Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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■WMbH MUh «M w a Junior Andrew Donelson works hard during one of the many practices held after school. Merka Comments About Baseball This year the Panther baseball team started the year off with many new faces. Coach Tommy Knox, from Pasadena Texas, became the new head coach and Steve Drury was his assistant. The Varsity team only consisted of four Seniors who were, First baseman Philip Kuener. Left fielder Steve Merka. Center fielder Lorren Mott and Third baseman Jesse Juterriz. The rest of the team consisted of mainly sophomores and freshmen. The Panthers looked to be in pretty good shape going into District, but the first game typified the season. The Panthers were shut out 2-0 although a great effort was put forth. There were many good points. Senior Lorren Mott had four homeruns and senior Steve Merka and sophomore Scott Elliot each had two apiece. With only three games to go in District play the Panthers still had a chance at making the playoffs, but a crucial 7-4 loss to LaGrange put the lights out for good. The Panthers did manage to pull out a fourth place finish with a win over Smithville. The season this year was like a rollercoaster ride. It had its highs, but it had its lows. With only four people leav- ing the Panthers should be in good shape, especially in the pitching department, with First All District pit- cher Nathan Minchey returning. The season was rough, but a great effort was given by everyone and the team never gave up hope until that last out was made. Sophomore Chris Perry and senior Steve Merka help Coach Knox by keep- ing the books during the game. Junior Jeff Garner watches the game closely, while keeping the books for Coach T. Knox. 1985 Panther Baseball team are: First row; Lorern Mott. Andrew Donelson. Rick Perez. Anthony Wilke. Michael Moreno. Andrew O'Neal. Second row; Coach S. Drury. Jeff Garner. Woody Patrick. Nathan Minchey. Scott Elliot, Philp Kuener. ‘‘I must admit this year was a disappointment to me but from what I saw in the last game of the season we have definite talent and we are going to be in the runn- ings for district if not state next year.” — Coach T. Knox Luling Us 0 Them 2 La Grange 2 12 Smithville 2 1 Elgin 3 5 Luling 3 0 La Grange 3 7 Smithville 8 3 Elgin 0 1 BASEBALL 73

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Coach T. Knox encourages the team after a good play during a game. 72 BASEBALL

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Underclassman's Work Pays Off Behind the glory of the boys’ varsity basketball team is the hard work and determination of the freshman and junior varsity teams. For the freshman team it is a big change from junior high to high school. ' In high school the game is more serious. commented freshman Mack Krepes. “and there is better competition. Coach F. Tighe. a new face to Pflugerville. is the freshman boys basketball coach. When asked if it was hard to adjust to a new coach. freshman Robby Jennings answered. It wasn’t hard because Coach Tighe didn’t want us to adjust to him. he ad- justed to us. Playing on a Freshman or J.V. team is good because you get a chance to learn the system and get used to play- ing with your future team mates. remarked freshman Robby Jennings. A few of the Junior Varisty were drafted to play on the Varsity team during the State Tournament. When asked how he felt about this, sopho- more Steve Sullivan answered. I think he did it mostly to be prepared in case of an injury to a Varsity player. Both teams seemed to be satisfied with the outcome of their seasons Freshman Mack Krepes com- mented. 'This year we went 18-2 and we had a lot of fun. We improved a lot since the beginn- ing of the year and we were 7-0 in district. remarked sophomore Steven Rogers. He added. Which I thought was pretty awesome. Sophomore Million Mine hey shows perfect form lor .1 loyup while adding two lor Ihe p. milters I liked playing on the Junior Varsity because a lot more playing time and hav ing a chance to learn the system,” commented sophomore Steven Rogers. T like playing in high school because you have a lot better competition play- ing against other teams, commented freshman Mack Krepes. Photo by Travis Reese Sophomore Larry Cunningham is up for a jump shot, while an opponent from Elgin is attempting to block him 74 JV BASKETBALL