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

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PUSH AND SHOVE. Com- petition required skill and courage as junior varsity soccer player Josh Barker forces his opponent to surrender his ball. Hard work and determination paid off with a 3-2 victory. BOYS VARSITY SOCCER: (first raw) Eric Pruett, Mike Laync, Mart Wlljon, Jon Cuhl, U«Di i raw) .Vobic Haydon, Rosi Martin, Coach Jack Halau, Aaron Hoover, Selh Orell, (back raw) Sieve Cooper, Clinl Slaplei, Garclte Jamiion, Charlton Perry, Andy Locke, Josh Barker, Ian LIpaki. Marc Goo d and BiU Folkinghom. SOCCER Never, never enough Squad advances to regionals, but wants more In the locker room, 19 players talked about more. On the soccer fielci, they did something about it. Advancing to regionals, the boys varsity scxrcer team, collectively and individually, dedicated more hours to the perfecting of its skills for competition— and with the hoped-for payoff. We work harder in the off season than wo do during the regulation competitive season, sophomore Ben Crawley said. Introduction into 5A competition showed little, if any, negative impact on the team as it had competed in previous years with the larg- er teams in the city. Contin- ued and more consistent 5A opposition strengthened the team with each contest. With the young team that we have, next year ' s team will be phenomenal Did you know... that sophomore Ben Crawley played on the US National Soccer Team in the 16 1 2 division? He ' s the only player from Westlake to ever make this team. After rigorous workouts in Colorado Springs, he played in Honduras, Seattle, and Austin. because the work they will do before next season will make them into the team that we had this year, at least, head coach Jack Flatau said. Coach Flatau and team members expressed obvi- ous disappointment with their overall performance of the deciding game. All the way around our play was very bad in region- als and there is no other ex- cuse for losing that game, senior Aaron Hoover said. Despite the untimely mise in the latter games, the soccer team boasted a 14-22 season record and began preparation for next season in hopes of correcting the mistakes made this year. Next year we ' ll have a pretty good team even though we had a lot of ex- cellent seniors that will be leaving, senior Andy Locke said. Aaron Hoover won AIl- American status, second- team All-State, first team All-Region and first team All-District at the awards ceremony April 27 honoring the soccer team. I ' ve been working hard for a long time at soccer. Now it ' s all paid off and I ' m ecstatic about the number of awards I actually re- ceived, Aaron said. SI Take it in Stride I SPORTS

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ARM ' S LENGTH. Struggling lo remain neck and neck, juniors Damon Fischer and Scott Calcs fight the stiff competition with determination lo secure a sixth place finish for the Chaps in the Round Rock meet during the fall season. RIGHT TRACK. Early morning workouts demanded a iwo-lap warm-up before cross country- members Jill Matson, Kim Maddux, Wendy Shlatager, Jen- nifer Folk, Emily Harris and Cary Foster set off for their three-and-a-half mile run. CROSS COUNTRY Run for the money Girls make it to state; boys settle on district In a new district, both the boys and girls cross country teams gave each meet a run for the money —or at least the pay off. The girls team mem- bers finished the season seventh in State and a- chievcd either first or sec- ond place in all of the pre- ceding meets. The adrenaline began pumping hours before the meets began and each of us determined in our minds that our goal was not to win, but rather to run better than we ever had before, fresh- man Emily Ellis said. With an inexperienced team consisting of only two seniors, and a new coach, boys cross country gained FAST PACED. Before any others arrive at school, Emily Ellis, Jennifer Folk, Kim Mad- dux, Kristen Silverburg and Heidi Hcilman sweat in their sweats during interval work on the track before District meet. Did you know... that in distance runs, intervals and meets that the cross country girls ran approxi- mately 700 miles during the season while boys team members covered about 900 miles each in track shoes that are designed to last only 300 miles? momentum after a rough start finishing fifth in Dis- trict, but more importantly, they set good practice habits upon which to build the team. We started work-outs at seven o ' clock on the track doing sprints and weights; then after school, we mainly concentrated on long dis- tance runs, junior Scott Wright said. Requiring the same strenuous habits including speed, endurance and sta- mina drills, the girls joined the boys starting their sea- son three weeks before the beginning of school. August 11, summer two-a-days started, and we began working our way up to 35-mile a week runs, in- cluding inter ' al work. Run- ning the mall (four miles), and Scottish Hills (three miles) were some of the hardest, junior Jennifer Bradley said. Through self-discipline and the direction of coaches Mrs. Julie Lewis and Mr. Mark Hurst, both teams found their rewards not only at the finish line, but also in self-satisfaction. Although I had to give up my free time including weekends and all after school hours, what I got in return is what made the season worthwhile; I felt I accomplished a lot, junior Damon Fisher said. Edited by Christy Moody ll CROSS country! '

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