William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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Andrew Harness Janet Harold Troy Harris Jim Hart Todd Hathhorn Peggy Haugrno Teresa Heath David Heitz Mark Herrick Mark Herrman Jeff Hickman Brenda Highfill John Hillaker Rachael Hines Karen Hinkle Mike Hirst Ruth Hitch Ron Holder LeAnne Holloway Ronnie Holmes David Holsapple Design hg, Dehhie Nlorrnan

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buy lxiilit' Susrin Lane l .iti'it'iri Lrippat Listi I-tir1'ilwi,' Iiritin I..irsen Kin: l,.iwl+'r Dana Lev Cheryl Lema Steve Lounsbury Mark Lynn Kelly Maddox Mike Malicoat Shen Mann Tom Manners Clinton Marek Steve Marks Tina Martinez James Martin Kent Maune Laura Mayes Julie Maxon Cherie McCarty James McClure Pam Mcfintyre Derrik McGill Barbara McGonigle Greg McGowan A Jeff McKerlie David McKinney Samantha McKinsey Shannon Meade Lela Merical Larry Middleton Mike Middleton Gayle Miller .O 'I T? KT V7 ' . Erica Werner has the potential . to become professional player by Jeff Radel With the support of her parents, junior Erica Werner has made playing tennis a major part of her life. Moving from New Jersey at the age of eight, she found herself bored with the typical summer life and eventually found her- self on a tennis court with the essen- tials and the desire to play. When she was in the eighth grade, she took les- sons from Mr. Warren Landess, boys tennis team coach. That is how it all started for Werner. Coming to Chrisman her sopho- more year, she played the No. one position on the girls tennis team. After her year of high school tennis she moved on to the Indian Creek Racquet Club where she now takes private les- sons to improve her already well-deve- loped skills. Werner feels that her worst 2 Juniors Design by Debbie Morman shots are high backhands, while her best assets are her serve and volley. During the 1981 summer, Werner traveled to the Woman's Tennis Asso- ciation summer tennis camp in Deer- creek Beach, Florida. This is the ulti- mate tennis camp for girls and I really enjoyed the tennis environment, said Werner. Though plagued by several injur- ies, Werner has still managed to com- pete in several tournaments, the big- gest of which was the 1981 Kansas City Open. She failed to place. In the future, she sees national tournaments and hopefully the Avon Futures. I guess I like tennis because it is the only sport that I have participated in and haven't hurt myself. I am rather accident prone, Werner said. In the near future, Werner is plan- ning to move to Florida where her fa- ther was transferred. This is fine with her because Florida is a good tennis state, she said. Tennis is a definite career possibil- ity, though she only considered this a year ago. My coach said I have what it takes to be really good, and I enjoy playing, so I guess this wouldn't be a bad career choice, Werner said. At 16 years old, Werner says she cannot play any other sports because she has lost her talents for them by playing tennis. She said she used to be fairly good in several sports, but now that she plays tennis, she has lost touch with the others. Since she has been playing tennis, Werner believes that she now has better concentration and is a more outgoing person.