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

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COUNTRY CLUB UNDER PAR. After an unfortunate hit, junior Todd Wills attempts to hit the ball out of the xand trap during a practice round at Lost Creek Golf Course. GIRLS, GOLF: H'rmu Rnuv Michellc Hudklnx. Mm x Thomas, Meliwa Richard. Cathx Hah. Lesllc thl. tBack Roam Laura Yohc. Brooke Boehmc, Stacy Rust. Coach Paul Slmon. VARSITY TENNIS: mom Rowt Wendy Gisman, Karen Wacker. Irene King, Terry White. tSecond Roam Craig Brown. Becky Caldwell, Jill McAhren, Leslie Bruhl. Michelle Monnin. tThlrd Rowt Scott Haydon, Nicole Norvell. Kim Monnin, Dean Burris. 0:014th Rom Ty Peck. Hal Cmmwell, Taylor Camp. tBack Row Coach Barry Aid, man. Eric Story, Jeff Motley. 1H. 1 q , I L L$Il i t, i, a - . . w t . 7'27 ,. v- . : . h'ge . . ,, , h J ' a ' -L1 Wt P-Q-I-N'T-S OF INTEREST VARSITY TENNIS Johnston 17 1 Westwood 10 8 Austin 15 3 Bastrop 16 2 Georgetown 10 8 Alamo Heights 7 ll Brownfield 15 3 Andrews 13 5 Georgetown 12 6 Katy'Taylor 10 1 Lancaster 10 1 Alamo Heights 4 l4 Austin-Fall lst Dallas 5th WBCO'Fa lst Georgetown-Fall lst Georgetown'Spring lst Taylor lst UIL team District 3A lst UIL Team Region 1 lst UIL Team State 2nd Junior Varsity District lst DEEP THOUGHT. Con- templating her strategy, junior Becky Caldwell prepares herself for a tough match. OUT-OFvTOWN We saw bluet When I pictured outeof- town golf tournaments, I didrft picture us running around carnivals late at night and getting pulled over by the state police. We had been at a touma- ment in San Antonio and had been playing all day. On the way home, we stopped off at a traveling carnival for a while, and on the way back to Austin, the police pulled Coach over. The policeman got up on the bus and kept eyeing Coach. I guess Coach looked pretty funny with a busload 0f giggling girls! Leslie Bohl, senior 48 Country Club Sports

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SHAVING IMy legs The first problem with shav' ing was getting up the nerve to do it. And then when the razor goes up and you donit see anything under it, it feels really weird. When I shaved I was with five girls and another guy, and we started shaving about 5:30. I was about half done when it got dark and I started getting real cold. We dropped a second or two off our times, but itIs not all physical; itIs more being sen; sitive, where you can feel everything. That was the weirdest part-when I was in the water. My legs felt numb, but at the same time you could feel everything. Mark McAdams, sophomore IN LINE. Senior Jeff Astbury waits for his tum to race. Both the boys and girls achieved the title of district champions for this season. THE FIRST LAP. In the individual medley, freshman Heather Reese still has the backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle to go. Reese placed third in girls ZOO-yard individual medley at the triangular meet on December 1. PHILOSOPHY IWinning feels goodi Itry to envision the start, the strokes, the turns. the fin- ish, and the competition. And thatIs before the race even begins. If I get too nervous before a race, I try to calm myseIf down. Winning feels good. When I take my event, I feel like Yve accomplished something im' portant. But more important! 1y is when I do my best time because then I know I've done the best for that meet and myself. When I lose an event my feelings vary accordingly. If IIm expected to win and I donit, then I get upset because I feel I havenIt done my best. But, if I'm not expected to win I dotft get too upset. Shana Pate, Junior X ONLY ONE At the Georgetown come petition, the team's oan diver freshman Julie Grewr completes a front dive pike as one of her 11 dives needed for compe- tition. BETINEEN RACES. Ihlkmans proxide .111 extra wax for seniors Grant Shelton and Damon Iliught to spend their spare time while iunmr Hdrn Miller chooses to uatth some of the regional FALCSI

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liBecause we went farther, the team became more unified. Everybody got along together? -Jeff Motley, junior All for one, one for all Braced against the wind, the golfer stands on the first tee with driver in hand as the rain swirls about him. He realizes that the weather will have great effect on his day. The golf team weatheredil these sort of conditions finishing as one of the top teams in the state. uI think the wind was the con! dition we had to play against most PERFECTION. Practicing at Lost Creek 5 driving range, senior Melissa Richard works on her stance, hand posiv tion and swing before she tees-off. of the season, junior Matt Hoover explained. Golfers compensated for bad weather by practicing in these con- ditions whenever they got a Chance. ul think practicing in poor cone ditions improved our season, Matt stated. uThe most evident was at region in Brownwood where cone ditions were not favorable. Not even considering talent and determination, the varsity tennis team had one other attribute that helped them reach the team state finals and send four players to the state meet in individual competi' tion: team unity. uBecause we went farther, the team became more unified. Every; body got along together. I guess we had compatible personalities, jun; ior Jeff Motley said. Players agreed that their team pulling together helped them tremendously on the courts. HThere was less to worry about and you could concentrate on ten, nis instead ofproblems within the team? junior Craig Brown said. DETERMINATION. In spite of an injured leg, senior Hal Cromwell sends a powerful return across the net. The tennis team finished second in HUSTLE. Working to improve her game, junior Nicole Norvell hurries to make a good return. WEATHER Tennis, Texas donlt match up love tennis and I love Texas, but the two donlt mix. Texas weather, notorious for its blaZv ing summer temperatures, can become grueling on a struggl- ing athlete. The effects of these blazing rays begins as I start my daily tennis practice. As I stretch, I feel the tropical heat rid my body of the chill caused by the 60 degree thermostat setting obtained in last periodis English room. By the time we begin our actual tennis playing, I'm about as ilwarm as I am going to get. As I begin playing against a fellow teammate, thoughts of Barton Springs fill my brain. The more we play and the hot ter I get, the more frequently scenes from Port Aransas flash before my eyes. But these cool- ing thoughts ease my mind, not my body. Just when I think that they are going to take me away from the court in as eyee dropper. coach blows the whistle Karen Wacker, junior BOYS GOLF: lF'rom Rowl Wayde Edens, Barrett Webb, Danny Waters. David Johnr son, Corby RhodesJim Porter iSecond Rownoel Fults, Andy McCord, Matt Hoover, Marty Williams, Tony Bennett, Jeff Zombola, Coach Derek long lBack Rowl Sam Hefton, Chris Palen, Todd Wills. Scott Burgess, Jeff Wilson, Steve Hedquistt Gmm Gies. P'O-I-N-T-S OF INTEREST BOYST GOLF District lst GIRLSI GOLF District 2nd gV TENNIS: lan! Row Julie Wilson Michelle Touchet Anne estrick Monica Taylor, Shawn Craig. tButk Ron; Coach Oscar Zcpeda Charles Hampton. Scott Story Lisa Eldridge Laura XV oodruff. 49 TennislGolf