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

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'AL w vfmf ff We 1 --. ' a V hx 1 l I J I 1 ar .. A 3 I. ' f ,, , .W W I 1 - Q, ,, MW, Robbie Kelly really aims for the goal as she tries to get some points for the lady Comets against Hall High School. Andrea Rainey looks wildly at the ball as a fellow teammate gives it her all to get the ball through the hoop for the points. ' KITR H W' , W-me i Brian Coach Walker gives very direct direc- tions to the lady Comets on the floor. This is Coach Walker's first year as C-irls' Basketball coach. Linn Gobrielle Fair looks happily and enthu- siasticly on as the lady Comets get the ball and score the needed points to win the game. Girls Basketball 39 ...B

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Andrea Rainey and Tara Parish listen very closely as Coach Walker gives last second instructions to those girls on the team. Attitudes Brian Linn What it takes to make or break a basketball team Kirn Ferrell Staff Qualifications for a win- ning basketball team have to be sportsmanship, de- termination and a great at- titude. Having these quali- ties and using them to their full advantage gives a school a basketball team to be proud of. Attitudes are the most important thing to the girls basketball team. They haven't had the greatest scores, but the games they played have been the best. Their togetherness and the energy on the court was really something to see. 38 Sports The altitude of a per- son is determined by the attitude, Coach Walker said. This year the Arkansas Gazette printed a player of the week. This was to re- ward the players for the outstanding actions on the C0urI. Detric johnson, Robbie Kelly, Lynette Lin- sey, and jackie Smith were all elected as players of the week. Getting that title made me feel like my coach thought l was doing my job and that she had a lot of confidence in me, Robbie Kelly said. These girls average practicing hours were over 3 hours a day, during athlet- ics in the morning and then daily after-school practices. The morning practice was used to work on the fun- damentals for the individual playersg after school, the players work on attitudes and working together as a team. Our attitudes and to- getherness has improved a lot since the beginning of the year and our playing on the court reflects it, Mi- chelle Bryant said.

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William Huffman warms up his arm by throwing the ball back and forth with some of the other players before a prac- tice session. jimmy Lawhon gets some extra help on his batting technique by using the bat- ting machine during practice. Ros ly G t Staff Baseball is a game of coordination, concentra- tion, and eye contact. It takes getting one foot in front of the other to get to first base. I like to play baseball because of the sense of competition you feel. lt's fun because almost any- one can participate, . . . in which he can excel, Mike Horton said. Sometimes the most in- teresting part of the game isn't always on the field. The dug out can be a hu- morous place because players express a lot of their feelings there. I think that the dug out 40 Sports Baseball 'wah NW. Ai traditional sport of skilled and spirited players is a really good place to bring someone up when they are down because players sometimes get an- gry or down about being taken off the field. He may go into the dug out and someone may crack jokes about him and he may laugh or make another joke, Mike Murphy said. The sporting atmo- sphere on the field attracts players. Players enjoy competing for the spirit of success. Baseball builds com- petitive spirit. We try to give Mills something to be proud of. We have good student support and that makes us play better, Brad Marshall said. Being the batter up is a sensational feeling. lt's the feeling that you know you are going to hit a home run. What l feel when l am the batter up is like all eyes are on me. When l bat, l need to clear all bases and try to bring myself in also. When anyone is at bat, we know that we mustn't strike out. lt's like being the star of the show, jeff johnson said. Perfect pitching form comes from hard practice. Erin Wilkerson works hard on his pitching to improve the team's per- formance.