Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Senior Chris Lara (left) spikes the ball over the net as seniors Tammy Hammel and Andrea Wagonblast anticipate the next move. Junior Steve Gilrowski (below) follows through with a backhand. Junior Tina Head (bottom far left) concentrates on her upcoming dive. Sophomore Jenny Lambert (bottom left) keeps up her pace throughout the run.

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Athletics: rising to the challenge As a brightly colored balloon rises toward the sky, determined athletes rise to the challenge: The challenge to push a straining body a little farther each day, the challenge to be better than their competitors. Just as one small balloon moves dog¬ gedly upward and onward battling the wind and the rain and the snow, the athlete forces himself to excel upward and onward against the tired and the hurt and the pain. Waking early to cut through icy water, sacrificing vacation to shoot baskets, sweating through runs and passes and tackles on a sweltering August day, an athlete gives up much. Running all summer to keep in shape, attending classes while knowing yet another practice session lies ahead, bur¬ ning the midnight oil to complete study¬ ing that others finished while he was at practice, the athlete disciplines himself as no one else does. The swimmer endures the cramps, the football player accepts the injuries, and the runner ignores the rain and the ice. Each has a challenge before him. When the race is lost, when the end of the game leaves the athlete sore and gasping for breath, when the team is hurting and disappointed, only the challenge can make it worthwile. Along with the tears of pain come the tears of joy: The races won, the friend¬ ships made, the wonderful things learn¬ ed about oneself. The self-satisfaction and the inner feeling of accomplishment will all combine to form the lump that sticks in his throat when he remembers his team in years to come. He may not have been a champion, he may not have set any records, he may not have done anything that sets him apart from a thousand other athletes, but in his mind he is the victor. He climbed the highest mountain there is to climb. He put himself at the beginn¬ ing of a long, arduous journey that must be traveled alone. In every sport the athlete must rise to meet the challenge. Junior Steve Brownlee (top) darts forward, trying to keep his lead. Senior Rich Riddle (above) escapes from a tackle and runs towards the goal post. Senior Steve Tobias (right) awaits his opponent’s opening move. .t

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