Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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1120 Pllllk After four consecutive yeors of holding the stote chompion title, the boys woter polo teom met their motch this yeor. With q seoson record of 5-O-1, the Cougors were one of the three teoms in the region to go on to the stote chompionship gomes in Houston. There they ended up plocing third in stote. This wos the Cougor's ninth yeor in o row thot they hod quolified for the stote gomes. The Cougors lost their first stote gome to Joy, 5-4. My most memoroble experience from lost seoson wos losing to Joy, recolls Jimmy Linehom. It wos our first loss to them in five yeors ond it wos hord to get over. We knew ofter thot thot we were going to be in for o fight to win ogoin this yeor. Most ployers ogree thot Joy beot the Cougors twice during the stote gomes ond tied them once in the seoson. Thot wos the first tie score for the teom in two yeors. The Cougors beot them only once. The 5-4 loss to Joy wos the first loss for the Cougors in two yeors ond the first time in four yeors thot they hove not ployed in the chompionship gomes. But not copturing the stote title this yeor is not whot is going to be remembered by the ployers mony yeors from now, os exploined Scott Bell, the teom's All Americon Goolie. The most memoroble thing for me from ploying woter polo is the friends I mode on our teom os well os the other teoms. It mode winn- ing or losing not motter os much. Everybody is somebody on the teom ond we stond behind everybody in whotever we do. If something hop- pens, the teom did it, not one person. Any member of the teom could tell you thot it took o lot of time ond hord work procticing to prepore for gomes. Procticing ot 6:45 om every morning before school took determinotion ond couroge. It olso meont socrificing o lot of weekends, exploined Chorlie Stokes. Ploys ond positions were done over ond over until they were seemingly perfect ond everyone worked together like clockwork. Our sense of togetherness is greot on the teom, soid Linehom. We ployed os o teom ond not os individuols. We knew oll the ployers on the other teoms ond enjoyed the com- petitive spirit when we ployed eoch other. When ploying on o teom, it is very importont thot eoch ployer remembers, no motter how greot of o ployer he moy be, thot he is ploying for o teom ond not for himself. When one person storts to think 'I' there con be no heroes becouse they stort to think they ore the greotest ond stop ploying with the teom. soid Booth Petry. Six ployers from the teom were nomed os regionol ployers. Greg Duvoll, first teom, Steve Alley, Scott Bell, Corey Guess ond Chorlie Stokes, second teomp ond Jimmy Linehom, honoroble mention. The teom wos o good one but we stognoted, we got overconfident, soid Petry. Cooch Swonson is on excellent cooch. He cooches different thon most cooches I know, but we Ieorn. I hove leorned o lot from Cooch ond I thonk him for whot he hos done for us. This yeor wos reolly different thon ony other yeor, soid Linehom. We hod o lot of competition from just this oreo. But, win or lose, the Cougor's hord work reolly poid off ond they hove o lot to be proud of. Andreo Smith Greg Duvoll, Steve Alley, ond Jimmy Linnehom cover their Joy opponents to prevent them from receiving o poss ot the stote gomes ln Houston. ,lim c is I... QQ, ...... , H' M- X .ai ' ...Q ...... M ., ., . ,, S ' Mi 51 fi r' X 5 I. L. 51 visit? ,f K, 1,- 1 , f.. in s! if 3llll IN C' '1 Tl is 'Wie'-3. im...

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T JI ll C I 'll YI' fi ' l'l' 1' 1 CEC The youth ond inexperience of the girlsjunior vorsi- ty volleyboll teom contributed to their slow storting seoson. In spite of the slow stort, the teom finished in o tie with Morsholl, for first ploce in the district. Being o fresh new teom, for the most port, ond then tieing for first wos no smoll deol. lt wos most definitely on oc- complishment the ployers ond cooch con be very proud of. This yeor, the teom wos heoded by o new cooch, Morgoret Mitchom. A new cooch ond o new teom turned out to be the winning combinotion. At first, it moy hove seemed to be o mojor toskg but, os you con cleorly see, it wos on obstocle they soon over- come together. lmportont to the teom members wos the ex- perience they goined. My experience injunior vor- sity wos fontostic. I enjoyed oll my teom members ond especiolly our new cooch. Cooch Mitchom wos o terrific cooch ond o greot friend. She wos the inspiro- tion for our greot seoson. l hope next yeor is just os greet! exploined Corol Cummings, Sophomore. The ployers in the key positions of blockers, spikers, ond servers oll odded up to 0 dynomite teom. Adding their support ond spirit were the key ployers off the bench. Looking bock over the seoson, the ten gomes won with only four losses in district ploy wos o record worth remembering. lt wos o seoson thot both the teom members, os well os the cooch, will not soon forget. l wos pleosed with the overoll seoson. The girls oll improved tremendously ond peoked ot the right time. This seoson wos o lot of fun, Cooch Mit- chom remembers. Hoving o winning teom such os the junior vorsity volleyboll squod tokes o lot of enthusiosm ond com- plete dedicotion to the sport, ond to eoch other. They hove eorned the odmirotion from their peers thot they justly deserved. They leorned from their experiences ond olso from their mistokes. This Cougor teom will be bock next yeorjust os hot. Ajob well done by Cooch Mitchom ond the junior vorsity teom. The future should be exciting, with greot things to come. -Trisho Steitle -.. I wonring to be port of the octlon, Terri Miller, Tomi Neesuis ond Liso De Luno wotch os Liz Sonchez skillfully completes the ploy. Liso De Luno keeps close wotch on the position of the boll before bumping it over to Morsholl, JV VOLLEYBALL

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