North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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glzlivu WURKUUTS ln 1986, Joe Allen became the head football coach at North Garland, replacing How- ard Evans. Since that time, there has been a winning sea- son, a losing season, and sever- al controversies. The training program was not only more rigorous than in previous years, but it also re- quired two-sport football play- ers to participate in the off-sea- son program. This cost the team several players. North Garland was caught conducting illegal summer practices before the 1987 sea- son A sheet of time schedules for workouts was handed in to the University interscholastic League Allen said that the practices were in no way man- datory. We clearly told the kids that this was an incentive, and they were not being forced to do this. The sheet made it sound as if they had to go. That's where the trouble came in. The Ll.l.L. felt that the rule prohibiting summer workouts was broken, and imposed sanc- tions. The punishment, which forced the Raiders to forfeit a district game, dragged their re- cord down to 2-7-l for the year. Through the controversy, Al- len's reign continues. Even though the '87 season was completed a sign on the chalk board in the weight room in No vember read NEXT YEAR HAS STARTED IXQS

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Aiming For The FUTURE Volleyball Team Falls Short On Scormg, Nor On Sprrir A whistle blows. Some players fu- riously skip rope. Others do sit ups. Still others jump on top of four foot tall boxes. The scene is a summer practice of the Varsity and Junior Varsity volley' ball teams. The drills were designed to increase strength, endurance, and ability. lt took a lot of time, especially during the summer. Sometimes it seemed worth the effort and some' times it didn't, said Varsity player Melinda Martin. junior. Working against the team this year was the fact that the players were young. Varsity consisted of seniors, juniors, and sophomores. The JV team contained juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. lt was mainly a learning year for us because we were such a young team. But we still played like a AT A WARM UP session before a game, Holly Eldredge, sophomore, falls to the floor after diving for the ball. The girls' gym had a softer floor designed for the volleyball players. Photo by Leah Duckworth team, said Varsity player Michelle Ray, junior. As the season developed, the younger age and smaller players seemed to have an effect on the team's performance. Sometimes we won, sometimes we lost. We played good, and we played bad. We'd be up for the first game and then for the second we wouldn't even seem to be the same team, said Andi Wade. sophomore. Ending the season with 3 wins and 17 losses, both JV and Varsity looked forward to the '88 season. We're looking forward to a good season next year, Stacy Pickett. freshman, said. One thingyou learn in volleyball is that it takes persever- ance. Once you start something any- one can quit. lt's the tough person that hangs in there. -Dawn McGhee 1957 VARSITY VOLLEBALL- Front Row: Manager Amy Autry. Tracey Zimmerman, Melinda Martin, Kim Lambert. Michelle Ray, Kimmie Ethridge. Sec' ond Row: Erika MacMillan, Holly Eldredge. Dawn VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Z-11 NG OPP 7-15, 7-15 Highland Park 9-15, 3-15 Greenville 15-8, 15-11 North Mesquite 4-15, 7-15 South Garland 10-15, 7-15 Mesquite 3-15, 9-15 Lakeview 13-15, 3-15 Garland Zender. Stacy Pickett. Coach Sandra Godwin, Kelly Gregory, Andi Wade. Kathy Mantsch, Trainer Jenni- ler Shea. 3-15, 3-15 Highland Park 8-15, 3-15 Greenville 15-13, 15-8 North Mesquite 1-15, 9-15 South Garland 2-15, 2-15 Mesquite 14-16, 15-5, 7-15 Lakeview a Q I7

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