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

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h. x IN OVERTIME With a clear . shot. senior Sam Pesl waits for the perfect moment to release the ball. The team played double overtime against Taylor, winning with a 77163 score. OVERTIME IN FRONT. Sophomore Trey . Hale wants at the goal for an opening Strategy Important to pass, in a play which led the junior varsity team to crush Boume. to early competition Although overtime games are fun to watch, I have mixed emotions about playing them. If we are losing and we come back to send the game into overtime, we are more likely to win than is the other team. We won a lot ofclose games early in the season and were 40 in overtime games. I feel that carry a 29.1 record I was real! , ing an undefeated record throughout the regular f2: gthESthEll; 9191:; happy. The jV tearh was a close season gave us the added mental edge needed to Ellis gives his teammates the one, We worked well together TEAMWORK JV team e thinks ; varsity hen the season ended in Win in tlght squeezes. Offensive Play advantage in as a team. There was cooperav the second half of the 4844 tion and teamwork Richie Dozier. season opening victory over e 4 ' I junior Austin, At the hegmmn 0f the seae t son the team sort 0 got to know each other and how everyone played on the court The team it gradually improved our skills by working together and spending time finding;, out about each othefs strengths and weakness, 1 1 es. We improved to the point of i being a close'knit team and . f , 1; playing together. . ' K ,. a . Idon't think having pep tale 1 i ll V '1 i a ' ' ilies would make anydifterence i $ h j, j ' in the attendance at the games. ' '1. w, . ,, $ Most people like pep rallies be, t ' ,r . 5. ' cause they are just a blowoff i time when you dorft have to go to class. Most e0 e don't even FRESHMAN: tFront Rowi Andy Dudney, Gary Hatch, Jud Arrington, Tim Larson, go to themt It'Emzfiniy a chance Bill Polkinghorn, Shannon Toothman. tSeCond Rowi Rob Goldberg, Scooter McCullough, Mgr. e - . t i P . 0 . l. N . I . 8 Jason Vallier, Jody Gibson, Tres Ellis, Matt Woolley. tBack Rowi Willy Baker, Hank Howe, Glen for them to 510p a C1335. i Rives, Wally Reid, Mark Mangum, Coath Robert Brashear, The team does PlaY better i when there are more crowds he i O F I N T E R E S T cause there is a lot more cheep e i , inv and definitely more i i . U . C C X h , P 0 r N T s l, JUNIOR 0 F 1 N T E R E S T Our record shows that we 3 VARSITY ' were good. That means the tu' ture varsity team should do ?mm; 48 44 FRESHMAN good as well, and carry 0n the i Sfmtzrcos g? g; Ami, 58 30 Winning tradition! Thatk an ex' Gonzales 64 21 San Marcos 49 55 citing thought. i and hopeful; Leander 79 39 Hiys Tgummemgz 31 ly the team can keep that in - ell CV gigging g? g: gonzales 74 3; mlnd- . . Waelde-r Tournament Waggeip'rournamiit 6 Dogald Twrnmg, Bellville 49 23 Bastmp 34 41 SOP omore Elgin 55 33 PJflvgervillz Sumerville 48 35 ' ; . 