Lavon Willis Smith arrived at Kashmere High School in the fall of 1974 as the former Miss Francis Scott Key. She didn’t waste any time and got right to work as a KRam student. In the spring of her tenth-grade year, she was selected to the varsity cheerleading squad under the leadership of Mrs. Lena Youngblood. She remained on the squad during her time at Kashmere and became co-captain her …
Delvin Williams Inducted into Inaugural HISD Hall of Fame
KFAA excitedly celebrated Delvin William’s induction into Houston Independent School District’s inaugural Hall of Honor! He deserves to be included into the first class of honorees! Thanks for making our Ramily proud! Link to An Inspiritng Evening with Delvin Williams
Coach William McGowan
William McGowen attended Phyllis Wheatley High School in Houston, Texas, as a student-athlete on the football team, graduating in 1947. He received a football scholarship to Texas College in Tyler, Texas. It was also at Tyler where he would meet the love of his life, Rosie. William took his first job as a teacher/coach in Hugo, Oklahoma, where he resided for four (4) years. He then moved to Dennison Texas to …
PVILCA 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees
Coach Ozell Harris along with three former Kashmere High School Student-Athletes were inducted into the Prestigious PVILCA 2020 “Hall of Fame”. Fred Hill, Sr. 1967-Football, Willie “Shack” Skillern, 1970 Football, Larry Washington (deceased) 1966-Baseball (pictured sister Doris Washington-Hughes). PVILCA began recognizing Coaches for their Hall of Fame in 1980 and former Student- Athletes in 2005. To date ,the organization has inducted more than 300 individuals from all over the state …
First Step a Large One for Charles
Russell Charles realized a greater dream than he dared even hoped for when he was named to the Georgia Tech football staff by head coach Pepper Rogers.At age 22, Charles became, if not the youngest, certainly one of the country’s youngest fulltime assistants at a major university. Coaching has always been a long- range goal of his. “I talked with Joe Tusa (HISD Athletic Director) when I was …
Congratulations to the 1965 Baseball Champs!
In a six and half hour marathon played at Jeppesen Field, Kashmere Gardens Junior Senior High School under the leadership of Coach Henry L. Stevenson claimed the 1965 UIL State Baseball Championship. In game one behind the strong pitching of Larry Dean Washington 13 strikeouts, Kashmere beat Waco Moore 8-3 in seven innings. In the middle game Waco Moore sent Bob Degrate to the mound and he responded …
Interview with 1975 Captain Jarvis (Teddy) Williams
[Not a valid template]KFAA: How was Coach Drew able to prepare this squad that was loaded with so many good players? Jarvis: “Coach Drew gave us the guidance and freedom we needed to be relaxed on the court. Any player that was open had the green light to shoot. We believed that no team would beat us if we played team ball. Coach Drew’s practices would consist of us …
Karl Godine
After winning the national title, many more accolades were bestowed on the 1975 Kashmere Rams team. Coach Weldon Drew was named ESPN National Coach of the Year. Karl Godine, the State Championship MVP, and Jarvis Williams were both named to the All-America team. Karl Godine, Jarvis Williams, Carl Byrd, and Madison Lane were all named to the All-State Team. For Williams and Godine this was a repeat selection, after being …
1974 State Champs
With the 1974 championship under his belt, it was time for Coach Drew to prepare the 1975 team for the quest for another title. First task was to make up for the loss of guards, Stanton and Reggins, due to graduation. The answer came in the form of Madison Lane and Henry Small. Henry, an experienced sharpshooter, and Madison, a slick ball handler, along with arguably the state’s best sixth-man …
Michael Stanton and Craig Reggins
The confident senior Reggins, a key figure in the victory with 17 points, was right in his previous prediction and therefore bore listening to once again. His latest prophecy was “We’ll be back next year too”… referring to the nine returning players and a junior varsity team that went 28-4 in route to winning the city title. Kashmere would place three players on the All-State Tournament Team: Craig Reggins, Jarvis …