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

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What Goes Up Must Come Down 43' A Coach Paul Hedgeman gives the team a quick pep talk just before the start of the game. This was Mr. Hedgeman's first year coaching the basketball team. 1 Senior Amy Huber stretches for the jump ball, as Mary Brkich and Barbara Thornhill wait to assist her. Alverno went on to defeat Flin- tridge 46-27. 4 Top row: S. Underbrink, M. Downer, M. Brkich, A. Huber. Middle row: S. Nakagawa, B. Thornhill, R. Zavala, T. Britting, I. loyce. Bottom row: D. Anaya, T. Ryan, H. Edwards. 'S , tc -. I -4 - ' l J ,.a-. s A Barbara Thornhill, Susie Underbrink and Holly Edwards look on while Coach Paul Hedgeman goes over the zone defense. The team spent many hours going over special drills and techniques. A Senior julie Joyce looks for an opening to shoot. julie averaged about 6 points a game and 10 rebounds. bounds. I lKEc K Something old, some- thing new, something borrowed, something blue. This popular saying perfectly described every aspect of the Highlander basketball team. There were seven old players who returned from last season, which included three girls selected for the ALL-CIF team. These were Amy Huber, Mary Brkich, and Mandy Downer. Also returning were julie loyce, Holly Edwards, Barbara Thorn- hill, and Tara Ryan -four talented girls who con- tributed much to the team's playing ability. Something new for the Highlanders was coach, Mr. Hedgeman, who was also the Biology and Physiology teacher. He did much to improve the girls' performance on the court. Mr. Hedgeman conducted practice ev- eryday for about an hour and a half, and taught the girls fundamentals in re- bounding, dribbling and shooting. Mr. Hedgeman taught the team that they must be committed if they wanted to reach the play-offs, which was sure- ly reflected in the team spirit and unity. The basketball team borrowed the La Salle gym in which to play their home games. This atmo- sphere attracted more spectators and the team was able to buy new uni- forms with the admission money they charged. The girls sported blue Adi- das shorts and white net tops. These uniforms made the team look even better on the COUFI, which was obvious from their record at the begin- ning of the season, 7-1.85

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Batting I expected to go un- defeated in the league and anticipated playing in the 1-A Finals , stated third-year coach, Kate Kendall. She was clearly confident that the team would repeat its great performance of the pre- vious season, which in- Thousand cluded finishing with a ZV2 hour practices. 15-0 record and capturing Senior team captain the CIF California Small Mary McKernan com- Schools Division Cham- mented, Everone feels pionship. really positive about this Being number one in year, especially the seven the league was an evident returning players. We goal of the team and was really have a lot of spirit made apparent through and that helps when the their dedication at the pressure is on us to wink, P Following through with the pitch, lunior Lori Hoefer shows her stride. This was Lori's third year on the team. V Stretching before practice, the softball team gets ready for a strenuous workout. The team spent hours perfecting various skills at practice. V Senior Mary McKernan tries to pick off the runner. Besides playing first base, Mary was also a pitcher. Y Practicing her catching, lunior Tara Ryan snags a pitch. Although this was Tara's second year on the N team, this was her first shot at catcher. sis! . 4451: in . 1. ,f':.:15'.4 f 'I f-,gk Zig-T1ff.32f3+a:zg f's4it.Q.- . 4, ' t . i .. A NA f ,... it I - if ' 2 if ft A vi ,s f d S lin A 1' ..s ,Qt A Front row: S. Nakagawa, S. VanWinkle, T. Green. Middle row: T. Stephanich, sg: Ruff McKernan, M. Noonan, T. Alvarado, L. Hoefer. Top row: C. Ossa, H. Edwards, A. H Q.: 'l TEM! M. Brkich, T. Ryan, K. Kendall. 74 Softball