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

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W9i'!9F Michelle Schuler, leading assists in the city and for the team, and recipient of the Basketball Congress lnternotional Senior Prep Team In Phoenix, gets two in the midst of the Marshall defense. Team captoin Michelle Schuler, selected most-valuable player of the glrls dlstrlct 30-5A basketball teams, oll-dlstrlct N.V.P., flrst teom all-clty and all-district, and thlrd team all-regional, passes the ball to teammate. I Courtney Canovon, thlrd leading free throw shooter In the clty, shoots for two to boost the score to 46-86 against the Marshall Rams. Being one of the best defensive player on the team and a mo- jor asset In the playoffs, Shannon Keckler shoots for two. Q 'J-1: 1 f '

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5351 k-v' . -,7E. aw , QS? s :N Bers- is mm 5 ii A L 3- 225 .- is X use -1 i Lf-Q s is LL Q -L ILL L-,L L is L AL L .Ei Q L,LL u we LL kk, . L L, ssl! L . ..:. KKK YN? fs.: N he s -:- -1- Lt. L.-N. ' SL- s- ..,, L L L el Q 'ii T-is is Q Tiifvf' lui num N RE lLl'l'1 They were just two games away from a dream, but the basketball team fell short to the state finalists, Holmes Huskies, 51-43. lt was a very emotional, as well as, a very physical game. Even though we lost, we all felt like winners, said Matt Cernosek, junior post, ofthe season game. The Cougars came off that game with an ending to one of the best seasons in the school's basketball history. They had the most wins ever by a Clark team with a district record of 142 and a season record of 28-8. We all had the same goal at the beginning ofthe season: Give it all we had and don't ever let up, said Reagan Frieling, junior. The team was significant in another way. They had three players who recieved post season honors. Mike Houlihan, senior, was leader of the pack when it came to recognition. He was named first team all- district, second team all-city and second team all region. He was also selected for the McDonald's all- American team, Optimist Classic all tournament team, the San Antonio All-Star team which played in Phoenix, Arizona, in April, and the Nemo Herrera All Star Scholarship team. Despite the predictions of watching closely, Dwayne Pedroza, senior, prepares to recove. a rebound oft of the opponent pi sts! sl L wg.-L pre-season statistics, we expected to come out on top, said Houlihan, lt just goes to show you that hard work and determination pays off, and in our case it not only paid off, but it also made school history. Another senior player, Chad Heller, made first team all-district, honorable mention all-city, and played with the San Antonio All-Stars in Phoenix. We were the closest team that l've ever seen. We all wanted to be champions, said Heller. Basket- ball had never recieved as much attention has it deserves, until this year, and that helps so much. Dwayne Pedroza, senior guard, was named tothe second team all-district, as well as the Northside ln- dependent School District all tournament team. Dwayne credited the coach with the success of the team. We had an excellent team that was willing to work hard for many hours a day, but we couldn't have done it without Coach Murphy. He helped us accomplish a dream that many thought could never happen. We owe him alot. All in all, with the Cougars advancing through bi- district and area playoffs, and finishing the season in the regional finals, the season was one to remember. This year's team is just a stepping stone to what's ahead, said Murphy. -Victor Pisano 0 f ' x- x ' ' K' . - il 5 - ' ' s , A 4 NT E 'V 3 , If ibvwa , . ' - ,A J, use -K , v . ll a, f f 5 W ' r ' . V QQ M XH-i' ,...-.-- f af Matt Ward and Ted Allison prepare to rebound the ball during the easily won game vs. the Wheatley Eagles. Dwayne Pedroza scores another two points ln the battle against the state semi-finalists Holmes Huskies. VARSITY BASKETBALL

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,, , ww,-,:W,l,wM,,,c '11 1 Y1 . 1 . IN I0 JIEMEMBEII Winning was the name of the game, when it came to this yeor's varsity team. At the end of the season, the girls clained a tremendous amount of wins, leaving them as area champions. The Cougars had a good head start with seven returning letterman and the undefeated J.V. team players thatjoined them. The first victory for the top ranked Cougars was over the Churchill Chargers 61-43. The second game was a fortunate win as Clark slid by Roosevelt with the score of 58-54. The list of wins go on, leaving the Cougars with a 29-6 season record and a district record of 14-2. Their most heated rival was the Mar- shall Rams. The Na. 1 position bounced back and forth between the two teams before Marshall took the title, leaving Clark as the district runner-up. The next step for the Cougars was for bi-district title against the Sam Houston Cherokees. The Cougars captured that title with a 54-36 win. Advancing to the area playoffs against the Edin- burg Bobcats, was not only an honor but a challenge, which the girls accepted with much deter- phato by Scart Miller mination and that, much valued, team effort. l think that for the fact that we have played together since the seventh grade and because of our team togetherness, we have the success we da, said senior Shannon Keckler. During the game against the Bobcats, the outstan- ding offense led by Michelle Schuler, Reed, and Mikulenka coupled with strong rebounding by Reed and Erika Bunce, kept the score rolling. While defense by Schuler, Mikulenka, and Keckler was the key to holding down the Bobcats. Courtney Canavan and Missy Ledford turned in strong performances off the bench with Canavan scoring 15 points and mak- ing 2 blocked shots. The Cougars beat the Bobcats by 30 points with a score of 77-47, and now were ready for the regional tournament at UTSA. -Dodie Draker A leading scorer and rebounder of the team, Erika Bunce, reci- plent of the second team all-district, all-clty teams, and the all- tournament team for Northeast, gets the rebound as Clark battles against the Marshall Rams for district. -mamma JZ 4181? s wg, fir