United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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TOP: Dwayne Hill attempts to break the board with his right fool. CENTER LEFT AND ABOVE: Dwayne Hill, Joe Adams, and Gary Ladson demonstrate the basic tech- niques to a crowd at Ike Hall. LEFT: The devastating nature of the martial arts is illus- trated by Butch Blyden ' s board-breaking ability. Long afternoons of stretching, kick- ing and punching led to the Ka- rate team ' s first undefeated sea- son. The Karate team, led by captain Tom Loper, compiled a 5 - record with two victories over Navy, and one each against Air Force, the Mer- chant Marine Academy and South- ampton. At the Tri-Service Meet held at West Point, Army defeated Air Force and Navy by a 31-13-0 score. Individual champions for the Army Karate team were Ric Ashley, Duane Hill, Tom Vanmeter, Joe Ad- ams, and Butch Blyden. Karate Is Undefeated 353

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m L a C i FENCING SEASON RECORD ■t I ARMY OPPONENT 1 15 Brown 12 J 15 Bernard-Baruch 12 , 22 Trinity 5 19 Vassar 8 18 SUNY-Purchase 9 21 Fairfield 6 11 St. John ' s 16 18 RMC 18 Two fencers practicing in the epee event. ABOVE: FIRST ROW: J. Blanco. K. KeviUe. M. Roberts. B. Jorns. C. Blanchard. M. Deco- teau. L. Myers, SECOND ROW: MAJ Brins- field. S. Baird. K. Williams. C. Guth. R. Ellis. A. Rosu. S. Chandler. P. Lepine. CRT Kleck- ley THIRD ROW: R. Guiao. C. Johnson. A. Streznewski. F. Thomas. L. Carew, C. Seto. FOURTH ROW: M. Broski. T. Wilson. S. Draper. K. Durham. FIFTH ROW: J. Hufna- gel. B. Alt. T. Weisz, J. Miller. O. Vuskalns. C. Crum, SIXTH ROW: T. Mansager. M. Pere- tin. M. DiTrolio. S. Strickland, A. Zunde. SEVENTH ROW: M. Schaller. W. Both, M. Wolf, LEFT: An Army fencer moves into the engarde position. The Army Fencing Team is not led by one, but rather by many person- alities. Mark Decoteau, sabre team leader and co-recipient of the Gener- al Sands Award always reached for the height of perfection on the strip and demanded the same from his team. Mike Roberts, co-recipient of the General Sands Award, provided a unique display of fencing excel- lence and cadet humor to the team. Aidis Zunde, epee team leader, al- ways accepted a challenge on or off the strip. Carlos Blanchard, men ' s foil team leader, kept the foilman dancing, while Laura Myers, the women ' s foil team leader, managed to rally her team to victory when the occasion demanded it. The ' 83 Fencing team ' s record represents endless hours of practice, pools of sweat, and, of course, a little blood, but its performance proved that the spirit of Army Fencing will never die. Army Fencers Foil Opponents 352

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Women ' s Lacrosse Wins Six ' Nii ' •n msm trpg s S!!ms j TOP: FIRST ROW: .1. Gibbon. A. Thompson. I), Corkan. S. Slaughter. .J. Muiar. D. Fleming. SECOND ROW: R. Kdlcson. R. Hernandez. V. Conflit. M, Callan. M. Balzano. D. Davus. .1. Spangler. THIRD ROW: A. Dn.slane. T. Houghnon. K. Uvan. K. Connelly. K. King. S. Benavide.s, P, McDermotl. FOURTH ROW: MA,J Wattendorf. I). Dierk.s. 0. Uojas. S. Wolf. T. Halslead. M. Garcia. M. Sturgeon. K. Boh- lender. B. Dcmp.sev. MAJ Knowlton. FIFTH ROW: .1 Regan. P. Abcar, S. Reardon. .1. O ' Conner. K. Medan.s. C. .Johnson. D. Brazil. TOP RIGHT: .leanette Regan hurls a ball to- ward midfield. ABOVE: Both Brenda Edle.son and her opponenl go after the loose ball. ABOVE CENTER: .lane O ' C umor races away from an opponenl. ABOVE RIGHT: Sharon Reardon wants the ball as much as the Cortland player. RIGHT: Donna Brazil and fellow Cortland player wait for action to resume. The Women ' s Lacrosse Team, with nine First Class cadets, finished with a 6-5 season. The year ' s high- lights were the varsity team ' s upset of Long Island University and the successful 8-1 season of the Junior Varsity. The team was ably coached by MAJ Knowlton and MAJ Wat- tendorf and led by team captains 354 Donna Brazil and Kathy Medaris. • n .r • . ♦ . . 4 ' l lib