Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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V's gain valuable competitive spirit With three scheduled swim meets the Boys' and Girls' Junior Varsity Swim Teams gained the experience needed to help them in varsity competition. Opening the season against Dobie, the girls' team easily defeated their opposition 38-28. Following up their team- mates with a 53-22 defeat of the Longhorns, the boys took the win of the first season meet. Suffering their first defeat, the girls took third with 102 points in a tri-meet with Ray- burn. Dobie and Baytown Lee with scores of 116, 62 and 144, respectively. Despite the loss of the meet by their fellow tankers, the boys swept the opposing teams with 155 points to Rayburn's 134, Dobie's 89 and Lee's 10. Meeting Sam Rayburn in the final meet, the male tankers crushed the Texans 90-75. Losing by a margin of 89-52, the girl's squad accepted defeat in the last swim against the Texans. A. Waiting for the starters command, sophomore Matthew Bour- geois prepares himself for the 100 yard backstroke. He received a first place award at Rayburn and also contributed on the 200 yard individual medley. B. Marking the scores of his fellow tankers, jun- ior David Balusek waits his turn to swim the 50 yard freestyle. C. Sophomore Scott Stein checks his time in the 100 yard butterfly at Alvin. Stein placed first in the event and took second in the 200 yard individual medley. D. Sophomore Donald Perry, junior varsity tanker takes a break from action before swimming the next round of heats. At the Sam Rayburn Meets, he placed first in the 50 yard butterfly. E. Freshman Shelly Lee takes her mark waiting for her event to start. Lee assisted the team in the 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard breaststroke, 200 yard medley and the 400 yard relay. F. Before swimming his 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard breast- stroke, sophomore, John Villars stretches his muscles. Villars placed first at LaMarque with the breaststroke and second at Pasa- dena with the freestyle. G. Junior varsity tankers participated in three meets. Members are: Donald Perry, Danny Webb, Willie Wamble, Jeffrey Pierce, Joe Collett, Randy Hesseley and Wes Blackmon. H. Viewing her teammates' performances, sophomore Tammie Wilson waits for her 200 and 500 yard freestyle swim. I. In his second year with the tankers, sophomore Chuck Mobley exhib- its his form in the one meter dive. Mobley took a third at Rayburn with a dive of 154.10. AM' MJ gb 52 Qi Z :vu fbia- N 5. 'Ai ' 1355 -,

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Pasadena South Houston Dobie Rayburn LaMarque Alvin BOYS DP 92 114 1 14 99 119 106 72 80 109 48 118 116 GIRLS DP 82 73 73 118 84 51 1 . i Boys sta unbeaten through two years Ending with another undefeated season in dual meets the Boys' Varsity Swim Team had nine qualify for the Regional Meet. With four girls also named, the squad had only one relay team make the finals. In the first meet of the season against Alvin, the girls fell short 116-52, while the boys backed them up with a win, 106-64. Trying to rebound from their first loss, the girls' squad dropped the Rayburn contest 1 18-48, while the boys won 99-73. Meeting LaMarque and Texas City, the girls lost to LaMarque, but beat Texas City 84-76. Confident in contin- uing their winning season, the boys outswam LaMarque 1 19-53. . At the close of the season, the girl tankers faced Pasadena and defeated them in a close race 82-72. Expecting the Pas- adena Meet to be tough, the boys squad rallied to a 92-77 defeat of the Eagles. With 13 members of the team qualifying for the Regional Meet, the varsity swam to ninth place out of 40 teams. We are in the toughest region in the state, Coach Fred Han- zelka said. Eight of the top 10 teams are in our region. l was very satisfied with our ninth place finish, he said. A. ln timing position, sophomore Darrel Lamb checks his clock in a home meet against LaMarque. Lamb received a fourth in the 50 yard free style. B.'Sophomore Renee Miller swims toward the finish in the 50 yard free style. Miller captured a first at the Sam Rayburn Meet with a time of 31.47. C. Awaiting the results of the race, soph- omore Denise Sanford hopes for a fast finish. She received second place at the Dobie-South Houston Meet in the 100 yard backstroke. D. Senior Wesley Strange, manager, keeps score during the meet against Sam Rayburn., The team won the meet 99-73. Aside from assisting with meets as a scorekeeper, the managers are responsi- ble forthe smooth operation of the meets. Specific responsibilities include the distribution of watches and towels and the issuing of suits. E. To gain the lead, junior Joe Morris extends his body over the water in his driving start. F. Clocking the swimmers, freshman Jeff Cook and Rusty Smariga anticipate the finish of the race. G. Coach Hanzelka answers questions presented by juniors Ricky Turner and Peggy Payne in the meet against Pasadena. H. Arching his back in a reverse dive, sophomore Joel Berry extends himself well over the water. Berry's gymnastic ability enables him to be one of the district's outstanding divers. I. Undefeated for a second con- secutive year is the Boys Varsity Swimming Team. FIRST ROW: Scott Stein, Timmy McGhee, Ricky Turner, David Balusek, Darrel Lamb. SECOND ROW: Ricky Harris, Donald Perry, Mike Mize, Wayne Michelli, Wes Blackman, Matthew Bourgeois. THIRD ROW: Jeff Cook, Ross Cowart, David Smith, John Villars, Randy Hessly, Rick Ouirk. A VARSITY SWIMMING I PAGE 197

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