Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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Scoreboard SHS Opponent SHS Opponent 49 Wharton 58 47 Anglcton 83 51 Bay Cil 75 56 VHS 46 47 BayCily 69 44 Kingsvillc 41 54 VHS 72 49 King 56 75 Tuloso 48 63 Alice 51 Midway 67 Carroll 63 65 Spring 73 57 Moody 35 66 Hitchcock 68 57 Miller 40 73 Galveston- 71 59 Ray 48 Ball 59 VHS 60 67 Moody 56 59 Kingsville 43 63 Dobic 71 54 King 57 43 Spring 54 53 Alice 45 56 Miller 68 Distri ctlO-6 57 Ray 63 Overa 1113-15 Varsity Team Members: Standing: Roy Thomas, Vernon Todd, Russell Hempel, Buddy Wyatt, Coach Johnny Jernigan, Thorlond Gregg, Steven Kolar, Kelvin Young, Rodney Brown. Kneeling: Manual Cantu, Wesley Strait, Tim Dentler. Bobby Harris looks for a receiver at the Corpus Christi Miller game. Boys Varsity Basketball 143

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E very game crucial for varsity Basketball team finishes fourth in district f It seemed thai every game was crucial tor the varsity boys basketball team. Just when it looked as if the team was going to go all the way, something would happen. The team lost some hearlbreakers. especially the Victoria High game, 59-60. Led by Wesley Strait, guard, who averaged 13.3 points a game, the team ' s record was 13-15 overall and 10-6 in district play. Besides Strait, leading players included Thorlond Gregg, junior, averag- ing 1 2.2 per game; senior Buddy Wyatt, 10.5 per game; and junior Rodney Brown. 10 points per game. The team had three returning lettermen, including Steven Kolar, senior; Strait, senior; and Wyatt, senior. Being a senior is exciting because you kind of know the feeling out on the court and it means you have a responsibility to do on the court, said Strait. In the VHS game at the boys gym, Thorlond Clregg has control of the ball dur- ing the third quarter. VHS ' s Evans George and Vernon Todd look on. Rodney Brown plays defense against the Corpus Christi King player at a home game. Buddy Wyatt trys to get around the Cor- pus Christi King players at a home game. 142 Boys Varsity Basketball

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p layoff hopes thwarted Rodney Brown ' s deter- mination to have control of the ball was typical of both the Raider and the Sting teams at both the games of the cross town rivals. Control of the ball was especially important at the VHS game. Surrounded by Stings, Vernon Todd goes after a loose ball. 144 Boys Varsity Basketball