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

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w EARE THE CHAMPIONS! Although nine out of 14 of their gomes were owoy, that didn ' t stop them from winning Whether on home field or on enemy territory, the Junior Vorslty baseball team combined skillful ploying and successful coaching to produce o winn- ing record of 13-1 With CoQCh Dill Miller as their mentor, the ployers monoged to pull through the dif- ficulties of the season I hod o good year out In the field, but at the plate I wasn ' t as strong, Kris Osborne sold According to Miller, having problems wQS nothing unusual becouse Junior Voristy boseboll Is the learning and trolning pro- gram for vorslty Even though the teom hod on almost flawless record, there was always room for Improvement, Every gome we hod the Kids doing a good job ond we still got bet- ter every week, Miller sold. Since the team was so good, everyone wanted to beot them and one team sue ceeded. Hostlngs was our toughest oppo- nent, Chris Kohnen ald, because they wanted to beat us worse than anyone we played The coach thought thot Hastings and Elsik were their toughest opponents becouse they were challenging Out, he added, ' No one iseosy Every gome during the season mot- tered. but there is always ot leost one gome that stands out the most Memorial was our eosiest opponent because they didn ' t have much of o team, Osborne sold There was always a sense of pride ond accomplishment for the teom offer o vic- tory Winning the lost gome and knowing we won the district championship on our own wos my fovorite port of the season, Miller sold BYQUYEnva Dotlom Row: Joson Horsh, Jeff Cernoch. John Strocher, Kevin Rodriguez, Mcky Oolley Second Row: Tim Delk, Dllly Wells, James Syrewicz, Ctirls Kotinen, Dwoyne King Ttiifd Row: Tom Mortlnez, Kurt Osborne, Mork Pierce, Rey Gordo, Jeff Armstrong, Kris Osborne, Gory Nelson, Cooch, Dill Miller I. Pulz. i Mm Ready ond Willing. Wfille teom members wotch from fhe dugour. Gory Nelson, 16, bunrs rtie boll Info fhie field ttiot odvonces ttie runner on first to second bose ond leoves Nelson safe on first F. Telxelro. The Overtionded Way. Wltti his glove In his left hond, Dill Keenon pitches the boll to on cwoltlng botter. F. Telxelro. 88 More JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL . . .

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Always Prepared. Ready for o grounder at oil rimes, Rob Jordon ploys shorrsrop ogoinsr Jefferson Dovis High School. Jordan was o rhree-yeor storfer and on oll-disrricf selecrion for rhe posr two years. C. Molorono. T HAT WINNING SEASON They hod rhe right stuff and rhey definitely knew how to use it effectively. Their talents surfaced in their game strategies, statistics and their winning record of 24-2 Once again, rhe vorsiry baseball team hod onother successful season. The team went through 20 gomes undefeoted, were disrricr champions, were ranked number one in rhe stote and were number eight in rhe norion. Dur . . rhings do not olwoys work our the way one wishes. We hod a very suc- cessful season, but it fell a little short from what wed hoped, Head Coach Charlie Moiorono said about the Tigers ' defeat in bi-district play-offs. It ended too abruptly. Despite the team ' s defect to Delloire in the first round of the play-offs, the team kept their heads high and still come out as winners due to their many accomplishments. All the occomplishments hod work, swear ond planning behind them. The baseball workouts consisted of lifting weights, jumping rope, running and various other basic skills rhor would help improve rheir ploying skills. Not only did the varsity prepare themselves physically, psychological preparation was olso o necessary factor. We had set goals . . that was one of the steps to our big goal, cotcher Scott Dulibon said. We work together and keep our teammates pumped up. If you thought of others, rhen everything would work our. According to pitcher and third baseman Mark Brown, beating Hastings gave the team o psychological lift becouse the vic- tory clinched a number one ranking. ' They were ranked number one and knocking them off made us feel good, Drown sold. Winning was o nice feeling, bur losing wQS a rough experience. I was devosroted and depressed, Dulibon said about their bi-district losses I knew the season should not hove ended so soon The team may not hove been store champions, bur rhey were ro Moiorono. Losing was disoppoinring at first, then we were thankful for the things we did ac- complish Looking bock at that, we ' re proud, Moiorono said. There ' s o bright side to everything, ir just took us o while to realize rhor BYQUYEnVU Dottom Row: Mork Dryont, Pot Pringle, Kevin Pore, Pot Towne. Chris McDee. Second Row: Steve Sundquist. Scorr Dulibon, Steve Wolfe, Rodd Hoirsron, Dill Keenon. Joe Horsh, Scon Somuelson Third Row: Coach Chorlie Moiorono, Keirh Long, Mark Drown, Davis Horsh. Rob Jordon, Morion Doniels, Craig God- frey. Coach Dill Miller J. Pufz. ,to(fl l|| p. il Ptir ..!■ Coi Mighty Swing. During rhe Delloire gome, Porrick Pringle hirs o double in the first bi-disrricr gome. The rdinols beot rhe Tigers 10-6 in the Tigers ' first loss of the yeor C. Moiorono. than we bargained for 87

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Two Heads ore Dettef Than One. As the umpire sfonds In rhe background, pitcher Dill Keenon ond cotcher Joe Horsh pouse to conference on Tiger field Keenon ond Harsh ended the IS successful season with botting overoges of 361 ond 222. respective- ly F. Telxelio. Hill MWft-r inning the last gam put Second Action. Desperotely trying o stop OS he slides Into the bose, shorf- top pltcher Kris Osborne. 20. pieces lis foot on the bose of the exocr mo- nent os his opponent togs the bose vhlle dust billows up oround them. 5sborne wos safe F. Telxelro. . . than we bargained for 89