Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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CHAMPIONS From a whipped cream initiation to taping legs, strong bonds among team members drove the varsity cross country teams, the girls volleyball team and the boys basketball team to district championships. Freshman Yvonne Fortune licks the district champiv on varsityts pranks off of her face. In a dis' trict game, senior Sam Pesl follows through on a jump ball. Coach Harry Lehwald tapes sophomore Susan Swint's ankle while sophomore Debbie Horvath stretches. A DAY IN THE RAIN Fighting the cold and drizzle on Saturday afv ternoon, senior Donnie Brode dodges his Crockett opponent, Andy Montoya, for the ball. Despite their season record and young team, the team felt they were better than their record showed. Z9 Sporh

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- mgmizm'uam . ' PORTS 44 NET GAMES I think we had an exLellem xeason but things Just didn't seem to wmk nur tuur way. wJunmr Cathy Samm 48 GOLF . You have m hr; dhle to accept set hacks when you play golf because It's one of the most frustrating games you can play. -1unmr Todd Wills 50 INTRAMURALS When my partnet and I lost the doubles plng-pong tourv namenl I was devastated because I took the competinon verv xenuuslv. eeenmr DaVId Doms 30 CROWD PLEASERS uTeam spirit was high for every game, espet cnally the Georgetown game, We were out there to have fun ..,and win. That's what K's all about. right? -seni0r Adrian Piperi No excuses. We won some and we lost some. And when we won, we celebrated. And when we lost, we suffered-and then celebrated. It's trite but true-itts not whether you win or lose, ifs the way you play the game-and we played it to our very best. And thatts worth celebrating. Individual athletes teamed up in football, volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, golf, tennis, track, swimming and diving to put the Chaps 0n the scoreboard-sometimes on top and sometimes not. Fr'orn a disappointing football season to basketball, vole leyball and cross country, swimming and tennis district championships, we were Chaps and Chaps were winners. RECESS During an afterschool practice, the boys var, sity tennis team chat and stretch after their workout. The team, as a whole, trained sixth period and after school until five. 28 Divider

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PLEASERS uWe lost to teams that we should have beat and then beat teams to whom You win some, you lose some W'hen the Chapparals tore through the spirit banner before each of the fall Friday night conv tests, players, coaches and fans of both teams knew that it would be anybody's game. uVile had a really tough season with only four home games. We lost to teams that we should have beat and then beat teams to whom we should have lost. It didnt make sense, senior Craig Corona said After the hot August two'a'days were forgotten and the first four games were recorded history, team members waited and worked out four days which seemed like weeks in preparation for the rivalry of the season with Georgetown. uThat game did two things. First it proved that we were a good team and could beat other good THE PLEDGE. Junior Craig Eng, lish, sophomore Dennis Schenk, junior Scott Phillips and senior Trace Bond lis- ten to the National Anthem before the first game of the season against Gonzales. Despite a loss. the varsity team gained ex- perience playing Gonzales which enabled them to come back and beat Copperas Cove in the second game of the season. DEFENSE. Sophomore Duane Dun- cum, and seniors Jay Everett and Ty Han- ners combine their strength to down the Del Valle offense The seventh game of the season proved to be good ending with a 35.7 win over the Del Valle Cardinals. we should have lost? Craig Corona, senior teams in the district, senior Ty Hanners explained. Secondly, we were too high from the win going P-O-l-N'T-S OF INTEREST VARSITY FOOTBALL Gonzales 6 l3 Copperas Cove 14 6 Fredricksburg 6 16 Belton 21 14 Georgetown 2 7 7 Taylor 7 33 Del Valle 35 7 Lampasas 2 7 O Bastrop 28 22 Leander 31 33 Final Record 64 into the next game with Taylor. It was a nightmare of a game, he said. Despite the seasons losses, the Chaps still figured into the biv district playvoffs with a win over Leander. HEveryone felt that we had a great team, but we would have to work hard for what we deserved. Our attitude was strong before the game, senior Adrian Piperi said. But hopes of the district title vanished in the fourth quarter seconds that it took the Lions to come from behind and turn back the Chaps 31133. uThe week we lost to Leander hurt everybody. It was the heart breakerl of the season for seniors, but we never gave up. We gave 100th the rest of the season, Adrian concluded. VARSITY: front Rowl Corey Buck, Adrian Piperi, Scott Phillips, Steve Young, Kevin Saunders, Phillip Howe, Greg Hovre, Kams Kugler, Todd Maroney, Matt Devine, Trace Bond, Craig Corona, Will Everett, Thomas Hotz, David Dorris, David Gruber. tSecond Rowl Dallas Allison, Edwin Smith. Jay Everett, Owen Smith, Jim Wolff, Greg Data, David Pool, Brad Treybig, Dan Gillcrist, Eric Hoover, Mike Striednig, Mike Wilkins, Thomas Terbay, Scott Petty, Craig En- glish. tBack Rowl Travis Bmdfute, Ricky Parker, Smith, Jim Tabor, Bobby Jones, Duane Duneum, Ty Hanners, Matt Wetzel, Mark Smith, Mike Scott Berken. Mark Ritter, Chase Morris, Bryan Kuykendall, Dennis Schenk, Andy Johnson, Paul Whitworth, Brian Marberry. 30 Crowd Pleasers PRACTICES 1 double dare you? here are those double dares that just cant be resisted and 1311 never forget the one with Bryan. At the end of a junior variSr ty football practice, Greg Dota dared aBryan Kuykendall to utackle Coach Long while running sprints. On the last sprint, Bryan got a full head of steam and trounced over Coach. Coach Long, obviously mad, managed to keep his come posure and now ifs something to laugh about. Bill Didlake, sophomore TRAINING. During the summer, senior Mark Ritter drills football strate- gies and skills at the daily mo'a'dav practicesr With the early August work- outs behind them, the varsity team claimed their first district win against Belton 21-14.