Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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A PIECE OF THE BALL. The senior Lady Bears: Susan Sulcer. Tanya Seward. Conm Gunter. Angela Meadough. and Melissa Mount pro- vided the needed leadership for the team this year We'll Be Together Seniors provide the needed leadership Few teams ever have the chance to have five starting seniors. This year's Lady Bear basketball team is one of the few. The Lady Bears start five seniors: Conni Gunter. Angela Meadough, Melissa Mount. Tanya Seward and Susan Sulcer. I love it. Coach Martha Cothren said. It's not often you can have five kids with that caliber of talent and for them to stay together that long. Cothren said the seniors have a much stronger effect on the lead- ership of the team They have a sense of respon- sibility. Cothren said She said that the juniors still have a lot of playing time also, and that in the game they'll step in and do their job. Gunter said that the seniors have a positive attitude about how well the team can do “We do have more experience. she said. We have worked togeth- er longer and we know each other's moves. Next year when the seniors are gone. Gunter said the team will still be as successful because the jun- All of the seniors show that basketball is not always so serious iors will take on the same respon- sibilities. Meadough said that she thinks it is neat to have five starling seniors. I feel that we have more ex- perience on the court and that comes from knowing each other, Meadough said She also said that the team looks up to the seniors to get things go- ing It's our job to keep the team in a positive state of mind. Meadough said. Leadership plays a big pari in the makeup of a team, Sulcer said I think that the seniors are looked up to more than ever, she said, yet each person on our team makes a great contribution to the leadership of our team Seward said she believes the seniors have a big effect on the younger players. All of the seniors show that bas ketball is not always so serious, you are also supposed to have fun, she said. Mount said the seniors make the final decisions on things that Coach Cothren wants the players to de- cide We listen to juniors' and soph omores' opinion, she said The final vote is up to us. It makes us more responsible and we get more respect from the underclassmen. They know that they'll have their turn to lead when they're seniors. she said. — by Cawy Osm Girls basketball 101

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AND THE WINNER IS. The Starling lineup is announced before a game this season Senior Conni Gunter runs onto the court after her name is called Leadership was at an all-time high for the Lady Bears this season, with five starting seniors taking the team to its first victory over J. A. Fair, which proved to be the first of many more to come. Point guard Melissa Mount dribbles downcourt as she prepares the offense for another score. 100 Tough enough

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BASEBALL BEARS. Front row: Sascha Blick. Second row: Coach Ricky Russell, team captain Garry McVay. team captain Robb Watts, team captain David St. John. Coach Johnny R ce. Third row: Richard Pozza, Jeremy Cooper. Mark Williams. 8rad Simpson Fourth row: David Wimberley, Kurt Merrell. Blake Ramsey. Lance Toler. Wes Johnson. John Dippel. Back row: Darren Hurt. Dink Weiner. Keith Sharpe. Ryan Johnston. Jimmy Freeling. Boys' Night Out Leadership, unity help baseball team improve Hoping to improve on a 6- 14 season from last year, the baseball team headed into play this season with two re- turning all-conference play- ers. seven one-year let- ter m e n, one two-year letterman, and one MVP. Assistant coach Johnny Rice said that this season definitely showed improve- ment on behalf of the whole team. We were looking forward to good performance from several of the guys, he said. Garry McVay and David St. John both had a good bat and good abilities in the field. Robb Watts was a good solid catcher and an adequate batter. He's a good team leader, Rice said. Watts, who was all- conference and most valua- ble player last season, When you have a lot of leadership, it makes a big differ- ence. looked forward to a great season at the beginning of spring. We were a lot better this year because most of the team were seniors and they knew what it was like to lose, Watts said. They knew what we did wrong last year and how to improve. Senior pitcher and first baseman David St. John, player with the most home runs in one game (two) and also named to all-conference last year, said that the team has improved as a whole. We were a lot better as a team because we started practice earlier and we were looking a lot better as a team at the beginning of the year, he said. Senior center fielder Keith Sharpe said that leadership and ability were the keys to the good season. I think we were better be- cause we had five returning starters, he said. We had more leadership because of all the seniors on the team and we had more team uni- ty. — by Miranda Perkins 102 Tough enough