Dobie High School - Roundup Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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T nni - s Members of the varsity and junior varsity tennis teams are, FRONT ROW, ictor Helguero, Chris Williams. SECOND ROW, Jimmy LaLonde, Marcelino gzang, Sgan Harrigan, Eric -LeBlanc, Randy Meyers, Karl Fickessen, Darren ajaunie, Ricardo Helguero-captain. BACK ROW, Bobby Kramer-coach, Cheryl anders, Sheryl Lee, Samantha Jordan, Nora Montez, Christine Neal, Gina almberg, Christina Lopez, Kathy Matuszewski, Elena Lopez-captain. NOT PIC- URED, Susan Foller, Sandra Castillo. 253 1-nj: . Q ristine Neal returns a ball o her backhand while wat- lg her opponent. ardo Helguero warms-up backhand before his final match of the District A tournament. insert: Nora Montez prac- her backhand during tennis ice held at the school tennis s. t insert: Samantha Jordan s up her volleys before her h at the District 23-5A nament. Victor Helguero watches the ball intently while taking a forehand backswing. Winning Backhands This was a team where the majority were tennis en- thusiasts, explained Bobby Kramer, varsity and junior var- sity tennis coach. At the District 23-5A tournament held April 12- 13, the varsity team placed third overall behind Deer Park and South Houston. The boys' team finished third in their division. In the girls' division, the Longhorns tied with Baytown Lee for fourth place. Ricardo Helguero, senior, won the district championship in the boys' varsity singles division and advanced to regionals. Also advancing to regionals was Samantha Jordan, junior, who was runner-up in the girls' varsity singles division. In the junior varsity division of the district tournament, Sheryl Lee and Christina Lopez, sophomores, teamed up to place th rd in the girls' doubles. Mar- celino Lozano, junior, and Jimmy Lalonde, sophomore, led the boys' junior varsity team to a second place tie with Baytown Lee with their district title in the doubles division. The Longhorn team won the team trophy at the Uvalde ln- vitational, the Dickinson Team Tournament, and the C.E. King Varsity Tennis Tournament. Other tournaments attended by the varsity were the Pasadena Fall, Brazoswood Invitational, Pasadena Spring, 49th Oleander, and the Regional Team tour- naments. The junior varsity at- tended the Brazosport Fresh- man-JV Invitational, Kingwood- Humble, Sixth Annual Rose-Rich Jaycees Freshman-JV, La Porte lnvitationaI,and the Brazoswood Invitational tournaments. l i Following through his one- handed backhand, Randy Meyers concentrates. With his eyes focused on the ball, Darren Lajaunie swings toward the ball on his serve during a tournament match. Lajaunie and Karl Fickessen were able to reach the finals of the tournament. Varsity Tennis 229

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