Lamar High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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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

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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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laying for iun and winning some Some outsiders may not have thought that the girls varsity basketball team was successful this year, but the team believed differently. This year was new for me. It was my first year of coach- ing the girls varsity team, explained Coach Tracy Fri- day. Even though we didn't win a whole lot of games, we did have a good time playing. The year gave the girls a chance to gain experience. It was an excellent opportunity to grow. Sophomore Kara Mulkey agreed with Coach Friday. We didn't win very much, but when we did win, we de- served it because we played a good game. The best thing about this team was that we all liked each other - we got along together and we en- joyed playing together. We love basketball, Jun- ior Staci Gildenblatt ex- plained, and that is why we played. It didn't matter that we lost as long as we had fun. We all loved Coach Friday, too. She's that greatest! We fthe teaml would just like to tell her that we're sorry that her first year of coaching the girl's varsity basketball wasn't the best - and we promise that next year will be better. Jennifer Sadler gk - ffsf- i Sprinting for control of the ball, Junior Jennifer Woolley helps the Lady Vikes strive for victory. Photo by Kim Higdon. 22 I Girls Varsity Basketball! Design by Jennifer Sadler 3 1 While taking a water break, Coach Tracy Friday gives Junior Ra- chel Hall and Sophomore Kara Mulkey a bit of last minute advice about the game. Photo by Kim Higdon. .ii . X is-N 1 4