Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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Q Junior Varsity. Front row: D. Salido, K. McSweeny, C. Wilbur: second row: M. Gam- bito, M. Parfait, T. Ryan: back row: S. Brkich, L. Mayer, Chris Wilbur: not pictured: R. Diaz Or- daz. S. Webster, I. Uyemura, K. Enright. A. Cotugno, K. Rynaud. SHMM Techmaues Akileant The Varsity and Junior Varsity teams ended their season with positive thoughs and good feelings despite their losing records. We have achieved alot since last year. explained Beth Durr. Our skills have im- proved alot. We were good but we just could not pull to- gether. Varsity team member Mandy Downer felt that their great spirit and organization helped them through the sea- son. Coach Sally Kendall said that the record was not a true indi- cator of the girls actual abili- ties. For example, Kathy Bolher and Jessica Braud with the aid of Gina Daza and Michele Steger excelled in their execu- tion of spiking and setting plays. The Varsity squad had 4 fresh- men Liz Joyce. Her team mem- bers felt that it was a great acheivement for her to have made varsity. Junior Varsity Coach John Ot- ten said his team's 'I-'12 record did not' reflect their spirit. Even when the chips were down the enthusiasm of the players did not faulter. t'We'lI get them next year, was Mr. Otten's final thought. gg Volleyball 145

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' 9 Michele Steger and Jessica Braud watch as Beth Durr spikes the ball to the opposition. The Varsity team spent many hours practicing this technique. I T.. . .v Q In .,,, , Pm, 4 .ll ' ,at Jo if , . C K. 1 . was U X ,sv Y' Q Varsity. Front Row: K. Malloy, B. Durr, C. Braud. L. Joyce: Second row: H. McAllister, M. Downer, C. Cummings, J. Joyce: Back row: M. Brkich, M. Steger, J. Braud, K. Bohleri Not pictured: G. Daza and Coach Kendall 9 Freshman Caroline Wilbur bumps the ball to the Sacred Heart team. Caroline is looking forward to 3 more years on the team. 144-volleyball

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DeTerminaTion Keeps Team STriving PuTTing aside The many difficul- Tles ThaT The baskeTball Team encounTered, They managed To win 6 of '12 games, coming in fourTh in Their league and barely missing The playoffs by a couple poinTs. ln IighT of The problems, some players felT ThaT This was a good record. The loss of a couple good players affecTed The Teams' performance, sTaTed Julie Joyce. LosT Team members included ElvirlTa Vera, who had To wiTh- draw due To a knee injury, Holly Edwards lefT due To academic reasons, and Karen Renald and Magi Dolen quiT because of TransporTaTion problems. Bar- bara Thornhill sTaTed, The pressure of baskeTball was causing problems wiTh my grades so I had To qulT. Forwards Mary Brkich and Amy Huber demonsTraTed excel- lence in The areas of scoring and rebounding. AT The end of The season, Mary averaged 6 rebounds per game. Amy noT only achieved '14 rebounds per game, buT was The Top scorer wiTh 8 baskefs and complefed 5096 of her free Throws per game. Coach John OTTen felT ThaT There were personalify con- flicTs on The Team. 'll didn'T ex- pecT The girls To like each oTh- er, sTaTed Mr. OTTen, buf once They goT on The courT I expecfed Them To play as a Team. Thinking ahead, Mary Brkich commenTed, We should have a good season nexT year. Only one, player is leaving, so This year'.s experience will give us a head sTarT for nexT year. g 146 Bdskeiball