Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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A new beginning In the first year of girls' basketball at Stratford, the team was faced with many problems. Many girls had never played before and were not acquainted with the rules. Despite these shortcomings, the girls' A team finished a respectable 3-45 and the B team won district, finishing with an outstanding 7-0 record. I thought it was a very successful year, commented Coach Lynn Funk. lt was difficult to start the program and get a group of girls together to play basketball, but the season was very encouraging overa I. The ' 'team did well, continued Coach Funk, even though they played against pretty hard teams. The starting five for Westchester had played two or three years each, and we only had a couple of experienced plawers. The first time we played estchester they beat us by sixteen points, but the second time the girls showed supreme effort and we only lost by three points. Spring Woods was another tough team which we should have beat. We lost that game by three points also. Alongqwith Coach Lynn Funk, Coach evada Brimberry also coached the girls' basketball team. I thought the 'A' team did a pretty good job, and showed goo effort, said Coach rimberry. They were always they learned a lot for their first year. The A team's high scorer, Junior Lori Wilcots, with a point average of 10.5 commented on the season, I thought it was a pretty good season, and everyone was together like a team. Next year will be a lot better because everyone will know what to expect, and a lot more people will come out for the team. I thought we could have won a few more games, said Sophomore Pam Matthews, but this season was just for learning. We ad been trying to have a girls' basketball team for a long time, said Senior Lisa Brath, but it's too bad that it took them a long time to realize that everyone wanted one. l'm just sorry that I won't be here to play more. I thought that Coach Funk and Mrs. Brimberry put a lot of time and effort into helping us, and it was really nice of them. The 'B team had an incredible season winning district and going undefeated 7- O, said Coach Funk. The team work was outstanding, and we were more organized than most of the other teams in the district. Both the 'A' and 'B' teams found out that this was a serious program, and l was real pleased with the enthusiasm and total commitment of the girls. The B team's high scorer in the ball game, and I thought was Sophomore Ann Grace, .. ... ' , K fa.: LQ. TS. g M !,,,,.- with an average point score of 7.2. I thought that it was an excellent season, and I think we'll do even better next year because we'll have more experience, said Ann. I thought the season was a bIast, said Sophomore Suzanne Satterfield, who was the team's captain. The practices were hard, but Coach Funk made them fun. I thought it was a great season because we went undefeated, and the people on the team were really nice, said Sophomore Wendy Barros. Our best game was against Spring Woods when we beat them 46-18. Our toughest games were the ones against Westchester because they had a really good time, and both games were very close. There was really a lot of pressure in the second game against Westchester, said Freshman Ginny Stover. They were out to get us but we beat them 26-23. lt was a great season, considering it was our first year, and a-good learning experience, said reshman Donna Hines. Watching the ball bounce oft the rim, Sophomore Ann Grace and Fresh- man Leslie May wait for the rebound. The Spartans beat the Raiders 34- 1 9. Q.. t,,.. N., I VWW ii is ' .3 fs ' x in As Freshman Sara Freitag looks on, Junior Terry Heilman jumps for the ball at the Memorial game. The Spar- tans won the game 4 7-39. Eluding a defender, Senior Lisa Brath breaks for the basket. I thought the season was a lot of fun, said Lisa, and I think our best game was the last game against Westches- ter girls basketball 131