Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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V i il l 1 al li' e l 1 TI X. .', 5 0 QP 1 I ll rr I W Ml Zn, l Pl' l Teamwork is the name of the game. Marianne Vydra digs the ball so it can be set for a spike. . - ...f'1,. Get out there and fight! is some of Coach Shuble's last minute strategy to win the volleyball match. Concentrate and win the serve. Jayvee players Beth Drewry and Dana Miller get ready to return the serve. I Volleyball f 149

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' 9 They out plk d With an overall record of 19-3-2, the girls' volleyball team proved they had what it took to be winners. c'You have to feel like it's the most important thing you've ever done. Putting your best into it is the only thing you can think aboutf' stated Suzanne Foushee. That seemed to be the general consensus of the volleyball team. Everyone did their best and came out winners. When I'm playing, nothing else is ever on my mind. I never think of anything else, explained Laura Cass. Denise McCracken said, uWe get ourselves psyched up for a game because we want to win and be able to go to state. We kind of play each one as they come. Doing well in tour- naments also proved how good the team was. The girls placed third in the 'Yu 148 f Volleyball -lllllnhuu A lt takes a lot of concentration and lots of practice for a good serve, says vollcyballer Gwen Hendrick. em all Kickapoo Classic, first in Conference tournament, and second in the Districts. jayvee volleyballers placed second in the jayvee tournament. ulf you lost to a team and you play them again you're already up because of the humiliation of los- ing. You don't want to lose again because you hate to come back to school and say you lost to them again,', explained Lisa Ziebell. VARSITY VOLLEYBALL - Front Row: Marianne Vydra, Denise Mc- Cracken, Stacy Holland, Lisa Ziebell. Row 2: Sharon Lewis, Laura Cass, Rhonda Williamson, Karen Detten. Back Row: Coach Schuble, Heidi Olson, Suzanne Foushee. ., lgijzfggg ' ,. ary. lm, i sNW 29 . 1, .11 3,5 a :elf y . X , .45 74 vga JAY-VEE VOLLEYBALL - Front Row: Anne Mabry, Sherry Gott, Tonya Stites, Amy Horst. Row 2: Denise Garnier, Julie Newman, Susan Brent. ,ENN Row 3: Coach Schuhle, Kelly Sande Gwen Hendrick, Marilyn Drewry. Ba ROW: Julie Warren, Dana Milli DeeAnna Krider, DeDe Caffey. 4

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Understanding the game has a lot to do with winning or losing, stated sophomore tennis player Glenn Foster. Keeping your eyes on the ball helps you hit with better sophomore Brad Pitt. accuracy, said qw. 9 ' ' 3, ,Z ,., , Ha,-'A w' 1 '-,J 5 3 fi V4 .I 3 35 ' . ,i-1,3 ,,as E 5,5 3 f 1 'il i' in f' -'5 ii t -Ili... gl A Ji., und., ig ,lil .V v 1 , - f..-2. 1 ' ' rf ' , , . fi , , 1 Q. N-I -L ' I , Fi' J I --'4' is , I Mi- ' V j. , fc. y ,ew A it c ' - ,,,,' ,W . ' Q 1 'ajax ff , f V e ' 4 ,Lg , '- 7 2 I J--A V VV f ff.. . , . I if iw' v iii 5 if ,I 1, .. 4. . f gg, ..aff....l. ' ' ' , I iw' ' 5-. , yy ga, , ' 55241.-jggj:. if Swing Around the Green 0ne of the more understated scholastic sports is golf, but not ac- cording to sophomore Craig Setzer who said, Golf is less strenuous than foot- ball, basketball, and wrestl- ing, but it takes just as much time and effort. I thought we might have had a fair chance. Sometimes we played great, sometimes we didn,t,', stated coach Jim Pearson. 150 X Boy Tennis-Golf In the Ozark Conference, the team finished second, and beat Glendale by two points. Coach Pearson said, Wfhe boys worked real hard at their game. We're a team to be reckoned with, is what tennis coach Jim Spr- ingston felt the 1979-80 boys' tennis team had become by the end of the season. awe weren't considered a real threat before the season started,', stated sophomore Brad Pitt, abut we were at the endf' An overall record of nine wins and three losses, taking second in the Districts, and first in the Conference, showed that KHS really was a team to be reckoned with. Robbie Dean, senior, proved to be a key factor in the success of the team. He placed first in the Con- ference and District tournaments and fourth in State competition. aWe were a really young team with little experience behind us, noted freshman Rodney Kowis. But this didnit hinder freshmen Jeff Wingo and Rodney Kowis, who placed third in the Southwest Missouri State University Relays while the team took first place honors. .