John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Wrestling team (front row) Russell Haines, Steve Rathke, Adam Morales, Dan Loiacono, David Sass, Mike Wright, John Clough, Tom Rathke, Neal, Barney Earls, Lance Birdsong, Daniel Louis Birdsong; (back row) Tom Maxwell, Tim Zamora, Joe Rios, Brien Reid, Coach Jim Grimm. 35 O Golf team: Meilissa Castilleja, Coach Duane Moore, Scott Malcom, Kerry Hart, Jerry Ripley, Kevin Kir- Bret Rhea tees off at Lions Municipal Golf Course during the choff, Marty Nolen, James Fedro. district tournament April 27. Archery team members look to their targets as they After the first phase of the archery tourney, team Golf team member Jerry Ripley concentrates on pulling ihe begin a city tournament. members retrieve their arrows. golf ball into the hole. 60

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This was what you might call a rebuilding year, commented Mr. Richard ( romwell, Reagan ' s new gymnastics coach. With only two returning varsity members, the Reagan gymnastics team spent this year strengthening themselves. You don ' t start from nothing. Gymnastics is a hard sport that takes a lot of training, jdded Coach Cromwell. Even though their season began in January, the girls ' and boys ' gymnastics team began practicing in October. The fact that members were willing to be here at 7:30 on winter mornings and work out on ice cold equipment shows their dedica- tion and motivation, noted Coach Cromwell. On March 24 the junior varsity teams competed in a city championship meet at Burger Center. Rebecca Ray placed first in bars and second in floor exercise, vault and beam, and received first place ' all around. ' Don Dyson placed first in rings and parallel bars and second ' all around. ' Clint Carpenter placed first in vault and high bar, and received third place ' all around. ' The rest of the team got their highest scores of the year at the championship meet. At the regional meet, April 2-3 Donna Freytag placed first on beam, fourth on floor exercise, and fourth all around. She then advanced to the state meet which was held April 16-17 in Fort Worth, Texas. Cromwell, who was a former teacher of beginning level gymnastics, said that some of the team ' s problems were getting used to a new coach and his style of teaching, and getting qualified judges to judge their meets. Senior Gareth Nicely performs a parallel bar routine ai the Lanier. Crocketi, and Reagan meet January 19. (Inset): Donna Freytag, the only returning varsity girl gytnnast, gracefully cotnpetes division of district competition. the floor exercise 59

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©K Reagan ' s other team sports also had somewhat successful seasons. The (golf) season was fun. W e didn ' t win often, but we tried, commented James Fedro. After playing in tournaments in Seguin and San Antonio, the golf team played at the district competition April 26 and 27, where Fedro placed seventh. James is just as good as the top golfers in the district. We ' ve improved since last year, stated Coach Duane Moore. The girls golf team consisted of two members. They ' re both freshman and are learning the game, so we ' re looking for- ward to next year, added Coach Moore. The wrestling team managed a 4-2 record, putting them in second place district-wise. November 24, Reagan met Anderson in a wrestling meet and was defeated by the Trojans 14-27. Top performers for Reagan were Dan Loiacono and Tim Rathke. The squad also entered a meet November 13 and 14 at the University of Texas. They competed with eight of the top 10 teams in the state, including the defend- ing state champs. Reagan finished 16 out of the 39 teams entered and set a new school record for most points scored in a meet. The underclassmen did remarkably well, commented Loiacono. The team has grown. We won some matches as a team. It was a lot of fun. The team was real close, like a family. We all learned a lot. We had some outstanding wrestlers. CD CO O o CD n a urestling meet against Lanier. Lance Birdsong struggles to pin down his oppo- second-place finish with a 4-2 district record, nent. Lanier won the meet as well as the district title, but Reagan accomplished a 61