Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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:wort where the indi- articipant decides a am's fate, the Lady ack team took to the prove they had the ite champions were w in. We had the tal- ve needed to get was 1vation, said long e runner, Nancy r1ze their new play he stiff competition. ed to learn to work as a team. A lot of the re new and had to ropes, said runner, might. Yet even with cperience, the Maver- Given' it all you've got. Camille Oliver throws the Timing is everything. Kristen Humphrey and Dana Lyle make a perfect hand off. This 400 m relay team placed fourth in the state. iPhoto by jimmy Furakawal A flying leap. Kristen Humphrey shows her ability to out jump the competition. The Mavericks ended the season 7-1. iPhoto by Stephen Babbj shot put 19 feet 2 inches. The Mavs went on to beat both Laurens and Hillcrest in a dual meet. iPhoto by Stephen Babbj .. ..MM,x. ..... - M. .,.. iMWW.?:..:::w1g. W ,,.e.. lily... M,,,,m,,l,3 Yes We Can-Can Lady Mavs kick their way to state icks came away with a win- ning season. Traditionally high school team participants were limit- ed to the student body, but this year eighth graders were allowed to compete on the track teams. Samantha Clark and Tina Floyd, both from Hillcrest Middle School were recommended by their gym teachers to Coach Frye. They really showed their stuff in competition. They were great, said Ashley Matthews. The Maverick's strongest events were the long distance events. Dana Purser, Nancy Cason, and Diane Farrington led the way as the Mavs showed other schools in the state why Mauldin was one of We wanted to go worked diligently am, consisting of 19 a . . - I d the best. Our long distance pulled us through and showed the competition who we were, said Ashley Matthews. Losing only to Westside, the Lady Mavs were state run- nersup for the second year in a row. Coach Frye said, The Greenville County meet was the most exciting meet for the girls because we came away with first place. I think the credit goes to all the girls. It takes a total team effort to score points. Most of the girls plan to return next year, and are looking forward to a pro- ductive season. Diana Thompson GM ' Tuck 125

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...am at A mmh fi? W X- p . ... --' , ......- .v... 'KM v... Jr: .v.. ..... ....,.---- r-'ve M- There's Nowhere Like Home Girl's Softball players swing for success The Lady Maverick softball team polished off a bitter-sweet season recording an overall total of 349 runs scored while only giving up 40. The team was re- quired to go the full seven-in- ning game only three times the entire season. Two of those games were in the upperstate tournament. The 15 member team had the best start of any Mauldin softball team ever, com- piling a 19 consecutive game winning streak. 1985 was the first year that eighth graders were allowed to play on the high school softball team. Three Hillcrest Middle School eighth graders joined the Maverick's team. The season was full of both team and individual achievements. The team went undefeated in region play. They suffered only two losses, both to arch rival, Airport. Four players from the team were named All-Region. Coach Karen Brannon was named Re- gion IAAAA Coach-of-the-Year and was recognized as one of only four coaches of the state all- star team. At the beginning of the season the team set a long range goal of going to the state-playoffs. The girls practiced everyday an aver- age of two hours. They gave up their weekends to put in more practice time but the girls didn't mind. Third baseman, Michelle Fowler said, The practice got us better and improved our skills. Mauldin got to the finals of the upperstate tournament. They lost twice to Airport, once again missing the state playoffs by one win. Outfielder, Mary Jones said of the Airport game, We could have won. Our errors killed us but we were the better team. The disappointing loss over- shadowed the team's previous 20 victories. Heather Lynch, firstba- seman summed up the season, when she said, I don't believe our record was correct, we should have beaten Airport. Our strength was pitching and hit- ting was our weakness. Monica McDermott, Maverick outfielder, said of the '85 season, Our losses were both very close, but I think we had a very strong team this year. We have nothing to be ashamed of. Alicia Brown Taking it all in. Fifth year coach Karen Brannon and the home plate official yield some advice to Mary Jones 1173 as she prepares to bat against Wade Hampton. Mary went 2 for 3 as the Mavs breezed to another easy victory. iPhoto by Robert Freemanj She stole it!!! Shayna Ferguson 1141 slides into home safe en route to a 19-2 victory against Travelers Rest. Mauldin swept the double header as everyone on the Maverick team saw playing time. iPhoto by Mike Fryej Sofitel' 127