Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Ranked number sixfeen in sfafe for singles, senior Lezlie Noble reaches for flue ball affempfinq fo gef on fop of if. Noble said fl'1is was ffme major frouble wifli her serve. A+ pracfice varsify fennis player Roger Harvey drops a forelwand volley over flwe nef. Harvey and jun- ior Kurf Wendf advanced fo flue quarfer finals in disfricf compefi- fion. Form and feclwnique are fwo essen- fial skills senior Joe Mcflorlcle exlwibifs in luis serve. Adopfing Chris Everf Lloyd's famous sfyle, iunior Kelley Gaffney lfifs a fwo lwanclecl baclclnand refurn fo l'1er parfner Donna Tomasello. Lafe in flwe season Gaffney feamed up wiflw Lezlie Noble for disfricf doubles compefifion, winning run- nereup fo regionals.

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or the love of the game 'vt i 'ESE K, ' mmf., 4,1 +1 Si iixii.' ii? . , poinl in rhe season. The feam venfurecl To Auslin, Beaumonl' and Nacogdoches for invifalional lournamenlrs. Offered for rhe firsl lime To Tiger neirers players accepled fhe oplion of alfending Newk's Tennis Clinic in New Braunfels. The cos? ol S65 proved worlhvvhile lo Tornasello. We worked on drills we'd never done before, Tomasello said, and They videolraped us along wi'rh Slicing his rachel 'ro barely deliver fhe ball over lhe nel, junior Kurt Wendi uses a flawless dropshof in a disfricf Tourney. Wifh his 'feei off the ground. iuniof Brian Biek shows 'rhe power puf info a serve. This was Bielfs firsf year on fhe ieam. i

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nd theyle Gff I Back in The warm and humid locker room The coach gaThered in The sweaTy. exhausTed aThleTes who were sfill Tired up enough To cdnquer any Team and vigorously congraTulaTed Them on Their ouTsTanding vicTory. IT was all due To your Tine Team play and Team eTTorT, he said. However. Track provides an individual alTernaTive To oTher convenTional sporTs. ln Track, a kid is rewarded himselT, The Team comes second, VarsiTy boys coach KurT Poole said. FirsT we praise ln order To make finals iunior Glenn Graham sprims To quickly Tmish The 440 yard dash. A mid-February Memorial Track meeT gase senior S'ese Mocre ar opoorm- nm 'C fur an WCVSSSNE 2:02 in The er a '3B0 esert The individual and Then The Team. ThaT's opposiTe Trom all oTher school sporTs around here. . The new Track program sTressed sTrengTh and speed which helped TooTball players as well as volleyball players and many oTher sporTs parTicipanTs improve Their endurance. IT keeps you in shape during The oTT season when normally you'd be siTTing in TronT oT The TV or eaTing, Treshman Don Fogle said. IT also builds you up and leads you righT inTo spring Training Tor TooTball. ApplyingiThis new approach To The spring Track program Tremendously increased The ToTal number oT parTicipanTs. The Track group consisTing oT approximaTely eighTy boys began The year wiTh The Brooks lnviTaTional meeT in The AsTrodome. Senior PeTe Willems placed TourTh in The mile and Two mile relay consisTing oT seniors Mark Brewer. STeve Moore, Mike ReiTher, and Willems Took a Third. Junior David Jones placed Third in The high iump aT The Memorial lnviTaTional. OTher winners were iunior Tim BrundreTT, TiTTh in The pole vaulT and senior Tom ArThur TourTh in The IZO high hurdles. The Two mile Team Took TirsT in Their relay and Willems placed TirsT in The 880 yard dash. WiTh The TemperaTure in The l0s The JV Team Traveled To KaTy and Tared well. Junior Bill Gardner placed TirsT in The l20 high hurdles and The 330 hurdles. Fellow Team member Chris Duliban placed second in The hundred yard dash and long iump, and sophomore Bill Bloomer placed TirsT in The shoT puT. JV resulTs aT The AlieT meeT were pleasing, iunior STeve Barosso said. Freshman Bobby SundquisT placed sixTh in The 330 hurdles and second in The high iump. Freshman Andy Dacovich Tied Tor TirsT in The pole vaulT, and sophomore James De La Cruz placed Third in The mile. Coached by Bill Miller, The Treshman Team capTured The Team championship aT Memorial. FirsT place ribbons were awarded To BerT Ward in The 440 ya rd dash. - 1 1 ,1 ZS-- ,. l Train