55 4' Boerne 78 35 La Verma IN CONTROL Sophomore Roy Leander Tournament CJequ'mbus 68 3 5 Nye makes his move toward the goal to Westwood S4 42 LV- 38 39 lead the junior varsity to a 5641 win Georgetown 74 78 Boerne 66 33 over Del Valle The junior varsity ream 1 Hays 53 41 Leander Tournament completed their season with 29 wins Westwood 52 44 Westwood 58 51 and one loss. New Braunfels 57 42 Eslgrggown ?; S; Taylor 53 28 W d 2 : Del Valle 56 41 Taislzfoo 27 :2 ? Lampasas 72 4 7 Del Valle 63 36 Bastrop 7O 30 Lampaszu 75 33 Leander 58 50 Bastrop 64 51 Belton 56 38 Leander 7O 55 28 gztrgm :5 23 Iaylolr 61 43 Taylor 74 30 Del V 11118 72 50 Del Valle 57 43 Lumpasas 69 39 Lampmm 67 26 Bustmp 76 29 Htutrop o; 45 Leander 54 38 Leander Zl 38 Wm 64 37 ??fffnemwn 13 i; ' Gcnrgemwn 62 53 , g - 1 Final Record Flna LUNIOR VARSITY: tFront RowiChris Manning, Pat Prinux era, lncx Duff. Tntx Record 25'4 ale, Benson Chiles. Coach Neal Calvert tBack Rowi Joel Fulte, Dean Hmmni, Dun Morm. :mUd' 2 9'1 Donald Twining. Mark Stevens, Mike Miller. rnidnv 43 Boys' Basketball

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63mg , 47!A+H+- -46? 4 WW W llWle would always go to lock before a game for mental confidence.H Richie Dozier, junior Long winter days Two p.m.t Friday afternoon, the junior varsity and freshman basketball teams crowd on to their school bus headed for Belton. At 7:30, the two teams still have not even thought about climbing back onto the bus headed for home. Even though they have played their games and have showered, they still have one more game to watch. ultls fair that the varsity doesnlt have to come and watch us play and we have to stay and watch them because they dont learn from us, but we can learn from them, freshman Tim Lar' son explained. The junior varsity and freshman teams support the varsity team, but the support for the junior varsity and freshman teams is not always there. HPeople donlt come because there is a ljuniorl before the var; sity, junior Dean Howard reasoned. Either with small or large sup, port from fans, the teams main, tainecl their spirit with tradi! tions, such as freshman Jason Valliery who wore a sweat band on his left arm at every game. The varsity also had their own tradition. uWe would always go to lock before games for mental confidence,H junior Richie Dozier said. Sophomore Trey Hale did not think it was any certain superstition that won the game, but it was how they performed during warrnvup. Hlf we shoot bad when we are warming up, we will have a great game and if we shoot good, we won't. The varsity won 31 con; secutive games, losing only their last and final game. uWe played as a team, everybody was equal and contributed their part, junior Rob Waight said. A SECOND CHANCE. Catching a rebound, senior John Turman protects the ball in an at- tempt to shoot again. The varsity team compiled a season record of 31 wins and only one loss. P'O-l-N-T'S OF INTEREST VARSITY Austin 79 70 Temple 72 70 San Marcos 88 67 Gonzales Tournament Columbus 83 51 SW'SA 96 58 Gonzales 63 53 Bueme 94 56 LaGrange Tournament Giddings 71 62 LuGrunge 71 49 Rice 73 60 Buerne 101 54 Hasx 87 42 H'miuzmd 69 63 Ne'u Braunlelw 79 63 Tax lor Tournament Final Record 3 1.1 Cameron 74 67 Georgetown 81 52 Taylor 74 62 Taylor 73 68 Del Valle 62 60 Lampasas 91 55 Bastrop 65 60 Leander 85 58 Bella 84 65 Georgetown 62 60 Taylor 77 63 Del Valle 64 53 Lampasus 96 66 Bastmp 66 46 Leander 95 57 Belum 76 70 Georgetown 63 6O A6LM Consolidated 75 76 42 Net Games VARSITY: Jay Q'Neal, Mgr., Ben Cohen, Mgr., Rusty Gregory, Alan Kirtley, Bret! Gomlv w1n.Joe Barnes, bean W illiams, Sam Pesl, Richie Dozier. Todd Ariens. Rob lNaight, John Turmdn Ronnie Castillo, Andy MCCord. Coach Dent Taylor.

