Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Girls changing the name of the game Have you ever wondered why an athlete does what she does? Do you ever think about what makes her tick? Many athletes wonder too. It ' s a question that is difficult to answer. However when many athletes reponded, their replies were much the sme. Although from different sports, seniors Laura Foreman, Kathy Goodyear and Cyndi Marion, said they loved the competition that organized sports offers. But girls athletics has not been organized until recently. In fact, most girls tournament series are less than ten years old. Despite organization, the girls lack participation and following. These two factors weigh heavily on these lady Warriors minds. Coach Barb Guhl feels that women in athletics aren ' t socially accepted yet. She also mentioned that some girls are mainly into other things, dating, appearance, etc. Kathy further mentioned that there ' s a difference between girls ' and guys ' athletics, but the girls are playing up to their potential and they still don ' t get the recognition or support. She feels, however, that as it catches on people will come. Laura used the lack of support as a stimulus to win. I wanted to win to show how good we were, so people would come to watch. Junior Cindy Stretch voices much the same opinion however she pointed out that girls athletics is shootin ' up, growing fast. But as most any girl athlete will tell you, we ' re not where we want to be, in the words of Cindy. Other things affect an athlete. There is the driving desire to win, to contribute to the team, to be respected by her peers as an athlete. Cindy likes the feeling of accomplishment. After all, how many people can get in a perfect pass in volleyball, run a sub-six-minute mile. Say Uncle. .Junior Darrin Duncan, who advanced to Semi-State competition, traps his opponent. p) Summer ' P) Sports Airborne. Sophomore Sandy Shuck f?ets a hit during a varsity volleyball game as her teammates are ready to assist. score the winning basket in basketball, break par in golf or make a perfect dive. But the price of success is high. Many times the price is paid with losses, injuries and lack of time to do other things. Laura said although she doesn ' t fear losing, she doesn ' t like it either. Injuries are a part of everyone ' s career. But the fear and the pain are real. The pain expecially. Kathy sprained her ankle prior to the county volleyball tourney. It almost killed her(not literally) to be out. She felt, It(the season) was as if the season was passing me by. It was my senior season and I didn ' t want to miss it. Cyndi has competed with a variety of bumps and brusies, but thinks nothing , she says. But have you ever seen a gymnasts ' or volleyball players ' hips? Usually they are a mass of black and blue. Occasionally the skin is raw. Still they compete. None can give you one specific reason as to why they compete. It is a wide variety of things that add up to make a person go beyond the level of pain. Talk about pain, how about the cross country girls? As one said, It doesn ' t hurt when you win. Laura looked at it a little differently. You realize how lucky you are to compete and how much you take it for granted. Then you realize how much you miss it when you ' re away. Maybe it ' s the will in win that makes these young ladies go and compete. Or maybe it ' s a simple love of sports. It could be the satifaction of setting goals and attaining them. Or possibly it ' s a way to have a good time and meet people. Whatever their reasons, the girls do go out to compete. They play hard, all in the name of women ' s athletics.

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Not So Sweet. After the 13-9 loss to Ben Davis, senior linebaciter Spike Kent makes his way off the lonely field. Sectional bound. Senior Mark Kittrell goes up for a basket during a home game in a season which led the team to regional play and a sectional championship. Name of the game is competition In today ' s busy, fast- paced society, one of the most popular pastimes is sports. Thousands of athletes, male and female alike, participate in organized high school aud amateur activities each year. But, what makes people do it? What makes athletes spend hours lifting, conditioning, sweating, and practicing? What is it that is achieved through all this igrueling training? Through the halls of Warren Central, the opinion seems to differ somewhat. For the most part, though, it ' s just the plain old thrill each athlete gets out of the competition and, sometimes, victory. Senior Randy George explained, You ' re always shooting for a certain goal, and when you achieve that goal, you feel like you ' ve accomplished something. And besides, it keeps you busy. Senior Steve Beasley and junior Rick Gray both felt it was the enjoyment of the competition and the game that drove them to the peak of their performance. It is a known fact that when someone has an inspiration or desire, he tries much harder for that goal. The attitude and confidence you gain from trying to reach your goals stays with you all of your life, added senior Mark Kittrell. Along with attitude and confidence, a feeling of cooperation can also be gained. As junior Jeff Willman pointed out, It feels great when we ' re successful after working our hardest. It ' s a special feeling when a group of guys all work together to reach a common goal. But whether your reason is conditioning, the love of the game, or the desire to be the best that you can, it all is part of one thing. That is, the enjoyment people get out of the nation ' s favorite spotlight of activity, sports. Summer Sports

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ame of the game Ready. Freshman diver Jamie Poland readies for her dive during competiton at the newly redecorated Warren pool. It ' s 2:40 p.m. on a Monday afternoon and, as most of the student body boards the buses or climbs into cars to go home from a long day of school, some stay behind to participate in a respective athletic event or, perhaps, lift weights or run. They ' re conditioning - staying in shape. The best evidence is in the halls after school, halls that are full of joggers, or the weight room, which is full of students and teachers pumping iron. Conditioning has become a craze for some Warren Central teachers and students. A craze that is well justified. Well justified because, to be in almost any sport, some degree of conditioning is necessary. If you ' re not conditioned you can be a participant, but you can ' t be a competitor, stated varsity football and track coach Jerry Staffer. Coach Stauffer, like varsity cross country coach Dick Conway, runs every day. Health is one thing Coach Conway runs his 60 to 80 miles a week for. Health is different from a lot of other things, he stated, If you lose your girlfriend, you can get another one, but if you lose your health, you probably won ' t get it back. So, at the next athletic event you attend, it may be appropriate to think of all the long hours of pumping iron and running until their mouths are full of cotton that the athletes have gone through just to play 32 minutes of basketball or nine innings of baseball or 48 minutes of football. But it also may be appropriate to think of yourself and your health. Where it ' s been and where it ' s going. Maybe you should stay after, too. Hold Still. Practicing for a meet, junior Danny Bailey works out on the still rings. Stretch. Sophomore Ken Rowland stretches out his muscles with the cross country team during an after school practice. Summer Sports