Apollo High School - Olympus Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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VICTORIOUS IN MATCHES The Varsity Badminton team’s re- cord for this season was five wins and six losses. They took fourth place at divisional and seventh at state singles. A few of the awards given at the girls sports banquet were: Most Valuable. Laurie Shan- non; Most Improved. Karla Ma- honey; Most inspirational. Angie Meier. Laurie Shannon received an award for the most outstanding ath- letic performance over four years. The team had many good players which contributed to the wins they acquired. The J.V.’s final record was ten wins and one loss. Awards pre- sented to the girls were: Most Valu- able. Shauna Greiner and Most Im- proved Kim Golba. They were a young team who with lots of persis- tence well earned their wins. Both teams worked hard during their long practices which began during the Karla Mahoney gracefully returns a hit as her partner Amy Reilley watches the action. Both summer. Each player gave a lot Of girls are on the varsity team. effort to the team. 143

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VARSITY AND J.V. BADMINTON Row 1: Patty Sipes. Lori Collins. Beth Compton. Wendy Watt. Karla Mahoney. Tammy Brown. Sheri Geiss. Kathy Baresel. Masumc Daliri. Row 2: Amy Reilly. Angie Meier. Kate Leonard. Sue Reiterman. Mary Reinoehl. Laurie Shannon. Miss Blair. Judy Martin. Julie Bisinger. Shauna Greiner. Kim Golba. Liz Arenivaz. Barb Pedersen. Left: Kim Golba falls into an awkward position while getting ready to return a birdie to her opponent. Above: Laurie Shan- non surges forward to rescue a shot and gain the point for that rally.

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VARSITY WRESTLERS FACED Wrestling has proved to be an endur- ing sport, teaching its disciples the meaning of sacrafice and determina- tion. This year the wrestlers were presented with many challenges in- cluding the Japan-Arizona Cultural Exchange Wrestling Match. Wres- tlers for this were chosen across the state by the Skyline Division coaches. Just as knowledge and ex- perience were gained by this inter- national competition, the wrestlers improved in their techniques from match to match. Above: Sophomore. Brandy Heathcotte makes an attempt to down his opponent and win his match. Right: Eric Zeigler. sopho- more. shows his Thunderbird competitor a good view of an Apollo wrestling mat. 144 Varsity Wrestling Team: Top Row: (Left to Right): Terry Kenyon. Andy Schaudt. Jim Stickel. Keith Filippazzo, Stan Garcia. Roy D'Agostino. Scott Pearson. Jeff Vetnar. Nelson Beck. Clay Morgan. Brandy Heathcotte. Bottom Row; Kent Decker. Mark Coffey. Frank Schwieder. Brent Crusan, Andy Rojas. Todd Crusan. Larry Fenner. Mark Meyer.