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

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—96 Tennis—

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1. Strain shows on the face of sophomore Roland Trevino as he puts his all into a lift. 2. Junior Hugo Llorens readies himself to compete. 3. Concentration is reflected in the face of sophomore David Huffstutler. 4. Zane Furr, junior, achieves his squat position. 5. Sophomore Edward Conzales strains while fellow powerlifters lend encouragement.

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1. Freshman Shane Gerstner prepares to use his backhand to return a serve. 2. Watching others practice, freshman Genny Van Cleve waits for her turn on the court. 3. Sophomore Holly Stroud loses her concentration during practice. 4. While focus- ing on his return, freshman Greg Chlapek practices form. 5. 1st row: Sheralyn Mott, Jeane Simpson, Kim Anderson, Paula Simpson, Joy Chen, Susie O'Dell, Andrea Turman, Sonya Leathers. 2nd row: Mark Spitzer, Huy Mguyen, Stephanie Ro- land, Nichole Albers, John Bishop, Racheal Hampshire, Dean Bowers, Shane Gerstner, Trey Lusk. 3rd row: Barbara Massar, Genny Van Cleave, Kenny Bounds, Scott Johnson, Tony Meis- ter. Holly Stroud, Steven Bohls, Chris Parcel, Scott Vaca, Mi- chael Vasquez, Carstcn Ehlers, Greg Chlapek, Kyle Patrick. The school building is not the only new thing that grew in size during 1985- 86. The tennis teams grew-there were forty-two students in fourth period alone. Besides growing in size, the teams got a new coach, Barbara Massar. With so many students, PHS's three tennis courts seemed to limit the teams' possibilities. Massar quickly organized practice and tournament schedules which helped to lift the team's space barriers. Massar also delegated almost all of her office work to the team manag- ers, Racheal Dodson and Jennifer McA- tee, so she could spend more time coach- ing the teams. To make sure team mem- bers got individual attention, Massar chaparoned eighteen students to Newk's tennis camp in February. Massar was re- warded for her efforts when the teams won 90% of their games. The numbers of students and lack of space might discourage some coaches, but not coaches as experienced as Mas- sar. She coached in both Houston and Dallas during the past five years. Massar had played tennis for fifteen years when she came to Pflugerville. The tennis team did well in 1985-86, and much of the credit went to Massar. Even Massar could not have led a team as far if the students had not been, as she said, extremely attentive, eager to learn . . . and hard working. by Tasha Moss