Blair High School - Saga Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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ABOVE RIGHT: One of the top players on the team, Lori Call, executes a low backhand volley. ABOVE: Hoping to ace her opponent, Nalanda Sharma puts extra strength into her serve. FAR RIGHT: Following through on her backhand, Gina Parola shows good form. RIGHT: A carefully placed volley by Ginny Humphrey is good for another winner.

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Poloists Improve The Varsity Water Polo team started out its season with a new coach and new members. They worked hard to overcome their mistakes and got it together at the end of the season. Their best game was their 13-7 victory over Canyon. The team's most valuable players were Senior John Veszelko, and Juniors Peter Cohen and Brian Biery. The JV's led by Juniors Sam Hood, Bill Crosby and Fonda Wu ended their season with a 2-5 record. Even though they posted a losing mark, they gained much needed experience for next year's varsity competition. The Soph-Frosh team had a losing season, 1-6, but all the games were very close 18-7, 10-7, 5-3, 11-8, 6-55. Curtis Johnson and Holger Bracht led the team in goals and defensive playing. When asked about next year, Coach John Thompson stated, Although the coaching situation is undecided at this time, I feel there is no doubt that with the virtual complete return of this year's rapidly improving team, Blair can be assured of a successful '77 season. UPPER LEFT: Varsity goalie Brian Blery passes the ball to an open teammate. LEFT: In a sudden burst of motion, John Veszelko fires the ball towards the goal. FAR LEFT: Blair Freshman Rod Wade carefully executes a free throw pass. 4

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Varsity Rallies For Depth JV Team Takes Second Entering into a new system of scoring their matches, the Girls Tennis Team finished the season in fifth place in the Foothill League with a 5-8-1 record. Under the new system the 3 Varsity singles players and doubles teams played the three singles and doubles teams from each school. This meant that each player was on the court for a total of 2 hours, and to prepare for such long matches, emphasis was placed on endurance during practices. The addition of an assistant coach, Barbara Floyd, to help coach Cheryl Brown in developing skills, was an important factor in increasing the strength of the team as the season progressed. Playing outstanding and consistent tennis throughout the entire season were Lori Call, Vicki Gray, and Karen Reed. The Junlor Varsity Team, play- ing under different scoring condi- tions, where each player played one match instead of three, narrowly missed tying for the league title by posting a 10-2-2 record on the season. With everyone playing excellent tennis, the Junior Varsity team won important victories over Hart and Burroughs before stunning the undefeated Canyon team 4-2 in the next-to-last match of the season. The majority of the Varsity squad will be graduating this year but with most of the triumphant Junior Varsity team returning next year, there are high hopes for an outstanding season. ABOVE: FRONT ROW: Kathy Peterson, Gina Loranne Klausmeier, Carolyn Decker, Karen Parola, Michele Bogaard, Diane Ludt, Lee Reed, Vicki Gray, Ginny Humphrey, Nalanda Esbenshade, Lisa Helsing, Mary Peterson, Sharma, Julie Orow, Kathy Jones, Coach Krissy Hall, Sue Hall, Dolores Morgan, Chris Floyd. Castro. BACK ROW: Coach Brown, Kristen Schow,