Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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N , Two injured Comet players discuss their various injuries on the sidelines be- tween plays during the Sylvan Hills game. A midseason knee injury leaves senior Brian Heavener as only a spectator for the last half of the 1988 football season. AYWE eq 'K Mike Horton Injuries 29

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Several injured players lay heaped in a pile after the completion of a play dur- ing the dramatic football game against Hall. junior Aron Glass holds an ice pack on an injured knee while on the sidelines watching the playoff game against FS Northside. i Injuries The bad part of the Comet Sports Editor ln most good books or movies, there's a good part and a bad part. The good part is usually when good finally triumphs over evil. The bad part is gener- that way, This had bad ally just something happens along the such as an injury. year's Comet team their fair share of parts, but not in any way were these novel injuries. f'l was really excited about playing, but l was sorry that jason got hurt. l felt l did a pretty good job, Caleb Kerr said. 28 Sports These injuries played a key part in deciding the fate of the team's record. ln the Comets' two con- ference losses, tailback Robert Ricks was out with an injury. For a large part of the season, the Comets shuffled around players to replace our many centers. Several other players land- ed on the injured list: Knoxie Hall, Keith Robin- son, Aron Glass, and Kevin Ward. The final injuring blow was scored when starting quarterback jason Welch was injured. The worst part was get- ting all the way to the L U storyline ,t playoffs and then getting injured and not being able to play, Aron Glass said. ln the end, the Comet injuries healed. There was both sadness and happi- ness in this, happiness be- cause they were healed, but sadness because the healing came too late. As unhappy as the players might have been with their various injuries, a therapy was found: a visit to the state playoffs. Many Comet football players stretch before an intense practice in a measure to prevent future injuries on the field.

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55:2 C A ,f 531 -4, gif ia: ' W Volleyball A Change for the Better Wins Conference Title Chad Pifer Org. Editor We all know the old say- ing, Things get better with age. This expression has become a reality for the Lady Comets. The Lady Comets start- ed the '87-88 season un- der the direction of coach Cherie Walker who coached at Sylvan Hills last year. Coach Walker is a great coach. l think that she made a lot of difference in the way we played. She is just a great person in every way, Shelaine Moses said. During the course of 30 Sports their season the Lady Comets were only defeat- ed four times. Their all- around record was 9-4. During conference play they were 6-'l, only losing to Bryant. This year the Lady Com- ets achieved numerous awards. They were first in the conference, second in the district. Coach Walker received an award for best coach in the district, and Tracy Smith and Shelaine Moses were selected as all-conference players. Tracy Smith was also se- lected for the all-state team. 'fl think that being se- lected to all-conference and all-state was a great feeling of accomplish- ment for the three years of hard work that l've de- voted to the team, Tracy Smith said. The team is made up of six returning seniors, three juniors, and two sophomores. The man- agers of the team are Gob- rielle Fair and Renaee Bunting. The one thing that has helped us a lot is our to- getherness as a team, An- drea Rainey said.