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

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STRAIGHT AHEAD. Practice on the putting green at Lost Creek Country Club gives junior golfer Ursela Golden the edge she needs for competition on the course and against the new 5A opposition. BOYS VARSITY GOLF: (fro Blukncy, Iback row) )acl Chui I raw) Rob Rci ney, We Weha itz, Mike Crindle, Craig Sanders, Philllc I, Chril Petri, Johi Mueller m © Q © u%i GOLF Boy ' s last putt falls short Girls end season at district, boys at regionals No bleachers. No cheerleaders. No Friday- night gan es. No faithful fans. Playing one of the most solitary sports, golf team members played alone without fans cheering when they made that winning putt. I love the sport of golf and our team went pretty far this year. In our first three tournaments, we took second place in all of them, junior John Mueller said. Coach Mike Brent met both boys and girls team members to oversee prac- tices and perfections of skills at least two hours a day and even more on week- ends at the Lions Municipal and Lost Creek Golf cours- es. Wc like the municipal course the best because it ' s a good course and in top condition, Coach Brent said. Take it in Stride SPORTS Did you know... that the golf team members played a total of 3,960 golf holes not including practice and used hundreds of golf balls, each with 360 to 435 dimples, and that the more dimples, the farther the shot traveled? Varsity players had to maintain a 78 or below stroke average, while junior varsity golfers retained an 82 average. While members kept their scores down, they also had to keep their grades up to qualify under the No Pass-No Play ruling. While I got to miss school on tournament Fri- days and Thursdays, it had its drawbacks as my grades dropped from missing so much school during the season. sophomore Craig Sanders said. For the record, the girls team finished in the top 10 in four tournaments, but ended their season at district finals, placing fifth, disqualifying them for re- gionals. The boys team com- piled a more successful season placing second in five tournaments. The team took thirteenth place at the difficult Del Lago course. The team members ' hopes raised when they took first place in their district fi- nals. However individual scores didn ' t add up as ex- pected at regionals, falling one step short of the state finals ending their season. We played good this year but just not good enough. We ' ll definitely try our best next year and hopefully develop a belter team, sophomore Pat Johnson said.

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Swimming In cold water Swimmers end season with regional loss With the season over and all the trials behind them, swimmers resigned themselves to lounging a- round the pool, listening to the Walkman and getting a tan . During the year though, swimmers found it easier to show up for each and every tournament than to drag themselves out of bed for daily 7 a.m. practices at the Hills or after-school prac- tices at UT. Early practices stink! The water is cold and the people at the Hills do not care since they will not try to get it any warmer. It is not fun to spend my time underwater at seven in the morning, freshman Mark Woodings said. Underwater competi- tors sacrificed free time and put forth extra effort to keep in shape unwilling to give up a sport they had practiced for years. Did you know... the strength of the boys swim team rested with its underclassmen which made up 91 % of the team, while the power of the girls swim team stemmed from its seniors which comprised 39% of the team? I swim primarily to stay in shape and also because I have been swimming since I have been six, senior Ross Buchholtz said. At one time I thought about stop- ping, but by then I had been swi mming for so long I didn ' t want to think I had wasted all those years. Practices proved the least of swimmers ' trials, however. In preparing for meets, 90% of the team tried to prepare for that big meet by gaining a few seconds through body shaving. The actual process stinks, but the time you save is incredible. I can get the equivalent of a few dozen laps by just scrapping my legs a little. Body shaving is just a wonder drug for me, junior Trent Staats said. After winning seven dual meets, receiving first and second in District and finally 20th in State, the swimmers forgot the prob- lems of early practices and razor stubble in the glow of success. As a whole I think the swimmers achieved a lot better than they had in the past and I think qualifying for State really gave every- one a lot of encouragement, even for years to come, se- nior Pam Terhune said. I think if we had a better facility to train in and more time blocked out to practice, we could have achieved a lot more success. lAiCM l.tX43LMX ' IHI | g« :Xt. .VXV. X ) VARSITY SWIMMING: (front raw) Talc Chiles, Allison Bannenrt, Melissa Tctschau, trow In.ol Grclthcn I ' ahany, Calhy Bonbrighl, Sa Jcnnilcr Kitk. Allysun Brooks, Yvonne Haulard, Carolyn Crowley, (i Declerck, Pam Terhune, Trenl StaaH, Maik Howani, Brad Nielsen. Tr. Sturgis, (row four) Amy Glover, Debbie Chase, Heather Reese, Tie Schuurman. Andrew Schlessinger, Mark Woodings, (row fwi) Melanii Barth. Caret Kipe, David C3ieney, Ross Urookshirc, and Derek KIpe (no .Nielson) WATER WORLD. Before reaching the wall, junior Yvonne Houlard takes a needed breath a( the Temple Meet. To gel to State, both (earns put forth their best a( grueling practices as well as in demanding tour- naments. Julie Bangass rah Wichcnbe ow Ihrte) Su ' y Binford, Jas [in na Miller, Gr V t Included Ste ny Edited by Camile O ' Briant SWIMMING

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Scores More This year has been weird. We played pretty well earlier in the season but we were in a slump at the end of the season. We squeaked by in District and won even though we didn ' t play very well. We should play good in Regionals. We want to place 1st or 2nd in Regionals so we can go to State. Junior John Mueller f| J k GIRLS VARSrrY GOLF: IfroHl raw) Cindy Golden, Uuric Francis, (b- l nm.) Tracy Colli] Jajicy Darling Urscla Golden. SAND TRAPPED. As he putts his way out of a tough spot, sophomore Pat Johnson aims for the final 18th hole. Golf team members spent afternoons on the greens at Lost Creek Country Club improving their skills. LNSiUeK. During a tourna- ment, junior golfer Cindy Golden releases a ball from the sand trap. Team members had to practice sand shots and com- peted in loumaments with ctH- schools . Edited by Eric Dreher I ' l|