John Marshall High School - Horn Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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How does it feel to have the best seat at the biggest basketball game of the season? How does it feel to be surrounded by a high-energy crowd, cheering violently for your team? How does it feel to . . . sit on the bench? Checking out the other team ' s cheer- leaders wasn ' t all that bad, said senior Todd Martin, only half- jokingly. A supportive second ream inspires the weary starters to play their best, sustaining the mo- mentum of the team ' s especially before a game, said senior Jason Krueger. It helped us to relax and have fun. On the bench the team ' s adrenahn over- loads and creates an at mosphere similiar to that of corn sizzling on the brink of popcorn Their excitement bursts free when they finally get their chance to con- tribute on the court. A strong bench can often be that winning edge. A team is not a team without the sup- port and energy from the bench, said senior Jimmy Poole. energy. Everybody on the team kept spirits high, 1 18 Boys ' Varsity Basketball Article; Sarah Morehouse Photos; Clay Camp Junior Ski Jones towers above the dt fense for an inside shot. I

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.A If I. i !i L ' ■ David King fake s to move around the tough defense. JV BOYS BASKETB LL Marshall Opponent | 48 Judson 69 75 Southwest 40 44 MacArthut 59 66 Highlands 55 Madison 37 49 ChurchiU 52 38 Jay 56 57 Del Rio 49 44 Lee 58 53 Holmes 50 48 Roosevelt 58 42 Harlandale 56 46 McCoUum 55 48 Clark 57 34 Jay 71 29 Del Rio 35 62 Eagle Pass 59 36 Holmes 44 74 HarUndale 57 40 Taft 50 7 1 McCoUum 39 50 Clark 65 47 Taft 49 g y4 Pctid Idtk PU The focus ot a Junior Varsity team is improve- ment: We don ' t stress you have to win, you have to improve instead, said Coach Greg Garrison. We try to get it all to- gether for varsit) ' . The team had a tough time getting started and working together. We failed to communicate on both ends of the court, grumbled junior Brandon Van Deldon. We developed into a better team in the end, said juniof Scott Bryk. ' Expect a good Varsity season from the players who will move up from JV. The Freshmen team mainly concentrated on ba- sic skills: shooting, drib- bling, passing. At the Freshmen level, we are con- cerned with giving the kids experience and playing time, said Coach Rohn Cambell. Playing basketball in middle school is like play- ing street ball compared to basketball at the high school level, said fresh- man Vu Nguyen. Although the Freshman A Team had only three wins, suggesting a sio season, five of their losses were by under two points. The B Team did fairly well with a record of 8-9. We lost a lot of close games but we did beat Clark! exclaimed fresh- man John Mark Matkin. Article by; Sarah Morehouse Photos by: Dan Vargas Gliding in for the goes for two. layup. Scan Liaise Michael Sudac shows his style as h scores against the Harlandale Indians.