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

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, f lUM M to f lf It is 6:30 a.m. and the smell of chlorine fills the air. While most other high school students are still asleep, the men ' s water polo team is beginning a long 16 hour day. Morning practice consists of drills, several hundred passes, and tortures to increase leg strength. Morning prac- tice is rough, but it builds character, said junior Tommy Rich. After school, it ' s back to the pool for afternoon practice, consist- ing of several circuits of weight training or a long run. It ' s 7 p.m. and the long day is finally over. Now it ' s time to eat dinner and then off to bed. Nope. There ' s still studying to be done and another morning torture session is a few hours away. The mens water polo team had a season to re- member. The team cruised through the regular season with no losses. At District, the Rams reached the final game vs. Clark, and tied them for a second straight time. At Regionals, the Rams took a hard loss, los- ing the final game to Clark 8-6. Senior Chris Olvera said, The loss to Clark hurts, but we tied them twice before and I think we can pull together and beat them at State. That pre- diction was correct. Not only did the Rams beat the previous year ' s State Champs, Ross Sterling, but they also defeated Clark in the championship game 9- 5. Anicie: Glenn Grossman Photos: Submitted Senior Ellis Eaton races to be the first to the ball. H2O polo strives •- i,.V . % John Eaton reaches to deflect against Alamo Heights. f uach Andrew gn ing halftimc- i new strategies dur He has been attending Marshall four years, is a varsity letterman athlete and a member of various honor societies. When most people hear his name, however, the usual re- sponse is The name sounds familiar. The shy, reserved young man is an AU-American athlete in both swimming and water polo. His 92 GPA qualifies him as a member in good standing of the National Honor Society and the math honor society. This year he received a great honor, the AU-American Athletic- Academic award. Only 50 top gun stu- dent athletes, one from each state, receive this hon- or each year. Ellis hopes to attend West Point next year and continue his strive for excellence. Water Polo 147

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Junior Ian Benedict reflects on the past se. son, It was awe- some being a part of Marshall ' s first State Champion team. Boys Water Polo VC ' LT 10-0-2 Boys won State Senior Glenn Grossman ex- presses his feelings about win- ning State. ' It ' s the greatest gift a senior athlete could receive, I ' ll never forget it. ' 146 7ater Polo Senior Chris Chico Olvera forces way through a tight deTensc ' -• ft 5- aL . 1 -■v.!% f» i. fti. . Bon ICaier Poir, Team. FRONT ROW Jctt Sauls. Jusc Castro. Glenn Grossman, Steve Autr ' . David Proft MIDDLE ROW: Matt Hooper. Brent Coffee. EUis Eaton. Chris Chico Olvera. Scott Christie Bryan Tiball BACK ROW Joe Vasqucz. Jose Hernandez, Ronnie Wintenger. Tommy Rich, Ian Benedict, John Eaton, Chris Growncy

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Girls capture state title I didn ' t even know what the sport was and a couple of people were tak- ing it so I signed up, ad- mitted Emily Musgrave. Girls water polo was def- initely a sport on the rise. The excitement of the game drew in more and more people. The games were even more crowded this year as the girls de- feated Clark and took the State competition. There ' s a lot of team Susan Haeghn and Amy Courney show their team spirit spirit because you ' re with your friends all day. You wake up early with them and then you practice again with them after school, we know each other so well, and that makes it fun, said Johnson. It did cost the girls thirty dollars a month for club fees, plus $120 for trips and most of all determi- nation. The rewards in the end were all well worth it. ' I love to swim! ' 148 Girls Water Polo