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

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uUnofficiol SporTs lvlosT people Think of sporTs os orgonized Teom compeTi- Tion, however, occording To The Websfer DicTionory sporTs ore defined os, fun or ploy. AcTiviTies ronging from jogging To lifeguording were o couple of ocTiviTies which The sTudenTs were involved in ouTside of school. QOf course, There were Those such os Jone Fuller who preferred ploying in The sprin- klerslj A Troubadour sTdff poll found ThoT 6296 of The sTudenT body porTicipoTed in some kind of fun or ploy. Some sTudenTs Took These ofTer hours sporTs ocTiviTies very seriously. STudenTs proc- Ticed onywhere from 'l To 5 hours o doy. Tonyo Alexcinder enjoyed riding her horse on on overoge of 3 yours o doy. This enobles her To excell in horse- bock riding compeTiTion. Those who were involved in oTher school ocTiviTies enjoyed Their ocTiviTies jusT os much os Those wiTh serious ombiTions. Pom Wilkins commenTed, 'Tl en- joy jogging becouse iT sTrengThens ond firms up my Iegs. Jonice Abrohom sToTed, BoskeTboIl isn'T fun os o com- peTiTive sporT, iT's more fun jusT ploying wiTh oTher friends. In oddiTion To sporTs progroms QT school, The freshmen P.E. closses become involved in vorious TournomenTs. This ol- Iowed sTudenTs The opporTuni- Ty To experience Tedm work wiThouT The serious compeTi- Tion of scool sponsored sporTs. Using The P.E. closses os Teoms, 152 Sports The girls ployed bodminTon ond volleyboll. The sTudenTs olso held on inTer- esT in jogging ond rollerskoTing. 6096 of These sTudenTs enjoyed jogging, while only 3296 liked roIIerskoTing. OTher sporTs ronged from mo- Torcycle riding To dog showing. The roughness of moTorcycle riding only held The inTeresT of 496 of The sTudenTs. 4396 of The sTudenT body porTicipoTed in dog showing ond horsebock riding. In oll, ouTside sporTs provided The sTudenTs wiTh recreoTion GS well os exercise. KiTTy Eloed sToTed, l like geTTing TogeTher wiTh o group of friends ond jusT hoving fun. tg 5 Q Kim Johnson's beogle wins BesT of Winners of o Posodeno dog show She hos been enTering her dog in compefifion for The posf 5 yeors 9 Moforcycle riding hos been o fovorife sporf of Michelle Tickey since she wos 9 She offen rides in The DuorTe Dom oreo becouse iT's The besT riding Trock oround

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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

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Q Jackie DeClue practices her swimming at the P.H,S. pool. Over the summer, Jackie won six trophies at the Cal- Novice Finals, and she will be swimming for Alverno in the CIF competitions. Q Lali Alvarez, Rebecca Flores, Melinda Gambito, Maria Lesaca, Eileen McFadden, Elvirita Vera, Barbara Fleming and Michelle Coleman are winners of the Freshmen P.E. Volleyball Tournament. The teams consisting of P.E. aids and freshmen, played each other to determine the win- ner. e Q Anno Rodriguez jogs three days a week. She says that jogging helps her work off tension. Sports 153