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6- Burleson Star, Thursday, October 3. 1991
Lady Elks beat Arlington 1st time since ’85
By GLENN COCHRAN
The Burleson Lady Elks threw a
kink in history last Friday night when
they defeated Arlington High 15-11,
15-12 in the Elk Pit. It was the first
time for the Lady Elks to defeat Ar-
lington since 1985 when Burleson
prevailed in a three-game match.
"Thegirlsdidasuperjob," Burle-
son coach Pam Lea commented.
"They wanted to win and did what
they needed to do. Heather Saari
blocked the nets so well she really
frustrated Arlington's hitters. Stepha-
nie Lea had 60 percent attacks with
six kills. Lara Ayars, Meredith Men-
denhall, and Aimee Smith served very
aggressively. It was a great team
effort. Tamra Kirkpatrick provided a
lot of court leadership."
The Lady Elks followed the
victory over Arlington with a disap-
pointing loss to Martin last Tuesday
night. The scores were 15-11, 15-7.
"We stopped our own momen-
tum with errors," Lea said. "We
missed eight serves which really hurt
us. Our passing was weak at only 47
percent, but our attacks were good
with 28 kills. 1 feel we could beat this
team."
Against the Lady Warriors,
Burleson made 48 digs and 28 kills.
Kirkpatrick was Burleson's leading
server with five points. Kim Little
served for four points and Smith and
Mendenhall each scored three. Alli-
son Bauer scored two points and
Ayars and Stacy Rotenberry each
scored one.
Saari made six kills and Smith
finished the match with Five kills and
eight digs. Kirkpatrick totaled eight
kills.
Ayars was Burleson's leading
server against Arlington, with nine
points. Smith trailed with seven and
Mendenhall scored four. Bauer and
Kirkpatrick scored three points and
Lea and Rotenberry each added two
points.
As a team, Burleson accumu-
lated 21 kills, 33 digs, and 10 blocks.
Saari accounted for seven on the
blocks and four kills. Lea had six kills
and Smith made four kills.
Tomorrow night (Oct. 4), the
Lady Elks hope to claim their second
district win. Weatherford will give
the girls that chance as the Lady Kan-
garoos host Burleson in a match be-
ginning at approximately 7 p.m.
Elks down Cedar Hill, DeSoto in tri-meet
By GLENN COCHRAN
The Burleson Elks tennis team
lost i's first district match to Weath-
erford on Sept. 27, but then regained
its composure, earning victories over
Cedar Hill and DeSoto on Sept. 28.
Burleson's record now stands at 12-4
overall and 2-1 in district play.
The Elks' two victories are the
result of the tri-meet held in Cedar
Hill last Saturday. Burleson took on
Cedar Hill first and pounded them
17-1. Against DeSoto, the Elks
dominated 14 matches to four.
The district match with Weath-
erford took place in Weatherford and
after doubles matches, Burleson
trailed four matches to two. Tiffany
Bradford and Rachel New dropped
their opponents 6-0, 6-3 and Cari
Hodge and Christy Ingram prevailed
6-3,6-1 for Burleson’s two victories.
In singles matches, the Elks made
their comeback, and it came down to
the wire. Burleson's Shelley Houser
and her opponent were the lastcouple
to finish their match and the score
was Burleson, 8 and Weatherford, 9.
In case of a tie, sets would determine
the winner. Burleson had 17 sets and
.Weatherford had 19. If Houser de-
feats her opponent in straight sets, it
is a tie and then games are counted
and the Elks win. Houser wins her
First set 6-3, but loses her second 6-0
and since it no longer matters if she
wins the match, the Elks will lose by
sets (18-20), the match is called. This
is not to blame Houser for the Elks'
loss, because any other player on the
team could have changed the mathe-
matical outcome of the match with
one less lost set. Houser, had she
went on and played the Final set,
could have won her match, but it
would not have given the Elks a vic-
tory over Weatherford.
