Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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G iving it a try In its second year, the girls golf team is learning fundamentals and the techniques of playing the game, under the direction of Coach Kathleen Tutt. The team participated in several tournaments during the year and practiced at Riverside Golf Course during the week. Debbie Broz practices her stance at school while she waits to go with the team to Riverside Park for practice. Girls Golf Team: Debbie Broz, Julie Matson, Melanie Kohutek, Stephanie Petrash, Martha Rojas, Dorothy Motal, Coach Kathleen Tutt. Not Pictured: Kathy Lane. Julie Matson checks her technique. The girls golf team completed its se- cond year and Coach Tutt said that the program is still building. Melanie Kohutek practices her swing with the purpose of a professional. Girls Golf 163

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fU ■d p to par A small white ball hits the ground with a thud, roils toward a small hole with a flag in it, hits the tlagstick and falls into the hole. This is a typical scene at a boys golf tournament. The boys varsity golf team attended several tour- naments, placing second in the Calhoun Invita- tional Tournament and third in the Bay City tour- nament. M the Calhoun Invitational, Daryl Elles was second medalist. In the Brazoswood tournament, the team score was 354. good for an eighth place finish. In the VISD tournament at Riverside Golf Course, the team finished seventh with a score of 351. At the Kingsville tournament the team finished seventh with a 353 score and at Pecan Grove Plantation Course in Lamar the team placed twelfth with a score of 374. The team shot the lowest score Coach George Webb can remember at the El Campo In- vitational Golf Tournament to come away with third place out of 1 2 teams. Daryl Elles was second medalist in the Calhoun Invitational tournament in April. The team as a whole placed second at the tournament. 162 Boys Golf

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Bobby Harris hurls the discus in preparation tor the district meet. s etting the pace Varsity boys place second In order for the boys track team to repeat their district champion- ship title for a second year. Coach Harold Oswalt said, We will have to have everybody do real well. The team did well, and, although didn ' t win first, did take second place at the District 3 1-5 A Track and Field meet at Javelina Stadium on the campus of Texas A I University in Kingsville. Unfortunately the team had to compete without Rodney Brown, who was injured. However, the Raiders had the talents of Derrick Runnels and Harold Hill in the 1 00 meter dash and the 200 meter dash and Wesley Strait in the 400 meter run. In the jumping events. Runnels, Thorlond Gregg and Vernon Todd were set for the high jump. Gregg was the area leader in the long jump with a leap of 22-5. Runnels was close behind with a 22-1 ' 2. Buddy Wyatt was a solid per- former in the discus and shot put and won both events at district. Gregg won the 300 meter in- termediate hurdle championship and finished second in the high jump at district. Strait won the 400 meter race at district. Varsity Track Team: Back: Coach Ray Jackson, James Wilhams, Bobby Ray Harris, Buddy Wyatt, Thorlond Gregg, Vernon Todd, head coach Harold Oswalt, Manuel Cantu. Middle: Rod Hill. Rodney Brown, Albert Kit chens, Ricky Green, Derrick Runnels. Front: Harold Hill, Larry Lopez, Rudy Garza, Ernest Wilson. Rod Hill and Ricky Green jump hurdles during daily practice at the track. 164 Boys Varsity Track