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

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Varsity Waits tor Next Year's Potential With eight out of last year's 13 team members graduated and only one incoming senior remaining, the girl's varsity basketball team started their season with a disproportionate amount of young, inexperienced players. 'When most of last year's team graduated, we lost much of out cohesive spirit, and so we spent the first part of the season rebuilding and trying to pull together to make up for what we had lost from last years tearn,' junior Jennifer Sabo said. 'But as the year progressed, we im- As FEI' As An ONE and finally began to win some games. After a discouraging start, the team came together to produce a12-17 record, which rellected their relative youth and eventual maturation as the season progressed and fueled thoughts of more hopeful prospects for the following season. 'Every team wants to win and any team is disappointed with a losing record, and we are no different, junior Elizabeth Casky said. 'But we also realize how the odds this year were against us, but how great our potential is lor next year. Starting the season in the shadow of last year's near perfect season, the girl's varsity basketball team had big shoes to fill with young players and found themselves with tough road ahead during the preseason. Labeling this season their 'rebuilding year, and a year for young players to gain experience the team pulled together and looked fonward to a better finish the following year. 1 -h e S c o r e VARSITY GlRL'S BASKETBALL Lanier 28-69 Fredricksburg 39-55 Belton 58-34 Copperas Cove 41-71 San Antonio Lee 44-57 Ent Centnl 71 -56 Johnston 40-49 Ellison 52-41 N. B. Canyon 754-8 Pflugerville 50-57 Burnet 59-54 Round Rock 5062 Westwood 44-42 Temple 5463 Harlingen 48-32 Kerrville 'livy S4415 Ingleside 36-41 Giddings 6743 Georgetown 25-43 Killeen 46-54 Waco 48-56 Copperas Cove 46-52 Ellison 63-53 Round Rock 46-49 Westwood 39-37 Temple 53-73 Georgetown 60-63 Killeen 54-43 Waco 45-51 DISTRICT RECORD 5-11 OVERALL RECORD 12-17 VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL Front Rom Christa Foster, Jennifer Sabo,CIaI1ssa Hormel, Lor'l Sanders. Second Rom L' C k Kerri Clark Kim Jacob Back Flow T ' V' ki St fko Jill Hackne , IZ asey, y, . rainer rc a , y Christina McCann, Kelli Donaldson, Christina DGtacomo, Coach CathySel1. Waivlrhrq -aklffflf Waiting for the signal from the official, senior trainer David Schmidt prepares to give the referee a new football. tPhoto by Brain Pedderl Bcisketboll Edited By: Jose Auby H

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Hardin!! Om-fr-Om Diving for the ball, junior Clarissa Hempel takes the ball away from two Killeen players. The varsity finished with 12-17 record. lPhoto by Billy Davisj After being fouled, junior Lori Sanders attempts her first freethrow. The following year eight players return for the varsity. iPhoto by staffj P-'17 The trainers provided only first aid did not care about the athletes. When players got hurt they were H5525 Tfafhefs Ten thousand dol- lars worth of gauze wrap, tape, body grease and supplies flowed through trainers' fingers to wrap, support and heal the ath- letic program. Backed by the second highest budget in the athletic department, trainers transported sup- plies and skills to practices and games. Out-of-town games and weekend trips which I attended I was not paid. The satisfaction I get from training makes my time during and after school worth it, senior David Schmidt said. In or out-of-town, taping and wrapping legs and ankles constituted the most frequent service accord- ing to 75'Zi of the trainers, though certain sports required more. S-cabs and abrasions from the turf often tore up players in football and soccer, the sports I trained for. I see a lot of pretty bad turf burns every day, fresh- KNOW THE SCORE man Stephen Jarman said. Each season had its ovim particular injuries such as turf bums, tennis elbow or swimmers' ear. The amount of injuries also varied from season to season. Football season is always hectic, but when that ends, there aren't a lot of kids around until spring. Spring is then a madhouse, trainer Ierry Greeson said. Non-medical duties such as filling water jugs, cleaning up and washing towels did not always top the list of trainers' favorite jobs, but the satisfaction they got from seeing players back in the action made it all worth while. The satisfaction of seeing kids go back to par- ticipate to their best skill level is one of the most rewarding things to me. I've been a licensed trainer since December 1981 and I've found that training at Westlake has been the best place to work and watch- ing the kids mature and grow up is the best part of training, Greeson said.

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A won-lost record often is used as the only factor in deter- ! f V , .,,.i?., , ly our toughest opponents and - t , t V ' f.,,wra,5 W .Wires Warsaw , fa I ' some people had to play the , , , ry Junior Varsity Gain intangibles r rr mining a team's success. The entire game since there were giri's JV basketball team proved only two substitutes and little V S 5 the exception rather than the be more experienced. reliel,' sophomore Laura iill J' ' X rule to this precedent, gauging Due to injuries and Cullington said. 1' ' their success on experience ineligibility the team dwindled to Obviously, one look at the .pt , '1, J , gained and team unity formed. 'We had a disappointing season, but toward the end of the season we really began to pull toegther,' sophomore and most-improved player Stephanie McKenzie said. 'We will do a lot better next year because we will seven players, pulling the team together and forcing many players to push themselvest 10 percent. Giving all they had the JV came a waay with a lew victories to carry into the following season. 'Round Rock was one of Fnzsmnn BLUE GrnL's BASKETBALL Front Row: Kristin Hansen. Shannon Elliott. Second Row: Kerry Stoltz, Cory Dulu, Brooke Trotter, Melissa Matthew, EadrRaw.'Coach Cindy Darolik, Rebecca Miksad, Kin Bucher, Shannon Dufy,Mid1ele Reynolds. Fnssmnn Ren GrnL's Brtsxsnntr Front How:Sue Osborne, Shondra Zlnnedser, Kim Floyd. Amy Hoffman, Leslie Munday, Melissa Matthew, Bad: How: Coach Cindy Darelik, Carrle Bisonotte, Valofi Montmoney, Missy Symm, Michelle Reynolds. JV Guns BAsKE'reALL Front Row: Christy Trapnell. Nancy Higgins, Sammi Melde, Second Row: Coach Zula Blann, Maggie Phenix. Stephanie McKenzie. Trainer Vicki Stake. 8adcRow:Mark McDaniel, Jill VanDonge.' KNO W THE SCORE SPORTS ill' seascn's record could justify neither the team's gaining of experience or its establishment of hs- player unity. The unity which , , S- was gained during the season Z ii i t,,r ig, ,J helm b 9 'Mlm 'ogelhef V as they move into a new district :-: ,1 di f