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

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A BOUNCE TOWARD IMPROVEMENT Despite the lock of members and the lock of experience, rhe vorsiry basketball team developed what skills they hod ond ottoined the best record in the team ' s history, 2-18. In Coach Anne Foster ' s opinion, rhe figures for the record may seem deceiving becouse mony of the losses were only by o couple of points. Determinotion was the key factor to the teams strength ' They stayed in the gome until the end and they lost by two points in many of the games, Faster said Our strongest point was determina- tion, Judy Mitchell, the only senior on the team, said. We hod the talent, but without determination, our talent wouldn ' t hove gotten us anywhere. According to Stocey Woeike, height ployed Q major role in contributing to the team ' s improvement ond wins. The team hod on overage height of 5 ' 6 , as com- pared to previous overages of approx- imately 5 ' 3 . Even with theii height odvontoge, the girls hod to cope with their inexperience as young ployers The majority of the team was composed of six sophomores and two freshmen with only one junior and one senior. Each player had to adhere to Foster ' s rules and requirements in order to stay on the team. A lettering requirement was that o player could not miss more than five practices. The cooch lettered only four members of the club: Mitchell, Woeike, Chris Williams and Chris Tolleson, the team ' s statistician. Although only four players lettered, Woeike believed thot everyone tried harder because they wonted to be there; they didn ' t join just because they wanted the jocket or because anyone wanted them to join. Woeike wos glod that she was in the bosketboll program because she mode friends and basketball helped me im- prove my coordination and made me more confident in myself becouse it ' s on extracurricular activity. Without this extrocurriculor activity, the good relationship, the commitment and the teamwork would hove gone to woste, Williomssaid. During the Christmas holidays, these three elements combined to hand the teom its first victory of rhe seoson ' We proved to ourselves thot we could work together as o teom; we bear Stratford with only six people and no one fouled out, Mitchell said. We knew that if we put our minds to it, we could do well in the seoson and we did, Williams sold. BYQUYENVa Bottom Row: Mortho Lopez Second Row: Tracy Woodord, Anno Dole, Towondo Toyior, Monico Vorelo. Judy Mitchell, Koltiy Moppin Third Row: Anne Foster, Srocy Archer, Chris Willioms, 5tephonie Adorns, Dofio Hordin, Sfocey Woeike, Mortho Sweeney J. Putz. A Double Effort. Two teommotes, Towondo Toyior (11) and Sfocey Woeike (55), double teom on opponent to prevent her from receiving rhe boll ' Teom work and effort ond o lot of procfice helped us improve from previous years and helped us win our two gomes, Taylor said. J. Putz. . . . than we bargained for 75

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The Heof is On. I wos near the bosket ttying to poss the boll to Yolondo (Mott), Lucio Restrepo sold. The Tigets lost to Elsik 16-30 J. Putz. Sunning. On the trock. Jennifer Derger ond Noei Sullivon stretch out before running. The girls ' cross country teom ran four to six miles per doy. throughout the neighborhoods and nd the frock. K. Byrn. 7 16 22 18 W 6 12 6 6 16 14 20 10 6 11 25 AocArt J ' p,oybutn l ,lein f otest £,jenhowef Texos Oty Deer Pork syesichester xyestchester Koty Osik Spring O ' O Horlhbrook HosliriQ -Vesichesiet Elsik HorthbtooU Spring D ' Of Hostings Bottom Row: Cooch Mortho Sweeney, Lorien Somers, Tonyo Pruitt, Angelo McGride Second Row: Judith Mitchell, Jennifer Steils, Jennifer Derger. Jessico Rubenstein Not pictured: Gwen Hudgins, Leo Schornnen the experience to play tough, SrKENEV 7 :-. »l !3t V ' «■ M ' 5■; t: ' » «k - V • ■ ' JT ' J i Bottom Row: Wode Crowford, Joy Wig- ginton, Mike Richordson, Wilbert Gee, Jeff Erfurdt, Scott Roy Second Row: Diong Chon, Kurt Jodie, Chris Mott, Tom- my Stilwell, Mike Bryant, Eric Denzick. Mott Connolly, Urion Mitchell. Ihird Row: Cooch Jim McNiel, Aoron Alex- onder, Don Lotlin, Trey Weotherford, Mike Arthur, Todd Stewmon, Dovid Wolker, Jeff Diehl, Cooch Kurt Poole. 76 More CROSS COUNTRY AND BASKETBALL .