Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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SNOOZE: Cross- country manager Cathy Barela catches a few z ' s while waiting to reach home. READY!: On your mark, get set, go! Competion with oth- er schools helps to give the cross- country team experi- ence. CROSS COUNTRY MEMBERS: Top, Pearl Dean, Tresa Hermes, Marisa Rosas, Sarah Mendez, Emi Ramirez, and Karla Cregar, coach. Bottom, Willet Dean and Shay Porter. CROSS COUNTRY tE£

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LIMBERING: Cross- country members Mario Garcia and Paul Flores, stretch out before a strenuous workout. Scenic workou Improvemen| key to cross countr Her breath is coming in short painful gasps. The finish line is in sight. Relief courses through her veins. The fatigue that had been held at bay for the last mile takes hold causing her knees to weaken and bare- ly make the last few la- bored steps across the fin- ish line before collapsing with an exhausted but ex- hilarated feeling. Muscle cramps and tears of joy are everywhere as the cross-country runners gather together to catch their breath and relate the harrowing tales of the race they have just run. Being with my friends and hear- ing their encouragement really helps me. said Marisa Rosas. Improving was a major concern of the girls cross country team. It takes a lot of desire and dedication to get up early on a Sat- urday morning and run two miles at a meet, se- nior cross country runner Tresa Hermes said. After placing second at the district meet in Corpus Christi each runner ad- vanced to the regional meet which was held in San Antonio. The team placed 11th at the regional meet. Each team member improved by at least 46 seconds in her time. Sarah Mendez, freshman, im- proved 2:11. The cross country con- sisted of seven members including seniors Pearl De- an and Tresa Hermes, jun- ior Emi Ramirez, sopho- mores VVillet Dean and Marisa Rosas, and fresh- men. Shay Porter and Sa- rah Mendez. The cross country coach, Karla Creagar, felt confi- dent of this year ' s runners. I had worked with thi before and they believedl working hard. Most of team ran during the su: mer to prepare themsel for the upcoming seasi 1 ran all summer long a felt very prepared, Tn Hermes, senior said. Pet ' Dean had high intentioii of improving her time frci last year. Last year m best time was 14:04, Th year my best time wi 13:27, Dean said. Eil Ramirez ran because helped me prepare for baj ketball. » , N y j ' ' 7 .- f-J CROSS COUNTRY

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FAST BALL: Justin Hei- nold (20) delivers a fast ball, while Tim Krejci (1 prepares for a possible ground ball. YOU ' RE OUT: Jim- my Pena (16) anx- iously waits for the ball in an attempt to the tag the runner out. EVALUATION: Coach Hodie Garcia observes the game from the first base coach ' s box. He then tells the players what they ' re aoing wrong so they can improve their game. DOUBLE PLAY: Robert Lopez(2) is ready to throw the ball to third, after a St. Joseph player struck out. 5th consecutive playoff berth RANKED FIFTH in dis- trict 26-5A reflected some doubt by district coaches that the varsity team could defend its district champi- onship and carry on its winning tradition in which it achieved a state cham- pionship in 1985 and reached the final four state playoffs in 1986. Rankings don ' t mean anything, junior Jimmy Pena, first baseman said, It ' s what happens on the field that means the most. It gives us something to prove, and we like proving people wrong, senior catcher Robert Lopez said. Performance is the bot- Team falls short in post season pla tom line, head baseball coach Hodie Garcia said. Once we put everyting to- gether, then we must take it to the playing field and perform. According to Coach Garcia, it is up to the seniors to set good ex- a mples for the team. I ex- pect a lot out of them and I challenge them to guide the team into the state playoffs, Coach Garcia said. We never look to have discipline problems or bad attitudes on the team but if we do, we talk about the situation and the players make the decision, said Coach Garcia. The kids need to play because they want to, not because they have to. They must be will- ing to work long and hard to become outstanding players and an outstanding team. We can only accom- plish our high goals through off-season prepa- ration, desire, and dedica- tion, Coach Garcia said. The team gets along well and works together to win. It ' s one of the greatest ex- periences that I have ever had, it ' s not just a team, it ' s a family, said Pena. I have a group of young men that are playing be- cause they love the game and also because they have something to prove in 1988, Coach Garcia said. The team ' s efforts paid off. After losing to Ray, beating Victoria, they lost to Moody in the district championship playoff game, all in one weekend. The Raiders finished in second place in district, rii Winning the district t ' f tie would have been nice but I am not ashamed to 1 this one get away from us, Coach Garcia said. In the first post seaso game, the team lost t Sugarland Clements i Houston. It ended the sea! son 13-4 in district and 1 9 overall. i Its S, ' BASEBALL