Lamar High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Bouncing better Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Swish! Scored again! One more winning game for the Lamar boys junior varsity basketball team. The boys JV basketball team brought pride to Lamar this year. The season was one of ups and downs that ended on a high note. Coach Brad Chasteen had to miss the first week of the basketball season due to a bad case of appendicitis. Then, the team got off to a slow start fthey won six games and lost fourl. From then on, the team moved upwards and finished the year in a blaze of glory by winning 16 out of their last 20 games. The JV team made an excellent showing against the Bell Raiders. They beat Bell by an amazing 10 points even though Bell was the top team in the district. The Vikes also made an exciting 58-55 come- back at home against Sam Houston. I am so proud of this team, said Coach Chas- teen, The thing that made them different was that they improved so much. In fact, they improved more than any other team that I have coached. We had an experi- enced team, which, through teamwork and determination finished with the third best record in Lamar's historyf' The boys definitely had a reason to be proud. This year was great in basketball. What made it so good was that the team was like one big family. We knew that we could count on each other, explained Matt Woodruff. Jason Ball seemed to agree, I really enjoyed playing this season. We had more fan sup- port than we have ever had before. But even better, we had a tremendous amount of team support. Not to be overlooked was the boys sophomore basket- ball team. The sophomore team also had a successful season and once again proved that Lamar was the school to beat. Jennifer Sadler Junior Jason Patrono aims for a clean shot. The Vikes beat Bell by 10 points. Photo by Jeff Hattendorf. Holding the ball tightly, o Jeff Andrews goes up, for a sh drews was one of the leading on the JV team. Photo by Jeff tendorf. t. 3601255 AVHILQBLF ! .J IIlllllllllllIIIIIIII-llllllllllll 20 f Boys JV and Sophomore Basketball!Design by Jennifer Sadler

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A shot away from victory The phrase You can't judge a book by its cover ap- plied to the 1987-88 boys var- sity basketball team. Even though they had a 13-18 sea- son, almost one-third of the games were decided at the buzzer. You couldn't mea- sure our success by our scores, said Coach Larry Hargett. The team's key players were Seniors Terence Parmer, Phil Harris and Jun- ior J. J. Joe. But, as Senior Eric Gabriel said, No one was out for individual glory, everyone was for the whole team. Unity, support from the coaches and the team's motto Viking fight never dies, kept morale up. in Wt... One of the team's most ex- citing moments happened during the first district game against Richland in which Terence scored 2 points at the buzzer, was fouled and scored 2 more points to win the game 57 to 56. Another good game was against Southwest, who was ranked second in the state. I was able to hold one of their best players to only three bas- kets which kept him from be- ing a factor in the game, ex- plained Senior Mike Nelson. The Vikings were only defeat- ed by 2 points that were scored at the buzzer. Coach Hargett and Assis- tant Coach Brad Chasteen helped keep up the team's HW-V Wfll ' ,sa...,.,,,, , . .. s .,,.o,,,... 5 ..., ,hgss ea Concentrating on making a bas- ket, Senior Terence Parmer avoids the blocking attempts of his Trinity opponents. Photo by Jeff Hat- tendorf. . Stretching to his limit to outreach the Seagoville player, Senior Phil Harris attempts another 2 points. Photo by Robert Law. spirits even in the losing time. He fCoach Hargettl had a really positive attitude and made practices fun, said Er- ic. The team worked together all year and wrapped up the season by winning the last three games. Special recognition went to three players. Terence made the all district 7-5A first team, J. J. made the second team and honorable mention went to Phil. Terence also was voted Player of the Year. Julie Rowell Getting good height, Junior J. J. Joe jumps toward the basket to make a shot. Photo by Jeff Hattendorf. ---- Sports ! 19 E we ,4-

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Aiming for a basket, Sophomore Moving quickly, Junior Jeff An- Pat Fields attempts a free throw. drews blocks a pass of his oppo- Fields was one of the nine sopho- nent's. The boys finished with the mores on the JV team. Photo by Jeff third best record in the school's his- Hattendorf. tory. Photo by Jeff Hattendorf. 'L it f ,.t,, 5 Members of the boys sophomore basketball team are Qfront rowj Wendell Coward Bashawn Trpler Chance Johnson Cody Paris John Tengra and Derrick Smith Ktop rowj Joe Baker Dan Evans Herb Starks Chad Nickels Tim Dodson Eric Keaton Clint Fail Ryan Lyons Marvin Lykes Lance Stanley and Coach Brad Chasteen Photo courtesy of Ron Bland Studios MO SCQVKQ Qtmccctfaif, Sports f 21