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

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GOAL SETTING Junior varSIty p.Q.1.N.T.S sets 11'1 FCCOI'd OF INTEREST he halllshirtutenrerfkieldk JUNIOR Inhnm lock RIkC5 ,ac ' dlvet into the air and makes a VARSITY spectacular catch, and tumbles BASEBALL t0 the turf, Aside from his teama mates and coaches, however. 5L Sitephenk 12 g few w1II ever know it. 11:32:: 8 4 JV baseball players accumw Liberty Hill 10 4 Iated an llal district record and Varsity sophomore Jeff Steusser said Elgin Varsity 4 8 this year paid off for hlmi De Valle 4 3 'The experience reaIIy Varsity . helped me. My goal was to im- Pflugermlle 213 1 prove and become the best I gqnovr y S 3 could be. I gained a lot ofconr B 3;?0 arstty 11 4 fidence and felt secure. I know Gzorggtown 4 6 I can play, Jeff said. Taylor 14 3 The confidence gained this Del Valle 9 4 year has helped the players Bastrop 17 1 mentally as well as physically in Leander 16 2 their game. Belton 8 0 uIt allowed me to test my abil- Georgetown 1 e1; 2 ities. Winning the district 3132le! 7 5 championship gave us an edge EMMY! WM W V Ba:tr:p e 17 1 going into the next season. We Leander 9 4 feel that we can move up and perform well on the varsity lev' el, Jeff added. GOOD HITS You can tell it,s going to fly, No matter how bad a day you have had, a home run seems to make everything much better. When you make good con, tact with the ball, you can teII that ifs going to fly. Watching it soar out into the field creates a feeling of excitement and self satisfaction. As you run around the bases, you know you've done well as the crowds start to cheer. The team lines up at home late with high five and lots OIEOYI' gratulatory hand shakes Hitting home runs are not consistent happenings, so when you hit one, it sure makes you feel good. Robert Stern senior STRIKE. In a tense moment of the BeIton game, freshman Judd Atrington gets his first strike. On the second pitch. Judd knocked a dow ble in junior varsity spring competition. RACE IS ON. Freshman Glen Rives beats the ball to first base to the disappointment of the Taylor first baseman. FINGERS CROSSED. 1n hopes of get- ting the mucheneeded third out. sophomore Jeff Steusser hurls the bat towards homeplatz dur- ing a game against the Georgetown Eagles. .th VARSITY: d'mm RIHLI Jon Lee, Brent Du v i , key, Jud Arrington, Steve Bethea, Pat anaxera. Lvreg Rum, Lyreigh kugler, Daud Bmvi n lXet 0nd RUM Jay Dozier. Hank Howey Roben Nrern, Dallat Allison. Billi Miller51cxc Spear, khrix Miithell. Stne Williams IBack Rou'i Coach hUNIOR VARSITY: IFront RowIGilbert Ramirez,CharIje BrownISecond Rowi Howard Herrera. Jeff C axanaugh. Karm Kugler. Trent Struth, Dax id Gruber, Matt Devine. Trainv er Jern Urmwun Luath Himani Bushung. urton Hackney, Greg Upton, Coach Howard Herrera, David Masur IBack RowI Richard Lynn, Scott Bethea, Rick Wisner. Mike Michaux, Glen Rives, Brian Dam 38 Crowd Pleasers

