Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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JUNIORS AND SENIORS: Top, Robert Melchor, Arndra Thomas, Chad Thomas, Cary Hoff, Jimmy Pena. Middle, Coach Hodie Garcia, Lee Ross, Robert Lopez, Mil e Montez, Jason Heinold, Justin Heinold, Coach Trin- idad. Front, Ron Martinez, Tim Krejci, Louie Cuellar, Arthur Ellis, Bruce Wickliffe. FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES: Top, Ricky Balli, Jason Ohrt, Steven Vasquez, Coach Evans, Chris Buitron, Dustin Nagel, Galen Beatty. Middle, Ricky Wells, Cheno Poncio, Paul Moore, Elias Moya, Jeremy Bil- leaud, Marcelo Perez. Front, John I. Perez, Richard Ikonomas, Wesley Waida, A.J. Hall, Anthony Zimmerman, Michael Monroy. Did you know . . . that the baseball team has made the 5A state playoffs for the past five years? SWING: Robert Lopez awaits the pitch in hopes of being able to achieve a score for the Raiders. BASEBALL Itt

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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

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?iaJ? L - -.W-vt,;-J« ' «Ss :fir COACHES: Ray Jackson, Tim Brownson, head coach; Alan Autrey, and Bob Borchert. VARSITY: Top, Bryant Perry, John Whitby, Melvin Tolbert, Kelvin Bryant, Raymond Ran- dle, Ronald Ramey, and Julius Whitby. Bot- tom, Jack Rickman, manager; Vincent Vehz, Jason Gusman, Maurice Tolbert, and Roland Gusman. JV: Top, Tony Padilla, Desmond Ware, Rod- ■ ney Reed, Michael Cooper, Marcus Barnes, Ronald Tolbert, Willard Dean, and Pete Ra- mos. Bottom, Bryan Austin, Jason Casillas, Ricky Pedraza, Mario Garcia, Paul Flores, and Robby Zissa. PREPARING: Getting ready for a meet takes much prep- aration during the week. Kelvin Bryant prepares him- self during practice for an upcoming track meet. Itti TRACK