Pine Forest High School - Pifonoca Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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Hard Work ys ff Last summer while we were all enjoy- g our last few days of freedom, the omen's tennis team were training vigor- musly to become the best they could be. With only two returners coming back 'rom last years team, the outlook for the pcoming season wasn't very bright. till, the hard work of the Lady Trojans revailed as the team achieved a 9-5 'ecord and a 3rd place conference finish. Last years team featured many out- standing players, but the performances of Rebecca Pippert and Amy Lovelace were commendable. Rebecca and Amy were both members of the all-conference team. They also combined their efforts to form a doubles team that went to the state tournament in Chapel Hill. With all the returners from last years team, Coach Mark Ratledge and his La- dies have high hopes for the future. st Row: Lisa Barathy, Rhonda Peacock, Kathy Lovelace, Kerry Ehlers, Lisa Collins, Kathleen vans, Ashley Neal, Noel Larkin, Christy La- Umbarger. CNot pictured: Rebecca Pippertj oste. 2nd Row.' Lisa Melvin, Marcia Terlep, Amy Scoreboard OPPONENTS Douglas Byrd E E Smith Terry Sanford Cape Feaf Seventy First Westover Douglas Byrd E E Smith Terry Sanford Cape Fear Seventy First Westover Southview PF 8 l 6 . . ' 3 0 9 7 2 8 - ' l 5 4 0 Southview 9 9 0 5 . . ' 4 0 9 8 1 8 - ' I 1 8 0 ' 9 Knocked offher feet . . . Although powerful and aggressive serves are difficult to return, some peo- ple like Christy LaCoste find a way to do it. Practice made perfect . . . Through hard work, determination, and endless hours of practice, Amy Lovelace perfected her serve and was awarded with the first seed place on the team. sports

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Mr' Scoreboard PF OPPONENT 9 Cape Fear 0 7 71st 2 3 Westover 6 7 Southview 2 5 D. Byrd 4 6 E.E. Smith 3 O Terry Sanford 9 9 Cape Fear 0 2 7lst 7 2 Westover 7 8 Southview 1 9 D. Byrd 0 4 E.E. Smith 5 2 Terry Sanford 7 8 Cape Fear l 4 8 71st Could you hurry up please? Awaiting Dan Harpers serve, Mike Barathy concentrates on his opponent. Take That!Showing great strength Dante Berga- masco powers the ball over the net. 1 sports MAKI G RACQ ET Baseline, double break point and back- hand lob - maybe not common terms for all of us, but to the 1986-87 men's tennis team this type of lingo was not rare. Although described by Coach Mark Ratledge as an inexperienced team, the Trojan court men finished their season honorably with a fifth place spot in the conference. In his first year on the team, freshman First Row: Brian Jones, Sekhar Ghosh, Derrik Smith, Pat White, Mike Shaw, George Hendricks, Second Row: Lisa Melvin, Stacey Deery, Rebecca Pippert, Lai Salmonson, Dante Bergmasco, David George Hendricks attained top ranking and was the teamas Most Valuable Play- er. He and Dante Bergamasco were ap- pointed to the All-Conference team be- cause of their outstanding performance Considering the long-range point oi view, the team has no returning seniors For the next two years, the Pine Forest Men's Tennis team should dominate or the court. Anderson, Marcia Terlep, Third Row: Mike Bar athy, Scott Webster, Marty Saunders, Dan Harper Ruffin Hall, Greg Parent, Warren McLamt Coach Ratledge

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