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

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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

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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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A FRESH START As Q drop of sweat trickled down her forehead, she wiped it off with her musculor arm. After removing her gray warm-ups, she practiced her kicking, pass- ing ond other boil control routines. Every member of the girls ' soccer team endured the some doily workout routines, during which they sweat it all out. According to the players, the team im- proved tremendously with a new cooch. We hod o cooch that worked us harder and we improved on boll control and poss- ing, Karen Kelley said about Coach Sylvio Ortiz. The team placed second in district with a 9-4-2 record As the seoson progressed, the team im- proved on individual skills as well as basic teom skills. With ten freshmen, the teom ' s inexperience was a factor. But, a talented freshman class and excellent leadership from the seniors helped form o winning combination According to Ortiz, their strategy con- sisted of effective running, basic defense ond pressure on the opponent. Ortiz also emphasized passing the boll to fellow teammates and to keep the gome flowing. Before each game, Ortiz gave the team a pep talk to advise them about team work and gome strategy. I told them to go out, stick to the gome, plan to keep on the pressure ond also to remember to score, Ortiz sold. No matter how much pep talk they hod, the players occasionally encountered dif- ficulties. For instance, llene Kloch broke her arm or the beginning of the seoson and never recuperated for the season. Jennifer Goodwin had to reploce her os goalie. Along with the physical pains of ploying come the mental frustrations, it wos frustrating to lose to Northbrook by one point, Laura Sylvo said. Making the bi-district playoffs did help overcome any difficulties, but hopes were dashed when the team lo st 9-0 to Klein Oak. Despite the demanding proctices and some frustrations, Ortiz termed the season successful ond exciting. BY ALICIA SHAPLEY 84 More GIRLS SOCCER Bottom Row; Seon Shelton, Joyce Lee, Terri Stengler, Lindsey Croig Second Row; Lisa Hensley, Liso Nells, Mory Lorsen, Koren Kelley, Cory Stengler Third Row; Cooch Sylvia Ortiz, Alicia Harris, Heolher Eshenour, Lourl Monday, Christy Roschol, f hondo Roufh. Louro Sylvo, Christino Matthews, Mgr , Christy Chessher Fourth Row: Tero Singleton. Juli Scharmen. Jennifer Goodwin, Lisa Derger, Lorno Timmrecl , Down Thomp- son J. Potz. Ouchl After hooding the boll before holf time, Jen- niter Goodwin rubs her heod I wos tolking to Lindsey about something to do with the goolle position, Goodwin said Goodwin is olso looking ot the other i and deciding whot to soy next J. Potz. Down Field. During the second holf of the game Lind- sey Croig choses the boll with her sproined knee, which she hurt at the beginning of the seoson I ton just OS much as I could to get my knee bock in shope. Croig said The teom ton sprints and lops oround the field every doy J. Potz. j