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P-O-I-N-T'S OF INTEREST JUNIOR VARSITY SL Stephen's Round Rock LBJ Round Rock Reagan St. Stephen's Westwood Lanier VVestwood v x OSOQkHng s. .OOOvAGNN A; $2 Final Record 34,5 EMBARRASSMENT Hiding in a corner, freshman Michelle looney tries to avoid further pranks during freshman in- itiation . SPORTSWEAR iYaill always look so sloppyX friend of mine on the tennis team said, uY2fll always look so sloppy. For the most part, thafs true. No one on the team dresses up for mac tices because effort is what counts, not appearance. Actually, most of us in soccer are not real concerned about what happens to be uin fashion TRICK MOVES Using a head bump, freshman Kim james sends the ball to a friend to return. RISKY BUSINESS 0t uthe in thing off the field either. A lot of individuality is expressed through the way we dress every day. My friends range from preppy to the more creative dressers. It seems to me that soccer attracts many of the more individual type people at our school because the game of soccer is not of the norm. Alicia Davis, Junior i1 really felt responsible for our lossi Some people like soccer because it involves many risks. I am one of those. When the girlsi soccer team played in the St Stephenis tour! ' nament, we ended in a tie and had to have a shoot out. The team picked me as one of the people to shoot. When I missed the shot, I felt responv sible for our loss. But, at the same time, I knew we had played a great game. After the game, the team got together and discussed our good points and our bad points. We went home a team - ready to win the next game. Liz Sanford, Junior STRAIGHT FORWARD. On the practice field after school, sophty more Amy Hoover, forward, executes a ball handling drill. The varsity prac- ticed at least two hours on school af- temoons. ii, math Vitki Hallman. JV SOCCER: iFrnnl RUIN Angie Emerson, Ann Sthumaker. Paige Myldrim, 6ngie haill r. Stalin Stamford, Brittam Gordon, Nissa Blair iBack ROWD Nicole Croft, Shawnii Sleek, Xln m Daxis, Hazel Adams, Catherine Chapman, Staci Bigger, Krisu-n Green, Jenelle LOUIKII. Luonex, Coach Michael Blavlock, 37 Uirk' SOCLCF VARSITY SOCCER: iFrmIl Row; lJcah Dalton. him n Murchiuid, me lupr tun, Stacie Schuster, Sharon Lux, Tori Mann. Lauren Brodie, Aim Hnmrr iHm k Rum Mum Shaffer, Sharon Rylander. Shannon Legg. Jane Tacketl. Donna Brindle Mum Dumuml Mii heHc

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5h. .- - P' O'I'N'T'S OFINTEREST CHAMPIONS VARSITY rm BASEBALL Irsl cu. W FOR VICTORY. After coming 1 back in the regional playoff three game Belton 5 4 uB - T1 E f T series varsity baseball players celebrate gaejgiemw g 3 elng State C ampS e t 50 great. - their chance to advance to state. At the - . n . tieabreaking game in College Station, 25:13:: 1; g It was because we sacrificed 3 lot to get there. Westlake won Sal to advance to the state Bastrop 17 2 S B h . . ; playoffs. Leander 4 l teve et ea' Junior E Belton 7 1 E Georgetown 5 B E '- Taylor 7 1 E WW '6 3 omerun season E Lampasas 13 10 Bastrop 18 2 bander 3 6 E Miami Palmetto 14 6 The hat dance at pep rallies The games varied from Close shaves to '; Uvaide Tournament , , - E lede 4 5 escape to the coast every Spring blow'outs: 54 against Belton, 17:3 : 1531!. Gerard's 7 ; Break. The rain of flat blue caps against Bastrop and Ill against E easington l4 , Houston meld 15 2 and tassles mements after gradua' Larnpasas. - . .Tmis 2 7 tion ceremonies are finished. The One reason we won the title is VEEEogzggmamem 14 2 baseball team's summer playoff that we outworked the other teams 3mm , NgcmriaE 6 4 games. in our district, senior Steve Spears Exfflle 1? 3 0 Tradition was something that said. We came together and Bnenhazm 6 9 took place without fail, and the played solid towards the end which AGM Consolidated 2 3 varsity baseball team had been led us to the playoffs. 1 35132131 8 1 successful for so long that their After finishing the district sea! Tomball 6 0 season had also become tradition. son with a IZvZ record, the team may City 6 4 uWe knew we would win dis- entered the playoffs against Tom- Bay City 5 11 trict because we always do; that boll and advanced to play against R339 City 13 5 was no problem, senior Jon Lee Bay City. 3922mm 3 4 said. We werenk sure how far we uEach person realized what his Brazosport 10 6 would go after that because we job was and did it, junior Billy ngazowo 8 1 had some untried players. Miller said. Although there was j , Everman 12 2 The team began its quest for the some nervousness, it was overcome l Desow 9 3 playoff berth early in the spring, by the pressure that we put on our! E .i when they started practices every selves to keep up the winning tra' E day except Sunday. The first seven dition. E lts of v, E 324 ate g 30 , :ff 1 T g P... RowE Lynn. 3O Baseball CONFERENCE. 1n the Del Valle game, Coach Howard Bushong advises junior Steve Bethea 0n the times to run for scoring benefit; The varsity squad claimed the district title with a 11-2 record. CLOSE CALL. Senior Stexe Spear races 3 Brazosport player to tag the base in a regional game. The team reached state final for the fourth time in five years.