Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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All District K. Armbruster fter sitting out the first ouple of games with an ljury Senior Saardia John- on came back as one of the team to another district title. Driving the baseline, she gets the basket at the Hastings game. Photo by K. Groves. Armbruster, Johnson Lead to District Title Defense, desire and dedication. These three words are the key to the season that the varsity enjoyed. “You really need all three to have a successful team and year, said Coach Brown. After last year's 31-5 season, the girls were not expected to go as far. We really had to work hard to get where we are.” commented Senior Saardia Johnson. Though the team started off on the wrong foot, 7-8. they finally turned it around in district. “I think the key to our turn-around was the return of Kelly and Saardia to the lineup after they had been injured. pointed out Coach Brown. Even with the slow start there were some high points in the slump. One of the big thrills of the season was beating Dulles which is one of the top teams in our area.” stated Senior Kelly Armbruster. After four years of being the head coach for the team. Coach Brown has led the team to three play-off appearances in four years. The thing that makes Coach Brown so good is that he keeps us in shape and makes sure we're in shape for every game. He tells us what we're doing right and praises us for it. which really helps us a lot.” said Kelly. After beginning district competition, the girls went on a 14 game tear. We really blew them away. Beating Hastings had to be our highpoint of the season to that point. Nobody expected us to beat them because they were so tall but. we blew them out in both games which was great.” said Kelly. For the second season in a row the team went to the play-offs to meet Houston Worthing. The game pitted Worthing's speed and quickness against their rebounding and shooting. The speed and quickness won even though the team had a 23-21 lead at half-time. Worthing went into the fourth quarter with a 14 point lead and the girls just couldn’t come back from that far back. We could have beat them, but we just got too far behind too fast and before we knew it we were down by fourteen and they were too good to catch up to.” said Saardia. By B. Payne. Reporter Varsity District: First Opp. Score Hastings 36-32 Spring Branch 52-34 Spring Woods 75-26 Memorial 75-64 Westchester 51-31 Northbrook 83-43 Stratford 72-27 Hastings 63-49 Spring Branch 63-35 Spring Woods 64-23 Westchester 54-29 Northbrook 79-57 Memorial 69-52 ach Brown confers with his lycrs after Northbrook lied a time-out. Coach Brown has been at Elsik for four years and has led the Lady Rams to the play-offs three of those four years. Photo by K. Groves Girls Varsity Basketball 85

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Senior Kelly Armbrustcr, after grabbing a rebound, goes up for two points. Kelly Senior Birgitt Haderlein beats everyone down court by completing a fast break during the Hastings game which the Lady Rams won. led the team and the district in scoring and rebounding. Photo by K. Groves. Birgitt joined the team in January and helped them to a 14-0 district record. Photo by K. Groves. Girls Varsity Basketball: Front: W. Beddefield, Trainer N. Rainey, S. Champagne. Trainer T. Broudreau. K. Yee. Second: L. Harrison, Coach Brown. Back: B. Haderlein, S. Lawrence, K. Armbrust Trainer V. Martinez, M. Ar S.Johnson. After completing her first season on the varsity team. Sophomore Karen Yee has already become the second leading scorer on the team. Here she uses her size to score two points during the Northbrook game. Photo by K. Groves. 84 Girls Varsity Basketball

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Failing to block Kelly Chandler's throw, the Clements Rangers’ final A sure shot. Tracy Luman scores for the Rams and ends thegame witha41-31 victory score isa 10 point lossagainsl the Rams. Photo by K. Groves over the Rangers. Photo by L. Cates Despite the strong defensive block, Kelly Chandler for- cefully gains control of the ball. Photo by K. Groves J.V. District: 2nd Opp. Score Stratford 54-13 Hastings 19-58 Spring Branch 31-20 Memorial 60-16 Wostchester 62-21 Northbrook 54-36 Stratford 49-15 Hastings 34-69 Spring Branch 41-25 Momorial 43-24 Wostchostor 40-27 Northbrook 58-27 86 Girls J.V. Basketball