Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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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

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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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READY: Willard Dean listens carefully as Coaches Tim Brownson and Alan Autry explain his leg on the relay team. Along with prac- tice, the team works out psychologically, for Coach Brownson teach- es them that discipline and self-confidence is important to w in. THROWING: Getting ready to throw the shot put takes many hours of practice. At the Sting Relays, Tony Padilla threw 34 ' 11 for the J.V. team. jbiscipline, confidence reeds success jys track prepares for new year The energetic art of nning is a part of orts that most athletes rink from. But, in the cial case of the boys ck members, running iwhat it is all about. It takes a tougher lete to run because has to push when he tired and then go be- nd, said new head ick coach Tim Brown- n. Track is running. J»u run when you train Id you run when you compete. Some people think that track is easy, but it is not as easy as they think, said Vincent Ve- liz. When we ' re getting timed, it doesn ' t feel so great. It hurts most of the time. In this new year, the boys track team will start off by getting the athletes in shape and improving the discipline of the team and their confidence. You can not win if you don ' t be- lieve you can. You have to be confident with yourself because there is nowhere to hide, said Coach Brownson. You run by yourself in your own lane. You have to be a little arrogant be- cause when you step on the track, you are basi- cally saying to the world, ' 1 AM THE BEST PERSON ON THIS TRACK AND YOU ' RE GOING TO HAVE TO BEAT ME!! ' Most runners feel that their sport can be very exhausting at times. As a result, they don ' t hes- itate to allow their minds to think of other things. When I ' m run- ning, I think about my pace, whether I should speed up or stay the same, said Jason Gus- man. When I ' m jogging, 1 try to think of something so 1 won ' t get bored. 1 push myself when 1 know there ' s someone better than me, said Vincent Veliz. One of the major goals of the boy ' s track team, according to Coach Brownson, is just plain improvement. Last year only one per- son qualified for region- als. We would like to have more people qual- ify. The talent is here, they just need to believe in themselves and work hard. J TRACK Itl