Actis Junior High School - Americana Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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( 1 ) Nicole Mendiburu returns the serve. (2) Volleyball ' A ' team members are (Row 1) Laura Aronson, Megan Marshall, Amber Grider, Nicole Mendiburu, Laura Hildenbrand, Lome Wood, April Maxwell, (Row 2) Megan Massa, Jori Apsit, Nicole Mettler, Beth Williams, Natalie Easton, Stepanie Arthurs, Mr. Barker. (3) Natalie Easton puts the ball in play. (4) Jori Apsit and Lome Wood take the heat from Coach Barker. Page Sponsored by Linda Mayes Volleyball-71

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Girls Sweep County Actis ' ' A ' team volleyball has long been the accepted Kern County champions, and this year was no exception when they had a 17-0 season under Coach Barker. Actis has played 94 ' A ' team volleyball games without losing a single one. Coach Barker commented, The most tense moment was when Greenfield won the first game in the best of three. Actis went on to win the next two 15-1, 15-6. El Tejon and Norris were said to be the other tough oppo- nents. The ' A ' team star players were Nicole Mettler and Lome Wood, who was the best server, according to Coach Barker. Mr. Barker was disappointed that Actis was not in a league which was cut after Prop. 13 was passed. Actis rented the West High gym with parental sup- port and invited teams from around the county to play. Mr. Barker is planning on going to Fresno State next year to earn his Master ' s Degree. He plans to be the assistant basketball coach at Fresno State. The next year ' s volleyball team will miss him, said Jori Apsit, seventh grader. ( 1 ) Volleyball B ' Team members are (Row 1) Melissa Short. Tisa Boschman, Denise Mux- low. Heather Davison. Robyn McCoy (Row 2) Brice Foley. Mary Corson. Kerri Hoover, Diane Helton. Mr. Barker. (2) Jori Apsit pre- pares to spike the ball. (3) Volleyball ' C team members are (Row 1 ) Lisa Gerke. Becky Dur- ham, Tonya Jandayan. Susan Wilson, Christy Banducci, (Row 2) Jill Churchwell, Cathy Muxlow. Megan Manion. Christine Johnson, Kelly Kloth, Dawn Hughes, Mr. Barker. 70-Volleyball

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Actis Goes 6-0 The ' 82- ' 83 Actis football season was one of much excitennent. The eighth grade team coached by Mr. Turk, went 6- defeating Thompson twice in close and dramatic games. The first game against Thompson was the closest game all sea- son and was decided on one play. The whole game was a defensive battle until the fourth quarter when Eric Proffitt caught a bomb thrown by Steve Black- wood which set up an Eric Proffitt touch- down, and Actis won 6-0. The depressing part of the season was that Actis wasn ' t in a league. Coach Turk said, I don ' t like having to arrange all our games, because it was hard to get teams to play us. Coach Turk felt Tony Josue and Eric Proffitt were the best players on offense. Russell Heasley and Brandon Walker con- tributed much effort on defense. The seventh grade team went 2-1-2 with Mr. McMullen as coach. Coach McMullen commented, Greenfield was our toughest opponent because they are bigger than us. He also added, We played like a team all season, always hav- ing a good attitude. Scott Fisher and Jerry De Laurie were the team leaders. Next year Coach McMullen and Coach Turk hope to be in a league. (1) Eighth grade football team mem- bers are (Row 1) P. Ritchie, J. Wyatt, J. Jamieson, T. Josue, T. Brown, Q. Huyhn, E. Proffitt, (Row 2) S. Ruiz, J. Thompson, J. Walker, L. Freeman, S. Blackwood, S. Pitoni, E. Lee, (Row 3) C. Rudnick, B. Hibbard, L. Molinas, B. Walker. R. Heasley. B. McKnight. M. Chiuppi. K. Davis, S. Jones. (2) Lonnie Freeman gets ready to block. (3) Eric Proffitt eludes an opponent. (4) Steve Blackwood takes the ball on a blast up the middle. Agjj L -■ r j% J a Wb m L-E? 7 W ' Pw. ..jJflB fi m 72-Football