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

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Diehard Fans. Despite the cold weofher and the sparsely filled bleoctiers, Joy Wiggington, Tim Wosher. ond Julie Dromon root for teom- It wQs reolly cold, Wostier sold J. Putz. beginning ' Down Field. After the opposing team wos penalized for kicking the boll out of bounds. Thong Doon moves down field for o gool kick The Tigers receive the boll neor the opponents ' goal ond hove Q free kick J. Pulz. 82 More BOYS ' SOCCER . . .

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Leod Off. In the 800 yord dosh, Rhondo IXourh prepares to start the race I ran In the first She (Amy Brondou) ron in the second ' F. Teixeiro. Anticipation. Before her turn at the high jump. Koren Kelly looks on to observe her competition ot o district meet J. Putz. . . than we bargained for 81

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- heod Coordinodon. Spending time to practice uggling the boll, Chris Poyne innproves his heoding echnique Poyne bounces the boll off the middle of lis foreheod If hit properly, the boll will trovel for ' Heoding Is o deodly weopon, ' Poyne sold D. l llllams. A SLEEPING GIANT Ir is rhe final two minutes of the gome. Tfie score is tied; rime is becoming critical Thie forward receives rhe ball os fhie resuir of Q shorr poss from o reommore The field looks open, bur rhe defense is closing in fosr. The forward dodges rhe orher players and monipulores rhe boll wirh precise drib- bling. He opprooches rhe gool, and rries ro read rhe ocrions of rhe goalie In his on- ticipotion. the goalie moves to the left cor- ner of rhe net. The forward shoots the boll out the corner opposire rhe goolie. The boll flies high in the oir ond shoors by the goalie Its in! Looks like the beginning of a terrific season. After winning their firsr rhree gomes, rhe soccer reom held high hopes for rhe seoson. Ar rhe beginning, we hod a winning or- titude, Monh Pham sold. Their exciting storr was dimmed by o less rhon exrroordinory season. The team fin- ished with seven wins, four losses ond four ties Following the loss of the fourrh season gome agoinsr Elsik, rhe teom ' s momenrum began to diminish We were doing well or the beginning until we were beoren by Elsik which put us on our way down hill, Captain Tony Garza said The Tigers led the Roms or the beginning of rhe gome 3 — 0. Although one of Elsik ' s ream members had fouled our of rhe gome wirhour being replaced, the Rams came bock to win the game 3-4 Coptoin Chris Poyne sold that game wos o heorr breaker. Team members felt the two main focrors rhor hurr rhe ream were rhe inconsistency in the ream members who played eoch week and the youth of the team. We didn ' t hove rhe same ployers in every gome and the team wos olwoys chang- ing, Garzo sold. Since rhere were only four rerurning seniors on rhe ream, underclossmen com- pered for key posifions each week Ac- cording ro Payne, since most of rhe ployers had neorly rhe same omounr of ability and rolenr, whoever ployed well during rhe week or offer school practice wos put Into rhor week ' s gome. The soccer ream ' s strong beginning showed the group ' s srrengrh, ralent and ability. As the seoson progressed however, the team lost momenrum We never real- ly met our full porentiol, Garza said BY LAURIE ROGERS ike It Off. After being told thot he is to enter the 3me, Robert Stein removes his sweots Teom iembers worm up Individuolly by stretching or Jog- ng before entering o gome. J. Putz. Bottom Row: Lewis Loerro. Phu Nguyen, Doug Weller, Thon Vu. Thong Doon, Quong Nguyen, IXicky Dolley, Federico Lorco, Crolg Olshi, Bobby Uhlin, Dovid Gorzo Second Row: Tito Zobolo, Louis Rossi, Deon Owen, Jeff Armstrong, Tony Gorzo, Chris Poyne, Monh Phom, r obert Stein, Omor Topio, Mike Scott, Allen Lewis Third Row: Mork Miller, Jo MIcheol Porter, Arlsh Rustomji, Kevin Roy, Dob Coulson, Corey Willloms, Tim Delk. Dill Keenon, Mike Milligon, Eddie llovio, Keith Conrod, Tommy Uhlin. than we bargained for 83