South Salem High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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First Seoson o success South Solem's first yeor Girls' Soccer Teom hod ci very productive seoson with o record of four wins ond two losses. The two losses were ogoinst Cresent Volley ond Corvollis which hove hod previous yeors of experience in octuol competition ploy. First yeor cooch for the girls soccer teom, Mr. Hoight, sold, l'Corvollis hod three more yeors of experience thon we did. They weren't bigger girls or more othletic thon our girls, they were just more experienced ond knew whot to do ond where to go ond how to ploy the gome, He went on to soy thot he hod to stort the gomes with mostly freshmen ond only four out of the fifteen girls on the teom hod ony previous experience ploying soccer. x'We hod to reoch them the rules of the gome os we ployed, not only the techniques, but olso the signols of the referee. We hod to reoch them everything from the ground up. A more difficult problem wos trying to get more girls interested into going out for the sport. When soccer wos first introduced to South os o vorsity sport, mony of the students weren't thot interested. He commented obout this soying, l'l hod to reolly work to get people out to ploy. When he hod enough to moke o teom, the girls went on to stort ploying some gomes. The girls won their first gome ogoinst South Albony C8-25 ond then lost to Cresent Volley COYOD. From there on, the girls won most of their scheduled gomes ogoinst other Solem teoms until they met Corvollis for the leogue title. The girls lost thot gome lO- O. Cooch Mr. Hoight recognized Shonnon Reilly os being the most dedicoted ond voluoble ployer to the teom. He soid she scored mony of the gools ond she mode olmost every proctice of the seoson ond wos one of the four who hove hod previous experience ploying soccer. Trocy Johnson, Toni Andersen, ond Michelle Buscher were the other three girls who were recognized by Cooch Mr. Hoight os being especiolly good on defense. Lynn Beoton o iunior expressed her thoughts obout the first seoson of soccer ond how well the teom did in their first yeor of competition ploy We look upon this seoson os o winning one We took third in leogue ond hod o lor of fun Since we hod o young ond inexperi enced teom this first yeor wos helpful in teoching us the fundomentols of soccer ond developing our competitive skills We would like to thonk our cooch Mr Hoight for the time ond effort he put into working with us Without his cooch ing we wouldnt hove hod the greot seoson thot we did 24 GIRLS SOCCER A. Toni Anderson gives the boil o mighty kick to help score for the Soxons. D. Cooch Mr. Hoight discusses o few detoils with the teom before going into the gome. C. Top Row: Louro Cosby, Shonnon Reilly, Leoh Pearson, Cooch Mr. Hoight, Melenie Pienno, Allison Eoton, Sue Jons, Lynn Deoton. Second Row: Rito Litchfield, Michelle Duscher, Karen Bumonlog. Bottom Rowz Toni Anderson, Trocy Johnson, Rose Osterlund, Kori Olson, Holly McClure, ond Joonne Jens.

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. . .l-los o GREAT Yeor, Ev Goes ro STATE! NW C A A Senior, Fernondo Cezor, rhe reom's only exchonge srudenr, chollenges S AIbony's goolle whale Sensors John Chesrer Cforegroundb ond Ren Sonro lools on B The Soxons rollx over srroregy or holfrlme C Sopho more Wyorr Koro llmbers up before procrlce The only vvoy I could describe rhls yeors soccer reom vvos AWESOME Abour holf of rhls yeors reom oloyed rogerher losr yeor so we lsnevv how good we vvere ond vvhor ro expecr from eoch orher We exceeded every one s expecrorlons exceor for rhe reom members rhemselves Cvvho vvonred ro vvun or Sroreb Thus yeor vvos o lor of fun The reom rhor everyrhlng rhey dld number of shors soves offenslve ond defenslve oloys erc vvos golng ro be o school record Anyrhlng vve dad good or bod wos rhe besr Sourh s soccer reom hod ever done before Also rhere vvos relo rlvely no pressure on rhe oloyers Thor vvos probobly rhe brggesr odvonroge ro belng o flrsr yeor reom No one expecr ed us ro wan bor we dld Cvvunb so If vvos on rhe reom mode rhe seoson fun or rorher roleroble for me Afrer I brolse my leg rhey srlll rreored me lllse o mem ber of rhe reom Wlrhour rhelr comro dery I never vvould hove mode ll rhrough rhe seoson Worchlng from rhe sldellnes my senlor yeor vvos rhe hor desr rhlng rhor Ive ever done B , , I sf, P , M , , vvenr lnro every gome vvlrh rhe ldeo T Vzgg C, si r , l ,S I 1 Y o lor of fun. Cooch Cooley, ond rhe guys VARSITY SOCCER-23

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A. J.V Team lsr Row, Tami Tourville, 2nd Row, Kim llonal, Elaine Schwarrz, 3rd Row, Teri Tourville, Mary Winrers, Chris Grarer, Arh Row, Robin Cusok, Sharon Johnson, Laurie Sourhwell, Sharon McNeil, 5rh Plow, Valerie Lamberr, Assis. Rick Ikeda, Coach Roberra Per- kins, Assis Mory Wrighr, Lisa Barber D Coaches lkoberr Perkins and Mary Wrighr look on wirh the ream as rhey ger a sideour C Valerie Lamberr shows how ro spike rhe ball, as Kim Ronai looks on wirh confidence, JV girls have a winning season Bump, ser, spike, was whar was seen while rhe JV. Volleyball ream pracricing ar leasr rhree nighrs o week, during rhe firsr few monrhs of school lr was a very successful season, Ir was successful for rhe girls in borh rheir individual improvemenrs and feom play. These were reflecred in rheir 1277 record, remarked Miss lloberra Perkins, coach of rhe reom. The ieam consisred of rwelve members, Helping rhe coach, were assisranrs Miss Mary Wrighr and Mr, Rick Ikeda. A big Thankyou was in order for Miss Wrighr and Mr. Ikeda. They worked wirh rhe girls' individual problems, along wirh running plays. Somerimes even geiring in and playing wifh rhe ream, Working wirh rhe girls was grear fun. As a srudenr reacher, l'm iusr old enough ro have rheir respecr as a coach, while l'm srill close enough ro high school life rhor l can be rheir friend foo, Miss Wrighr menrioned . The coaches felf fhaf Corvallis was rheir roughesr comperirion over fhe season. They were an excel Ienr ream alloround, commenred Miss Wrighr, Miss Wrighf also menfioned, Our ream is made up of such diversify, fhar rarher rhan one person being rhe srrongesr player, we have several srrong players who work as a ream ro make our game a powerful one. Laurie Soufhwell, a junior, has been playing Volleyball for five years, junior high and high school. She was caprain, and one of the main serrers for rhe JV. ream, We had a fair record, buf so many people learned so much fhar nexr year should be near perfecr, srared Sourh- well. Learning how TO ser consisranrly was whar Sourhwell concenrrafed on rhe mosr during rhe season. This helped her ro be able ro rhink abour hand posirion and following rhrough wirh her sers. Afrer rhe season, Sourhwell planned TO play for a U.S.V.B,A. ream, or TO of leasr keep procricing her skills. J.V. VOLLEYBALL 25