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

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600118 During the basketball season an elite group of fans known as goons added comic relief to a subpar season. The goonswere lead by senior Tod Conner and junior Charley Spong. tPhoto by staffl Soccer Earns Playoff Spot The hottest competition during the soccer season came between the two varsity teams to see which team, the boy's or girl's, would compile the better record. The boy's 11-2-1 record secured them a second place district finish and a spot in the playoffs. For the fourth straight year, they advanced to the regional tournament, but fell prey to Klein Oak, 2-1 in the first round. We've worked well as a teamg we have accomplished the goals that we set at the begin- ning ofthe year, junior lan Lip- ski said. The girl's team maintained its winning tradition, also placing As FarAs An one second in district. lt also ad- vanced to win the area title by defeating Kingwood, 30, but were later beaten by Klein Oak 4-0 in the Regional Finals. l feel that we had an ex- ceptional year. At the beginning ofthe year, I didn't think that we would advance all the way. freshman Brittan Hlista said. Sporting a winning season, the girls edged out the boys to post one of the year's best athletic records and both teams succeeded by reaching the regional playoffs. I I VARSITY Bov s VARSITY GIRL s Soc c ER Socc E R Alarm Heights O-2 Alamo Heights 70 Memorial 3-1 Doble 1-2 Klein O-1 Humble B-1 Katy Taylor 1-3 Clear Creek 50 Bryan 5-2 St. Stephens 70 Georgetown 0-O Georgetown 40 Ellison 2-0 Ellison 120 Westwood 1-5 Westwood 2-3 Leander 5-0 Leander 1 30 Killeen 3-1 Killeen 100 Copperoa Cove 2-1 Waco B0 Round Rook 20 Round Rod: 20 Georgetown 5-1 Georgetown 7-2 Elliaon 5-1 Ellison 9-1 Westwood 1-4 Westwood 1-2 Leander 60 Leander 50 Killeen 20 Killeen 10-0 Round Rock 2-1 Round Flock 2-1 Katy Taylor 10 Katy Taylor 10 LaPorte 4-2 Kingwood 3-2 Klein Oak 1-2 Klein 3-1 Klein Oak O-4 DtsTnicT Recono 11-2-1 OVERALL Rsconot 5-6-1 Dismrcr Recono 11-2 OVERALL Recoao 18-4 , r 1 , g .5 i .W J il --3. Vansirv GlHL'S Soccen Fran! Row: Christina DiGiacomo, Julle Schmidt, Michelle Martin, Allie Harm- ton, Maria Monte, Second Row: Donna Dudek, Kris Kennedy, Brittan Hlista, Leslie Dudek, 'Hftany Newlin, Baokflow: Laurel Bacon, Angle Vaughn, Heidi Heilman. Coach Jack Flatau, Charlotte Ftenwlck, Noelle Norvelle, Tracy Coop- per. 9 t - --fu '- + ft ' 1-. 2-rr 1 f--1 1 f.. ' , ti-lafxrai-2'f fi-iii! ' 'et Q ' 1 ' 1. rf u it. , H' s:t' 3.'L'Vg,vi!iArl , ps, rv , t J A is , , All f 7 ' F' g vs ,,,' Q- -ic' e ff 1 . - - ' :::-:' -setaaa ' -5 - 1 f fi , 1 '- 7' ,., , -'N . - ft -1, 5 ' 1 .T ' M..-Q 1 - . K K K EL 3, mf wi. new , . .. '-. ...mil fr . we 9 VAnstTv Bov's Soccen Front How: Clint Staples, Seth Orell, Ross Martin, Jeff Martin, Ken Kendall, David Weriatls, Andy Bennett, Eric Scott, Baokftaw: Coach Jack Flatau. Mike Layne, Shawn Oretl, Kevln Deal, Josh Barker, Charlton Perry, John Lusk, lan Lbskl. Juan Guardamino, Jason Peysen. Know the Score SPORTS

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'Q Never wanting to complete a task, reach a goal or just finish a race, most athletes never Worked on EACHING ' THE Fl ISH M Breathing harder, lengthening his stride, the runner focused on the white line which meant he had finished reaching his goal. He gathered his strength and sprinted past his oppo- nents breaking the tape, crossing the finish line sig- nalling the end of his race and accomplishing what he had set out to do. A finish line isn't just the white line at the end of a race, it represents doing something I've never done before. It means taking a risk of failure, cross country runner Iulie Farnie said. I need to look towards finish lines to motivate myself. The cross country team managed to reach the finish line before their competitors in all but one of actual finish lines, set team goals that represented their 'finish lines'. In the beginning of the year, our goal was to be district champions, after Westwood beat us, we set the goal to play as well as we could in playoffs. For the most part, we played our hearts out, senior soccer player Kris Kennedy said. Team support and effort displayed by team- mates often helped the team through trying moments on their way to reaching a goal. Teams often decided to revise their goals, or move their finish lines. Our goals changed throughout the season, originally we wanted to be district champions, then we tried to win half of our games, and after that, we tried to win just one game, varsity basketball player Tim Bolger said. Although our record doesn't show it, our team really got together, and ended up having their regular season meets. Other teams, without a lot of fun. QA Q Of M1 721111 Finishing his Gnal lap during the St. Edward's meet, sophomore Brian Dimer races to keep his leading position. Countless hours oi practice paid oft lor crosssountry members who completed their season placing third in district tPhoto by Picayunej S15'retZ'!f Meeting lor an early morning practice, seniors Scott Cates and Ross Herbert prepare themselves for a lew laps around the track. Runners for the track and cross country teams met as early as 7 a.m. before school to im- prove their timing lor future meets.lPhoto by staffl Edited By: Cyrstol Speors

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Fans had no effect on how players performed and could not lift spirits of players, but many still said LET s ' pa r .,, AKE soMEt rrrr t rrr y rzi While the traditional needed comic re1ief. spectator sports of foot- ball and basketball wit- nessed large, spirit-rous- ing crowds,dramatically smaller attendance ulti- mately forced other sports to adapt to the fact that fans would be few. Noting this disparity, varsity basketball players welcomed growing crowds enthusiastically as they gained strength in their second year as 5A competi- tors. Attendance for this year's games was much better than last year and it boosted the team's morale at the half, junior forward and team MVP john Schulz said. Also the Goons added a little bit of Despite the obvious lack of the Goons during football season, those players made the transition to 5A competition with a solid contingent of spectators. In contrast to the more spectator-orientated sports' participants, cross country runners finished their events to fanless bleachers. Only a couple of parents showed up at most meets, junior Zane Lyons said. More support would have been nice, but we really weren't doing it for anyone else other than ourselves and the team. Golf players viewed the crowds at their tour- naments in a similar light as did their tennis, track and swimming counterparts. Mike Taylor showed up, junior district cham- pion golfer Craig Sanders said. Ozfcif hi' 'lah' While the opposing defender gains control of the soccer ball, freshman Brittan Hlista fights for control. The varsity girls soccer team finished second in both the district competi- tion and the regional tournament. fPhoto by Brain Huntj Battling an opposing defender, so- phomore Steve Baily jumps over his opponent for the ball. For the fourth straight year the boy's soccer team advanced to regionals, but had to settle with a 15-6-1 overall record. iPhoto by Thad Kellyj SOCCER Edited By:LesIey Hester u 1