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

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V Qch Out. While looking or the boll, John Higgins i obout getting both hands on the boll ond bring- ng it down During the worm up before the gome. figglns gets reody ro jump for o rebound D. llliQms. leody (or Anything. ' m sreoling rhe boll ond cruisin ' lown rhe courr for o reverse slom, Dovid McGee old obour o Wesrchesrer gome. I rhink ir wos rhe liggesr seoson rhot rhe Tigers hove hod in my four ' eors or Spring Woods, McGee sold. J. Putz. G OING STEADY Tension builds as the rime runs our Thirry seconds remain on rhe clock in rhe fourth quorrer. The score is ried. The fronric moves of rhe players rodiore rhe morions locked inside. Bursts of energy, concealed from rhe firsr holf of rhe gome, aid rhe ream in pursuir of vicrory. The guard rushes in ond passes ro rhe posr man. Wirh rwo seconds left he jumps up, wir h straining muscles, and sloms rhe boll in rhe hoop. They have achieved vicrory. Ar rhe beginning of rhe season, rhe boys ' varsity boskerboll ream was picked ro come in fifth in disrricr bur surprised everyone by coming in third wirh a suc- cessful 12-S season. During rhe Cy-Foir rour- nomenr, rhe boskerboll ream won rhe con- solation division. By rhe rime we wenr ro rhe Cy-Foir rournomenr wed gorren ir rogerher, Eric Toronro sold obour rhe reom as a whole Bearing rheir arch rival Memorial wos a memorable gome for oil rhe players The firsr Memorial gome we were able ro conrrol rhe game, ' Coach Wendell Hilfon sold. According ro Hilton, rhe weaknesses were rhe lock of heighr and rhe inex- perience on rhe bench. One reason for having such a good season, Hilron said, was because we hod o posr man and o guard with three years ' experience Borh P,ob Shopley and Toronto made oll-disrricr, wirh Shopley averaging 13 poinrs o gome and Toronro overoging 18. Our season went up and down. We would hove a srreok of good gomes, then we ' d hove o few bod ones. The ream was rogerher as one, Toronro said. The season was fun because we played well rogerher, John Higgins said. Before each game, rhe reom hod o lighr worm up, bur did not wont to exhaust themselves. It ' s funny because I rarely hod ro give a pep rolk. They didn ' t re- spond ro rhem. They were relaxed if I didn ' t, Hilron said. Ir was a good season, because we hod a winning record, Mork Bryonr sold BY ALICIA SHAPLEY ' tLm mmm lH Mi Bottom Row: John Gosselink, Virgilio Itliong, Jimmy Fisher, Mark Dryonr, Chorles Horris, Dovid McGee John Higgins Second Row: Rob Shopley, Chris Wicker, Eric Toronto, Cooch Wendell Hilton, Mott Miller, Mike Wor- wick, Roberr Doch . . than we bargained for 69

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A Free Thiow. While concentrating sole- ly on the bosket, Rob Shopley directs o free throw ot the hoop. We hod o very good yeor ogoinst o very tough schedule We ployed over 10 teoms who went to ployotfs ot the end of the year, Shopley sold J. Putz. Dishing it Out. While ossisting o leonn- mote in scoring, Rob Shopley thinks obout o good, cleon poss during the Strotford gome We hod o strong district with some big wins, ' Shopley sold J. Putz. Skyward. Before the Northbrook gome, Robert Doch worms up by prac- ticing his jump shot The Tigers lost to Northbrook, 50-51, in the first half of the seoson — then defeoted the Roiders, 56-56, in the lost half D. Willloms. rA ¥ TT INST4NTREL4Y 49 47 50 75 58 54 39 17 Klein Ook Cy-Foir j oiy-Toylot fAcCullough Suoke Jesuit Koiy High South Houston Sitotlotd tlsik Spring D ' onch Northbrook Hastings emoriol estchesiet Strotford Elsik Spring B ' O ' ' Northbrook Hostings emoriol xyesichesier xyesichesif, 68 More BOYS ' VARSITY BASKETBALL . . .

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StQfe of Mind. On the bench worching the Tigers on coutt. Joe Hotsh (01) waits i ploy Horsh ' s best gome wos Spring Branch, in which he scored 15 points. J. Pulz. ' When we p y ' TJZ ' nZ ' ' ' ' hopP-Z rj jgE HARSH 70 More BOYS ' J.V. BASKETBALL . . .