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

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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|

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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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BASEBALL Learning experience Season defines expectations of new 5A district With a record of 17-10 the varsity baseball team finalized their season with a district 5A tri-championship. After district, the team played well and we got to a point where we thought we could not lose, junior Clay Howell said. One of the major problems of the baseball season lies in the small attendance by fans—just by the very nature of the sport. We have not received enough support throughout the course of the year, senior Burton Hackney said. Fan support did not hinder personal achieve- ments like that of senior Mike Michauz who broke a school home run record of seven. It took nine home- runs break last year ' s record of seven, hit by Mike Michaux. I was really excited, Mike said. After I hit the seventh run and tied the Did you know... that professional baseball players Calvin Schnaldi of the Boston Red Sox and Kelly Grubcr of the Toronto Blue Jays both graduated from Wcstlake High having worn the Chap uniform prior to college baseball careers? record I tried harder to beat the record. Westlake has always had good pitching and de- fense. This year we had ex- cellent hitting, but defense left a lot to be desired, ju- nior Link Hudson said. Since the same defense as built in the past did not materialize this season, the team relied on pitching as the key element to keep the team in the winning column. The pitching staff pitched up to their ability; they could easily be one of the best Westlake has ever had in any season, senior Burton Hackney said. Recognizing its season- al weaknesses proved help- ful in planning next year ' s strategy to which returning players and coaches im- mediately turned at the end of the season. We now understand what ' s necessary to win, coach Howard Bushong said. I think we can do better next year. We should definitely be in the play- offs. Moving up from a large 4A team to a small 5A caused the team to fall from their 29-5 record from the previous season. We had a lot more talent this year, second baseman, senior Charlie Brown said. But we needed more of a team effort, to work together, especially with the coach. ri VARSmr BASEBALUpm roBj) Mitchell Dillard, Courtney Smith, Burton Hackney, Mike Mclnlyre; David Hester, (uconil rvw) David Schmidt, Keith Saunderi, Dean Dcadman, Ron Waldrop, )ud Arlington, Charlie Brov»n, Jake Zapalac, Scott Miller, (buck row) Coach Howard Herrera, Trainer Jerry Greaaon. Andr w Roden, Cash Kryslynlk, Clay Howell, Mike MKiean, ScoH Bethea, Link Hudson, Coach Howard Buahong. SULTAN OF SWING. Taking his turn at the plate, varsity baseball player Link Hudson gives it all he ' s got in the fierce battle against Georgetown, helping the Chaps to score a 9-3 victory over their arch-rivals. ?2I Take it in Stride SPORTS