Richland High School - Rebel Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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QE? e .1 Setting it up. Heather Fisher sets the ball in hopes it will lead to a point against Lamar. The team split the season with Junio Lamar with both teams winning once, Vol: Varsity RHS W1 1 GAME OP 2 Lamar P 0 Halt 2 2 Gr O1 0 f albevi 1 S Trinity 2 2 am HOu5tOn 1 2 Burleson 2 r l 9 5 7Qto ar in 2 mar Haltom apevi 1 1: 'rf rin j Sa m Sf 5.55: Bur 980 on Be Arlingron af l District Reco d wg' 1 L lx . 6 g I Ao . --,4 , fp, 1. Ln Celebrating a win. The girls celebrate after defeating Lamar in the second round. The team lost to Lamar in the first game of the season. After beating Trinity two of three, the girls congratulated each other on good match, The girls defeated the Trojans both games of the season. JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL.

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Working for perfection Junior Varsity team learns importance of pulling to ether Our win-loss record was not the best, but everyone improved and that is what's important. I had a good group of kids and they worked hard. Coach Lisa Wells. The highlight of the season was defeating Bell in both matches. The girls realized after the second win over Bell the importance of pulling together and playing as a team, Lisa Wells, coach said. With a solid group of hard-working team members, the team finished with a 9-9 district record. Kylie Brad- ley was the single junior starter for the season and according to Coach Wells, the best defensive player on the squad. Tracey Brownlee and Angie Elles, both sophomores, played on both the JV and the varsity teams. Other sophomores were Rochelle Wilson, Kristie Hess, Tammie Bentke and Heather Fisher. Although the team did not have a stellar season, Coach Wells was able to find many positives about the team. Our win-loss record was not the best, but everyone did improve and that is what's important, she said. The year was a rebuilding one for the team. Most of the key players from last year moved up to the var- sity. Coach Wells had to call on her sophomores to pick up the slack. Sophomores Bentke, Wilson, Brownlee, Elles, Fisher and Hess all drew praises from Wells. Bentke was a good all-around player and very quick. She was good defensively, Wells said. The coach also said that Brownlee and Wilson were strong as her most consistent hitters. Hess made the starting rotation early but was lost for half the season with an illness. With inexperience and costly in- juries, Wells said the team did sur- prising well. Despite the record she was pleased. I had a good group of kids and they worked hard. To prevent u Trinity point Lisa Bradley and Tammie Bentke attempt to block the ball. Coach Wells said both girls were ex- ceptional players. Junior Varsity Volleyball. FRONT ROW: Coach Lisa Wells, Tonya Shanley, Heather Fisher, Tammie Bentke, Andrea Talamini, Kathrine Hill, BACK ROW: Lisa Bradley, Kristie Hess, Darinda Caselman, Kylie Bradley, Jessica Knox, Angie Elles, Rochelle Wilson. Staying alert , Rochelle Wilson gets ready to bump the ball back to her opponents. Rochelle was a consistent member of the squad. Design by Sherry Fagan A hikers!

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Talent Apparent Despite the frustrating season individual players excel The program is great and should be good next year because there are several returning from varsity. Craig Farmer. The Rebel junior varsity basketball team got oft to a slow start in district by dropping their first district game to Lamar. After that the games al- ternated for a while. The Rebs then went on a four game winning streak in the middle of the season, defeating Martin, Lamar, Haltom, and Grape- vine. This gave the team an 8-3-0 record and a good standing in district. However, things changed when they dropped the next seven in a row to bring their distict standings to 8-9-0. The team ended the season on a high note with a 77-42 win over the Burleson Elks. The team, led by Toby Taylor, Shawn Shack, Drew Pruitt, and Craig Farmer, who each averaged 10 points a game, tinishedthe season with a 9-9-0 record in district and a 13-15-0 recodr overall. Taylor was also the leading rebounder for the season. The team competed equally with opponemts and gained a split with most distric teams, Coach Pat Pruitt said. The Rebs also competed in three Heidi Utley On defense, David Salter l22l, at- tempts to block a pass by the Arlington Colts. The Rebs lost both district games to the Colts. Photo by Scott Meyer. Craig Farmer ,l20l goes up for a lay-up against the Sam Houston Texans. Be- sides basketball, Craig was also involved in football, baseball, and golf. Photo by John Shelton. tournaments, Grapevine, Lamar, and Southwest. ln the Southwest tourna- ment,held during the Christmas hol- idays, the team was named conse- lation champions, The sophomore team boys team, which went without much recognition this year, struggled through a tough season ending with a 5-6-0 record. The team started off the season by winning the Haltom tournament, in which Craig Farmer and Drew Pruitt were named all-tournament. Craig and Drew were then promoted to the junior varsity team. The sophomores leading scorer was Rahman Jones and the leading rebounder was Johnathan Miller. We feel both squads will contrib- ute large numbers of quality players to the 'Runnin Rebels' program, Pruitt said. Heidi Utley Noah Lane l54l and Wes Lindsey l34l an- ticipate getting the ball, as Toby Taylor l40l tips oll against the Arlington Colts. Toby was the teams leading rebounder for the year. Pho- to by Scott Meyer. As he dribbles down the court, Drew Pruitt l10l, watches the Texan defense care- fully. The Rebs lost to the Texans l55-53l. Photo by John Shelton.