South Grand Prairie High School - Signal Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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he ball soars high into the air. With g r e a t strength, ball is rico- l off the The game is on and so is the '88 tennis sea- son. The team is working hard be- cause of the young team. We Sending it back Tiner Hewmann returns the ball back across the net to his opponent. - Photo by Sean Rubino '7 7 2' team strives for experience. have a young team this year, said Chuong Do. We need more experience to compete fully. With just a few re- turning starters, the team was out to gain the exper- ience needed to win. Coach O'N- eal said, We are just so young. My girls are begin- ners with one or no years exper- ience. I have three top boys that are returning from last year. T h e t e a m played in duel matches and a few tournaments in the fall. These matches help the team prepare for the District tour- nament in the spring. lt will be a tough schedule, but I think we will get a lot of exper- ience for next year, said Jenni- fer Cruse. This one 's for mel I 'm ready. Ginger Lucus stretches fomard to send the Getting into position to return the ball, ball across the net to clinch a victory. Richard Nguyen awaits the ball. - Photo by Sean Rubino - Photo by Sean Rubino TENNIS 1

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We really need more practice and dedicated people. Since we're such a young team, it's going to get better. Rex Cuajunco Scott R. Cuajunco, R. Tung, D. Hobenicht L Huynh C W o B Burson, M. Hemby, C. Ho, S. Clark, W Neumann R ..,...... Nguyen Coach O'Neal, S. Walser, L. Charles M Spencer J M Chase T. Richardson, A. McCoy, N. Brocker G Lucas Stretching Upward ' 4 Rex Cuajunco extends his racket to the ball dunng practlce after school. - Photo by Sean Rubmo

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