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

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A FRESH BREAKTHROUGH We ore the gofer girls We really go for guys If thiey donr go for us, We wonder why, smock, smock, smock This song was one of many sung by the freshman and junior varsity volleyboll teoms after they hod won o gome I felt sorry for Mrs. Ortiz and Ms. Lewis cause they went home with headaches, Tonya Pruett said. Although the girls song many songs together, there evolved o problem. J.V. and freshmen troveled together. It was really hard because it would be like rubbing it in when we lost, Tommie Dornhouse said. The freshman team won 16 gomes, while the J.V. won nine gomes Contrasting to post years, the freshmen dominated oil three teams The freshman doss affected everything, Coach Jon Lewis sold. They progressed from o bosic offense to Q complex one in o short amount of time The big problem wos that we didn ' t know how to work as o team, but when we put our heods together it worked, Stephanie Zimmersoid. At the season ' s end, most players con- sidered Hastings the toughest gome played They were good on the court ond they worked extremely well as o team and they Bottom Row: Christy Roschoi, Louro Chi Second Row; Terri Stengler, Rhondo Roufh Thlid Row: Cooch Jon Lewis, Wendy Ubernosky, Coriyn Atslnger, Kerry Kistler. Jennifer Hoffmon, Tommie Dornhouse, Vickie Allegro, Gi Gi Modlomboyon, mgr Dottom Row: Morybell DulQ, Tonyo Pruitt, Lorrie Proiswoter, Koryn Marks, Amy Drondou Second Row: Lorno Timmreck, Jeonnle Toyion Third Row: Cooch Sylvio Orrlz. Joyce Lee, mgr., Stocey Mitchell, Loruo Aurrey, Joretho Eggleton, Stephonie ZImmer, Thereso LIm, mgr. knew how to take control, Pruett sold. Other gomes, howev er, were olso etched into player ' s minds One wos Northbrook, because we ' come so close to beating them and because we ore such arch rivals, Dor- nhouse said. Although school storted in August and their first gome wos the 21st, most began proctic- ing in the summer. In July open gym proc- tices starred which was offered to anyone. There were all three teoms up there proc- ticoliy, Kistler sold On August 12 practices became mondotory twice a day. We did conditioning for thirty minutes, forty minutes of running and the rest was spent on spiking, hitting and serving, Zimmer said. Yet some of the hard procfice put in during the summer didn ' t quite pay off for some as it did for others After only o few gomes into the season Wendy Ubernosky sprained her onkle, putting her out for the rest of the season Though when the practice did poy off, the reams celebroted by going out to dinner or out to eot with friends My mom would sometimes fix losogno or we ' d go out to din- ner, Pruett said. Wins and losses come and went, but the success was just mentol hoppiness, the feel- ing of satisfaction, Timmreck sold. Setting It Straight. I wos going to set the boll, Christy Roschol sold The JV teom ployed Northbrook on Oc- tober 22 ot SW, but lost by 1 motch Roschol ployed on the junior high feom ot Spring Ooks L. Roschol. The Block. She wos on the spot which she loves best for spiking, Stocey Mitchell owoits the boll. I wos obout to block it, Mitchell sold. Mitchell described her yeor in volleyboll os o new experience becouse this wos her first yeor to ploy K. Byrn. 64 More FRESHMAN AND JUNIOR V

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F IRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING On rhe orher side of rhe net srood the nneonesr, roughest and ugliest team of oil. They were ready to pounce and would kill, if they hod to, for rhe disrricr championship. Suddenly, rhe season wos all over. And for rhe firsr rime in seven years, rhe varsity volleyball ream hod captured firsr place in disrricr. Our seoson was very successful and exciting. It was the first time we hod won districr since I ' ve been here, coach Sylvia Orriz said. Ir wos olso rhe first time the ream hod mode it to bi-district, area ond regionol comperirion. Many focrors such as rhe vicrory cheer — we ore the Spring Woods Tigers, woosh ' — and o specific ploying strategy contributed to the teom ' s winning streak. We worked on developing our porenriol skills ond rhe confidence of rhe ream as a whole, Or- tiz sold. The ream ' s explosive spirir and straighr srrotegy poid off when they end- ed their season wirh sevenreen wins and e losses. Despire their rriumphont success, the teom did hove to contend with player in- experience rhroughour rheir seoson. Their good points were rhor rhey leorned quickly os a ream, rhey gor rogerher ond srorred to work toward rhe championship. Their bod points were their lock of experience, Orriz said. One player idenrified her playing pro- blems early in rhe seoson ond wos oble to recover from her misrokes. I hod a slump in passing. I srorred ro ger down bur I got bock up again, ' Cory Stengler said. Many of rhe ream members remembered specific gomes os rhe gome rhey ployed besr, rhe gome rhey were in- jured in or Q gome where oil rhe odds were ogoinsr rhem Srrorford wos our roughesr opponenr. They hod beoren us in rhe firsr rournomenr and rhey rhoughr rhey could bear us in disrricr, Srengler sold. The losr gomes were rhe besr. They gor berrer os rhe seoson wenr by, Aliso Ars- inger added In oddirion ro rhe ream ' s successful season, Srocie Nichols was selecred for rhe USA Senior Team. The ream rroveled to Jopon and Chino and ployed on exhibition gome against rhe Chinese and Joponese omoreur volleyboll reoms. Nichols was the only ployer selecred our of rhe Spring Branch Disrricr. The reams were srrong and quick which is somerhing we don ' r see in high school reams, Nichols said, BY GINA KIMSLOW Gimme A Break. With the boll tightly gripped under her ornn, Ano Dole ond other teom members pouse during o time out to hove a conference with their coQch, Sylvio Ortiz, in o gome ogoinst Memorial, J. Putz. Bottom Row: Stocie Nichols, Aliso Atsinger Second Row: llene Kloch, Joleen Colleton Third Row: Sylvia Ortiz. Ano Dole, Cory Stengler, Shonnon Corter, Denise House, Lisa Drondou, Lindo Peng, Leno Peng, Fourth Row; Ashley Vining, Amy Winston than we bargained for 63

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Directing the Forces. I was telling Chris- ty Roschol she wos not where she should hove been, Cooch Jon Lewis sold Rhondo Routh, Terry Stengier, Kerry Klstler, Christy Roschol and Vickie Allegro listen while Lewis directs Roschol where to move Although the Junior varsity teom won thot match, Northbrook won at the end L. Roschol. ' frhbrook ' ' -n though, H ' ' worked will, ' f ' ospren. ced tvent well . . . than we bargained for 65