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

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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 . . .

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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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Center Of Attention. I wos going to poss the boll to Mark (Ulris) for him to dunk it, Irving Avilo (12) sold ot Q Northbrook gome The Tigers beot Northbrook once our of three gomes J. Putz. Aimed and Dangerous. Looking for someone to poss to, Poul Johnson (14) dodges o Spring Dronch player Spring Woods won the gome 59-41 J. Putz. o NTHE BALL It was just on exceptionally overage season. No one wos too roll, or too quick, or the superstar of the team. Everyone worked pretty much together . . there wos no superstar everyone depended on, junior varsity bosketboll Coach Rick Brewer said. The team didn ' t surprise anyone. We won the ones we were supposed to win and lost the ones we were supposed to lose. We didn ' t upset onyone, Brewer sold. The junior varsity bosketboll teom, posting o 10-15 record, was good com- pared to the tolent which we hod, Brewer sold. The only disadvontoge for the teom wos the ployers ' heights — only one wos over six feet. We hod to ploy well as o teom becouse we didn ' t hove much height, Irving Avilo sold. Brewer termed Northbrook as equivolent of the Tigers in tolent. All three Northbrook games were close . . . they hod the some type tolent as we did, Brewer sold. However, the junior varsity ' s toughest competition was Hastings, Klein Ooks ond Memorial. They (Memorial) hod o lot of height, Paul Johnson sold. Hastings was a difficult opponent since they hod numerous players on the teom and could substitute ployers from the court with five different players from the bench. During the season, many players rocked up individuol records. Zubin Daroowolo was the high scorer against Koty-Toylor with 23 points, while Dove Ultis averaged 10 points per gome Bruce Vorney im- proved drastically and became skillful ot defensive rebounding, according to Brewer. At the Spring Branch game, everyone scored, we ployed as a team, and we won big, Joe Horsh, who scored 15 points, said. In order to let everyone ploy and to moke the gome fun for the players, We like to full-court press, Brewer sold. After scoring, the teom surrounds the opposing team and tries to steal the boll bock from them. It gives a chance for everyone to ploy — even if they ' re not good ot scoring or rebounding, Brewer said. Overall, Brewer said, everyone did well and played the gome as best they could. When we ployed os o team, we mode things happen. When we played os in- dividuols, we always lost, ' Horsh sold. BY MICHELLE RIDDELL Dotfom Row: Robert Thorfon, Mork Ultis. Chris Harris. True Lee, Som Sprogue, Irving Avilo, Zubin Daroowolo Second Row: Hugh Averil, Paul Johnson. Kevin Lyies. Coach r ick Brewer, Druce Vorney, Joe Harsh, Sam Johnson. than we bargained for 71