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

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Springing Aheadvllith New Hopes Softball Coach Kate Kendall was confident that The team would repeat their great per- formance of The previous sea- son. With ten out of fifteen re- turning players, Coach Kendall stated that, The Team has great potential: The players are determined, enthusiastic . s. - . T .-d'W 'v':.4- N ' ...u -- ,- Q During tryouts, Coach Kate Kendall bats balls to a few of The 30 girls who tried out for The Team. After The final cuts were made on February 19th, 45 girls were chosen. The yearbook staff regrets not being able to cover the season due to an early deadline. 150 Softball and most importantly, are skilled. The coach and teams' com- mon goal was evident through their 2 M hour a day practices. The team was hoping to see sweep The entire league of 1 , . 'Yu g 1 . . . . l,. i. small schools. The only difficulty the Team faced this year was in orienting the new members to Ms. KendaII's coaching style. We all felt really positive about This year. stated Jenni- fer Tweddle. T' bmwlig ,t ' s . :kk , u RQYN sl, 1 I , ,l xg fig W , if I 'K i 1 f. 4.5 Q. 42. -fi' ' f - . -W G . ,L--1 . -. .. N.. team. if .4 .H iiilil 'ff! 8, t --A ,gilt ' if 3. . lift. , ,, 4. if Amy Huber winds up an underhand pitch to throw to a teammate as Mary McKernan prepares to field the ball. Amy was one out of 3 starting pitchers for the 4 Front row: K. Mcfaul, J. Tweddle. V. Scott, K. Bohler. M. Steger. M. McKernan, A. Huber, M. Brkich: Back row: Coach Kate Kendall, C. Snyder, T. Ryan, L. Hoefer, T. Tay- lor, T. Green, K. Johnson. A. Thurman, S. Hodgdon.

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Tennis Geis New Look There was hope for Coach Carla Tomaso's Team To cap- Ture firsT place in Their league. The Team sTarTed ouT slow buT improved as The season progressed, commenfed Anne Thurman. Because of a slow sTarT Coach Tomaso changed her sTraTegy. We rearranged The singles and The doubles players in hopes of im- proving our record. Their sTraTegy proved To be suc- cessful, resulTing in a second place finish wiTh a 3-3 record. in addifion To a new playing sTraTegy, The squad had sever- al new changes To help Their spiriT. l'WiTh a new coach, new uniforms and new Tennis courTs, we had a loT of spiriT, Leslie Duersf said. IT was very enjoyable To pracfice on The new courTs. commenfed Coach Tomaso. Players sTiII showed Their enThu- siasm for Tennis even afTer The season ended. In The Wes- Tridge InviTaTionaI Tennis Tour- namenT, Amy Huber and Bar- bara Thornhill won The doubles championship. i'lT was excifing and a greaT experience, commenfed Barbara Q' 4 Concenfrafion is The key as Cafhy Deleo aTTempTs To refurn an opponenfs serve. Alfhough a senior, This was CaThy's firsf year OPI The TGCIFTT. Tennis 149

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.gal- ' pens While refereeing Coach Kendall Coaches spent a day after school a . . -,,,, i. f 'i' ' f rife? -,, Why Do They Do lt? Pressure. The dictionary defines it as, a burdensome, distress- ing or weighty condition. Ev- eryone faces pressure in their daily routine, ranging from re- membering to buy gas to get- ting a big homework assign- ment done on time. In addition to everyday stress- es and strains, coaches faced other pressures, both physical and mental. The psychologi- cal pressures involved with coaching are tremendous, stated Coach Sally Kendall, but l do it because I love sports and I want to support the kids. The four member coaching staff consisted of Volleyball Coach Sally Kendall, Basketball Coach John Otten, Softball Coach Kate Kendall and Tennis Coach Carla Tomaso. Coaches were involved in daily practices, planning game strategies and keeping the players' enthusiasm high. Coaches Sally Kendall, John Otten and Carla Tomaso taught a full load of classes and were involved in extra- curricular activities in addition to their coaching responsibil- ities: Ms. Kendall was the moderator for the Letterman's Club and GAA, Mr. Otten worked on the Board of Con- duct and Ms. Tomaso worked on the School Committee and moderated the Lierary Maga- zine publication. The coaches all felt that al- though the pressures brought on by coaching were great, the rewards were worth the time and effort that coaching demanded. g Coaching Staff 151