David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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leg DD COHLH W y A D W 9 K E4 ff 4' X J ELI 'E fk-X Y if ' l : l Y s ,xr an 1 Members of the gymnastics team and their entourage congratulate each other at the end ofthe district meet. Gym- nastics awards are always presented on a pyramid ofstacked boxes fin this case stacked tumbling matsj. If no boxes or mats were available, would the losers have to form a human pyramid for the winners? Kg! 111 A '- 5 :wi , mmm. 5 . A ,QQQ71 ' ',.g,w..-. M -Q, g . V. .Nam .. ,W 1 ,V . QA , Q . Football games always begin with a coin toss to decide who kicks and who receives. Is there anything in thelrules that says the referee can't have the players toss dice or draw cards? Marcus McGlory, B.J. Rush and Jeff Davis call it in the air while the referee tries to make sure he gets his quarter back. Sports Ri,gua1sf75

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very time that something out of the or- dinary happens in a game, any kind of game from Monopoly to underwater badminton, someone is able to quote from some sort of a rule book. Games are ordered by rulesg if it weren't for these, total chaos would result. Many games have created rituals that are not in the book of rules. Does the winner or the loser jump over the net at the end of a set of ten- nis? Does the winning team carry their star player or their coach off the playing field? Why do the cheerleaders always holler and carry on when the visiting team is making a free throw? None of these situations is covered in a rule book, yet they remain as if they were carved in stone. The ritual is the thing. Here we are at a game. It doesn't really matter what's being played. Little kids like to gather empty paper cups. They show off their prized stack to their parents who always reply with a disgusted Put those down, you don't know where they came from. Grandma sits near the top with her instamatic ready to go. When her grandson or granddaughter makes the most spectacular play of the game ithey always dol, up pops Granny to capture the moment with a flashcube from 190 feet away. When she gets the picture back, it isn't quite as good as she had hoped. There is someone who must have beamed down from the planet Zax who hasn't the foggiest idea of what is going on on the field. If it were a boxing match there would be too many people to keep track of. Luckily, the person from Zax always sits next to so- meone who will explain in patient detail all the fine points of the game. No, they don't give the ball back after a fumble. It's kind of like finders keepers. The players and officials on the field aren't aware of all this activity in the stands, but it is still as much a part of the game as the ball, the puck, the player. The published rules can only go so far. Those involved in the game have their own unwrit- ten codes of conduct. They speak in a foreign tongue of vague doublesportstalk. It's like there is a book that has certain things to say in any given situation. It doesn't matter if you win or loseg it's how you play the game. Ever heard that one? If it doesnlt matter, how come most players would rather eat lizard guts than lose a game? We're a green team, we don't have a lot of depth. Did this coach just win or lose?. . . X, Yeah my boy IS sitting this one out so Coach can let some of the younger boys get some game timef' Is Billy Bubba gathering dust and cobwebs because he's been benched? Maybe the unwritten rules we play by to day will find their way into tomorrow's of ficial rule books. One day it will be written that cheerleaders must be two plays behind in their cheers and the word losing will be officially stricken from coaches' legal vocabulary. Each week during football season there is a theme for fans to follow. One week everyone will wear sunglasses and the next Hawaiian shirts would ploka dot the crowd. This week the fans br- ing newspapers to read while the Travis band performed. They are so boring it takes something drastic to stay awake. 74!Sports Rituals x f X f ' 'Weir' ' gi' ei? flew: t gi 'WW' as s.-L AW' ei, A v 1 .-,, m ' 5 'Al - 5'

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Early season With greater experience and knowledge on their side, the varsity volleyball went to an 11-7 season. This year was one of the best for our varsity volleyball team. These players have been together for awhile, so teamwork and experience has enabled them to play well this season. The name for this team is extra effort , they gave their all this season to do well. The team did extremely well considering most were sophomores. Jennifer Wernli Varsity Volleyball player The hardest thing about practice was doing bad and getting yelled at by coach , Varsity Volleyball player Jen- nifer Wernli. Players say that you must practice a play or move many times, before you can call that move or play your own. Long hours of practice can be monotous, but to be a good player it is required. Volleyball is a sport in with their has to be teamwork if you want to win, you can't win without it, Varsity player Jennifer Wernli. Talking strategy and getting a positive attitude is the best way to prepare for a big game, Varsity Volleyball player Nancy Christian. Some players say that a quiet time of concentration is best before a game, aboveg Varsity team meets for pep talk before a big game. rightg Varsity player Kim Foster goes for a powerful spike. 76fVarsity Volleyball nun-Pr-I' 315 i Practice, experience lead team to 11-7 district record while others say that just don't thi: about it till the game starts. All sports are suffering this ye because of the new rules about extl curricular activities. Parents, teache and legislators claim that sports az outside school activities affect grades Sports have no affect on my grade: Varsity player Nancy Christian. Playa say that Sports help them to foc their time between school and games practice. New faces and new talents will ma the 1985 cougars girls varsity team power to be reckoned with. by Bobby Lesefl F i I Q 'mg i. :inline 1-