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

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Varsity Completes Turn Around , In its second year of 5A competition, the varsity football team turned a previous 2-8 record into a winning scorecard. Through the leadership of 19 returning lettermen and 31 seniors, Coach Ron Schroeder took the team to a third place district finish, improving on last years last place finish in district KN OWS and geared up for the game,' As FEI' As An 0176 junior Craig Dickey said. Seventeen players re cieved post-season honors including senior Darryl Schenk, senior Cash Kristynik, junior honors, it's obvious that we should have made the playoffs. We'll get there next year, junior Jimmy Saxton said. Saxton lead the Chaps into district 25AAAAA the following year. Captain and senior run- ningback Clay Howell, who was injured early in the season, received a full scholarship to the 14AAAAA. I Steve DeMoss and Dickey, who University cl Texas. Stance 'The captains took charge led with First Team AllDistrid Labaj, Phillip Hall, and Chris all season. They made sure that selections. Reed also received scholarships every player was ready to play 'With all the talent and to major universities. ,.t- . s ff 'after-rf-frfiaieajizgliss ft Q, e 5 4 f-11? 'T r' fs. ta -M -If is? 552,-?at .- 'iii -xf5'1-?fl?Z5F5:F5?9rl 11 Tl fs- e ea. fe A . lf. Us-. ev, - -if f-aff' 1 '.7 2'f1,s1rw?Vtt--S 31 ir- T s. .-f... . . , - xl . ,Z-f. ., ,Neg ', ,,,.- r 4' A . 11 :Ui ri if 5 VARSITYFOOTBALL Front Raw.'Scott Sanders, Craig Dickey, Emily Drew, Lisa Hendrix, Shay Purcell, Anne Bowman, Tracey Schnurr, Ginny Elliot, Tracy Arrmann, Claudine DeFelice, Casey Bush, Trudi Donaldson, Trey Buck,Jimmy Endres, Second Row:Coaoh Derek Long, Kip Aber- crombie, Jake Zapalac, Steve DeMoss,Brian Johnson, Brian Balli, Joel Chumney, Scott Huston, Keith Sanders, Courtney Smith, David Hester, B.J. Myers, TMII Petty, Jason Notle, Mickey Rose. Brady Ballard, Third I-?ow.Coach Lefty Fisher, Stephen Truesdell, Clay Howell, Trey Carrioo, Stance Labaj, Chris Reed, Dave Davenport, David Birkey. Cash Kristynik. Jirrmy Saxton, Rob Woertink, Brent Benton, Eric Woomer, Darryl Shenk. Charlton Perry, Mike Taylor, Alan Alexander, Coach Jim Dartlek, Coach Frank Guttman, Coach Ron Schroeder, Back R0w.'Coach Mark Hurst, Dennis McWilliams, Derek Southard, Mark Gray, Link Hudson, Justin Waight, Phillb Hall, Ross Bowman, Jay O'Meara, Troy Jamail, Kevin Cantrell, Jon Logan, Jody Faust, Flon Waldrop, Chris Pezold, Coach John Ringo. Th e S c o r e VARsrTY FooTBALL PL Braunfels Canyon 28-0 Westwood 21-0 LlIiQf 43-7 Waco 16-41 Temple 31-20 Killeen 28-29 Round Rod: 4318 Georgetown 24-14 Coppenl Cove 45-1 9 Killeen Ellhon 20-28 Drsrmcv Recono 5-3 Ovenllu. Rscono 7-3 SPORTS KNOW THE scope rf-J' lil.

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gil Th e S c o r e Gymnastics District Meet Qualified for Regionals Regionals Individuals Qualified for State State Kathy Blackbird Missy Davis 131 ' 4th 7th h Leaping through the air, freshman Kathy Blackbird performs her balance beam routine. Kathy finished seventh at the state championships. iPhoto by staffi Gymnasts Get Fresh Start A new tradition began as Westlake's first competing gymnastics team tumbled into its first season of official SA competition. 'We did awesome for our first year. We're hoping for new mats and better equipment for next year though. Right now we have to go from one gym tc the other, just to get in a full practice on all of the equipment,' freshmen Tyler Cone said. Until this past year, there wasn't a team because ct the unavailability of gymnastics coaches, and the proper funding. Once the gymnastics team received the funding, they were presented with the problem of where to place all the equb- ment, thus stringing it out between the two gyms. Crenshaws Gymnastics Club became a good alternative for the gymnastics team to practice during the summer. 'Some of the others and l are planning on going to Crenshaw's Gymnastics Club this summer to get in some extra practice, so that we have a better chance at placing at the meets, freshmen Freddy Herrera said. Placing second at distnct, and then fourth at regionals, the girls towered over the boys at tourna- ments. Due to injuries, and an ineligibillty, the boy's team didn't number enough to compete in either of the competitions. 'Kathy Blackbird placed seventh at state, and Missy Davis placed eighth, but that's because they went to Crenshaw's. I placed every time I competed, but l'm going to go there this summer so that the boy's team will be even stronger next year,' freshmen Tree Leonard said. A ,sg er. I r 1 it Q T , - ,. ,wg 5 1 9 N 2 as? Z i at Gvumsvics Front Row: MissyDavis. Kathy Blackbird, Amy Pollard, Second Row: Jolie Dickey.Vanessa Bamey.Jordana Johnson, Tyler Cone, Lorl Aune, Jennifer Allen, Kristin Northlngton, Back Haw: Coach Bob Fcrd.Mlchelle Llndsey,Trae Leonard, Caron Harehbarger, Christi Corblt. Greg Lawrence, Suzan Utzman. GYIVINASTICS Edited By:Meg Murray

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Fans, players, coaches alike did not want any recognition by the press while a few players and teams came. . OFF THE oyl .lf lil aiaa f gi.-f After winning the state baseball title, avid Chap fans looked up the baseball team in the newspaper only to find that Westlake received only two lines of coverage. The Picayune and I-'eatherduster do a good job of covering Westlake sports as opposed to the local television news which have to wide a scope and need to cover professional sports. But the features on local Lfylrfaz Camm ftctfbfr At a press conference after the U.l.L. decision to move Westiake into the A.l.S.D., junior Steve DeMoss tells Channel 7 News how he feels about the final outcome. Under much controversy, sports teams were allowed to compete with local Austin schools, elimi- nating early departures from school and late nightarrivals. iPhoto HWOM Hxrtffwo Approaching the line of scrim- mage, junior quarterback Jimmy Saxton calls the next play on the way to a 45-19 route of Copperas Cove. The of- fense averaged 30 pcints a game, while the defense al- lowed opponents a mean of 17 points per contest. iPhoto by staffl television news casts could be more and more often, junior varsity basketball player sophomore Blake Miller said. The evening news devoted more airtime to ma- jor events that Westlake partook in such as a rival football game or baseball game against a defending state champ while maintaining thebalance between high school, college, and professional sports. lt seems as though the media covers only the negative aspects of any sporting event having to do with Westlake. This doesn't help our reputation any, varsity football player senior justin Waight said. No matter a little or a lot and good or bad the coverage Westlake received in the media disap- pointed students who worked hard to participate and then did not receive recognitio they deserved. Hand Off In an effort to gain yardage against district foe Westwood, senior Clay Howell receives the ball from junior quarterback Jimmy Saxton. Westlake beat the Warriors 210, adding an- other victory to their 7-3 final record and capturing their sec- ond straight shutout. tPhoto by Reagan Williamsonj ' Z.EQ'-,?.,?i'f'7fTi wt ,ww 1 -L 'M ' W' ms Vt' Ja i l , ' FOOTBALL Edited By Trudl Donaldson