One thing that was interesting
about the match is the fact that Weath-
erford's boys singles number one
player from last year played at the
number three spot against the Elks
this year. He also played in the num-
Serving Strong
Senior tennis player Tiffany Bradford knows what it feels like to win
back to back matches and then some. In three recent team matches,
Bradford has won three singles matches and two doubles matches.
Freshmen take Cleburne Invitational
Tournament championship Saturday
By GLENN COCHRAN
The Lady Elks ninth grade vol-
leyball team continues to pound its
way through its 1991 schedule. Last
Saturday, Burleson took thechampi-
onship in the Cleburne Invitational
Tournament, and last Friday the girls
crushed Irving MacArthur 15-0, 15-
4. Three days before MacArthur, the
Lady Elks downed South Grand
Prairie 11-15, 15-1, 16-14.
"Our serving was unstopable in
the second game," Burleson coach
Reginia Bankston said of the Lady
Elks’ game with South Grand Prairie.
"But, we let down our guard in the
third game and let them catch up at
14-14."
Lady Elks serving for points in
the match include Jamie Baker, 15
points; Stacy Sykora, seven; Amy
Sharp, six; Sheri Speer, six, and Katy
Laux, four.
In the Lady Elks' confrontation
with Irving MacArthur, Bankston said
the two games went so fast that her
team didn't even have time, or the
need, to spike the ball. "Our serving
was unstopable," she said.
Speer was the Lady Elks' lead-
ing server in this match, with 12
points. Sharp and Sykoraeach scored
Five points. Shelly Wiggam added
four and Laux made three.
In Saturday's tournament, the
Lady Elks placed second in pool play
and went into the championship
bracket. Cleburne was Burleson's First
hurdle there, and the Lady Elks de-
feated them 15-7, 5-15, 15-9. In the
championship round, Burleson went
head-to-head with Granbury and
defeated them 16-14, 15-7.
Ninth grade B team wins
one, loses one
Burleson’s ninth grade B team
defeated South Grand Prairie 15-10,
15-2 in a match played Sept. 24, but
lost to Duncanville 15-13, 15-8 on
Sept. 20. The two matches make the
Lady Elks' record 4-1.
"The girls played real well,"
Burleson coach Susan Floyd said of
the Lady Elks'game with Sou th Grand
Prairie. "We do need to work on our
attacks (approach), but we had some
good ones!"
Outstanding Lady Elk players in
the match, pointed out by Floyd, in-
clude Lisa Cooper, Amy Anderson,
and Jennifer Bassham.
Booster Club organizes
tailgate party for Friday
The Big Red Booster Club
encourages everyone to wear red
and black and attend the junior
varsity football game Thursday
night at Elk Stadium. The JV
Elks take on the Weatherford
Kangaroos beginning at7:30p.m.
On Friday, beginning at 5
1
p.m., the boaster dob is havings
tailgate party in the Burleson High
School parking lot Can will be
decorated for the ride to Wear*
erford and the buses leave at 5:.
p.m.
Game time for the Elk-
gar oo game is 7:30 p.m.
ber two doubles match and last year
he was in the number one line up with
Weatherford. Either he had a bad
summer or Weatherford's number-
one and two players really had good
summers. But, as it turned out, Burle-
son's number one player, Chris Hen-
derson outplayed Weatherford's
number one player for a 6-0,6-0 win.
Weston Nowlin, at Burleson's num-
ber two spot dropped his opponent
6-2,6-3 and Burleson's number three
player, Sean Brown, lost to his oppo-
nent 6-1,6-1.
"We should have won this meet
fairlyeasily at 13-5," Burleson coach
Alana Brock said. "The boys should
have won at there boys doubles
matches and the number four, Five,
and six singles matches. The girls
should not have lost a match.
"We are not strong enough this
year for anyone to presume there
match is not that important Every
match is important—number six as
much as number one. I know my
team wants it and they try so hard.
