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

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t ia t b teet fj uue rhorge. The entire varsity footboll rips o run-through mode by the Ut Club rhof reod Tigers os the teom horges onto the Astrodome s field J. Scrunch. Mosses of arms ond legs mongle together as Bart Mulherln (20) tackles one of Sterling s ployers for the offense during the second playoff gome in the Astrodome D. Williams. fter losing only five gomes out of the entire seoson, it finolly happened. For the first time since 1969, the varsity foorball team claimed the ti- rle of district 17 - 5A chomps and won the first of two play-off gomes in the Dome. When we walked out on the field for the fifst time, everyone was real- ly excited — fans, too We were pretty pumped up We ottocked Shorpstown, wide receiver Scott Wroy said When the vorsity football team ployed Shorpstown in the Astrodome, Wroy returned a ninety yard kickoff for a touchdown only minutes into the first quarter. Its olwoys good way to stort the gome when you re seven points ahead within the first few minutes of the game. Cooch Den DIoomer sold. The team ' s victory wosn ' t quire as easy as it hod seemed in the beginn- ing of rhe Sharpsrown game. With 2:30 left in the game, Shorpstown scored a touchdown making the scote 16-21. However, ... we ered the onside kick and ron the last minute out, ' ' DIoomer said. I wos nervous. They hod the momentum of the game. The ideo ophe could happen, DIoomer soid. Although most people grew tense when the opponent seized the lead, some maintained confidence in rhe and their performonce. I knew rhe offense would do if. They hodn ' r let us down before, ond I knew rhey wouldn ' t rhen, defen- sive tackle Russell Knopp soid. Yet the teams ployoff hopes end- ed when they ployed Sterling ond lost 26-21 while 32.000 people wot- ched in the stonds. The gome plon changed ro mon-to-mon because of Sterling s speed, DIoomer soid Dut despite the chonge in the game plon, the ream still wasn ' t able to conquer Sterling. Sterling was rhe fostest team we hod played oil yeor, quorrerback Kevin Pore said. A few teom members shored similor feelings abour rhe loss ond rhe experience of ploying in the Astrodome I was extremely disop- poinred becouse it was the lost game we would ploy in high school, Knopp soid. ■| was sorry it wos over becouse it was a real tough gome to lose We were oheod unril rhe very end Pate said Although the chance for rhe vorsi- ry foorball reom to ploy in the Dome for rhe rhird rime hod passed, some ream members looked bock or the experience os o dream come rrue. While others wanred onorher chonce or Sterling, some remembered their foults and whot it would rake to moke them berrer. It wos greot — one of my lifetime om- birions, DIoomer said There were o lor of fhings we could ' ve done better, bur rhey would hove to be done os o team, Pote sold BY GINA KIISSLOW Whot o Ploy. After scoring ogainst Sterl- ing during the second ployoff gome in the Astrodome. Jerod Schulick (69) ond Steve Wolfe (16) congrotulate one onother os rhey cross rhe field D Willioms. Roh - Roh. Wirh a megaphone to his lips, cheerleoder Tom McColl roots o chont in hopes of urging rhe reom on to victory ogainst Sterling. M. Ehtlund. . . than we bargained for I 19 ..

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TOedic feaen I r is 6 P.M., Friday night. You pick up rhe phone and dial Q number. Your friend is nor home. You dial another number. This friend is not home either. You do it ogoin and again until, finally, you ore panicking and contemplating the ques- tion: What am I going to do tonight? Every student hod to qsI-; himself this question on Friday or Saturday night. Some ot- tended the football gomes then went to the donee after- wards. I like to be with my friends and I love to dance, Laurie Husmann soid. If there wasn ' t a donee, some students often went to Spoon ' s for dinner and to a movie. Rondy Divin, Jeff Good- win, Dill Wells and Greg Ham- mond sometimes catch a movie, according to Divin, Basketball or soccer gomes olso provided on enjoyable Nome Thot Tune, For extro money I ployed in o bond over the summer, Greg Borone soid Singing with Crolg Winfrey, they provided donee music for o teen night club once o month. J. Putz. evening for students, I usually go with some friends to o bosketboll gome and then to a movie and or out to eot, Mark Ultissoid, Parties were rhe main events on weekends, I go out with my friends usually to parties or to school gomes, Laura Rid- del! said. If there was not a party, some people Just stoyed home, ' My family, friends and I sometime get up a good game of Trivial Pursuit, Husmann soid. Others spent time with a girlfriend or boyfriend. Chris (McDee) and I sometimes go to rhe Zoo, Trisha Babb sold, Friday and Saturday nights were spent doing onything from bowling to polishing friends ' cars. It reolly didn ' t mat- ter what you were doing, just OS long OS you enjoyed it, BY MICHELLE RIDDELL Let ' s Donee. I go to meet people ond hove fun, Sandra Isrowi said Since she wos o Tigerette, eoch compony wos re- quired to ottend two donees to pro- mote school spirit J, Putz. I H H| pi m k ' H 1 1 n Pr mm 1 ,., H W Mm i n H i t M r M -s, v V ' ' « Footloose. I like to donee. Dove Ultis soid about attending the victory dances After cheering ot the football gome, Ultis v ent home to chonge and returns to the gym to sociollze and donee J. Putz. Table for Two. Mike (Pulido) ond I like Dirro Poretti ' s becouse we enjoy the food and romontic ormosphere, Sher- rene Ryon said They hove visited rhe reslourant ever since they started doting in 1983 J. Putz. than we bargained for