Salisbury High School - Sapan Yearbook (Salisbury, MO)

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FROM A CA TCHER ’S POINT OF VIEW! Pitched forward into the air. Coming, coming slowly, faster; the air is cut by a long, silver cylinder striking the white sphere. Slowly, gaining height and speed, reaching toward the sky, loosing altitude, coming down, being grasped by the soft, brown mitt of outfielder Mary Beth Grosvenor. The Salisbury Lady Panthers win over the Fayette Falcons, twenty-two to three in the fifth inning. “Watch the ball come in, tuck your head, watch it, and spit on the ball when it hits the bat!” preached Assis- tant Coach Wiley Potter during nu- merous batting practices. Remarkable hitting, combinations of singles, doubles, triples, and a home run, was one of the biggest factors in winning this fun and exciting game. Senior shortstop Mara Gelski commented after the game, “This was one of the most fun games I’ve ever OPPONENT US THEM Cairo 22 10 Paris 2 13 Marceline 3 9 Moberly 2 12 Westran 0 15 Fayette 22 3 Paris 2 12 Marceline 7 5 Westran 2 12 Slater 15 5 Moberly 0 2 North Callaway 10 22 Keytesville 7 0 Glasgow 5 10 overall record 5-9 conference record 3-4 Senior first baseman Jixtv Dooley is stand- ing in the batter's box preparing for a swing of the hat that will bring in her fellow player. played in! After many practices, the offense was almost impenetrable to the Fayette Falcons, who scored only three runs. Head Coach Marshelle Clark com- mented after the game that she was pleased with her team’s effort. “Not only did the defense pull us through, but the offense as well. Once we got started today, we couldn’t be stopped!” With the win over the Fayette Falcons still sweet for the players, tomorrow they must settle down to yet another grueling practice. Senior short stop Mara Gelski comes home to score a run in the 15-5 win over the Slater Wildcats. Varsity Softball 7 Sports

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Christy Homan, catcher for the Lady Panthers backs up from the plate to nab a pop- up fly during the District Tournament. “Although we ended up 5-9, I felt we had a 9-5 season. We had a lot of 1 run games, but more importantly we had a great time and lots of fun. ” - Marshelle Clark. Senior catcher Christy Homan has her attention diverted by the photographer during warm-up work at the city park. Junior center fielder Bobbie Jo Case bunts safely to advance the runner in the match against Slater. r Connie Billings, Julie Hartmann, Jody Dooley, Christy Homan, Mara Gelski, Leslie Peters, Varsity Coach Marshelle Clark, Sherry Fuemmeler, Sara Lyons, Brenda Day, Cheryl Buffington, Bobbie Jo Case. Lynda Linneman, and Assistant coach Wiley Potter. 6 Varsity Softball Sports

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Lynda Linneman and Cletus Syler watch the action from the sidelines at Paris and complain about the cold. On October 20th, Cletus Syler died resulting from injuries received in a car crash between Fayette and Harrisburg. Cle- tus was 16 years old. 8 J. V. Softball The One and Only You want an oreo?”, were the words yelled from the bench on the day of October I, 1985. The fans were going wild as the team was racking up the points. It was base hit after base hit, run after run. There was no stopping the Junior Varsity Lady Panthers. They played a hard defense holding the North Callaway T-Birds to a low score up until the last two innings. The T-Birds, came alive and started getting runs, after the Lady Panthers defense started to fail. It was the final inning and the Panthers were winning, but we were also in the field. The T-Birds were still hot; there was no stopping them. There were players on base and the scoring began again. Finally the Panthers achieved their goal by getting the three final outs. But it wasn’t enough, the T-Birds had won or had they? It wasn’t until Wednesday, Oct. 2, that we knew the truth. Salisbury had won. The team had Finally won a game! The one and only game of the year! Freshman. Tanya Vasser crouches in anticipa- tion of the oncoming hit as she plays first base. Robin Yung waits for the action to come to the outfield. Freshman, Jamie Roe gets ready for her delivery during a junior varsity match against Paris. Jamie was the losing pitcher with a 17-0 drumming by the Coyotes. Freshman. Jody Fuemmeler. is taking the proper stance in the batter's box in the junior varsity bout against Paris. The Coyotes prevailed in this match over the young Lady Panthers. S xirts