Douglas County High School - Huskie Highlights Yearbook (Castle Rock, CO)

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as TENNIS Players Lack Competitive Edge Sometimes it's more accurate to describe a season by what it lacked rather than what it had. Rigorous conditioning and serious atti- tudes were not prevalent on the tennis team. One individual summed up their performance by commenting, The team lacked enthusiasm and motivation for a winning season, but had a great time just playing the game! They finished their season with a disappoint- ing record of one win and eight losses. I had hoped to improve our 3-6 record from last year, testified coach Bill Sample. He felt the lack of competitive experience was a factor hindering their performance. Coach Sample agreed the team had fun, participated without fail in practices and matches, and thoroughly enjoyed the season. While enthusiasm may not have been at its peak and talent not up to par, team members felt that they were capable tennis players. We lost when we should have won. We have fairly talented players but players didn't win at the same time, explained Brian Gaboriau. Brian remembered matches lost by one point. Certain players had a good match one day when other players had a bad match, robbing them of a team victory. Andy Middleton went on to state, Practices weren't structured enough, we didn't do enough drills. Sophomore Jeff Holmes ex- pressed, We didn't learn as much as we thought we should have, the other teams were more advanced in their play. The majority of players agreed that, had their season been long- er, they might have accomplished more. One player, Jim Carpenter, did very well. Jim was our bright spot! exclaimed Coach Sample. Jim finished the season with a 5-4 record. In addition, Jim saw drastic improve- ment in his abilities. It got exciting once I started getting better, he explained. This sea- son helped him decide to pursue tennis mo' seriously. During a practice drill, junior Mike Meyer executes a half- volley. Although the team lost the match to Highland by a 4, score of 4-3, Mke stressed, Team members were support- ive of each other in every situation. FRONT ROW: Jeff Holmes, Andy Middleton, Jim Carpen- ter, Craig Denkler. BACK ROW: Coach Bill Sample, Brian Gaboriau, Mke Meyer, Robert Creagor, Chad Bryan, Kevin Lynch, Kyle Lynch, Jeff Quinn. s. g . .K K. Perfecting his backhand, Robert Creagor slices the ball. Robert and partner Kevin Lynch play number three dou- bles. Robert, a new student from Alameda, remarked, lt was incredible the differences in the coaching techniques.

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