Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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I BOYS GYMNASTIC TEAM: Mike Castillo. I Lance Crosby. Brian Davis. Eric Frazier. David I Jones. Blair Marshall. Matt Matsuda. Jeff Ray.I ] Danny Rhee. Mike Rhee. Andrew Russell. Mark I Soh, Coach: Dan Mondloch. Form is important to Mark Soh as he performs I his routine on the parallel bars. i 11 Noto: Mith high hopes of becoming the top contending team in the North Eastern Section, gymnastics Team devoted countless hours to their sport. Practic- ing after school, while other students enjoyed their free time, the boys refin- ed their routines on the parallel bars, high bar, floor, and pommel horse. Outstanding members included Blair Marshall, Eric Frazier, Mark Soh, and Mike Rhee. Individual gymnasts work- ed hard for themselves, their team, and their school. Eric Frazier summarized their efforts when he said, ‘‘We're go- ing to go far.” All around contender Blair demonstrates his strength and skill on the rings. 268 Sports Sophomore Lance Crosby practices on parallel bars to prepare for an upcoming meei Robinson.

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tchen Bagent easily catches the ball thrown fellow teammate. Strong friendships arc formed on a team as Yana Hudson. Nina Brent. Trisha Jureling, Susie Han- cock demonstrate. [■j n softball this year, the girls faced I many obstacles. The first problem Jj was 70 girls trying out for only 15 positions. To qualify for the team, the girls had very strenuous tryouts. Early and late practices concentrated on base running, fielding, pitching, and hitting techniques. To add to the tensions of tryouts, the girls had to adapt to the coaching style of a new coach, Gayle Doane. In spite of all these tensions, the team reaped many rewards. Manager Alison Conley commented, We have a strong team and working together paid off.” To assure that the ball does not get away. Beth Rows leans over the baseline. J.V. SOPTBALL:Team: Lisa Anthony. Nina Brent. Becky Edwards, Angie Hancock. Susie Hancock, Sharon Hmara. Kim Haynes. Noel Hobey. Yana Hudson. Trisha Jureling. Karen Kwihikowski. Lori Lea. Beth Rows. Becky Scnil- cker. Shawna Sexton. Manager: Alison Conley. Coach: Gayle Doane. J.V. Baseball and J.V. Softball 267

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S.V Before beginning a practice match with Bobby Thomas. Sean Nolan prepares himself to take the court. With sure concentration and exertion. John Williamson serves the ball to his opponent. fter numerous challenge mat- ches, eighteen experienced and P enthusiastic boys were chosen from fifty candidates to make up a Var- sity and Junior Varsity Team. Ex- perience varied from players with state tournament backgrounds to local club teams. Returning lettermen who made up the core of this year’s team in- clude Seniors Sean Nolan and John Williamson (co-captains) and Bob Thomas. Joey Maranto, a sophomore, was considered to have a bright future in playing tennis. Sophomore Jeff Babb and transfer Junior Chuck Hyatt made a significant contributuion to the team. With the addition of a new J.V. squad, this year's squad had more strength than ever before in Lake Braddock’s history. As summed up by Coach Lisi, The depth of competition will keep true pressure on everyone to perform their best all year.” BOYS VARSITY TENNIS: Cocaptains: John Williamson. Sean Nolan. Team: Jeff Babb. Joey Clement. Charlie Hyatt. Andy Jaffee . Ian Lar- son. Joey Maranto. Brian Morgan, Kevin Plescha. John Rodenberg. Robert Thomas. Noparat Woods. Managers: Chris Nolan. John Thomas. Coach: Dick Lisi. BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS: Team: Cam Anderson, Colin Brickman. Antonio Jackson. Mark Patterson. Kevin Plescha. Jason Roberts. Coach: Dick Lisi. Boys Gymnastics and Boys Tennis 269