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

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7 flatfrf + Wd ff if 3 ilfffy. , . ,sf 1. J , - 1 .M , ,af- so l.. nf' , - ,J ,K -.fwfr 'A 1 I Swim team shows off dedication and inspiration. the 3:10 p o ol. C o a c h went in and swam rings, the McGee, who is the against Longview. day is swim team's new The swim team for most coach, had the swam hard and Not so team run laps gave it their best, the swim around the track, and came in first team. The swim team, which is a combination of people from both schools, practices in Duncanville from 2:45 to 4:30 working on their free style, back stroke, and butter- flies. At the begin- ning of the year, Coach McGee, started the team off on the track in- stead of in the stretch, and do some basic endur- ance exercises along with lifting weights. Then the team was ready to take it to the pool. Their first meet was the SMU relay meet. It was a fun way to start off the year, the team had worked hard and we had fun, said Coach McGee. The swim team then 1,4 aw-f ' .1-9 7 ff . . ,r Q.. , v 1 SPORTS place. They then went in to Lewis- ville and swam against The Colo- ny. The girls came in first place, while the guys hung on and came in sec- ond. UP, UP AND AWAY Carrie Donato works hard on her butterfly as she finishes up her lap. - Photo by Kevin Briles ,I 1 f I I Q, .N at .rim gf .vw .fi at i. ,-1 -'fi ,ft . 'Vi H . 'Af .f .fl iw, 'W Af I-,nf 'W ,F .qffg-'BMW IN THE HOME UPSCOPEI... STRETCH Theresa Lamb comes up for W Lisa 'Iyner smiles as she fin- Gif while practicing OH HCI' I -,.' it . ishes up on her final lap. DFG-HS! SUOKC- - photo by Sean Rublno - Photo by Kevin Briles ,f 4..4.,,5. aw, - W as.. . we .y New ,, ,Www Wa Wm ' i r ' . .,,, we 5 Q 7, f , 1 ' 21 rggxzf' .ag l l i I l . ,i l l l ,. 11. , lf? ' nf' V 73' 3 i l E 4. .MTW

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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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.ff 155 4' ff' 45 ,Q 'I -'sat A 4 'un' ,V ,... , A 4, .- A if 5 V , V fl - V Y L .1 ',- -f . , V , ff - ,, Q A dedicated team requires dedicated team mem- bers. The reason we work as a team is mostly for the inspiration. Lisa Tyner L-ii V V 5. 'lt 5 hw V ,f ,. 'iw M V , VVM W 'V V V M, 1' , in V . ,343 m-art' M 1- , SWIM TEAM . . . T. Owens, W. Shultz, J. Malone, J. Bell, J. Cosky, J. Larson. R. Fields, D. McMillan, K. Halowinski, T. Ber- nard, D. Helmick, C. Meinzer. H. Gordon, M. Oh- weiler, D. Pierce, B. Miller, S. Fuller, L. Tyner, C. Donato, E. Christopher, T. Lamb, S. Case, D. Brill- hart, J. Walker - Photo by We've got more in- spiration and more dedication. lt's strict- we re more of a team - as a whole, where A . ly work, work, work, and win, win, win, and to have tim at the same time. Ron Fields Team unity is im- portant because it brings the people on the team closer to- gether and makes ri- vals work together. Sandy Case l have seen more improvement by the team as a whole this year than any other. We have grown in number and in spirit and most ofthe credit is due to the encour- agement of our new PEEK-A-BOO . . . everybody contributes because everybody is important to the team. to make us a good team. Wayne Shultz We have to have team unity because swimming can be an individual sport but you need the team there to back you HPV., Theresa Lamb coach and the selPes- teem created in get- ting our very own pool. In the years to follow, much will be heard about the SGP swim team. Stephanie Fuller Wayne Shultz takes a quick breath of air while work- ing on his breast stroke. -- Photo by Sean Rubino SWIMMING 1 3 7