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

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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 .

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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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Getfin ' Down. I wos on the ground frying to poss the boll and she grabbed it, Cindy Daniels sold Westchester defeated the Tigers 12-19. K. Byrn. On the Go. ' We ron on the track to develop o kick, ' which gives us o burst of energy at the end of the race to catch up to people ond to ploce higher, Fran- cis Teixeiro said Cross country teom members Teix- eiro and Kennerh Von 5lyve olso practiced sprints on the frock D. Wiliioms A GAINST THE ODDS Cross Country and boskerbQil. Two sports that ore foroliy different One dribbles o boll while the other runs up hills and through porks. But to be the best possible, psychological dererminorion is involved in both sports If o cross country runner is behind 30 people or if o boskerball teom is losing the gome by 00 points, they cannot give up Each orhlere nnust continue to give all they con ro the gome or meet. Though the boys ' and girls ' cross country ond girls ' freshmon bosketbol! teams were nor first in district, all had their own season highlights. According ro Coach Kurr Poole, the boys ' cross country reams ran exceprionolly well. The freshman teom placed first or the Bear Creek Meet, while the junior varsity ream ploced second in district. The vorsiry team was composed of two seniors, Mike Richordson ond Biong Chon, and o J V cross country ream. To run cross country, inner strength was needed ro moke the runner faster thon everyone else You hove ro be self- mofivored for the meets, Tommy Stilwell said. To practice, the boys ran six miles daily around the neighborhoods, sometimes almost to rhe Kory Freeway Coach rode o bike along beside us when we ran, Mike Richardson said. At rhe meets, rhe runners ran oround schools, porks and on unpoved surfaces. ' It ' s lor of work . . . ir really gets you in shape, Francis Teixeiro said. At their district meet, the girls cross coun- try teom come in sixth, bearing Northbrook and Spring Branch, ' Our goal wos nor to come in lost, Coach Morrho Sweeney said. The girls ran four ro six miles per day. On Wednesdays, rhey sometimes wenr ro Allen Parkway ro run. Overall, Sweeney rated the season a success. The girls worked hard . . rhey did everyrhing I osked rhem ro do ... I couldn ' r hove asked for more, Sweeney soid. Sweeney also coached rhe freshman girls ' basketball ream. The reom, which hod no wins, olmosr bear rhe firsr ploce reom, Norrhbrook, but lost by four points. If everyone really hod rheir minds on ir (rhe gome), we would have done better, Morybelle Bulo said. The freshman year of boskerball was like ' iroining yeor Bulo soid We hod ro learn how ro cope with losing gomes, Cynthio Doniels said. They hod o good orrirude going into each gome. . we just didn ' t have the ex- perience ro ploy rough, Sweeney sold, BY KAREN HURT Bottom Row: Diana Castano, Marybelle Dula, Mario Lugo, Angel Costonedo, Andi Cheatwood, Lucia Restrepo, Jeonerte Gonzales Second Row: Cathy Cole, Iris Egglesion, Cynthia Doniels, Stocey Mitchell, Yolondo Mott, Veronica Posado, Cooch Martho Sweeney. . . . than we bargained for 77