Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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INSIDE SPORTS Pass it over here! — during an away game. Varsity basketball player Om Reeder struggles to get his hands on the ball. He not only gets the ball, hut strate- gically plays throughout the game. Scoreboard SOCES 61 vs Monroe 68 SOCES 62 VS Jefferson 92 SOCES 92 vs Downlown Business Magnet 79 SOCES 68 vs Locke 51 SOCES 43 vs Van Nuys 69 SOCES 51 vs Marshall 65 SOCES 81 vs Pms X 43 SOCES 83 vs St. Monicas ino SOCES 53 vs Muir 76 SOCES 65 vs Locke 53 SOCES 61 vs Lincoln 70 SOCES 67 vs HollywiKjd 58 SOCES 61 vs Belmont 79 SOCES 61 vs Downtown Business Magnet 65 SOCES 41 vs Verdugo Hills 35 SOCES 49 vs Wilson 69 SOCES 46 vs Eagle Rock 74 SOCES 45 vs Franklin 69 SOCES 52 vs Verdugo Hills 42 SOCES 62 vs Wilson 61 Varsity Basketball Members are: Donald Dailv. Tyron Cooley. Cleve MclVright. Jesse Pinagua. Dan- te Harris. Berlin Parker. Om Reeder. Marcus Little John, and Coach Becker 46 Varsity Basketball Sports

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s ports dept enters new era Knights accepted into 3A M™. .,„...„«..„, ...,.,.„.„.,-.„..., for the athletic teams this year. After dominating the Magnet League for years the boys J.V. and Varsity basketball teams will be playing on a higher level and against much more experienced competition. To some players this honor was long overdue. I feel that the 3 A level of high school basketball is a step we should have taken long ago. Now we finally have a goal that ' s going to test as a team, our cooperation, unity, and determination. 1 0th grader, Dennard Jackson, said. Playing in the 3A league this year is the girl ' s basketball team and the boy ' s volleyball team, which are in their first year of existence. Both teams have been practicing extensively to be well-prepared for such competition as: Locke, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Marshall, Verdugo Hills, Marshall and Chatsworth. I think we can learn a lot from the players who have been in the league already, because they have more experience from previously being in the league. Not saying we ' ll be easily defeated because I really don ' t know what to expect. I ' m just going to play my hardest to put our team on top. 10th grader Anthony Booker, said. As the years move on, the sports department makes much more progress than the preceding year. Students love to talk about their team and their great team. The basketball teams, and volleyball teams were showered with school spirit and encouraging wishes. Strategy — Carlene Rowe. a member of the girls Milleyball team eagerly awaits to gel in the game to how her playing skills she has worked hard for. Track practice — Runner. Lakisha Stokes practices lor her event for the Spring track season. Coach Ed IVealhersby works with his team all year around, including helping them with special meets during the New league Sports 45

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ime out — taking lime out during a very intense ante. Varsity players Berlin Parker, Marcus Little- yhn, Cleve McWright, and Dante Harris discuss heir plans to maneuver the ball away from their op- onenls. onto their side of the court. ' halk one up for the home team — shown here making basket from the free throw line, Dante Harris hopes hat it will be one of many more points that he will take to help his team win. -J urviving a challenging new league This is our first year as a varsity basket- ball team in a 3a league. This means that we can now play nearly all of the schools in our district. This presents new challenges for our varsity players, many of whom were on last year ' s varsity team. I think that our team is a little better than last year because last year we were in a magnet league, but this year we ' re in a 3a league which means that we will be playing bigger schools which have three thousand people to choose from, so I think that is pretty good, and without Coach Becker. Coach Box, and Coach Weathersby, I think we would not be able to do anything. said eleventh grader Tyron Cooley. Although we did not have quite the sea- son that we had hoped to have had, the varsity team took it in stride. They kept their spirits and their morale high, and with the help of their senior players they came out fighting, but their senior players were not the only ones that contributed to the team ' s performance on the court, the ju- M % -y f niors also played a big role during the games. I think the seniors of the coming year will do fine, because we have seven people coming back on the varsity team. Those seven people will be seniors, so we will have a good team with or without the people who are leaving this year, said eleventh grader Om Reeder. It is our first year in the 3a division, we obviously lack the experience which would enable us to perform well against teams who have previously competed on this level. Lack of experience is more or less a scape- goat. This year was a period of adaption and learning. Eight juniors returning next year. As an advocate for the juniors I would like to say revenge is not paramount in our eyes, but payback is a feeling which is most enjoyed when done inadvertently ' in other words we will beat them and laugh. said Berlin Parker, eleventh grader. By Wendy Hernandez What was the most memorable mo- ment during one of this year ' s games that you remember the most? It was a tournament game played at St. Monicas, against our cross town ri- val. Dirty Business Magnet, we won. It was clearly one of our better games, said eleventh grader Kevin Campbell. Work. Work. Work — part of their Varsity teams training is participating in a daily brisk game. They work verv hard to keep their physical and mental stability, and bv practicing they get better and better each time. Varsity Basketball Sports ' :: 47