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

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u NDERCLASSMEN UNDER THE HOOP Although the sophomore basketball teom came up short on mony points dur- ing the season, they went long on progress. With only o 17 gome schedule, the team finished with a 5-7 seoson record. Since the short team hod only one big man, Michael Whitley, to ploy, this resulted in Q quicker end more defense oriented team. I hod to ploy post (center) becouse we did not hove big guys, Alvoro Beltrom said The team hod o lock of height and o lock of depth, sophomore basketball coach Richord Brewer said. We would get pretty tired during the gome . there was o stretch of five gomes where we only hod five players. Sometimes we only hod one guy to put in the game. Although the team locked many ingre- dients such OS height, they improved over the season, as shown by the two gomes ogoinst on undefeated Memorial, their toughest opponent. The first rime, we did not do good. We underestimated the op- position. We only scored 27 points, Michael Whitley sold of the teams firsi game with Memoriol, early in the season. The second time (ogoinst Memorial) we were prepared. This time we scored 58 We gave it our all ond ployed real hord, Whitley said of the team ' s lost gome. By the end of the season, the sopho- more team began to ploy as more of o unit. We worked together as o teom, Whitley sold. The improvement over the seoson gove us something to look forward to. Although the freshmon boskerboll A team occupied the first ploce spot at time during the season ond finished third in district, they finished the season with a 12- Sophomoie Boskefball. Bottom Row: Rob Thornron, Chris Horns. Jerry Cutsfioll, Al Delrron, Keifh Andrews Second Row: Steve Mines. Hugh Aberil, Rick Drewer. Milse Whitley, 5om Sproghue 12 overall record and o 7-7 district record We started out the first of the yeor reol- ly good, Michoel Kurth soid. Then we started to mess around, out of the next seven gomes, we won two. It was oil downhill from there After starting the season winning, the team then lost the next five gomes. We were like o tidal wove, freshman basket- ball coach Brirt Wilmeth soid. Once the first half of the seoson was finished, the teom could not seem to stop losing. It was a strange season The second half of district, we were playing teams that we hod already beaten ond they were beating us, Wilmeth soid. Although the freshmon basketball A team encountered difficulties os the seoson progressed, the freshmon B teom succeed- ed in mastering the basic skills. With Q third place finish in district, the B team compiled o 1O10 season record and on 8-6 district record Since many schools in the district did not hove enough players to form o B ream, there was o lock of teoms in the district to ploy. This prevented the team from being able to foil into o regular routine. A lot of the teams in the district did not hove B teams. As o result, you could not get in a regular routine; it really threw our team off, Wilmeth said. To prepare to ploy varsity basketball, on athlete begins on o lower teom It is here on o team such as the freshmon B team where players leorn the basic skills. We leorned the fundomentols and how to ploy aggressive basketball as o team, not in- dividuols, Kurth said. He (Coach Wilmeth) did not mind if we lost, if we played OS o team. BY MICHELLE RIDDELL You deserve o break. During o bosketboll gome, Keith Keller tokes o break for some woter Keller led the freshmon D teom with 95 rebounds. 14 blocked shots, 24 steals and 121 points occumuloted in the district J. Putz Power Struggle. Stretching his orms freshmon Russell Cruz bottles to get the boll to his teommotes Each quorter storted with o tip-otf J. Putz. m 72 More SOPH. FRESH. BASKETBALL . . .

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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

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OPP 46 46 36 64 A2 AA b 63 A2 19 ■ Freshman Dosketboll. Bottom Row: Leon Alvorez. Kirk Fleichhouer, Henry Willis, ■ Aoron Drirtoin, Steve Young Second Row: Seun Yoon. Eric Horper. Keith Keller, Chin ■ Kim, Mike Dooher, Drift Wilmeth. Freshmen A Dasketboll. Dritt Wilmerh, Doniol Gorcio, R.ussell Cruz, Mike Kurth, Ricky Fuquoy, Fred Bolen, Chris Surdom, Felius Averil, Kwong Yun, Steve Shobo, Yossin Owen, Tommy Dronscom - St 63 33 3s 53 72 45 73 than we bargained for 73