Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Regronal Shotput he boys' track team had high expectations about the oncoming season, But by the end of their first practice meet against LBJ and Reagan, key people were injured and the team knew they were in for a whopper of a year. Some individuals excelled however. David Taveirne won all but two meets in discus competition, and in those two he finished in second place. He was undefeated in shotput until the State meet. Even then he finished fourth in the state. David completed his season with a trackffootball scholarship to the University of I-louston. While still recovering from early injuries. the team participated in the Matador Relays at Seguin. The meet went fantastic forthe teamg those members who had not done well earlier outshone everyone else. This happened two weeks before the district meet and it was a confident team that began preparation for it. Luck was not with themg key member Clifton Bell was injured a week before district. The district meet was not a complete failure however. The best personal performance of the year was by David Sweet. David placed fourth in the mile run on an injured leg. David Duncan placed in the 330 hurdles. Ike McKinney placed second in long jump at the district meet. One of the most highly recruited trackffootball athletes in the state, David Taveirne got fourth place in shotput and sixth in discus at the State meet. Despite injuries, they had the potential and they had the stamina, Coach Schroeder said, Because of a strong JV team, Vikings can look forward to strong performances next year. I FRESI-IMANQ Front row tlelt to rightj: Rueben Sanchez, Gus Pillsbury, Eric Hernendez, Tony Bugg. Rueben Rodriguez, Scott I-linderer. James King. Second row: Ricky Berggren, Jet- trey l-tall, Carl Hutt, Jon Best, Darrell Matocha, Bobby McKinney, Ronald Sweet, Carl Thens. Third row: Coach Schroeder, Mike Gordon, Tony Earl, Pat Maxwell, Mike Perry, Rod Bell. Greg Mercier, Craig Archer, Kirk Lewis, Coach Seidenberger, 2 Ike McKinley stretches in a practice long jump on Lanier's field. He placed second at the dis- trict meet 3 David Duncan runs the hurdles during practice in preparation of the district meet. David placed sixth in the 330 hurdles at district. 4 VARSITY: Front row tlelt to rightj: Alan Baker, Jon Ligon, Ronald Morgan, Rudy Garza. Ike McKinley. David Duncan, Charles I-Iill, David Morgan, Mark Billingsley, Curtis Chelette. Orlando Cisneros, Second row: Coach Schroe- der, Brian Moody, Ronny Dawson, Steve Bur- gess, Paul Franks, David Sweet. George Breaz- eal, Don Davis, Greg Matocha, Pat McShea. Carroll Montague, Kenny Payne. Third row: Jerome Gillespie, Earl Jordan, Clifton Bell, Jett Knodel, James Vrazel, Kenneth Cannon, David Taveirne, James Jones, Hayden Stewart, Mark Clark, Mike Fox, Willred Prossner, Coach Seid- enberger. 5 David Taveirne heaves the shotput during practice. This was Davids second year to go to state and was one of the most highly recruited athletes in Texas. 6 Jon Ligon practices his distance runs. This effort enabled him to win fourth place in the 880 at district boys- track

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H1gI1s and Lows 1 Bubba Jennings is congratulated by his team- mates after coming in from his homerun against McCallum. Bubba's homer was the thriller of the game. 2 Junior Bubba Jennings slugs a homerun against McCallum. Despite their fine perform- ance, the Viks lost 2-3, 3 Senior Bryan Markert picks up an LBJ bunt and throws it infield. Brian pitched and also played outfield, 4 Clay Collins stands ready at first base while an LBi opponent slides in. Clay also played catcher. 5 Sometimes it took the know-how of a coach to help along with a guy's playing. Coach Riemer instructs Catcher Robert Brock to get up closer to the hitter. kI,3.s ' elf iking baseball experienced a season of highs and lows, never playing the average game. We either played very well or very poorly, commented Head Coach Burrell. The Viks highlighted their season by trimming defending champ LBJ 2-1. Lanier simply made too many mistakes to win district, but they competed impressively and never gave up. They were rewarded with a 13-11 winning season. The Viks opened season play March 1 with a doubleheader against Round Rock, beating them once 6-O, and losing the other game 2-5. In other pre-district games, Lanier upset strongly favored Houston Lee 5-3, and toppled city rival Austin High 6-O. March 15 was Lanier's district grand opening, as they squelched Johnston 14- 2. The Viks made it three in a row by thumping Travis 9-5, and Austin 6-5. March 23, the MacCallum Bad News Knights beat Lanier 1-3 and handed the Viks their first district loss, They lost the rest of their first half games to Crockett C3- 4J, Reagan C1-41, Anderson C3-91 and LBJ C4-95. The Vikings improved greatly in the second halt, again overturning Travis and Johnston and downing Reagan and Crockett. After losing close games to Austin, McCallum and Anderson, Lanier was bound and determined to overthrow defending champ LBJ. The Viks played the Jags a tough, ruthless game and upset them 2-1 . Lanier was losing several top seniors, including Brian Markert. Brian was a worthy outfielder and priceless pitcher, This season he pitched a no-hitter against Reagan. Third baseman Larry Bowers led the Viks in RBl's, and batted an average of 318. Returning were juniors and sophomores that showed signs of deep talent. Bubba Jennings played dual roles of pitcher and second baseman. Lett-handed Faron Fowler played left field and batted 348, Kelly Holligan pitched two games and won both, while Bruce Markert moved up as shortstop and Larry Lawrence made his way at second base. Everybody's going to be better next year, said Coach Burrell. We're going to be much, much better. VVe'II definitely be contenders. baseball 207