Lutheran High School - Paw Prints Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Sluggerpitchersli- dercatchers Gaiore Twice a week practices including extra laps for errors, perfecting third-to-first throws, contin- uously bending backs and knees in stopping ground balls, adjusting eyes to sun-glaring fly- balls, speeding repeated pitches, toughening palms from stinging soft (?) bails, learning to pre- dict unpredictable bounces and adjusting to oc- casional scrapes and bruises: All of this got the 1972 girls ' softball team ready for anything. The defense ' s sweaty hands, brought on by more than oncoming summer, warmed up ten waiting mitts. Twice as many eyes concentrating on one pitch, one batter, one moving ball. One at a time exhibitions of batting skills ex- posed the talents of offense. While each individual with determination to stir up those four undusted bases, brought on enough anger and power to kill every unpredictably pitched ball. After hard work in perfecting skills, patience on the part of both Coach Chris Horn and the team in taking the strike outs as well as the scored runs, and blunders as well as achievements, they were ready for an exciting season. New ideas keep one from becoming stale, and keep life exciting. That ' s crea- tivity. Besides her regular faculty responsibili- ties. Miss Horn is very active in the girls i partment as advisor of Drill Team and Flag Squad, teacher of five P.E. classes, and coach of volleyball, basketball, and soft- ball. When she can, she escapes to the tennis courts, or a |ourney by bicycle. From the teams she coaches, she expects their effort to play as best they can at all times, never giving up. good sportsmanship in wins or losses, and sensitivity to the needs of other members. In the sports she coaches, the forming a united team is emphasized as she com- ments, There are times in a game when we are playing as a team, but we still don ' t have that unique quality consistently. I have emphasize this, but it seems the goal is harder to achieve than a high skill level and yet it is even more important. It is hard to ' create ' something like this in a team, unless you have the perfect ingredi- ents. One can emphasize and try to get the team to see this as important, but each team member must accept this concept commit themselves to work at this as as their skill. I would hope somethii sitive does happen to them as a tfeir experience as thai js $ program.

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Girl ' s Softball Jane Bremer Julie Hester Judy Benham Charmaine Jackson JodyCasillas Debby McClelland Lisa Casillas Delynn Miller Brenda Covington Ruth Reaser Pam Clark Becky Reynolds Nedra Emel KathySchlaht Nancy Hames Sue Sebolt Cathy Harmelin Faith Summerville Jan Herrmann Donetia White

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Beginning an unorthodox ballet step down the lane, a flick of the wrist releases the ball. Roaring along a curving path the ball makes a sudden slice and thuds into the gutter. Dejected, you walk back up the aisle to await its return. Picking up the ball again you concentrate more this time before starting the approach. In one movement the ball is off and rolling. It hits with a crash, pins flying. One remains — totters — falls. You ' ve redeemed yourself and once again — king of the lanes. So on their spare nights the Bowling Club strikes out for the alleys boosting scores and egos with the flick of the wrist. The sky is clear. The air is crisp clean, refreshing. You are on to of the world overlooking mour tains of new powder. A tingle goe up your spine as you push off wit, thoughts of auditioning for Down hill Racer . Poised, you hit the curves, firs! right, then left. A spray of snovl clouds around you. In commanc, you ' re racing in and out of tree, covered with the frosty Christmaj season. Caught up in the action ci the moment, not feeling the chi of the air around, you reach th bottom of the slope— a perfect rur The experienced and the burnt ling beginners made up a rare SI Club as they frolicked off to Bi Bear and the call of the snow.