White wait for the rebound. We di most of our practicing against th J. V, said Peter. .Q V . t ' - V kw7W . rJ t Q . ..- .gre L l H L f S -X s . -..,,t,fss.+-3353, be -titfmg-55 -t y:-. 1.-.sM,, R LJ Eg' D . QT...

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-.,,..q,uHP4 rg, 44 ,gl ,,NNN,4 '-013, E V Going up for the jump ball, Junior Mark Johnson is backed up by Jun- iors Mike Manning and Eric West, and Sophomores Jim Root and Scott Johnson. Jumping oi! ihe court Sophomore Scott Johnson goes after the ball. l thought we had the best talent in dis- trict this year, said Scott. L ...--H'l 3 Am. an E Willa in Q , YY! rffsf , 2' M fs... A .. F .if 9 JXP u A Q ' x i N. ...W ...fs Splitting the defense, Junior Eric West goes up for an unassisted lay- up, l thought it was a good season and l had a lot of fun playing, said Eric. , , VE, V f i, xxN With their arms extended, Juniors Kemper Davis, Eric West, and Sopho- mores Jim Root and Scott Johnson wait for the rebound. i i i li ... 6 On his toes, Junior Kemper Davis shoots a free throw at the Westches- ter game. The game ended in a 60-67 loss for the Spartans. junior varsity basketball 127

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Fish In a school where winning is usually important, the job of the Freshman A and B basketball teams was not so much to win as to learn. The Freshman A team finished the year with a hard fought 8-23 record: the B team finished with its best record ever, 10-13. We had good teams this year, said oach Saenz. We get them from Junior High, and we have to indoctrinate them with an entirely new offense. ln junior high it'sjust run and shoot, so the freshman year is a learning year. For the A team it was a long season with many away games. The season was alright, said Freshman Brian Dobbs, but we didn't have enough home games. Most of our time was spent traveling. The toughest teams we played were the HISD teams, and out of these, Pershing was the toughest. We had a fair team, said Rob Orr, freshman, who alternated playing time between the Freshman A team and junior varsity, but our problem was that we'd play two good quarters, and then blow the rest of the game. We could have done better, but the team will get better. ln practice we worked mostly on our offense, said Freshman Luis Toroella. ln the middle of the year we switched our offense, and that threw us off. For the B team, the season was very good. They began by losing 8 of their first 9 games, but rebounded to a 9-5 record in district play, finishing third. We had a pretty good year, said Freshman Paul Hart. We had the best record a B team's ever had. I think our best game was against Memorial in the first round, when we won in overtime. ln practice we did a lot of running, said Freshman Keith prow. We worked mostly on offense. WeIdid a lot better than I expec ed, said Paul Kronenburger, freshman. lt turned'out that every one did hisjob, and we did weIl. The A team district scores atime were as follows: Hastings, 43-63: Westchester, 45-40: Spring Branch, 43-49, Northbrook, 46-43, Spring Woods, 42-52, Alief Elsik, 49-56: Memorial, 37-66. ln the second half they were: Hastings, 12-28: Westchester, 45-51, Spring Branch, 52-69: Northbrook, 58-68: Spring Woods, 49-44, Alief Elsik, 49-55, Memorial, 42-69. The B team district scores were as follows: Hastings, 31-625 Westchester, 34-20, Spring Branch, 21 -42: Northbrook, 30-213 Spring Woods, 32-28, Alief Elsik, 39-45, Memorial, 40-39. In the second half they were: Hastings, 30-47, Westchester, 28-17, Spring Branch, 33-293 Northbrook, 35-27: Spring Woods, 33-22: Alief Elsik, 37-45, Memorial, 40-35. During halftime at the Westchester B game, Freshmen Paul Kronenburger, Bill Garmathy, Andy Bushong, and the rest of the team listen to instruc- tions from Coach Saenz. Jumping high in the air, Freshman Robby Casselberry goes up for the shot while Freshman Trey Laird waits for the rebound. I 'Wg I ' - ' lfdipii' sf v . .W ,. i N .Za- to learn 'ind 4 V 4 Dribbling towards the basket, Fresh- man Luis Torroella manages to avoid a Northbrook defender. We started out last and got way ahead. We were in control of the whole game, said Luis. freshman basketball 129