East Central High School - Hornet Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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S€U i€t €M MASSfVE SIAMI Making an entertaining slam dunk. Rich- ard Jones pleases the crowd hii adding two more points to the scoreboard. Pleasing the crowd IS an easy Job for the Hornets. Pride has proven to be one of E.C. ' s strong points. Sell- out croLvds and rowdy spectators are an East Central trademark. The Rowdy Bunch be- came almost as ex- citing as the Hornet basketball team. Chants, cheers, and hair-raising screams helped the Hornet team and in- timidated the op- posing team and their fans. The Rowdy Bunch was an important part of the team. Mark Grainger Heidi Hutcherson ON TO STATE! The Rowdy Bunch cheers on the Hornets to uictory dur- ing a season game. At the b ' the crowd yells the Hornets on chants and cheers.

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mmm TINY TONY. You may think Tony Terrell is small noiv: well he ivas pretty small when he was 8 years old. The determination and dreams of this young boy has made a great athlete and discouraged many op ponents. THE SMILE OF PRIDEI Smiling excit edly, Tony Terrell, the city ' s leading scor- er, poses for a picture to glue to his loved ones. He enjoys this publicity and also enjoys all the yells that the fans say at the games for him. This awctrd winning smile and his techniques help him in maintain ing the team ' s winning streak. PRIDE, PLEASURE, PERFORMANCE. The Hornets display their pride before they giue their outstanding performance. They hold their fingers high showing the opponents why they are the number one team in the stale. He had a dream hooting a nerf basketball into a lamp shade might not be your idea of a great game of basketball, but don ' t tell Tony Terrell that. After all that ' s hoiv he learned the game. At least until he got a little ouerexcited and slam dunked the ball and broke the lamp. That ' s when my mom de- cided to buy me a real basketball goal, Terrell said. Terrell always had the etmbition of being great someday. Euen when he was young he showed qualities of being a great player. Although he might haue torn up a little fur- niture here and there, he was learning the game of basketball. ' ' Everyone always told me I was too short to play basketball, but it didn ' t discourage me! he said. However, the ambition to be a success kept him going and practicing as a young boy dreaming of being great someday. Just as many little boys do. Terrell is older now, but he hasn ' t grown all that much. Welt, ma ybe he has grown a little. He ' s now only about 5 feet 10 inches tall, but he ' s the best in the city, rather, the best in state. Terrell may have become an overnight suc- cess, but he is still going strong. Now that he ' s accomplished one goal he has set even higher goals for himself and has every in- tention of accomplishing them. Who knows, maybe we ' ll hear about Tony five or six years from now playing for the Spurs or the Lakers, or even the Celtics. AUison Rogers 97 . . . Sports

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LOOKING AHEAD. S Rnd they ' re off The 2:25 bell rings and the runners start their long walk to the new gym. As they stepped into the dressing room to change, they started concentrating mentally for the long hours of practice ahead. The dreaded workout! A slow eight laps around the hot, dusty track . . . This grueling run was only part of their exhausting work- out. Despite the dust of the track, they faced the scalding heat of the pavement. My head is pounding constantly and my legs feel like they are about to giue away. Robert Ibrom said, after running at McAllister Park. Crosscountry was exciting and strenuous to run: it also prepared them for the spring track. I feel like I have accomplished something that I neuer thought I could do. Though I may be tired, I feel energized, excited, and ready to go out that night. Kim McBee said. ' ' It ' s going really good for my first year: the group is small but they work hard and they are ' improving every week, Coach Gary Hammac, said. Through conditioning themselves during the fall, the runners were able to keep in shape and could run that extra mile when spring track came around. Crosscountry is one sport that you are able to see a lot of scenery, while running that grueling run. There was more to see as you ran along the path than a gym or yard lines. This sport lets you enjoy nature and the clean air. - U ' . Jody Simmons STRETCH TIMEI Right before every race. Lisa Gu tierrez takes time out to stretch her hard-working mus cles. Stretching also prepares me mentally for the competition ahead, Lisa says. Stretching needs to be done in order to prevent pulled muscles. legs stcirt to hur, stop now you ' re altjast there. The fir sh line is Just around mose trees, Raehe, Rice says. She is also a Dery active mem ber in track. 95 . . . Sports