Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Bang it. Slam it — Valeska Difrieri jumps to stop the ball from touching the ground. She hit it up and a team member hit the ball over the net. Team work is essential to the girl ' s volleyball team. Swush — Lea Jayasinghe serving during a practice game. During practice the girls strengthen their skills in volleyball and all their practice helped them to get to second place. Their ability to work as a team really helped them a lot. earn work helps make it to second place Many high school girls got interested in volleyball and decided to join the school ' s girls volleyball team. They all joined for different reasons but together they made it to second place in the magnet league. I joined the team because I like sports and practicing them keeps me physically and mentally healthy. I picked the volley- ball team because I used to play it a lot in P.E. My favorite part about being in the volleyball team is the opportunity to display my skills in the sport, Evelyn Cerritos, twelfth grader, said. This was the first year that a girls volley- ball team was put together. Mrs. Young was the coach of the girls volleyball team and in order to prepare the girls for compe- tition against other schools, she made them stay after school for practice. Most thought staying after school was fun also very hard work. During practice the girls strengthen their skills in serving, jumping, blocking, and thinking up strategy. This year they played in the magnet league, we hope next year the team will be able to play in the 3A league, Mrs. Young, volleyball coach, said. A few days after the team was formed the girls had to play their first game against L.A.C.E.S. Not having had much practice, the team was not prepared to compete. But the game had to be played. We were shocked because only a few days before we found out we were on the team and already we had a game. We all knew we weren ' t ready for the game but we worked as a team and tried our best. We lost, Lee Jayasinghe, twelfth grader, said. The whole team was sad about the de- feat, but there were many games after that of which the team won more than half of. Once we got our uniforms, which ori- ginally belonged to last year ' s softball team, we played more as a team. We were undefeatable and that took us to second place, Knieba Jones, tenth grader, said. Therefore the girls team was a success, thanks to all the practice they had and their ability to work as a team. By Heidi Lazo What advice would you give to someone who ' s planning to join the girl ' s volley- ball team for next vear? Carlene Rowe — Probably what I would say would be you have to be will- ing to work with people as a team. You have to work hard at practice so you can have good results. Girls volleyball team — Members are: Coach Ann Young, Debru Pelroy, Evelyn Cerritos, Carlene Rowe, Knieba Jones, Leslie Tioseco, Michele Morrison, Coach Cynthia Jackson. Girls Volleyball Sports 51

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INSIDE SPORTS This one ' s mine — Michelle Morrison serves for her volleyball learn during one of the games against Wesiside Magnet. Serving is one of the many skills the team had lots of practice in when they stayed after school. Scoreboard JBB SOCES . LACES game one 8 4 15 15 game two 4 6 15 15 SOCES Westside game one 11 15 6 15 12 15 game two 15 12 15 11 15 4 SOCES Midcity game one 15 15 8 4 game two 15 15 4 5 Smile and be nice — Carlene Rowe. Michelle Morrison. Lea Jayasinghe. Debru Petroy. and Evelyn Cerritos shake hands with Westside players. After a game no matter who won everyone puts aside their differences and shake hands, trade comments, meet each other, and are very friendly. The competition is only during the game is taking place, once the game is over everyone is equal and are able to speak to each other nicelv. 50 Girls Volleyball Sports

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INSIDE SPORTS Senior Slammer — Senior Darwin Rartws is active in the sports scene. He is a member of the volleyball team, and here he displays his alertness in the game. Volleyball is a sport that requires skill and coordina- tion. Schedule March 8 Eagle Rock March 13 Gardena March 15 Sylmar March 20 Verdugo March 25 L.A.C.E.S. March 27 Roosevelt March 29 Jordan April 3 South Gate April 5 L.A.C.E.S. April 19 Bell April 24 Jefferson May 1 Bell May 3 Jefferson Am 1 gonna make it — Jake Keshishyan tries to hit the ball but misses it by an inch. This was during one of the practice games. The practice games were to strengthen the boys ' skills which they had learned during and after school practice. It took them weeks of practicing every day to prepare for both the practice and real games. .411 of the games took place during March. April, and May. C ' Boys ' Volleybal Sports