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cwh TRYOUTS Squad positions 3numbered4 hat extra pressure un plavers m'mg our. ihttt difficult decrsitm CUdL he: had to make, that pmaw ufcurtmg players-all facrurs in junior varsity and freshman haskethall for the first time 31ftheydidn'tcutanynnet it wouid he hard for everyone to get to play. freshman Dollre Higgins said. Ir'there were all those people sitting on the bench, they would start to feel bad about themselves and maybe even start bad mouthing the team which would bring everyone down. Most people agree that mak' ing the cut was hard on some, but that in the end it was the best thing for the team. ul think it was cut pretty fairly but it must have heen hard because everyone was pretty equal, junior Amy Barker sard. Another difficult aspect of the cut was losing the mutual hand of basketball in friendships. I think I was more upset than a friend of mine who got cut because she had stuck with basketball for so long and was such a good friend of mine, Amy said. As players got older. there were more players competing for a set number of positions. uThere's more pressure when youire a sophomore because there are freshman below you and juniors and seniors above you which means there is more competition for your position, sophomore Mashaan Woomer said. P-O-I'N-T'S OF INTEREST F RESHMAN 'BASKETBALL In a way it was a hassle to get everyone together to eat LUNCHTIME qt brought us closef .n3 i; --h V BASKETBALLHme Raw; ennifer Deal, Meshaan XVoomer. tSecond Rou-j Tahni Lawler, Natalie Shelton. Pam Brannon, Jana Howard, Jeanie Haberman. Brooke Boehme tBack Row; Melissa Minter. Stacy Rose. Kennette Burketr, Wendy Reese. Katie Sprug, Amy Barker, Lisa Lambert, Marla Ogletree, Stacy Thomast PASS OUT. Closely guarded by an opponent. sopho- more Stacy Rose looks for a guard to pass the ball out to during one of the LV. games. ,9 ,, I P-O-l-N-T'S OF INTEREST San Marcos 59 11 Georgetown 31 38 Lanier 53 36 Del Valle 46 16 Round Rock 58 17 Lampasas 58 24 Marble Falls 44 40 Bastrop 57 38 Georgetown 39 37 Leander 43 23 Westwood 40 42 Belton 63 11 Pflugerville 45 25 Georgetown 41 29 Hays 40 28 Del Valle 48 33 San Marcos 64 17 Lampasas 76 14 Canyon 41 16 Bastrop 51 43 Belton 54 16 F inal Record 19.2 .1 , I r. --s 35!: FRESHMAN BASKETBALL: mom Bowi Katherine McDaniel, Mgr., Julie Koehn, Sarah Dale, Meridith bunch, Stalin Sanford. Michelle Woods, Mgr. tSecond Rnwr Michelle Bndfure, Temple McKinnon. jenny Scott. Yvonne Fortune. Shawna Sieck. Dollie Higgins. tBack R0104 Coach Jim Darilek. Jane Hare wood, Melinda Davis, Kathie Stem. Kerstin Shoberg, Katrina Cunr ningham, Chelsea Barker. lunch on game days but it was really good because it helped to get everyone fired up for the games It brought us closer because unlike boys' teams who hang ' around together a lot, we EXTENSION. con. wouldn,t all usually see each ceptratting' 10 make the other unless we got together for pmm' ? mo' Jana RObm' basketball son aims to emake her t . . t freethmw during the see In some cases I thmk it kmd 0nd half of the George- of hurt us because we started town game. getting nervous earlier, but overall it was a good idea and FACEOFF. To follow made basketball a lot more fun. through on a Pkwy forward Jeanie Haberman jump stops in from of her oppty Mary McKane, nent to find an opening senior under the basket. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL San Marcos 38 34 Lanier 50 47 Round Rock 52 2 5 Leander Tournament 3rd Marble Falls 55 22 Georgetown 48 59 Westwood 51 24 Pflugerville 34 40 Seguin Tournament Isl Leander 39 27 San Marcos 44 22 Seguin 33 32 Belton 45 17 Temple Tournament lst Temple 35 31 Midway 47 36 Waco University 33 30 Georgetown 36 38 Taylor 51 2 Del Valle 37 22 Lampasas 27 22 Bastrop 66 36 Leander 46 22 Belton 44 24 Georgetown 32 35 Taylor 63 19 Del Valle 52 25 Lampasas 51 19 Bastrop 60 29 Leander 49 34 Final Record 234 44 Net Games :gzas- -..u-