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

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u-am heat the Spartans Tal. 0LT FRONT Sophomore Tim Es- mxer hattlcs for the hall from the St. Mcphcn'x Spartans. The Junior Varsity P-O-l'N-T-S OF INTEREST VARSITY SOCCER CarroltomFarmet-s Branch Tournament North Garland 0 Marshall 1 Newmann-Smith Chaparral Cup St. Stephents Crockett Reagan Round Rock Travis McCallum Temple Austin Georgetown Johnson Crockett Lanier LBJ Anderson Westwood ..t OHNNOOOANNNwOOw NOOOHHONOt-H-r-H-NN 00w P-O-t-N-T-S OF INTEREST JV SOCCER C rockett Austin LBJ Johnston Varsity Lake Travis Round Rock Travis Reagan Georgetown Temple St. Stephents Georgetown Temple Westwood St. Stephents Lanier Crockett Westwood nm:qpu;xnova..Ngomwr-. ONOhINOOQOOh-Ohiv-F-OF-O Final Record 13'2-2 TO THE OTHER SIDE. Against the Lanier team, freshman Ja- son Decker has no problem getting the ball away from the opposing team member. VARSITY SOCCER: tFTOn! R010 Kent Kogn. hrlk Lavnc, Tum Hun, Don Erode. Eric Hoover, BiIIx Lindstv. Bruce Srhauhhut tBuvk RUIN Coach Paul Stmnn, Stephen Johnwn. Rah Courter. Danny Hmz, Andx Locke, Cnlin Vcntura. Tummx Hines. 35 Boys' Soccer A COLD DAY Senior Eric Hoover moves between two Cmckett players to continue taking the hall to the other end of the field in hopes of storing another goal.

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PLEASERS g3; lllt has been a good year and the guys h. have worked really hard. lt showed on the field. 'Coach Paul Simon That lrebuildingl year ltk nut him wu xttirt, itls how we maintained laterin the season, wu tmnh. we had what it took to make a good VarSlIV x. iccer PlLlVCFS agree. At? run for the district championship. terd weak xturt in tllhIrlCI play, the It just didn't materialize, Colin team rehountled and finished the Ventura, junior back'up goalie seawn with ;1 971 record. said. Junior varsity team members In preseason predictions, Chaps compiled a 13'2'2 season record to were destined to a llrehuilding lead the soccer teams in wins. In year hasedon a lackofexperience the zone championship, the jun; on the team. iot varsityboys droppedaclose 1'2 l'With the level of consistency game. HEADING THE BALL. Sophomore Steve Johnson prevents the Westwood team from taking the ball into their possession. INDIVIDUALITY express unique. think the soccer team is unique in a sense. because every person is an individual. The characteristics ofeach per h son are so different that it doesnlt seem likely that we would all fit together as a team. We joke around a little at practice. but when it's time to get serious, we do. We are trye ing to rebuild from last year's head. Dan Gillchrist. Aamn Hoover, Kir Soccer team members traits great season since 12 seniors graduated. Having to rebuild, we work close together and learn from each othert This year's team has had its ups and downs this season, but we have stuck together and done our best. Stephen Johnson, Sophomore LV SOCCER: lFrom Rowl Eric Pruett. Jason Decker, Mark Lyons. bert Wills. Scott Heinze. Bill Didlake, Chris Erthal. Marc Wilson, Timothy Escover, David Cathev. James Wilson tBach Rowl Coach Paul Simon. GregCraig' k Holiday. Head for the hills, u AN ON! When an opponent shouts those two words to me llm always ready to head for the hills. Being a 74' sophomore on the varsity soccer team really makes me realize how dangerous the sport can be. Despite the fact that l have played soccer for eight years, I often find people beating me to the ball e espe cially uhead halls where height counts. When I'm going against opponents with size 12 shoes, and goal keepers as tall as the goal itself. it really makes me wonder how hard I'm gomg tn have to work to score a goal. On the soccer field all play- ers consider themselves equals - freshmen, sophomores, juniors,' seniors. We all respect each other and abide by the captainls and coachls decisions. When a teammate is injured the whole team feels it, and the game thereafter becomes a bit mare intense. Because of the feeling I get when my team scores a goal. and the friendship 23 soccer team builds, I hope to continue playing soccer. Kent Koen, Sophomore FIRST ONE THERE. After freshman Andy Locke heads the ball in the team's favor. senior Eric Hoover runs to gain control of the situation. 34 Crowd Pleasers

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P L E A S E R s to, This season was a learning season with new ideas and new people. Stacie Schuster, junior Overcoming obstacles WWth a vouiig team, the loss of a goalie and the scrutinv of several plavers hv the Universi! ty Interscholastic League, members of the varsity girlsi SOC' cer team realistically set their season goals. Despite any obstacles, the team finished second in the district, and anticipated next year with the return of many of the same players. HThis season was a learning season with new ideas and new people, junior Stacie Schuster said. uThe team is ready to make it to number one next year and make the girls, varsity soccer team a team to be remembered. The team had to deal first with the inexperience of many players. This year was a rebuilding year since we lost almost one half of the team due to graduating.H junior Shannon Legg said, but even with this loss the team did great. But the team also had to con; tend with factors not as easily overcome. The loss of goalie Sharon Lux to injury and the questioned eligibility of five players after a UH. ruling challenged their right to play could have affected the team,s attitude, but members said that they worked as a unit to sup, port each other. uThe upperclassmen werenyt too hard on us, freshman Amy Hoover said, hand depending on the mood, the team worked well together. PART OF THE WORK. Junior Kristen Green practices her passing tech- nique 0n the soccer field. Soccer players spent hours on techniques during their practice time. 36 Crowd Pleasers P-O-l-N'T'S OF INTEREST VARSITY Austin 5 0 Anderson 1 3 Westwood 0 7 Johnston 2 1 Round Rock 1 0 McCallum 5 0 Travis S 0 Lanier 5 0 Georgetown 0 O Reagan 1 l Crockett 1 O LBJ. 5 0 Final Record 8.2.2 GO FOR 1T. Determination shows on junior Shannon Legg's face as she advances to the goal. The junior varsity ended the game with a Zrl xictory over LBJ. SIDEKICKS. Part of most any game was spent on the sidelines. Junior Angie Emerson waits her turn to he on the soc- cer field during a practit ca m Hum tum