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

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First row: B Simpson. B Ramsey. M Williams. 0 Dixon. E Daniel. T McNeil. L Toler. D Weiner. Second row: C Morns. J Scot I. T. Mitchell. C Stamper. M Phillips. G. Fitch. A. Walk- er. K Morrell. M Velazquez Third row: C Brown. C Grisham. B Starks. R Campbell. C Bing. R Watts. A Wil- liams. K. Beavers. M. Coffman. A Darton Fourth row D King. D. St John. P Presley. R Miller. D Dunn. D Kuebler. C Kenner. G. McVay Filth row: Manager B Everett. Coach B Goss. Coach 8 Agee. Coach R Verdcii. Coach j Rice. Coach R Rus- sell. Head Coach R Sebastian. Man- ager J Womble. Manager R. Es- covedo After opening the season with two consecutive losses to LR Hall and LR Mills, the Bears fought hard for a victori against LR McClellan. Junior John Scott heads around an end on a sweep for extra yards to lead the Bears to a 24-8 victory over the Lions. Photo courtesy of Arkansas Democrat. Football 91

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It Could Have Been Playoffs were dream, reality After defeating fifth ranked NLR Northeast, the Bears moved un- expectedly into the Di- vision 4A Champion- ship Playoffs. Although many peo- ple did not expect Syl- van Hills to land a spot in the playoffs this sea son. a few still had faith in the Bear foot- ball team. Junior John Scott believed in the team s abilities to do their best no matter what the outcome “We beat fifth ranked Northeast and then turned around and played the fifth When you get in the playoffs, you always think you're going to the top. ranked team (Fort Smith Southside) again. Scott said We just took it as another chance to improve our record. Junior Kurt Merrell was not sure about the Bears’ chances in champi onship play, but still expected the team to respond well. “I figured we’d win a Tew games, but I didn’t know if we’d go all the way. Merrell said. When you get in the playoffs, you al- ways think you’re going to the top The Bears were defeated in their first playoff match- up by Fort Smith Southside. by Miranda Perkins WHAT NOW? In a crucial moment. Coach Johnny Rico wonders what to do next in the Homecoming game against Conway The Bears went on to win the game 17-13. 90 1 owgh enough

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 Hungry Eyes Bears feast on season goals The loss of key players from last year's 8-3 team left the Bears with a bleak outlook to start the season. The football team's main goals were to reach the playoffs and have a winning season. Even though the Bears finished with a record of 5-6, most players felt the Bears had a winning sea- son because they won key games over Cabot and Northeast and made the state playoffs. Senior Greg Fitch be- lieved the team had a winning season despite their record. We had a great effort from everybody.” Fitch said. There were a lot of We ac- complished our main goal of go- ing to the playoffs. downfalls and setbacks that we came back from.” Fitch said that the team had wanted to win at least one playoff game, but that they still had a good year even though they lost their only playoff game 14-7 to Fort Smith Southside. Senior Mark Williams said one of the things that made the season a success was beating Northeast. That win over North- east was our biggest win ever. Williams said. We were 14 point underdogs and we surprised them. Going to the playoffs made the season a good one, senior Darren Dixon said. We accomplished our goal of going to the playoffs. If John Scott hadn't have gotten hurt we could have beaten Fort Smith Southside. — by Cary Oism KICK THE BALL. Senior Mark Wil liams rears back lo set another game in motion, with junior Mike Coffman close behind. 92 Tough enough