Never would I think anything else,
but the hearts are not in some of the
matches. The mental toughness, the
consistency, and determination to win
each point is not there by everyone. I
tell the kids all the time, 'You've got
to win the point to win the game
before you can win the match. Play
point for point.' They worry too much
about winning the match. Thev don't
Please see ELKS, Pg. 7
Making the Pass
Lady Elk Aimee Smith passes the ball during a recent Lady Elk game. In
a match with Arlington on Sept. 27, Smith served for seven points and
made four kills. Last Tuesday, against Martin, Smith made five kills and
eight digs with three points served. \
Elks, Kangaroos rumble Friday
Burleson players serving for
points include Anderson, 10 points;
Bassham, six; Jamie Riddle, three;
Cooper, two; Tiffany Garvin, two;
Kelly Esters, two; JeanaClanton, one;
Lisa Mitchell, one; Hillary Davison,
one; Amy Slaughter, one; and Heather
Stoker, one.
Outstanding Lady Elk players in
the Duncanville game include Riddle,
Clanton, and Esters.
"We were trailing by three in the
First game until Esters served," Floyd
said. "Then we were ahead by three.
The girls did a good job staying up
with Duncanville. I thought we had
them, but their spikes were power-
ful."
During the match, the Lady Elks
made four kills and one ace. Burleson
had a good night on serves with a 100
Please see FRESHMAN, Pg. 7
By GLENN COCHRAN
No one said it would be easy, but
four games into the season, the Burle-
son Elks are 2-2. Last week's 15-12
victory over Arlington High leveled
Burleson's overall record and made
its district record 1-0. This week, the
Elks will look to the Weatherford
Kangaroos for their second straight
district victory in a homecoming game
in Weatherford.
The Kangaroos will enter tomor-
row night's game (Oct. 4) with a 3-1
record, losing only to Lamar by the
score of 31-15. In previous games,
Weatherford defeated Richland,
Brownwood, and Mineral Wells.
The Kangaroos' offense has had
a busy season so far, scoring 126
points, while the defense has con-
tained opponents to 56 points, in-
cluding the 31 Lamar tacked on last
Friday. Burleson has given up 80
points and scored 67.
Offensively, the Kangaroos have
averaged 302 yards total offense in
their last two games. Seventy-three
percent of those yards come from
Weatherford's ground attack. On the
ground, Weatherford averages six
yards percarry. The Kangaroos have
tossed 26 passes in their last two
games and have completed only eight
for 164 yards.
The Elks also favor a rushing
attack, although 75 percent of their
yards in last week's game were
through the air. The Elks average 229
yards per game and quarterback Jeff
Martinez averages 16 passes a game
with a 50 percent success rate. De-
fensively, the Elks give up an aver-
age of 263 yards per game.
"We have a challenge ahead of
us this week,” Burleson head football
coach and Athletic Director Mailt
Saunders said. "Weatherford is a very
big football team and they have a lot
of experience in their offensive and
defensive line.
"But what I think is even more
important is the challenge that is
presented to the community. I feel
like these kids are showing signs of
success and success tweeds success,
so everyone reeds to get involved.
People need to- go to the football
games. People need to go to the vol-
leyball games. People need to go to
the band concerts. These kids are our
future."
Saunders said he didn't want to
come across negatively with the
comment because he is seeing posi-
tive changes. The F.lks defeated Ar-
lington in both football and volley-
ball last Friday and the community
did support their efforts. "We have a
lot of support, I just want the bleach-
ers to be full," Saunders said.
Tomorrow night the Elks will
need support as Saunders anticipates
a tough game. "I believe Weather-
ford is a better football team than Ar-
lington High is because of their size,
strength, and speed," he said. "Weath-
erford runs out of the split back and
they run the vear and they will try to
lull us to sleep and then pass on us."
Defensively, they run the split
six and they bring the defensi ve ends
in all the time, Saunders said. "We
are going to have to make sure we
block those defensive ends so we
have time to throw the ball and do the
things we do the best."
Kickoff time is 7:30 p.m. in
Weatherford.
Causing the Fumble
Burleson's Steve Mason (59)-knocks the ball out of the Arlington quar-
terback's hands for a 10 yard Colt loss last Friday. This Friday, the Elks
hope to cause Weatherford to make mistakes and defeat the Kangaroos
for another district win. v
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