Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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B est season ever The team had a new experience since moving to the district with the five Corpus Christi schools, Kingsville and Alice. They play fairly well and offer us good competition, said Carla Bankhead, senior. The team had six returning let- termen this year, including Bankhead, Janice Davis, senior, Hazel Kitchens, senior; Dawn Parker, senior; Becky Barfield, junior; and Leandra Dean, junior. Head coach Carolyn Dornak ex- pected her team to do well and they didn ' t disappoint her. The girls have done a great job this year. They play an exciting basketball game and that ' s very entertaining, Coach Dornak said. Our biggest asset is that the girls are unified and ' together. ' They are for each other on and off the court, she said. We were disappointed to lose the area playoffs because that stop- ped us short of our goal. But, overall, we had an excellent year and I ' m extremely proud of them and sincerely enjoyed coaching them, Dornak said. Carla Bankhead checks the defense to decide whether to pass the ball inside or just go around the opposing team in the Toast of the Coast tournament and shoot for two points from the outside. Becky Barfield goes up agamst VHS player Alexis Ware. The two teams were closely matched dur- ing the season play. Varsity Team: Front: Faith Fernandez, manager: Becky Bar- field, Charla Ellis, Janice Davis, Cindy Falcon, manager. Middle: Leandra Dean, Machon Jackson, Joyce Williams, manager; Carla Bankhead, Vera Johnson. Back: Lydia Hobbs, Coach Carolyn Dornak, Dawn Parker, Hazel Kitchens. Scoreboard SHS Opponent SHS Opponent 58 Miller 32 46 VHS 40 51 Ray 47 91 Kingsville 52 50 Victoria 61 49 King 34 65 Kingsville 42 63 Alice 34 54 King 50 54 VHS 72 68 Alice 40 52 McAllen 48 70 Carroll 53 58 Highlands 61 65 Miller 46 84 Moody 33 57 Ray 43 •Playoff game 150

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V arsity hoopsters play as one Places second in district play During the Toast of the Coast tournament, Becky Barfield, assisted by Hazel Kitchens, tipped the ball over her opponent ' s arms. The varsity won second place at the tournament. Concluding the season with a 29-5 overall record, the Girls Varsity Basketball team was right there on top. The team had a 13-1 district record. On Feb. 1 1, Stroman and Vic- toria High School played for first place in the district. Stroman won the toss and chose to play in its home gym. Since only 800 tickets were available, Caria Bankhead watches as one of the Sting players tries but fails to pass the ball inside. The Raiders lost the game at home but won at the VHS gym. spectators began lining up as early as 3:45 p.m. by the cafeteria. In an exciting game, VHS won the district title and Stroman claimed second place and a place in the state playoffs for the first time. It ' s difficult to do well under the pressure of expectations, head coach Carolyn Dornak said. These girls have a lot of character and were ' together ' as a team. We don ' t have any ' ball hogs, ' she said. Becky Barfield concentrates as she shoots a free throw in the hard fought game against the Stingarettes in the boys gym. Head coach Carolyn Dornak and the team huddles to discuss strategy in the bi-district game against the Lady Owls in Texas A I gym in Kingsville. Varsity Girls Basketball 1 49

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Leandra Dean goes up strong to make a basket against her oppo- nent in the Toast of the Coast tournament. Becky Barfield is determined to make the basket as two of the Buccaneer players try to stop her in a non-district game at the boys gym. The Raiders won 56-34. Varsity 151