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

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Magic Adds To Successful Season The 1985-86 season was described as magical for the Varsity basketball team. With a 20 win, 11 loss season, and a bid for the Bi-District championship, the description was certainly an accurate one. Coach John McMeans said, This was one of our most successful seasons be- cause of the winning of twenty games, and that is magical. With five underclassmen on the start- ing lineup, inexperience could have been a problem. Instead, the team made the best of a tough situation, with 1985-86 the last year that the team would be in the Division AAA. In the playoffs the Panthers were six and two, losing both of the two games by only one point. The Panthers struggled valiantly in the Bi-District game, and they lost by only two points to Colum- bus High School with a score of 58-56. photo by Noel Wagner

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, 1. Freshman James Graves in one of the many positions a catcher must asume. 2. Sophomore Randy Thweatt shows inner emotion as he watches his team. 3. Chuck Wyatt, freshman, waits in position for a ball to come his way. 4. Todd McCauley, sophomore expresses great fear as he realizes that he is about to be thrown out. 5. Junior Tim Martinka uses a batting tee to aid him in warming up before a game. JV Team Strikes Back After the previous year's disasterous season, the junior varsity baseball team came back to have an impressive season that ended with a 13-5 record. The team consisted of mainly freshmen and soph- omores, unlike past teams which were made up of sophomores and juniors with few freshmen. Since the J.V. team had such a disap- pointing season the year before, this young group knew they would have to come back and struggle to prove to themselves and their fans that they real- ly did have what it took to be a good team. And that's exactly what the team did. When asked what he thought about the season, coach Tommy Knox com- mented, Considering last year's disas- ter, we came a long way. Most of the team's losses fell to 4A and 5A teams, so I believe that moving up in classification won't hurt us with all the upcoming tal- ent.

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1. Tom Spoonemore drives around an Eagle player for two points. 2. Brad Tighe stands and watches Tony Watson shoot from the elbow for two points. 3. Mike Dundas and Tom Spoonemore block the Tigers from the rebound. 4. Chris Perry drives for an astonishing layup against LaCrange. 5. Chris Perry, junior, fights for a rebound against a Luling player. 6. Senior Mike Dundas sets up for a zone defense against Luling in a home game. 7. Senior Tracey Carlson shoots for two during a game against Luling.