Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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1986 Boys' Tennis Team OPPONENT Eastside Laurens Hillcrest Pickens Wade Hampton Easley J.L. Mann Eastside Laurens Hillcrest Westside Pickens Wade Hampton Easley Irmo 9 wins, 6 losses I still enjoy watching the kids play tennis. They understood the move I made. Guys have so much enthusiasm. If we had some stronger W1 players, it wouldn't have been such a struggle. Tennis Team tBack Rowj Bruce Cowgill, Randy Ruprich, Jimmy Burns, Chuck Verdin, David Villiger. fFront Rowj Coach Shirley jameson, Ryan Atkinson, Todd Sycks, Gary Floyd, Tony Martin. iPhoto by Jimmy Furukawal 114 Boyz I Team! Waiting with anticipation, David Villiger focuses all his concentration on the upcoming shot. Vil- liger and Randy Ruprich competed together as number one doubles partners for the year. iPhoto by Jimmy Furukawaj Perfect form. Randy Ruprich serves a mighty blow against Easley in the last season game. The loss of that match forced Mauldin to fall to third place in the region. iPhoto by Jimmy Purukawaj

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to by Stephen Babbl ert Freemanj Get it any way you can. Mauldin's top seed player, Chuck Verdin, engages in the roughest level of competition at number one singles. Verdin com- peted against some of the state's best players. iPho- Go for it. Randy Ruprich, double's player, serves up an ace against Easley. It was one of only two matches the Mavericks lost in 1985. iPhoto by Rob- Serving up an ace jimmy Burns, Mauldin's num- ber three singles player, serves in match against Easley. Burns a junior planned to play tennis next year also. iPhoto by Stephen Babbj - W ...W . - ...sw t --'sea-.exraasw :Y--f V... - I -- .. --1 M --so ,.,,,m:.....,W,.....N2:: W . .-,,,- . .v.... , . Sure Bet A The Net! Boys' tennis future holds swinging vengence Mauldin High's Boys' ten- nis team finished out the 1985 tennis season with a winning record and a renewed spirit of competitiveness for next year. Overall we had a good sea- son, said Coach Shirley Iameson as she reflected on her final year of coaching the boys' tennis team. We were all happy to be able to partici- pate in the state playoffs. Ending the year in third place, bowing only to Easley and Eastside, the team earned the right to face Irmo in the playoffs. Jimmy Burns, num- ber three seed singles, said, It was honor to face Irmo. They were a definite step above us. According to several team members, the highlight of the season was the boys' match against Wade Hampton. Mauldin won the match three to two, as Gary Floyd, number two seed, won his tiebreaker. Gary said, That win really boosted our spirit. There were a few matches we lost that were close, but this one was victorious for us. Without that win, I don't think we would have made it to state. Randy Ruprich, part of one of Mauldin's double's team also felt the teams best game was against Wade Hampton. Ruprich said, We were tied and pulled through, definitely our strongest point was our attitude toward the game. I feel that our team had ade- quate spirit. One of the strongest as- pects of the team, according to top seed Chuck Verdin, were the doubles partners. Chuck commented, They really came through when we need- ed them. Many times an en- tire match would depend on either or both of the doubles teams to win. Shirley jameson retired af- ter compiling a winning record. With a nine and six record, and ranked fifteenth in the state the team made the sea- son a year of success and improvement. Doubles player, David Vil- liger, summed up the season by saying, Dedication, was where it was at. If you didn't have that, there was no place for you on the team. We all had that this year and it paid off. Alicia Brown Boyt I Tama 115