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

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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

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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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20 17 10 27 16 00 27 00 20 27 29 26 01 00 25 21 24 50 20 40 29 12 Moss Confusion. Her grasp of the boll shows that she wos ready to continue the gome Trocy Woodord wolrs for the confusion to clear offer o Memorial opponent hits the floor J.Putz. 74 More GIRLS ' VARSITY BASKETBALL