La Marque High School - Cougar Yearbook (La Marque, TX)

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low 1: Joellyn Hofer, Patty Traweek, Paige Harper. Merita Huskey, Annie Brents. Row 2: Dana Olivier, Misty Beaton Dana Hill Nickie imith, Christy McCoy, Jan Wimberly. Row 3: Edith Villamil, Shari Sparkman, Lee Simmons. aHHHH! Only a few more strokes as Paige Harper breathes in while swimming butterfly. Paige broke two school records in two different events this year. .M Sports 131

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Swimmers break records Swimming up to 6500 yards each day for training, attending meets that could last sometimes til midnight, lifting weights - those were all a part of the regimen for the Aqua Coogs swim team. The hard work paid off, however, with a third place district finish for the girls and a fifth place for the freshmen - dominated boys team. Along the way the girls medley relay of Paige, Joellyn, Patty and Marieta broke the school record by three seconds. The team placed third in the district meet. Also Robbie Sparkman, placing sixth in district, missed breaking the school record by 1 10 of a second. Additionally diver Dana Olivier qualified for Academic AU-American. Divers Gerald Sutton and Marieta Huskey placed third and sixth in district respectively. Dana Olivier gives it her all for the one meter diving competition. Dana took fourth in district. Row 1: Sonia Fontenot, Jay Hayley, Mike O ' Toole, Bill Maner, Robbie Sparkman, Gerald Sutton, Jon DeJean. Row 2: Coach Glanz, Dwayne Ryder, Eric Beaton, Mike Hawkins. John Wilson, Gerald McCoy. 130 Sports

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You drag yourself out of a warm bed, pack your gear and push yourself to get to school. It is only 6:30 in the morning and bleary-eyed students are wandering into the pool area. Already the coach is yelling OK, into the water, you ' ve got a 400 yard warm-up. And that was the beginning of the daily routine for the La Marque water polo teams from August through October. Water polo began with before school practices and ended with after school practices often lasting until 5:00 pm. But the hard work was worth it, especially paying off for the talented girls team who placed third in district and eighth in the state competition. The team relied on their many experienced players and team work for their victories. Individually three mem- bers of the team gained top honors. Joellyn Hofer was named second string All- State while Annie Brents and Dana Olivier were named to the All-District team. For the boys the season was another story as they went through a rebuilding year. The team was loaded with freshmen and sophomores with the only real experience coming from seniors Herman Brents and Robbie Sparkman and junior Gerald Sutton. 132 Sports H2O Polo: Boys rebuild; Water polo is the toughest water sport in the world. It ' s a cross between hockey and basketball with six players trying to score goals while defending themse)ves from the opposition. And it ' s all dependent on the swimmers ' skills, strength and stamina. For the La Marque Aqua Coogs the game itself and the competition were worth the work. Annie Brents fights off a Ball High defender. , V ' J 9Kf . -|g|£ - N There are three kinds of people: Those who make things happen; those who watch things happen; and those who wonder what happened as Gerald Sutton, Herman Brents and Mike Gerhardt demonstrate.